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Common Components of Patch-Clamp Internal Recording Solutions Can Significantly Affect Protein Kinase A Activity

Common Components of Patch-Clamp Internal Recording Solutions Can Significantly Affect Protein Kinase A Activity

G Vargas, T Y Yeh, D K Blumenthal, M T Lucero

Brain Res. 1999 May 15;828(1-2):169-73.

PMID: 10320738

Abstract:

Common components of whole-cell internal recording solutions were tested both in vitro and in patch-clamp experiments for their effects on the activity of cAMP-dependent protein kinase. Potassium fluoride (KF), 440 mM trimethylamine chloride and exclusion of bovine serum albumin (BSA) decreased the activity of the enzyme, while ethylene glycol-bis (beta-aminoethyl ether) N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (EGTA) and the potassium salts of aspartate, gluconate, methylsulfate and monobasic phosphate increased its activity. Addition of KF to the internal solution produced a hyperpolarizing shift in the V1/2 of Ih channel activation, consistent with the KF-induced reduction of protein kinase A activity. Therefore, consideration of the composition of internal solutions is warranted when studying channel physiology by patch-clamp techniques.

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