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  • Title: Voltage-dependent inhibition of the Na+,K+ pump by tetraethylammonium.
    Author: Eckstein-Ludwig U, Rettinger J, Vasilets LA, Schwarz W.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1998 Jul 17; 1372(2):289-300. PubMed ID: 9675315.
    Abstract:
    Tetraethylammonium (TEA+) is an effective inhibitor of a variety of K+ channels, and has been widely used to reduce K+-sensitive background conductances in electrophysiological investigations of the Na+,K+-ATPase. Here we demonstrate by combination of two-electrode voltage clamp (TEVC) and giant patch clamp of Xenopus oocytes, and measurements of the activity of purified ATPase of pig kidney that TEA+ directly inhibits the Na+,K+-ATPase from the outside. The KI value in TEVC experiments at 0 mV is about 10 mM increasing with more negative potentials. A similar voltage-dependent inhibition by TEA+ was observed in the excised membrane patches except that the apparent KI value at 0 mV is about 100 mM, a value nearly identical to that found for inhibition of purified kidney ATPase. The voltage-dependent inhibition can be described by an effective valency of 0.39 and is attributed to an interference with the voltage-dependent binding of K+ at an external access channel. The apparent dielectric length of the access channel for K+ is not affected by TEA+.
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