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00:00 This is electric seven off neuroscience, we were talking about the resting membrane

00:08 . We were talking about some physics , electrophysiology terms and is a reminder

00:14 is an image off. What a equivalent circuit representing membrane looks like.

00:22 so you should be able thio. some of the most important aspects of

00:27 circuits, and also the symbols within circuits. As you remember, we

00:32 three of these symbols and we said our or the same as G for

00:38 because if you remember conduct, Ince's inverse of resistance so you can call

00:45 resistors variable resistors for each channel for iron, or you can call them

00:53 conductors. Then you have your your battery, which is your electro

00:58 force, and then you have the and we talked about the fact that

01:03 plasma membrane is a good capacitor holding lot of charge. The two plates

01:07 the capacitor close together and the charge in discharge of this capacitor happens fairly

01:13 in neurons over just, uh, you know, seconds of time.

01:20 in these circuits, what you're seeing you're seeing all of these elements incorporated

01:25 capacitance of the membrane. You also seeing in the sack the circuit,

01:30 flocks of sodium and potassium, which against the concentration Grady int, based

01:35 the consumption of a teepee and cellular and as well as you can see

01:40 circuit for each individual channel on its , on flowing through that channel with

01:45 respective batteries and their respect. variable conductors. Um, so we

01:52 about the capacitor, and there's one that we also talked about. The

01:58 that the membrane addressed it stores a of charge, but it is also

02:04 charge. So it is leaking and it is most permissible to

02:09 so address to sell, numbering its permissible to potassium. But we discussed

02:14 fact that that permeability ratio potassium to chloride changes when this all gets the

02:22 and initiates the firing of the action . And again, we reviewed two

02:28 formulas. Lost lecture was an Ernst , which allows us to calculate equilibrium

02:34 for each ion. And in this , where we're looking at is we're

02:39 at Goldman, Hodgkin and Cats which incorporates the same terms, are

02:45 natural log of concentrations outside vs Inside the most important thing that it also

02:56 the premier ability term. And if you run through these calculations just

03:01 changing the permeability p value for sodium A or P Value K, you

03:07 change the overall number and potential Now we started discussing the action potential

03:16 lecture, and we actually watched a about the squid giant Exxon. And

03:25 movie is in your class supporting lecture . And what we we saw in

03:32 movie is how the pioneering work was and how we understood with concentrations of

03:41 are present inside the cells versus outside cells. Because we could. Scientists

03:47 isolate these large giants could access ions millimeter in diameter and squeeze out the

03:55 cytoplasmic solution out of these acts Sants sells to determine the exact concentration of

04:02 different ions. And so we started about this arresting potential for for one

04:08 two lectures. Now we're gonna dedicate lectures to the action potential. We

04:14 already that you have rising face of actual potential that you have the overshoot

04:19 it crosses the zero Millersville slime. means the inside of the membrane becomes

04:25 charged compared to the outside, off membrane, momentarily over the one to

04:32 . And then you have the falling off the action potential, followed by

04:37 undershoot, which is the part of action potential where the membrane potential VM

04:44 driven closer toward equilibrium potential for potassium is there for lower orm or high

04:51 hyper polarized than the actual resting member potential. So to record this activity

05:00 to understand what is happening, we several important aspects of science to

05:07 We needed both. We needed a and we needed pharmacology only using electrophysiology

05:15 pharmacology. We were definitively able to what channels are responsible for what part

05:23 the action potential. In large what we know about the action potential

05:29 determined and also modeled by Hodgkin, and modeled by Hodgkin and Huxley.

05:38 . They received Nobel Prize in physiology medicine for their work on the action

05:44 . So if you recall in the Professor Young, he was,

05:49 stimulating on duh, he was able cause a contraction of the mantle by

05:58 these long accents or squid giant But, uh, only after World

06:06 Two there was strong and good enough equipment that was able to pick up

06:13 very fast changing, uh, fluctuations the plasma membrane potential or the action

06:21 . And to do that, you this particular technique, which is called

06:26 clam and Voltage Clamp technique these days a lot more advanced that it was

06:32 in this particular diagram. But this diagram will help you understand the rudimentary

06:40 and the electron ICS behind how somebody able to achieve those recordings. And

06:46 saw some of it in the last , where we saw where Squidgy and

06:51 shown here, sitting in a Petri , squidgy and Axiron would be

06:57 You would insert an electrode inside the squid John Axiron. So you have

07:04 measurement inside the action inside the cell the side of Woz mc side,

07:10 that electrode, one internal electrode measures potential, and that electrode is connected

07:18 the voltage clamp amplifier, right. electrode is also measuring the member and

07:27 in green and silver inserted inside the with reference to the green played outside

07:37 the dish, which is the reference or the ground electrode. The reference

07:42 says that the outside solution is equal . Therefore, the amplifier here on

07:50 left and green is measuring the difference the outside solution and the electorate.

07:57 the Axiron, this measurement of voltage measuring VM you're measuring voltage, and

08:04 volts is communicated to the voltage clamp , the voltage client amplifier. What

08:13 does, it compares membrane potential to desired command potential. And what is

08:18 command potential? So, until you a voltage clamp, there was no

08:24 of really, uh, tell for cell to stay in a particular command

08:32 or commands potential. It's also referred as a holding potential. You couldn't

08:37 the cell that I would like for electoral to pass enough current for you

08:41 stay at minus 70 would record these potentials or broader action potentials cardiac action

08:50 . But you wouldn't really have a to clamp them down and to command

08:55 to stay at a certain potential. so the command potential is actually sent

09:02 the experimenter. I'm commanding for this on to stay at minus 50 million

09:08 or minus 20 million volts or minus million balls. I want to control

09:15 current flow, and I want to the polarization charge across this Axiron and

09:21 neuron for experimental purposes. Now, the VM, the numbering potential,

09:27 different from the command potential. So say I'm telling you to be minus

09:33 . Hold this. At minus 70 clamp amplifier injects current into the acts

09:38 through the second electrodes. So this the injection electro shown here in

09:44 and that injection elected is going into other side of the Exxon, and

09:50 one is injecting current. Okay, first one in green on the left

09:55 measuring current, and the second one is shown in the orange and started

10:00 the accent is injecting the car. I have commanded, and this is

10:06 allows me to command to keep a potential to stay at minus 70.

10:12 if my green electorate says no, potential change to minus 60 then it

10:19 communicated. The voltage clamp on voltage says Okay, I have to

10:23 Mork are on to make it back minus 70. But all of the

10:29 , the current flowing back into the and that's across the membrane can be

10:35 here right through our measurements. And measurement that outputs the current and that

10:42 is equal to any changes that is from the command potential is the actual

10:48 off ions and synaptic and ionic Ince's across neuron is and in this

10:55 , across, uh, squeeze John , so clamping of the membrane or

11:04 a certain membrane potential on. Remember fact that if we wanted to determine

11:12 a given ion flows through a channel a given potential, now that we

11:18 this calculations for equilibrium potentials based on concentration now, we want to experimentally

11:26 that. And the only way we experimentally confirmed that is if we're capable

11:31 using this voltage plan technique if we're of clamping a potential at a certain

11:38 . So if we said that sodium a positive 55 they should not be

11:43 off sodium ions and member and potential positive 55. It's essentially this.

11:52 this voltage client is essentially a negative system where the difference between the command

12:00 and the membrane potential off the seller the ax on is equal the V

12:08 . This output that gets put out constantly keep that potentially the desired

12:14 So once essentially, you have deflection the given membrane. Potential voltage clamp

12:21 the membrane potential to that specific plant by injecting mawr positive or more negative

12:29 very much like a thermostat. If temperature goes up higher, they seek

12:37 , so you just set the Sure low and the heat increases,

12:42 then you will be pulling in cold . But in the wintertime, if

12:48 set the heat of certain temperature and temperature drops, then you will be

12:53 in more warm air through your This is also negative feedback system,

12:58 this voltage clamp originally was constructed using electrodes in the reference electrode. Modern

13:06 clamp has a very complex and very circuit, and you just require a

13:13 electrode so you wouldn't need this, , gamut of two electors and pre

13:20 and current measurement and additional equipment that needed. Originally, you can use

13:27 controlled amplifiers. You can set the clamp or the command potential that the

13:34 value using the computers. And you be recording and injecting because the electrode

13:40 rates are so fast that you could recording and injecting currents with a single

13:45 across plasma membrane, using in particular sell recordings that we discussed earlier on

13:54 the class. Okay, And when say intracellular electorate, that's what I

13:58 by wholesale, Uh, voltage Because if you do sharp electrode for

14:06 students and you know the difference, sharp electrode does not. It's not

14:11 very good way off clamping a voltage class. Remember it. Okay,

14:17 voltage clamp was exactly needed to confirm are the currents where they reverse?

14:23 are the current dynamics that are responsible creating the action potential? Once we

14:29 the concentrations of the islands, we the liberal potentials. Then we had

14:34 Goldman equation. We knew the member potential and D m, and that

14:39 to the experimentally recorded member and Now we've developed fast enough electron ICS

14:46 scientists and science developed fast enough electron and military for the recording of the

14:53 action potentials. The voltage clamp circuits developed in Hodgkin and Huxley, along

14:59 a couple of other scientists, use voltage clown to do the following.

15:05 say they in the top graph here orange with red lines, which you

15:12 on the left eye's membrane potential millet . Okay. And the second window

15:20 , which is in blue and is membrane current. So it's showing

15:24 the flow off the current. and by definition, the inward current

15:33 positive car going inside is actually going cause a negative deflection. And in

15:39 case it is measured as negative million percent to me to square. But

15:45 reason for it is because essentially you think of it as electrode is losing

15:50 positive charge or in the current. this is an inward current, and

15:58 you d polarize the sell this red from minus 65 resting membrane potential to

16:04 minus 26. You see it and increase in the inward current that is

16:10 , and then after 23 milliseconds, see a line shifting into the blue

16:16 , which represents an outward car. if you dip polarize the member and

16:22 from minus 65 to 0 Millet The inward current gets much stronger in

16:28 inward current A sodium. Okay, is sodium ions going inside. And

16:35 outward current, this potassium ions going inside toe outside. Okay, so

16:45 order for us to understand this I've prepared a separate slide that will

16:53 for you, um, later, or tomorrow. But in the

16:59 I would like for you to actually a drawing of the slide that I'm

17:04 to show you. So let me this this is the slide that I

17:09 that shows very important things that we already discussed in this course and that

17:16 be filling out the slide and drawing it. And so it's not gonna

17:20 perfect. And I want you to the same thing. I want you

17:23 dedicate one blank piece of paper to this drawing whatever orientation you wanna produce

17:33 A Okay, So let's go old here. Unless you wanna open the

17:41 point and do this. But if taking notes as you're listening to the

17:47 , which I hope you do because should be taking notes about the neuro

17:52 neurological disorders that we're discussing throughout this and adding that information throughout the course

17:59 well, but let's start here. we, uh, determine the fact

18:05 we know how to calculate Acqua Librium so we can calculate acqua Librium potential

18:10 potassium, which is about minus A minus 19 minus 100. So

18:15 will call it minus 90. And fluctuation is dependent on slide variations and

18:21 ingredients and different cellular environments in different parts. Gloria, it reverses about

18:29 70 million. Laws resting number in is actually very close toe chloride.

18:38 , number of potential Andi it but minus 65 minus 70 I'm gonna

18:51 it minus 65 because that's what is to be easier for us to understand

18:57 that the chloride reversal potential is actually little bit lower on the scale than

19:03 resting membrane potential. But the two very close, but resting membrane potential

19:10 more than 65 million volts. Potential threshold is about minus 45 million

19:20 . Okay, that means that once have this diagram here, this is

19:26 membrane potential in the membrane potential is a random walk. Okay? And

19:32 really represents the movement. The inputs positive inputs come in and the Sal

19:38 polarize us, and then it hyper this account. And this is what

19:43 would typically observe in this and the the recordings of the cells that they're

19:51 generating action potentials. And so the deflections would represents deep polarization. Anything

20:02 upward represents deep polarization. All Okay. Which equals excited story and

20:18 or synopsis being activated. Okay, anything that d polarizes the cell in

20:28 direction means excited Terry Impulses and and on their trying thio excite this

20:40 On the other hand, anything that the member in potential this direction,

20:54 hyper polarization. Okay, which is . Don't put on synopsis.

21:12 so this is related Thio these two , but we're not seeing an action

21:18 here. Why? Because for us see and action potential, we actually

21:25 to reach the threshold for the action . Right? And that value,

21:33 we indicated, is about minus 45 vaults. So is the number of

21:41 where to reach that value? huh? Then you would generate an

21:48 potential. All right, so now gonna erase this particular diagram. You

21:56 store it underneath because, well, can draw on top too. All

22:02 race. And I'll just leave these for us toe. Remember,

22:18 if if the cell is now excited this is about resting member and potential

22:28 it's getting mawr and Mawr positive And if this enough excited, very

22:37 dip polarized the number of potential to 45 million balls, you then generate

22:45 all or non event. And this are non event again. Excuse.

22:52 drawing is in the form off the potential. I think I could do

23:03 little better. So here we They did it, Did it?

23:09 , I got an inhibitory. but excited to him. But mawr

23:13 Torrey. Um, but action Oh, that doesn't look very good

23:24 Well, now you'll learn how to an actual potential. So you get

23:27 of the excited Terry input, and generate a very fast, deep polarization

23:35 by re polarization and followed by the and followed back to the resting membrane

23:45 . If it crosses again. This this action potential will repeat again.

23:51 ? And so the Y axis is and Miller Volts and acts accesses in

23:59 and milliseconds. We're we're talking about time frame being approximately to milliseconds.

24:13 , so this this this bar is milliseconds CSR chat Is the undershoot the

24:29 polarization? Yes. So let's discuss happening here. Let's discuss another important

24:42 that we discussed last time. What V m minus? B ion,

24:48 you remember that That equals driving Uh huh. So interesting, Member

24:59 potential addressing number of potential, which on has the highest driving force based

25:10 this calculation, the difference between membrane addressed and the EI on which iron

25:18 the greatest driving for us. No . I can kind of see where

25:31 biggest difference between resting member and potential equilibrium potential forgiven Ion is Nobody else

25:39 . That's not good. So if look here, for example, from

25:44 all the way down to the resting and potential, that looks like the

25:49 distance, right? So calcium technical nature has the highest driving force.

25:58 Thio, this calculation here but we that addressing number in potential the membrane

26:06 most permissible. To which I on potassium ion. Maybe there's some

26:16 Yeah, calcium. Keep ones. , you guess to You have to

26:23 one. If you pick one, have to see you have to sit

26:27 pick one side. Right? Calcium . Okay, so calcium has the

26:33 driving force, right? Which other has a pretty high driving force.

26:40 , if this is if this is driving force which which other ion?

26:45 a pretty high driving force, it's ion that has pretty high driving

26:51 Oh, remember that the driving forces equilibrium of the eye on the difference

26:58 equilibrium potential between sodium equilibrium, potential time around and resting member in

27:06 Right, So these these ions have strongest driving force. But we know

27:13 in neuroscience, every rule has an . And what it means is that

27:21 that the fact that calcium and sodium the highest driving forces interesting number in

27:30 , the dynamics of the member, are such that it has potassium channels

27:35 potassium channels, air leaking potassium from of the south of the outside and

27:41 cell addresses most formidable to potassium, like we showed in the previous

27:47 Once you have deep polarization and you the stretch hold, you have all

27:53 non event okay, action potential is or none. That means that the

28:01 and potential cannot come back from minus minus 43. Back just like

28:07 it actually has to go through the of the action potential. That's what

28:11 say that the action potential or spike lot of times can be likened to

28:16 code 001 and this sub threshold we anything below the action potential thresholds a

28:27 . Voltage fluctuations are almost like analog coding good. But once it reaches

28:36 threshold for the action potential, then have influx off sodium very fast and

28:47 strong. Influx off sodium ions from to the inside of the South.

28:57 this is sodium and flocks. And sodium influxes doing sodium is actually going

29:15 a positive feedback cycle. Okay, does that mean? That means that

29:25 deep polarization, deep polarization leads to sodium more deep polarization leads to more

29:38 more deep polarization leads to more Now you can insert little arrows in

29:46 sodium, so Liam people ization. , so, um, deep polarization

30:04 so on. So it's a positive cycle, and the reason why you

30:10 this positive feedback cycle is Thio keep driving the member in potential to the

30:19 potential for sodium. This is the , the overshoot when it goes above

30:25 Mila balls. And what sodium driving because it's large driving force is trying

30:31 do, is trying to drive the and the whole number in potential.

30:37 a deliberate potential value, which is minus positive. 55 mil evolves shown

30:46 . So it's trying to reach the potential value for sodium. But it

30:53 not. Why doesn't it do And you'll understand why doesn't do

30:58 There's to reason why doesn't do and one of them is becoming

31:04 Here is the Mawr de polarized VM Mawr D polarized VM becomes. The

31:12 they polarized it becomes, the less the driving force sodium has, the

31:22 it comes to the equilibrium potential, less of the driving force it starts

31:28 . But the further away. The is now from potassium, the equilibrium

31:38 and the driving force for potassium And what you have now is you

31:46 during the falling phase is you have e flux. That means positively charged

32:01 ions. So leaving the cell, leaving the cell. And they

32:08 at the peak of the action potential driving force. And they're trying to

32:14 the whole number in potential close to reversal potential or equilibrium potential from

32:26 Um, so it's trying thio hyper this overshoot, which goes below resting

32:35 potential. Mhm, and it's trying drive it towards equilibrium potential for

32:49 There's another reason why sodium does not its equilibrium potential despite its positive feedback

32:57 . And that's the actual channel dynamics I hope we discussed the that this

33:02 next lecture. So you have sodium . You have potassium e flux,

33:10 then you have the re polarization and slow rebuilding of the potential back thio

33:19 resting membrane potential value. This is thio a deep n A. Okay

33:33 . Yeah, all right. One time. So sodium has great driving

33:45 addressed sodium influxes inside the south. tries to reach equilibrium potential for

33:53 It goes through the positive feedback but the driving force reduces. There's

33:58 forces of place, such as channel . There's also an increase for potassium

34:03 force, which then drives potassium ions inside of the cell to the

34:09 hyper polarizing. The so below the membrane potential are slowly rebuilding into the

34:14 number of potential value, and you repeat the whole cycle again. And

34:20 frequency of the firing depends. That a good question. Last lecture.

34:24 frequency of the firing very much depends what we call the relative and absolute

34:34 period. So here I'm just overlapping second action potential to show that during

34:43 the actual action potential during the rising and deep polarization phase and re polarization

34:54 of the action potential, uh, to imagine the best they can.

35:00 almost there didn't do such a bad after all. Something like that's

35:09 So during this period, you are the absolute refractory period, this red

35:16 that means you cannot de polarize the . You cannot does. It doesn't

35:22 how many exciting tres synapses start citing cell. The action potential is not

35:28 to get produced. There has to a certain amount of re polarization that

35:34 when the cell returns very close to action. Potential threshold resting member and

35:43 threshold value is when you enter this factory period which is shown here in

35:50 . During this period, you can another action potential. That means that

35:56 sellers repeated receiving strong enough input or lot of the exciting Torrey inputs.

36:02 will be another action potential that can produced during the relative refractory period and

36:10 further away in time you are from peak of the action potential and MAWR

36:18 polarized. You are, the easier can generate the action potential,

36:27 So these air relative refractory period's shown blue and the absolute refractory period's shown

36:34 and and read. And I just with my drawing here below. So

36:42 a very good idea that you have drawing that you can actually draw something

36:48 this, that you can actually explain , and you can explain the driving

36:53 , the equilibrium potentials and you know of these key membrane potential values that

37:02 on the Y axis as well as relative and the absolute refractory period's and

37:12 they mean. But I think this actually quite fun to do this.

37:17 you're doing it with me, of course, you conduce to it

37:23 , or you can do it in notebooks by hand. But I'm

37:28 um, pause the recording for a . Let's see if there is any

37:34 now. I'm not positing, but just looking through questions of potassium

37:39 Let's see, What is the questions certain assured council was first potassium gated

37:45 ? Start establish with them Certainly not . All right, Yes, you're

37:53 . We'll get to the others. not understand what an activation this,

37:58 we'll talk about this dynamic so you . So you're saying that the reason

38:01 never reaches the value off sodium Librium is because there are other forces,

38:07 as other channels that play. There's reduction in the driving force because the

38:13 to the number and potential goes to Colombian potential to sodium. The smaller

38:18 driving for us the equals I The because a far always law.

38:35 , so the current, this driving . So now driving force decreases.

38:49 then the other reason is the channel and the other reason is a potassium

38:53 force increases. And now you have drive of this other positive ion.

39:00 I hope this answers the questions gonna . According for second experimentally, this

39:05 what was used. Thio essentially record hold the potential that we were discussing

39:13 voltage clamp hold the potential that varied in potential. And so now we

39:19 that when we do apologize to sell early current going in this inward current

39:24 a sodium current, which is now by outboard current positive charge moving outside

39:31 inside to outside of the cell, that is the potassium current. If

39:36 do polarize the cell, even what happens to inward current? It

39:41 more deep polarization, more sodium or current. But at the same time

39:45 happens when you do polarize us? and you draw it further away from

39:49 equilibrium potential for potassium, the outward current also increases. You see the

39:56 difference here is that the sodium inward is early, so the dynamics of

40:01 sodium channel is that it is fast . It activates really fast, and

40:06 sodium channel on the potassium channel take time takes a couple of milliseconds to

40:12 activated. But once it does during sustained deep polarization here and you would

40:17 an increase in that outward current, more you do polarize the cell.

40:21 if this positive 26 you will now a really strong outward current here.

40:27 notice what happens at positive 26 to inward current. The inward current starts

40:34 . It's essentially the same thing is that all of a sudden the drive

40:39 the sodium that we said because the now be polarized to positive. 26

40:45 force for the sodium starts decreasing, there's less of the sodium Ions are

40:50 driven inside the cell, but for , it's even mawr. Potassium minds

40:57 from inside to the outside outboard Look what happens in positive. 52

41:03 balls. Positive. 52 nil They're essentially is now inward.

41:12 It's flat. What happens in 52 million balls. Positive. 52

41:20 Evolved to this. The reversal potential the equilibrium potential value for the sodium

41:29 . So what we're seeing here once you clamp the voltage and you

41:34 the voltage of positive 52 there is more inward current, but you still

41:40 the strong, outward carved look what with positive 65 million bowls. Is

41:49 an N word cards? There is inward current inward current. Is this

42:08 deflection right? But you see this bump here, little bump at the

42:15 , very early on. You know this is? This is now

42:21 but the sodium ion has reversed its and instead of going into the Sallis

42:27 also coming out of the South. that's why when I said initially,

42:32 equilibrium potential for violence is also referred as reversal potential for islands. And

42:37 because if you dip, polarize the beyond the reversal potential for sodium,

42:44 the the current will reverse in the direction and flow in the opposite

42:50 So, using voltage clamp, Hodgkin Huxley were able to essentially describe the

42:56 dynamics and describe that there is an current that is early inward. Caryn

43:03 in green and that this inward carne sustained deep polarization. This transient.

43:09 it starts very early and it ends . And then there is the slave

43:14 that this late outboard car this sustained and it lost his longest. There

43:20 the deep polarization you see, despite fact that this is deep polarized,

43:25 Millwall's. There is no inward and it's over taken by the outward

43:29 current using voltage clown. These as well as many scientists involved in

43:37 studies, were able thio essentially describe we just talked about. What is

43:45 here is an action potential voltage member recording off the action potential with sodium

43:52 and potassium E flux. And here B, you have currents that are

44:00 through voltage gated sodium channel. So one of these lines represents an individual

44:07 channel that opens up and you have red current here and then it closes

44:13 you have this trace continue. So is showing is that during the rising

44:18 and sodium influx, face of the potential sodium channels open fast and they

44:26 it slightly different times because there's many channels that are involved. They stay

44:32 for slightly different duration, although about same amplitude, depending on the number

44:38 potential and the something current through all the sodium channels is shown here in

44:46 s. So this is the early that happens during the rising face of

44:51 action potential. And if you want record the same for that falling phase

44:57 the action potential during potassium e you would record these outward currents and

45:02 can see that the this is the phase and during the rising phase,

45:08 barely activate the outward currents, just and maybe the second channel here.

45:14 most of the outward current activations shown in blue again each Tracy represents an

45:20 channel indeed. And then e you the sum of all of these individual

45:27 averaged over producing the overall some the current through all of the channels,

45:34 that the awkward current doesn't activate until following the deep polarization. But when

45:40 does get activated that it's prolonged the , the flow off the ions through

45:47 channel potassium channel is prolonged, so can see how much wider and longer

45:53 blue signals are compared. Outward signals compared to the red inward signals,

46:00 the diagram on the top right shows net trans membrane currents showing that overall

46:08 is dominating the influx and the rising and the potassium outward current is dominating

46:16 falling phase and the re polarization phase the action potential. And so this

46:21 what we start talking about, the off the channel, what we call

46:27 to understand the dynamics of the we have to look into the structure

46:33 these channels. So when we talk sodium channels, so sodium channels are

46:39 of four sub units 123 and four one of these subunits will contain seven

46:49 membrane segments. So remember we told said that Alfa Helix is and data

46:55 segments that travels through the trans So these segments are one. The

47:03 units are in Roman numeral 1234 and Trans member and segments are noted.

47:11 s one s two s three s s five s six so important features

47:17 were actually determined in part by Roderick . Is this poor loop or a

47:25 loop where you can see that there a protruding enough amino acid sequences that

47:30 inside of this pro dam, essentially the selectivity filter and the most narrow

47:38 off the channel, where you would the interactions with sodium channel with the

47:43 charged amino acid residues of forest, of its selectivity filter function. Now

47:51 we're looking at is we're looking at sodium channel that is gated by

47:56 And so these sodium channels and trance and Segment four s four will have

48:03 lot of positively charged amino acid And so you're seeing these positive symbols

48:12 . As for they are representative of we call a voltage sensor. Uh

48:19 . This is all the sensor, the other feature of the channel is

48:25 it has gates on the cytoplasmic It has gates here. It shows

48:31 gate, but in fact it has gates and we'll discuss both of these

48:35 . So these are all of the morphological teach us that will play into

48:41 function off this channel For some Six Trans members segments in a poor

48:51 , Asus four as voltage sensor and on the side of Plas Mix side

48:59 the sodium, both educated channel. now this is what happens during the

49:07 potential. During the deep polarization, membrane changes the voltage across membrane

49:16 This positively charged amino acid residues on sodium channel, which represent voltage

49:24 are usually located closer toward the cytoplasmic because the positively charged amino acid residues

49:32 the voltage center are drawn by the by the negatively charged uh, membrane

49:48 this negative charge, which is drawing sensor to stay close to the side

49:57 Plaza Mick side of the membrane. the other hand, what happens during

50:05 process off deep polarization, This the inside of the membrane, becomes

50:15 polarized, so positive charge. It from minus 65. So let's say

50:21 to threshold minus 45 minus 40. will not be negative charge here on

50:26 inside of the number, and there be a positive charge accumulation. And

50:32 you have a positive charge, then this positive charge. Instead of

50:39 positively charged vaulted censor, the positively particles that accumulate inside of plastic side

50:46 now start repelling the small. That in the movement. The confirmation Allchin

50:55 in this three dimensional structure all of sudden Because the samina acid, positively

51:01 vaulted sensors are now being repelled by charge on the inside of the

51:08 They're actually changing the three dimensional structure changing. They're producing a confirmation Allchin

51:17 in this three dimensional, protean structure now opens up the gates and opens

51:25 the channel and allow for the passage sodium ions through this channel.

51:34 really, really interesting dynamics. So are the things that we have to

51:41 about sodium channels Is that first of , sodium channel kinetics or dynamics is

51:47 sodium channels open fast or fast If you have this deep polarization that

51:54 from minus 65 million volts to minus million volts, you can see individual

51:59 channels opening up. They're opening okay they're closing very fast. The deep

52:08 lost for 20 milliseconds here, but sodium channels just opened up once and

52:15 just opened up for 12 milliseconds. , they closed. So there's fast

52:24 , fast opening or fast activation of channels. There's also fast and

52:29 That means that these channels close very . They're open for a short period

52:35 time, and then they closed. get inactivated. And in order for

52:41 channels to open up again, what to be happened is this deep polarization

52:48 and the blue on the top has get released and the cell number and

52:52 to get re polarized again. And process will allow for more sodium channels

52:58 the same sodium channels to reopen So this hyper polarization of what we

53:05 Dean activation is necessary in order for to activate the same sodium channel in

53:12 for the same sodium channel to Otherwise, if the number is is

53:17 polarized, that sodium channel is not to d inactivate, and it's not

53:24 . Thio reopened again, so it's cycle. 1234 in one the channel

53:30 closed into the channel is open in . The channel is inactivated. You

53:39 open the channel until you hyper polarized membrane. And then for you,

53:44 , activate the channel, which now can open up. So let's look

53:51 this within the context off the actual here. Okay, sodium channels have

54:03 gates you can see here one of gates has shown here is is to

54:09 coming together like this in closing the at the bottom and the other gate

54:15 shown a sort of a ball on on A on the chain is swinging

54:20 below. So this is conditioned one which the channel is closed. When

54:29 number of potential dipole arises, there's activation. There's a sliding of this

54:36 sensor and opening off the activation So these arms I called activation

54:49 These arms are activation channels. What in three is as you produce this

54:59 will change and you open the activation of this channel. This ball,

55:07 is inactivation gate two gates to the two doors to the channel. One

55:14 them is activation. Gate activation gate opened The confirmation of the channel protein

55:20 , But now inactivation gate, like ball on the swinging chain, comes

55:26 on plugs up the Channel hall and this stage and number three, just

55:35 to the electrophysiology chart here above number , you have inactivation of sodium channel

55:45 in order for you, Thio, back to one you have thio hyper

55:52 cell membrane, and when you hyper cell membrane, what happens? The

55:58 sensor will slide down toward the side plasma Exide. This will allow for

56:05 activation gates Thio Swing back out of channel and for the activation gates to

56:12 again and the number four. It closed, which is also equivalent to

56:19 one. You cannot go 1 to You have to go 1234 And if

56:29 go through the sequence closed activation. open. Channel open channel inactivated because

56:39 the second gate closed it. And the inactivation is removed, which is

56:46 D inactivation. That's what it's called inactivation. You remove it the inactivation

56:53 or inactivation gate, and you close activation gate and your back in the

57:00 state. These are the dynamics. didn't make up these terms activation and

57:06 doing activation, but you have to them. And it's not that difficult

57:13 you can visualize this ball and chain and understand the the two types of

57:22 , not the two gates but the types of gates and one is the

57:28 gate, and that is Inactivation If you understand that once the vault

57:35 sensor moves the activation, it's active . Gators open. It's open,

57:43 play. It's not sustained, its and then inactivation get close, is

57:52 ? And now you hyper hyper polarized cell inactivation gate removed, activation gave

58:00 and ready. Thio produced deep polarization sodium and produce more action potentials.

58:11 . So how does this compare to potassium channels? Potassium channels are slow

58:21 , and they're they're persistent. Remember you looked at these graphs here potassium

58:28 or persistent, they don't get activated deep polarization. So these air fast

58:34 fast and activating sodium currents that air . They're not persistent, and potassium

58:42 late activated, and they're persistent As long as there is deep

58:46 there will be outward potassium current happening then the dynamics off the sodium channel

58:53 sodium channel kinetics. Either way, is a reminder of how what I've

58:59 discussed in the past with you how you record single channel activity or

59:05 you record action potentials on this is Pipat and a Patch clamp recordings or

59:10 lot of Francis referred Thio, Asshole patch clamp, recording and what it

59:16 . It's essential you bring this by , like I showed you in my

59:20 and oh, microscopes. And by the diameter, is a glass

59:25 a silicate glass, typically and the here. If the micro electorate is

59:31 one micro meter or so and inside electro do you have the solution and

59:36 solution represents typically what you see intracellular on the side of Plas Mix

59:42 and now you can patch on to piece of the membrane, sort

59:46 ah, cling on. Hang on a piece of the membrane, and

59:51 can also rip out that piece of membrane. You can rip out the

59:57 of the member, and it can attached to the peace of the

60:00 And in either case, if you a patch of the membrane that will

60:04 some of the sodium channels of interest you, you will record and you

60:09 be able to pick up sodium channel . And when you do the single

60:14 recordings again, you can do polarize cell and a single channel will

60:19 and it will not open again. will remain closed until you hyper polarized

60:24 cell. So these are the types recordings that are very important for studying

60:30 but also studying the pharmacology off these and protein receptor channels. And there

60:40 several different types of recordings. There's ash recording where you are essentially just

60:48 on to the plasma membrane. With election, how does that happen?

60:55 micro electro that is sitting under the . Let's imagine this. Micro electrodes

61:01 in a microscope is connected through tubes syringe to an experimenter, so some

61:08 maybe 4 ft away from the actual . We have a way of controlling

61:14 lecture than resection likely forming a tight tied contact between Pipat. Remember these

61:21 called cell attached recordings? He's there important for graduate students, but it's

61:28 important for you to know the difference . Why you will know in a

61:34 if you attached thio the plasma membrane by suctioning lightly. You have a

61:42 attached mode, but what you can And actually, if you walk in

61:48 lab during active patch clamp recording you will see these guys like you

61:56 , nerds or whatever you wanna call electro physiologist and they're sitting boxes

62:03 you know, call it the You know, we called electrophysiology

62:09 It's like 203 $100,000 rig car that driving this microscopes you're looking the pipettes

62:17 . You see these guys sitting with syringes and sexually on the syringes and

62:23 they're doing, You know what they're ? They're ripping the membranes once they

62:29 the number and you have a whole recording. Now you have the side

62:34 , and that is continuous with a at interior. So by giving the

62:39 pulse of function off off suction, we we call it a kiss.

62:47 actually can break into the plasma Now you record all of the currents

62:54 essentially all of the cars that would the flow off all of the currents

62:59 the whole patch of the plasma membrane the whole cell that you're recording

63:04 That's what's called wholesale recording. instead of doing this very strong kiss

63:12 movement Once the attached to the you can slowly vibrated and withdraw

63:21 But once you withdraw it, you rip out a piece of the plasma

63:27 and with that plasma member and you out a channel awesome. And this

63:32 of recording is called Inside out recording the reason why it's called inside

63:38 Because all of a sudden the inside this channel inside of this channel is

63:45 to whatever extra cellular solution to whatever solution, do whatever chemical you wanna

63:52 into the solution. Why is that ? Remember, we talked about Roderick

63:58 and we talked about different chemicals and toxins having specific binding sites on these

64:04 and the receptor proteins and other And so we want to know.

64:09 example, if we have a chemical does not pass through the plasma membrane

64:15 that chemical bind on the side of Mick side? Is it coming from

64:20 of the South? Would it have effect if it was inside the

64:24 Or is it on Lee binding on outside of the cell s. So

64:29 is the way that you can apply chemical, for example, on the

64:33 , on the on, the exposing chemical to the inside. That's why

64:37 exposing the inside to the outside and you could determine how the flow

64:44 the car on through this sodium or channel is affected by whatever chemical is

64:50 with them on the side of Plas side of the channel, especially if

64:54 cannot cross through the channel. It's than the channel cannot cross through plasma

64:59 , and it's not live insoluble. Last Technician and the slide is called

65:06 out recording In this configuration experimental. do combination off a strong pulse of

65:17 and drawing the buyback out at the time. So if you're lucky and

65:26 air difficult recordings, if you're what's gonna happen? This pay

65:30 Thio the the geometry of the channel , cytoplasmic side of the channel is

65:36 narrow side of the channel, and happens in the outside out recordings is

65:43 have a breakage of the plasma membrane now Rhian kneeling of the plasma member

65:52 remember possible lipid molecules will find each hydro, probably hydro filic, and

65:59 they will match up again, reforming number, and that's what happens in

66:03 electrode. This membrane will get reformed it got broken inside. You see

66:09 broken from inside and outside, and it Rhian eels on the outside side

66:16 what it does. It now exposes extra cellular domain to the extra salary

66:22 space. So the inside out recording exposing the cytoplasmic domain to whatever experimental

66:30 you want to subject while you're recording card through the channel. And in

66:34 configuration you have the extra cellular domain exposed to the extra cellular space or

66:41 is exposed to out versus inside of program is exposed to the outside these

66:50 very complicated recordings are a lot of . Um, they're challenging because,

66:56 I said that you have to work so many different variables and just to

67:01 the tissue for these recordings, if working with living tissue and with living

67:07 tissue and take hours just to get the point where you attempt to do

67:12 complicated recordings, But nonetheless we wouldn't modern neurophysiology and modern understanding of neural

67:24 function. If we didn't have these techniques, we wouldn't understand without voltage

67:29 . The dynamics of sodium and potassium understand how different Legans affect channels on

67:36 side of plasma car, extra cellular in sides. And again, we

67:43 to thank nature in part for giving these guests. That that we see

67:53 and what we're going to talk about the sliced slide ists, mouthwatering tails

67:58 toxins. But that there for a . Let me. So,

68:04 I'm sure most of you are familiar with The Simpsons. And so the

68:13 decides Father decides to go thio, Japanese food. And just a disclaimer

68:24 Simpson's are offensive thio everybody at some , or at least in some point

68:29 their lives. And, uh so be offended by this, uh,

68:35 . Maybe offensive. I think we all handle this cartoon that is on

68:40 you. Okay. What happens is Simpson is eating a lot of

68:47 and he's ordering a lot of different . And this is the master chef

68:52 here in the front. And master gets distracted. A Simpson is

68:58 And so this is where we start . Pick up this episode.

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71:19 All right. Yeah. Talk, think. Courage. Yes.

71:28 Your career. Yeah. Yeah. point was that to dissect and to

71:47 food bluefish, which is delicacy in . You have thio have believe about

71:54 years of training, and it's a delicacy in Japan. The puffer

71:59 also called fugu fish. That's what said. Mouthwatering tales of toxins.

72:05 the thrill of eating frugal prepared in way is that the most toxic parts

72:11 that mostly liver are eliminated during the process and minute amounts of toxin are

72:22 in this fish. And this fish a toxin that is abbreviated here in

72:27 T X, which stands for tetrodotoxin tetrodotoxin is quite dangerous toxin. The

72:36 idea of eating food grew fish that light levels of toxin is thio cause

72:46 numbing sensation while the person is eating raw fish essentially and there's quite a

72:55 thrill seekers, uh, that try every year. It's quite popular.

73:01 a delicacy in Japan. Onda I think there's still one or two

73:08 of poisoning, which could be deadly it's not treated within, uh,

73:14 of minutes of time. Following the Tetrodotoxin story is that it was

73:23 and in Japan and scientists, socio has access to the center of the

73:31 . And so socios whole drive now to determine what exactly does that talks

73:39 . So they you goes to Cem pharmacology meetings where people are starting in

73:46 fifties late 19 fifties, going to , starting to talk about these things

73:53 channels and the pharmacology of the channels iron channels. And this new techniques

74:01 air coming out, voltage clan techniques electrophysiology. And they're discussing the action

74:08 . And they're thinking, Okay, have this early rising current, and

74:12 Narahashi sees that he discovers attention to blocks action potentials. But he doesn't

74:19 what exactly it does to block action . And so Toshio Narahashi has the

74:27 to go to the United States. gets on the plane with a vial

74:33 d. TX is deadly toxin and a year later has the opportunity to

74:40 with voltage Clamp, and when he into the lab, he uses the

74:45 clamp and he applies tetrodotoxin and what sees this tetrodotoxin in the presence off

74:54 . As shown here, this is polarization, inward currents followed by awkward

74:59 . And if you add tetrodotoxin, block the inward sodium current. And

75:05 was the definitive demonstration. The tetrodotoxin sodium Kearns, And if you block

75:13 inward sodium car, you cannot generate potentials. So this was very

75:20 and it does not affect the outward potassium card. But there are other

75:26 , such a cetera, still ammonium . If you add T A,

75:31 will see that you don't affect an car. But you, in

75:35 the fact the outward carbs. So blockers, toxins and chemical blockers such

75:42 still ammonium can be channeled specific, so there's a lot of toxins in

75:48 that they're very potent because they have strong binding properties and the fact ing

75:54 of these protein channels. And we talks in such a sexy toxin,

75:59 comes from clams, mussels and during periods. Uh, you will hear

76:06 red tide, where some of these and mussels because of the warm

76:12 temperatures may contain sexy Dawson, and might be an advice not to eat

76:19 shellfish during that time. You have Creek toxin, which comes from Colombian

76:27 and below I have, say, that it's over activation or inactivation.

76:33 toxins target different functions and different So, for example, Batra could

76:41 of ttx blocks vault, educating sodium . But bachelor could toxin or other

76:49 may, uh, affect inactivation gate may affect activation gate, therefore causing

76:58 firing of sodium channel. So some these toxins of blockers and some of

77:04 toxins will actually promote, uh, were there agonists. If they're

77:10 they're antagonistic. If they're opening the , their agonists mhm. Now nature

77:20 very potent and what I have below , one binding sites helped deduce three

77:25 protein structure. So if we know binding signs and we know how these

77:31 toxins from spiders from clams from frogs fish, how they affect and where

77:38 bind to these proteins, they actually affect the function of these proteins that

77:43 us deduce this three dimensional Prodi instruction was necessary and was used by Roderick

77:50 . These talks in allowed to study specific channels and how specific channels could

77:56 blocked or specific channel activity could be . Number three Tangle Message. Nature's

78:04 So there's a lot of potent a lot of potent chemicals said

78:09 get replicated in the lab, synthesizing lapse and produced as either scientific tools

78:18 medicinal preparations. So when we come next lecture, we're gonna talk more

78:24 I V curves. We're gonna talk about other sodium channel dynamics and regenerative

78:31 as well as back propagating Spike and believe that we will be caught up

78:36 all of the material that we have on the syllabus. And I'll have

78:42 updated version of the syllabus with some point share links posted later. So

78:49 you have any questions, go ahead shoot them over the chad. The

79:03 recordings on video points central neurotoxin, , blocks the channel from opening blocks

79:18 channel from sodium channel from opening. , there is no deep polarization.

79:27 . I love it. Uh Questions and answers and thanks and thank

79:34 very much. And I hope you the rest of your weekend. I

79:38 see you back here on

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