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00:00 morning on this computer, and this Lecture seven of Neuroscience. Last

00:07 We talked about resting membrane potential. discuss the main cast off characters chemical

00:14 , the ions involved in setting the membrane potential, which is really unequal

00:21 off ions. Such a sodium, chloride and calcium across the plasma membrane

00:28 these four ions will influence the membrane the most, and we know that

00:34 and potassium will influence the membrane potential most out of those four ions.

00:40 we talked about is each one of ions has a certain concentration certain.

00:45 Moeller concentration on the outside, extra solution of cellular fluid versus the inside

00:52 the cytoplasmic fluid. So for you have five potassium mill, Imola

00:58 and 100 million Mueller inside, so inside of the cell is dominated by

01:03 ill, and the outside of the is dominated by sodium and chloride.

01:09 in addition, an important thing here not only the concentrations but the ratio

01:14 these concentrations on the outside of the versus the inside of the south.

01:18 there's 20 more times of potassium on inside of the cell. There's 10

01:25 times of sodium on the outside of cell versus the inside of the

01:29 and there is 10,000 more times of on the outside of the cell compared

01:35 the inside of the cell. So we discussed, is that calcium has

01:39 greatest chemical radiant disparity across plasma membrane . There's 11.5 more times on the

01:48 on the inside of the cell, so you have to remember for the

01:54 the concentrations off the outside and the , and the ratios of these ions

01:59 you'll have to recognize and then equilibrium for these ions. And so we

02:05 the concentrations of these ions, and learn how to calculate a Kulaib reum

02:11 for a given ions such as E A, which stands for equilibrium potential

02:17 potassium positive 56 million miles. To that value, we use the nursed

02:23 nursed equation, which is the ion potential forgiven. One species ion equals

02:31 are TCF log of the ion on outside over the ion concentration on the

02:37 of the south. Where are his constant T is the temperature is disease

02:44 . F is the Barry Days electrical log based on logarithms ionic concentration outside

02:52 inside. And once you plug in the actual million Moeller concentrations. If

02:58 could put here five million Moeller versus million Mueller for potassium or the ratios

03:04 , the ratio is shown here. you simplify two on 303 rtc app

03:13 61.54 million volts for cat irons minus 54 no vaults for and I on

03:26 30.77 for a dive. Aylin Catalon two Plus. Once you do these

03:34 , you then derive the equilibrium potential for each ion. So for potassium

03:40 smile the stadium, the levels. here notice that these values are written

03:46 . This diagram it says that potassium potential year is minus 102 million

03:55 And this calculation here shows that potassium oracle liberal potential is minus 80 million

04:02 and the point is not to trick here. But the fact of the

04:06 is that there are differences in these Grady INTs and those differences are noticeable

04:14 difference, uh, cellular subtypes in own little shop types and also in

04:20 parts of the central nervous system where Aquarius and the Ionic environments and the

04:26 vary from place to place. So will tell you how you need

04:31 Remember these reversal potentials because I made graph for you that you can use

04:37 full again. All of these equilibrium and you'll understand why use interchangeably reversal

04:43 with equilibrium potential? When I talked equilibrium potentials, the other equation that

04:49 discussed last time is the Goldman equation the Goldman equation. In this situation

04:57 into consideration permeability. So it is much the same abbreviation from Nerds

05:05 But now we introduce permeability and, of for equilibrium, potential forgiven

05:11 We're calculating membrane potential in that membrane defense, mostly on potassium, sodium

05:17 a little part to chloride. And you plug in the permeability ratio,

05:23 is 40 times permeability for potassium and from the ability for sodium and you

05:30 in in this case, you're plugging their million Moeller. Here you were

05:35 in 1/20 which represents these ratios about 1/20 here. Five over 100 is

05:42 same as 1/20 can, either pulling the mill Imola value or the ratio

05:46 value. So 40 times more permeability potassium, one permeability for sodium their

05:54 and you get the membrane potential address mine and 65 kilovolts. So this

06:00 very important. That's one of the . All potential on this potential again

06:06 derived by using the Goldman equation which is different by for calculating an

06:14 ionic delivery. Um, potential is here. The important thing is that

06:21 that we discussed, like Astra side important function and with this diagram on

06:27 left shows it shows on the Y a member and potential. And then

06:32 X axis concentration of potassium and so concentration of potassium is anywhere between 3.5

06:38 Mueller to five million Mueller on the of the south and at that concentration

06:45 potential. Overall numbering potential is about 70 million balls about resting membrane

06:52 But look what happens if you double potassium mill Imola concentration just by a

06:58 million Moeller to 10 million Moeller. you're reaching close to minus 50 million

07:04 if you increase it to about 12 . Moeller. You already reached the

07:08 for action Potential Generation, which is minus 40 minus 45 million volts,

07:12 ? Yeah, So changes in extra potassium solution. Potassium eyes using outside

07:20 the cells. Remember the cells and permissible for potassium. And that's because

07:25 a lot of potassium channels that So potassium is leaking out of these

07:30 , and neurons in general are like capacitors. They're leaking potassium. They're

07:36 . Charge essentially off the capacitor which is plasma membrane. And by

07:43 this, it's creating ah, negative inside the cell because positive potassium minus

07:51 . Now, if you increase the concentration on the outside of the

07:55 now that leakage drive is reduced and you have a drive of potassium that

08:01 not a strong for it to come the inside of the cell to the

08:05 , and accumulation of extra cellular potassium be detrimental. Accumulation of extra Celia

08:11 and increases can cause persistent firing and and high potassium models from high potassium

08:18 models are often used as models with and epilepsy. And so this is

08:23 neurological disorder, Apple FC Apple To be diagnosed with epilepsy. You

08:30 tow, have seizure activity and seizures in very different types and forums.

08:37 can have Ah, motor component with , Kalanick, contractions and tremors.

08:44 you can have ah, no motor . You have very strong emotional

08:49 It can result in the loss of or in a seizure that does not

08:55 in the loss of consciousness and is thio smaller area of the brain.

09:00 refer to Jesus focal seizures. The we discussed from early on would be

09:07 in the hospital by using electrons so ground it's B e g, the

09:11 that would be placed on top of skull and would pick up the electrical

09:16 from underneath the skull. And so you actually increase potassium and if you

09:22 inhibition and increase potassium so there's a more firing of the exciting terry

09:28 This is one of the models for and seizures. Increasing potassium, which

09:33 polarizes neurons and makes neurons fire the of Astra sizes to siphon off these

09:40 increases in the potassium concentrations or other , through its very extensive processes through

09:46 network and through this interconnected network through Astra sides. And this is referred

09:52 a special buffering, essentially specially buffering concentration of potassium so that there is

09:59 significant increase in extra cellular potassium persistent and that can affect the cells

10:05 the South content fire and synchronize and excessive excited terry activity, which can

10:10 Thio epileptic seizure. So this function Astra side off essentially monitoring the Ionic

10:18 the neurotransmitter environment and the synapses is of the key functions. And distributing

10:24 these local ionic concentration increases is very , because if it is persistent,

10:30 it actually lead not only to but it could also lead Thio cell

10:36 . So this is an important slide keep in mind. And I believe

10:42 time we talked about Roderick MacKinnon, somebody remind me if we discussed this

10:48 slide and I'm looking at the chat so I can see if you have

10:52 questions on the syllabus you mentioned? might have homework and assignments will be

10:57 later. Maybe we had something like . Maybe you missed it. I

11:03 one homework assignment, which was, example, Thio. Determine which number

11:11 Manet area corresponds. Thio broke US and to Vernon CAS area.

11:18 this is a good exam question. I said, You guys should look

11:21 up. I also said that it's as much homework but really keeping track

11:26 the notes off the neurological disorders that already discussed. How often decisions need

11:31 occur to be considered that once you tow, have mawr, then one

11:36 for it to be considered apple saying, Um, there's very different

11:42 of seizures and very different types of . Um, actually, it's very

11:49 for little infants to have the seizure when the temperature goes up their called

11:56 seizures or heat induced seizures, and if it doesn't repeat that you don't

12:02 get diagnosed with epilepsy. So at multiple seizures you have tow confirm it

12:08 multiple methods, and one of them be e g recording covered Yes,

12:17 . So just remember, can it happen in adolescent seizures can happen in

12:25 ages, but there is a higher of epilepsy and seizure activity. And

12:31 Children, Uh, and then that increases again at an older age of

12:38 . Plus, uh, there are forms of seizures. Some of them

12:43 developmental forms of epilepsy and seizures to in on set within the 1st 23

12:49 of life. There's at the lesson of seizures that are more common that

12:54 in during the teenage years and into early twenties. But that is really

12:59 very complicated question. That's a very question, because epilepsy and seizures do

13:07 . It's a zit can be a off genetic mutation, environmental changes,

13:14 induce, seizures, visually sound induced and such. So very good questions

13:20 , Hold on to it. Maybe talk more about epilepsy during the

13:24 The teacher A message from this diagram Roderick MacKinnon and the fact that he

13:29 driven by the quest to solve the of the Potassium Channel and then to

13:35 the potassium channel. Using X ray . He was using genetic mutations and

13:42 flies, which is a model of , because if you mutated potassium

13:47 not just raise extra, sell your concentration shaker flies would present a epileptic

13:54 syndromes and flies that are likable to you're seeing. Humans Gene Mutations Air

14:00 hairpin loop is this poor loop that discovered. And this is the selectivity

14:06 inside the channel in our loop conserved acids. This is important. You

14:11 these mutations because you want to Of course, what the fruit

14:16 potassium channel, how it functions and toxins, uh, can bind to

14:22 parts of this channel using your pharmacology using electrophysiology. You can determine which

14:29 the fact activity of these channels. the point is that a lot of

14:32 channels air across conserved across species. so we may have a home ology

14:39 70 80% uh, to potassium channel and morphology that you see in fruit

14:47 . So these discoveries that go from dish from isolated channels understanding their functions

14:55 quite often not only a political for , but then result in aging humans

15:01 using the science to their advantage be further discoveries for for discovery of new

15:09 and new treatments for different disorders. action potential, we're gonna talk about

15:17 potential will understand that from resting. goes to the rising phase and goes

15:22 an overshoot which is above zero millet , then goes into the following phase

15:27 goes into the undershoot, which essentially a potential that is below the resting

15:33 and potential re Ford recovers with the of the palms back to the resting

15:38 and potential. So I'm gonna, , recording all arrived as much

17:05 Tonto, right? Just Yeah, , yeah. Mhm. Yeah,

20:32 could. Yeah. Oh, okay. So isolating the squid damped

20:59 on this is how we know the of islands inside the Exxon because it's

21:07 big that we can actually squeeze its solution out. Um, which is

21:15 . And some of the experiments and ionic transport. Remember, we talked

21:19 actual plas Mick transport, slow or . Some of this ionic transport mechanisms

21:26 described by using essentially some of these experimental data knowledge. So let me

21:36 with you the diagram that I made helps us understand a lot about action

21:43 . So I drew this and I'm post this, uh, online

21:55 But this is very important that quite few things are summarized in in this

22:06 and some of the very important things are important for us to now.

22:14 , so remember we drew this this last lecture Did you guys do it

22:24 lecture? Anybody? Did we go the circuit with you? So we

22:47 about numbering equivalent circuits. We described . Each channel can serve as a

22:53 variable conductor variable resistor that each one these channels, because of the equilibrium

22:58 on the electro motive forces has its battery that each channel will have its

23:05 circuit representing plasma membrane that you calculate current the strength of the current for

23:13 which is I the equals I Okay, or I is equal

23:22 InsWeb is the inverse of resistance times but VM here is the difference between

23:30 and minus E k. What does mean? This is the driving

23:36 So the current for potassium will depend the conductors for potassium and the driving

23:41 for that given ion for that potassium and the total conductors is the sum

23:47 all of the conducting sister individual potassium times the number of potassium channel Senator

23:53 membrane and equally so you can have strength of the sodium current calculated like

23:58 and other cards using the driving We talked about the fact that membrane

24:04 a great capacitor. Uh, we about resistance and that resistance. The

24:10 the south, the larger the The smaller is the input resistance into

24:15 south, but the larger the surface for the membrane, the greater is

24:20 capacitance properties of the cell. We about capacitors, good capacitors inside the

24:27 . They accumulate the charge pretty They discharge of pretty fast. The

24:30 plates are located close to each and we also discussed this what we

24:35 Ivy Block. This is the voltage over a current plot showing a linear

24:41 between voltage and current, but will back to some of the plots.

24:45 lecture discussed, Um, some or greater detail. Finally, this was

24:49 slide about the circuits that basically said if you have a passive circuit,

24:54 will not have any conductors through that . In reality, if you have

25:00 passive and active circuits, there's circus the plasma member and, to be

25:04 correctly, should have a capacitor built . So you have. See,

25:08 here you have the n a K , which works against concentration,

25:12 Um And then you have the electro forces driving potassium from the inside to

25:18 and driving sodium from the outside the of the cell. So these were

25:22 membrane equivalent circuits. And so the thing thio now understand before we talk

25:29 action potential is that these from inability that we discussed the dressed 40 times

25:35 permeability to potassium over sodium. We see that chloride has small permeability that

25:45 those permeability numbers and ratios change. the top line represents resting member and

25:50 middle line of PK ratio To PN two p c o represents the ratio

25:57 the ability during the action potential. , what happens is that there is

26:01 20 times more permeability thio potassium to ion during the action potential compared to

26:09 potassium ion, and also noticed that for co arrive addressed or during the

26:16 potential doesn't change that march. so it's not a very important

26:21 but nonetheless, we can also use , Hodgkin and tax equation with the

26:26 are TCF Natural log P, p N A. For sodium and

26:31 fa chloride. And you would see if you plug in the chloride

26:36 it's not going to have a significant fact from the membrane potential value.

26:41 because it doesn't change from rest action , it doesn't have a significant effect

26:47 the actual potential value either. I'm gonna You should whip out your

27:00 anding course notebook or blank piece of . The other blind piece of paper

27:09 not the one little where you drew circuits so that you can recognize

27:13 conductors, battery capacitors. This page this notebook is gonna be dedicated.

27:22 Action potential, The whole page, whole page. Okay, so get

27:28 . I drew this yesterday with a . You're lucky it's already done.

27:32 can go faster over it, but are very important things. All of

27:36 will be on the exam. First all, the equilibrium potentials for protection

27:40 , Mark minus 90 have a Colombian for fluoride, which is minus 70

27:46 volts. You have resting number of RMP, which is minus 65 million

27:52 . You have action. Potential threshold minus 45 million balls. A sexual

27:59 threshold value minus 40 of abnormal. zero value is where you would have

28:07 overshoot where the cell d polarizes and zero normal value equilibrium Potential for sodium

28:14 positive. 55 positive. 60. a break here in the scale and

28:18 have a deliberate potential council about 120. So what did he

28:29 Raised it. You can draw it . This is what I'm going to

28:37 . So here is our resting membrane . This is a cell and it

28:43 polarizes and hyper polarized. High Hyper high proposed deep polarizes, deep

28:49 , deep polarizes, deep polarizes, polarized. Deep polarizes, hyper polarizes

28:55 . Yeah. Never reaches the threshold action. Potential never generates an action

29:06 . Okay, it stays sub So these fluctuations, these deep polarization

29:12 driving the cell thio more positive These deflections upward deflections is positive imports

29:21 represent excited terry inputs and activation of Terry synopsis and these hyper polarization They

29:28 this downward deflections to hyper polarized the their response of the cell. The

29:35 in the member of potential because of inhibitory inputs in inhibitory synapses. So

29:41 no, uh, reaching the threshold , which is indicated by Yellow

29:49 And so the membrane potential states sub in the way you can think of

29:54 is analog and coding mode erased it . So I said, You have

30:01 draw now there's a number of potential polarized Whoa, hyper polarized,

30:07 polarized, deep, polarized, polarized , threshold, fraction potential. What

30:13 all or not? Event? actual potential happens. So if it

30:20 this value off the threshold for the potential, which is about minus 45

30:26 40 mil levels, that means that is strong enough excited Terry input coming

30:31 the cell, maybe from thousands of on the dendritic trees gets to the

30:36 of the cell, then the accident segment by the Soma. If it's

30:40 polarized enough, it then produces all non action potential of them.

30:49 yeah, So if we have two these events repeating, there's several important

30:56 that are happening. When you have polarization, you have more sodium

31:02 more sodium influx inside the cell causes cell to dip polarized Further, more

31:06 polarization inside the cell causes more so you have this positive feedback

31:13 Mhm positive feedback loop. That means . Deep polarization, more sodium,

31:18 and more deep polarization, more going in and with sodium influx.

31:24 sodium coming inside the cell is trying do. It's trying to drive the

31:28 member in potential, which is measured on the Y axis on the X

31:34 is time milliseconds trying to drive this in potential. That's close to the

31:40 liberal potential for sodium as possible, it doesn't achieve that. And you

31:45 say, Well, if it is , positive feedback loop more so,

31:50 more deeply ization. More so, multiple ization. What happens then?

31:54 come sodium doesn't reach a cooler brand potassium? Well, we talked about

32:00 important concepts driving force, the M minus. The difference between the membrane

32:09 , which is the equilibrium potential for , is its driving force.

32:15 there are larger the driving force, larger the car inflow, the larger

32:19 driving force. Okay, the mawr specific ion has driven across plasma

32:28 So when you think about resting member potential here and action potential threshold,

32:36 this driving force it was driving for . That's awful color. This driving

32:48 is great for sodium. It's very separation between equilibrium potential facility in versus

32:55 membrane potential, either dressed or during threshold of action potential. But what

33:04 is the cell membrane potential keeps rising deep polarizing. This driving force keeps

33:11 and shrinking and shrinking and shrinking and and becoming really small. This difference

33:18 V, M and e sodium is smaller and smaller and smaller as the

33:24 polarizes. So unless the Selby something else happens. Now you're actually

33:34 at how far away this member and is from equilibrium potential for potassium.

33:44 you're all of a sudden realizing that driving force, VM mindless potassium,

33:49 much greater to potassium, so the in the driving force, in part

33:55 responsible for the decrease of sodium The other part is responsible for decrease

34:02 sodium influxes, inactivation of sodium So there's gating properties of the sodium

34:08 that will discuss later today that you understand why the sodium channel shuts down

34:15 why there is no MAWR sodium conductors , and it doesn't restrict Librium potential

34:21 sodium. However, what happens is starts the flock sing, so potassium

34:28 leaving the cell, and this is for the falling face off the action

34:33 for the re polarization phase. And you have and undershoot and potassium is

34:41 to drive the overall VM member and to its equilibrium potential value of about

34:48 90 million volts over the year. it also doesn't succeed quite to do

34:55 as you have now, decrease in driving force for potassium, a significant

35:02 and increase for driving force for sodium this stage here and activation off sodium

35:10 a d p. Ace pumps reshuffling thes ions across plasma membrane back

35:16 the wrestling member and potential. And it gets deep polarized enough again and

35:22 the threshold for action potential, it another all or none event. That's

35:28 few milliseconds to too few milliseconds in . Uh huh. These are all

35:36 important numbers, values, dynamics, all of this is going to be

35:42 your test. That a thing that gonna try to do here. I'm

35:46 try to match this up pretty I was able to do that

35:53 I took this diagram from the Look at that. Wow. Pretty

35:58 . All right. My action potential not that bad of an action potential

36:03 . So you have deep polarization And during this, uh, days

36:08 the action potential, you're in the refractory period. That means that during

36:13 red zone on deep polarization and during re polarization, you cannot produce another

36:20 potential. The cell is not equipped produce another action potential. The membrane

36:27 to re polarize significantly. It's shown close close to the action potential threshold

36:35 in order for the cell to enter cell number in potential to enter in

36:40 relative refractory period during relatively factory Martin Blue is when the salad it

36:47 another very strong excited Terry. Another , deep, polarizing input it can

36:53 the relative refractory period produced another action . So the frequency of self firing

37:00 lot of times depends on the especially on the relative refractory period.

37:06 the relative refractory period very much depends the ions and the re shuffling off

37:12 across different subtypes of different neuronal Okay, so this is the absolute

37:20 period versus the relative or factory That's very important to understand why,

37:27 we talk further about, some of channel dynamics assume recording action potential,

37:34 we'll talk about action potential. But do we know? And how do

37:38 understand the action potential? Whether some the things that we needed? So

37:42 we watched this movie, Professor brilliant, anonymous, he dissected,

37:48 was stimulating. You saw the but he needed faster equipment and that

37:54 equipment didn't come until World War Two incorporated very fast electrical circuits. A

38:01 of them came from Navy, in , some of the connections and still

38:05 like connections and the lab that we for some of the electrophysiology cords and

38:12 and oscilloscopes that we connect. So Clamp was unnecessary technique. And what

38:17 the voltage climb? So we have understand what was mentioned in the

38:21 That Whoa, that's sweet. John was so big that he was able

38:25 put an electrode inside squid John Paxson outside squid giant tax on. So

38:31 was able Thio have two electrodes and the difference across plasma membrane. You

38:38 very fast equipment in order to pick the action potential because action potential last

38:43 two milliseconds. So you need to very high sampling rates. And the

38:46 rates are incredibly high in modern We're talking about 400 uh samples for

38:56 samples, 40,000 samples per second. what you have here is an circuit

39:03 explains to you how voltage Kwan So the green electric goes inside the

39:08 john tax on that goes into the plasma and the other green electrode is

39:13 reference electrode, or the or the , which is basically comparing the voltage

39:20 the inside of the cell with the electoral to the outside of the

39:24 where outside of the cell is set zero million ball voltage. One internal

39:30 measures voltage and is connected to the clamp amplifier. So you're measuring voltage

39:35 is your measuring voltage your reporting? voltage to the voltage clamp amplifier here

39:40 green voltage clamp amplifier compares membrane potential the desired command potential. So,

39:48 , what are you talking about? is the command potential command potential or

39:54 membrane holding or clamping membrane? It's Samos commanding for the membrane potential to

40:01 held at a certain mill evolve So essentially, once you report this

40:11 and you said you're voltage plan, command the voltage clamped Experimenter says.

40:17 want the member and potential to be minus 30 in any fluctuation from minus

40:23 . I want this current when this from minus sturdy and the VM and

40:29 and potential is different from my Then I want this amplifier and two

40:35 jack current into the acts on through Second Orange Electric. And this feedback

40:41 causes the member and potential to become same as command potential and the current

40:47 back across the acts on in order correct for the setting. In order

40:52 inject this current, the current flowing into the action across the membrane can

40:57 measured, then can be measured as current can be measured to snap.

41:01 current can be measured as any physiological that happened that this voltage clamp amplifier

41:09 thio negatively feedback and reset it back the holding or command potential that it

41:16 was set by the experiment. So of the num brain that is important

41:22 remember the reversal or ionic equilibrium We did the calculations for a

41:29 um, potentials, But have we them experimentally? Not until we have

41:34 plan, so it allows you. measure effects of changes in membrane potential

41:42 change the membrane potential overall and then individually on the conduct, insists and

41:48 what happens to currents going inside the and going outside the cell. It's

41:53 negative feedback system, different from positive and and put in sodium conduct us

42:00 we just discussed this negative feedback and more like a thermostat in the summer

42:06 . Too hot school air kicks in the wintertime too cold, warm air

42:10 in. So the same way, there is a difference between the membrane

42:15 VM and the command potential, this the output that will come out from

42:21 voltage. Clamp this V out. as it balances, any fluctuations is

42:26 a actual activity off currents flowing across membrane. Modern voltage plan has ah

42:35 more complex circuit and only requires a intracellular like. So when I showed

42:41 patch clamp recordings, um, we'll some of them. Even today,

42:46 talked about only a single electrode. that single electrode can inject and record

42:50 can inject record card. In other , a single electron now can serve

42:55 a clamping and is a recording You still need a reference electorate,

42:59 is a ground which is always Any electric physiological electrical recording. This

43:06 voltage climb. The voltage clown was to let me check the chat.

43:17 , see the questions in Is your law slide? There's a resistant voltage

43:22 elements years with typical structure that represents child alone or that childhood memory.

43:28 ion channel and really the member. you, you would think with the

43:33 they represented by the capacitor, capacitance capacitor. This is the input during

43:38 relative refractory period, need to be that is greater than the threshold,

43:43 just enough to be polar as a to the threshold. Um, depending

43:51 where the membrane potential, as if is very close to the threshold and

43:56 get strong stimulus input, you will an action potential If you arm or

44:02 polarized, you will need a stronger in order to regenerate that action

44:07 So the, uh, earlier you in the refractory period, the faster

44:13 can generate second action potential. I that that's what you're getting at.

44:19 think if the stimulus doesn't reach the cellphone too polarized UK. Ignore

44:24 . Okay. I think that the polarizes, but if it doesn't reach

44:29 threshold, it doesn't produce the action . I think this is the correct

44:33 of saying that, uh, what said the surge isn't quite. Answer

44:38 question I have. Yes, I . Can you explain briefly the purpose

44:44 the voltage clamping? Great. So are on this, actually, just

44:48 the purpose of voltage clamping. Why would you create all of these

44:52 ? Like I said, Look, nurse equation, you were able to

44:58 individual reversal potentials based on what not on electrical recordings based on the

45:06 radiance and based on the neurons and goldman on the nurse equation for equilibrium

45:11 . The EU's voltage clamp. In example, Hodgkin and Huxley, who

45:16 in 1963 awarded Nobel prize in physiology medicine under work on the action potential

45:23 pictured here and what we know about potential in the model Hodgkin and Huxley

45:28 of action potential is still very much play very much dominating than Europe.

45:33 , modern nor physiology. Voltage clamp you dip, polarize the cell membrane

45:38 in red line to minus 26 million . That shows you two things.

45:43 shows you this downward blip. This blip here on the green represents inward

45:49 . And it shows you that as as you do polarize the south,

45:52 have this downward blip inward current going and then shortly afterwards you have this

45:58 zone current, which is the outward . It shows you that despite the

46:03 that you have this prolonged be polarizing , the inward currents just is

46:09 It doesn't persist, but the outward persists as long as there is deep

46:16 . If you d polarize the cell you voltage clam, that this is

46:20 experiment in which you're going to be to voltage clamp. Okay, sufficiently

46:25 clamped the member in that zero Mila . What happens is that you observe

46:29 a stronger in lord card mawr sodium in more do polarization, more

46:34 but it's still transient, but what is zero moviles. Now there's a

46:39 strong outward current because they're strong driving for potassium that has been created at

46:45 very positive, uh, D polarizing . If you do polarize the

46:51 even mawr now in the positive potentials positive 26. Now you're seeing a

46:57 , small reduction in this inward card this blip here on the green and

47:04 big increase in the outward card. you do polarize the self deposited 52

47:09 balls. Whoa, what happened to inward current? It's gone.

47:15 Because this is equilibrium potential for sodium happens of equilibrium potential. There is

47:21 net flow of sodium ions. They're inside and outside. There is no

47:26 change in the movement of the There is no more inward signal.

47:31 have reached an equilibrium potential for which is generating this inward signal,

47:38 now you have just persistent Outward which is still delayed. It doesn't

47:44 immediately, is compared to these to inward currents generated by by sodium but

47:49 potassium outward current still persists. What if you go to positive 65 if

47:55 50 to a positive 55 eyes the potential value for sodium? What happens

48:01 positive 65. Very interesting, If you were to zoom in a

48:06 bit more on these images, what see is you see a little bit

48:10 a early blip here and you see I'm saying. What is this early

48:14 ? This is sodium. This is , but now, on the other

48:19 of its equilibrium, potential off 62 a positive 65 sodium is no

48:26 flowing inside the cell. The current and sodium flows to the outside of

48:32 cell. And that's why when I said, just off the tip of

48:35 tongue, it always comes out Potential reversal potential. It's the same

48:39 equilibrium. Potentially used these two terms , and the reason for it is

48:45 at this value, the current reverses sodium card instead of coming inside,

48:51 becomes an outward card. Of physiological. If you kept the sustained

48:56 polarization of positive 65 mil levels, would mean cell death, but

49:02 in order to clamp the voltage, clamping it. You're holding this voltage

49:07 of positive 52. It allows you reveal the dynamics of individuals, conducted

49:14 dynamics off sodium conductors, which is and transient versus the potassium conductors,

49:20 is late in this persistent. And thanks to these two giants that we

49:26 understanding off the action potential you understand on probably will know more about actual

49:33 You thought you'd never want to Now, if you look at the

49:38 of sodium during the rising phase of action potential and you look and be

49:44 , each one of these wiggly traces single sodium channel. And when sodium

49:51 opens, you have this red curve the opening of the channel. What

49:56 shows is that the sodium channels open on during the polarization deep polarization.

50:02 they open it slightly different times during rising phase of the action potential,

50:07 then see what you have is you the combination of the some of all

50:11 these individual sodium channels opening up some , a sodium current showing a very

50:21 but early activated transient sodium, inward sodium carb. And if you

50:29 on the same, this this, to dash lines represent the rising phase

50:35 the action potential. If you look the diagram with potassium, these two

50:40 lines, which still represent the rising of the actual potential, shows you

50:44 potassium channels, which are outward, insists and indie You have individual potassium

50:51 opening up. Potassium channels do not , they're opening, is delayed,

50:57 they're opening is sustained. The activity the current flow through individual potassium channels

51:02 much, much longer and represents the of the DIF organization and the cell

51:08 as compared to the sodium channels. they're late activated, a delayed activation

51:14 the persistent activated. That means that long as there is deep polarization,

51:18 going to be very long, awkward currents and e. Of course,

51:22 have the sum of all of these potassium channels opening into the overall potassium

51:29 that is shown in the blue curve and on the top right, and

51:33 have basically net trans member and current the rising phase. During these two

51:39 realized lines of the action potential It's by sodium in flex, but that

51:45 transient. You can see that the it's still deep polarized at the peak

51:50 it still is D polarized at the dash line, but the sodium channels

51:56 closed, and now potassium channels are up peaking. The opening of the

52:01 is, during the falling phase, peak of the falling phase of the

52:05 potential. And that's when you have e flexing and leaving the cell from

52:10 inside to the outside to re balance shark very quickly. And this is

52:15 again over a period of one too milliseconds in time. So sodium channel

52:23 understanding of the sodium channel dynamics are . But understanding the morphology is equally

52:29 important because that tells us something about sodium channel dynamic sodium channel. In

52:34 case, when we talk about actual , we're talking about voltage gated

52:38 channel in voltage gated potassium channel. does that mean? That means that

52:43 channel has gates. That's why it's . That's not delegates, its Gates

52:51 gates. It's gated, gaining channels and and has a voltage. It's

52:59 to changes a voltages so it's gated voltage. It has this voltage

53:04 If we look at the overall morphology the channel, we have four trans

53:12 sub units. We have nitrous and Oxo and on the side of plasma

53:18 . Each one of the sub which is noted here in Roman numeral

53:24 contains six trans membrane segments noted. s 123456 The hairpin poor loop.

53:33 selectivity Felter is located between segment five six. Segment four of this Trans

53:40 and in each of the sub units a lot of positively charged amino acid

53:47 . And these positively charged amino acid are attracted by the negatively charged inside

53:54 the plasma membrane. And it has and you'll notice it actually has two

53:59 of gates. So what happens is resting membrane potential that inside off the

54:09 , it gets negatively charged and it negatively charged. And this voltage

54:14 which isn't trans membrane six it's really dimensional collection of Amina assets that are

54:20 , positively polarized, attracted by this charge. And they're sitting attracted close

54:26 the cytoplasmic side of the plasma membrane the activation gave indicated here is closed

54:33 the sodium. But what happens with polarization from minus 65 to minus 40

54:39 balls is that instead of this negative , you now have accumulation of positive

54:45 on the inside of the membrane. this positive charge starts repelling the voltage

54:52 . And what that means is that sensor actually changes and starts moving.

55:00 structure, changes its confirmation and starts upwards and away from positive charge.

55:07 as it induces, this confirmation will across the entire protein channel. The

55:14 gave the channel gates for the sodium now open. Okay, so sodium

55:21 opened by the change in voltage across membrane and by the confirmation will change

55:28 gets induced by the movement off the sensor that's located and trans membrane segment

55:35 off each one of the sub So sodium channel kinetics are such that

55:42 discussed It's fast opening, but it's fast inactivating. It's called inactivation.

55:49 one millisecond or so sodium channels open sodium channels closed, you can have

55:55 deep polarization here, shown above from 65 to minus 40 million balls but

56:02 doesn't matter for sodium channel. It from home one millisecond and then immediately

56:08 . And then for this channel to opened again. You actually have the

56:12 polarized plasma number in here showed on of the Blue Line. In order

56:17 it, Thio be ableto open And so there's a cycle here.

56:22 this, in fact, shows that channels has two types of gates.

56:29 , it has Activation Gate, which closed, and it has a second

56:35 hanging out down here, sort of a ball on a change, and

56:38 that's called Inactivation Gate. Two types gates. The activation game has shown

56:45 to arms closed. Inactivation gate is ball, and chain number one sodium

56:53 here corresponds to the traces of the opening shown above in number one.

56:59 channel is closed because they're just Polarization started as soon as deep polarization

57:04 . A number two activation gate is because the voltage sensor has moved up

57:10 opened up activation gate and sodium channel open and sodium ions of flowing into

57:17 sodium channel for about one millisecond. because of that confirmation will change that

57:22 generated by the sliding off the voltage up wars onto the channel That confirmation

57:29 change now causes the inactivation gate to and swing and close the channel

57:35 Plug it up. It's called so the movement of that bolted sense

57:41 first opens activation gates. But as changes the confirmation of the channel,

57:46 channel used the second gate and activation and in activates. So Number

57:52 you have an activation, and that takes only one millisecond. Now what

57:58 to happen in order for you? , open the channel again. What

58:02 have to do is you have to the inactivation gave. I didn't make

58:07 these terms, and it's called Deep . You deep inactivate you remove inactivation

58:13 . How do you remove the inactivation ? The only way to do it

58:17 by hyper polarizing the South to its number and potential. Once you do

58:24 , then the inactivation gave swings back this position called Dean Activation and activation

58:33 close shut. Now you're in for same as one. Now you're ready

58:39 get another D polarizing stimulus for the Channel to transit. We open and

58:44 , generating very fast action potential. cannot go 1 to 1. You

58:48 go. 1231 You have to 123 Closed again. Open inactivated.

58:57 activated. Closed. Okay, this the dynamics. And this is the

59:03 reason why sodium ions never reach equilibrium for sodium. During the rising phase

59:10 the action potential, the driving force number one. We discussed decreases for

59:16 mile. The driving force of polarized potentials increases for potassium instead.

59:22 second thing that happens is the channel , the inactivation of the sodium channel

59:28 does not allow for the member and to be driven all the way to

59:32 equilibrium potential for sodium this inactivation of sodium channel dynamics that come into the

59:40 . Therefore, you also should relate to the refractory period's that if you

59:46 hyper polarized the South a certain you do not Dean. Activate these

59:51 and close them. Therefore, you generate another action to control, and

59:56 why you cannot generate another action potential like absolute refractory period until you reach

60:01 certain level of hyper polarization and you into the relatively factory period in which

60:08 ion channels for sodium are now closed closing. Some of them are

60:14 Most of them will be closed when tell fully re polarizes, but now

60:18 open to generating another action potential during relatives. Refractory period. So this

60:27 a diagram that shows patch clamp recording you can actually patch onto the pieces

60:32 the plasma membrane, and you will sodium channels and you can withdraw pieces

60:38 the plasma membrane, and this is you can pass the current.

60:42 remember, the pie pads can now the current and record the current.

60:45 air very fast electrical pie pads, glass pipettes filled with a solution and

60:51 electorate sitting inside of them that's communicating of the electrical information. So you

60:57 to have these very fast recordings, you can withdraw black remembering, and

61:01 can produce the current. You polarize membrane and you can record individual channel

61:07 so you can actually record individual molecular opening and closing and how the ions

61:16 flow through that individual channel. So different techniques that we use in modern

61:29 on those online here. They're all referred to this patch clamp technique.

61:35 again goes back to the voltage Is your clamping onto something mostly of

61:41 the member and potential of the cell of potential? If you have this

61:48 than these Electra's air, actually, showed you in the lab. They're

61:53 underneath the microscopes or targeting these sort little cell sick collective connected to the

61:59 and from amplifiers. You have wires off and you actually have a suction

62:05 coming off from the amplifier that's connected this electrode. And as you visualize

62:10 bring this electrode close. Thio the . You actually suction the sound of

62:18 . This is why it's called Mile . So you wonder how you get

62:21 section through your mouth or through the . You actually pulled slightly through this

62:27 . What you do, you suction the plasma number. Once you have

62:33 electrode attached, you can perform what called cell attached recordings. So one

62:38 of the recording, which forms a contact between the pipe that and the

62:42 , and you can pick up cell recording currents from that cell Now,

62:49 you go by the labs electrophysiology you'll see guys sitting there. If

62:54 actively patching south what we call sitting these wires with this pipette wires actually

63:02 something like more like we call it kiss. So strong false of suction

63:08 actually break the plasma membrane. And you have the complete access to

63:14 The cytoplasm becomes continuous. Yeah, cytoplasm and the cell attacks. Recording

63:18 not continues, but in the whole recording the side of plasmas continuous with

63:24 intracellular electorate recording solution. And so of the currents passing in and out

63:29 the South will deal picked up by whole cell recording recording what the whole

63:34 is doing and as far as the passing through plasma membrane. Now,

63:40 you attach and you have the cell recording instead of strong suction, you

63:44 actually withdraw your electrode. And it's . All of this is science,

63:52 and lock and persistence. Remember that get to these electric physiological and feature

63:58 that may take you a couple hours three hours to set up the solutions

64:02 set up the tissues to perform a on the animal toe. Isolate brain

64:07 to put it under a microscope on know me the beginning, and it's

64:14 12 PM it's almost one now. still have to do the experiment,

64:19 it takes me our to get a pash, maybe half a.

64:24 if I'm lucky, I may lose sell because somebody walks in the lab

64:29 the equipment vibrates and you lose the . So it's very, very,

64:35 precise work. Very dexterous work. , you're keeping track constantly of different

64:42 . They're happening around you, and not to discourage you, but to

64:45 you about electrophysiology. That's what something in your books. If you withdraw

64:50 plasma membrane now you have what is inside out. Recording. You are

64:56 the cytoplasmic domain of this channel Prodi the extra cellular environment. You think

65:01 it. It's always being exposed to environment. Now is all of a

65:05 extra sally environment. Why would you that? Because once you're inside the

65:10 , you don't really know how things different chemicals affect this channel. But

65:15 you have a controlled environment. You pretend you're the cell the side of

65:20 in your excess, Ellis was. can change things in a controlled

65:24 ions and chemicals, and observe how conducted through this channel how the currents

65:29 this channel are affected by it. , if you do both the kiss

65:36 the withdrawal of the electron, what happen if you're lucky, you may

65:40 on outside out recording. In this , you break the plasma membrane on

65:45 inside of the electrode and you withdraw so the pieces break off from the

65:52 membrane on the outside here of the membrane surrounding this piece of interest for

65:59 . What happens? The plasma member Rian eels and reforms the plasma

66:03 Remember that it's fossil Olympic bile So if you put these fossil Olympic

66:08 together, they form the walls that the mycelium. They can really Neil

66:13 they can reform, and in this now you have an experimental set up

66:18 which the extra cellular or the outside of the channel is exposed to the

66:24 cellular solution. So you have an out recording versus the inside out

66:31 It's very important. It's very important pharmacology because you may want to see

66:36 certain chemicals that can pass through plasma , how they affect the cytoplasmic

66:44 how they affect the flow of current cytoplasmic domain. Likewise, if you

66:51 some chemicals, you don't know if pastor plasma member or not, you

66:56 precisely address what effect they have on channel. If they buy on the

67:00 cellular domain side of this channel, that there are very different binding size

67:05 different chemicals and toxins and molecules on channels, because each one of these

67:12 it's a very complex, three dimensional structure comprised off, you know,

67:19 . And so it's very important for to know we're different molecules bind and

67:24 binding of these molecules may affect the or the current flow through these

67:30 It would be employing all of these to understand electrical activity across plasma membrane

67:37 the whole cell or across individual So this segment is one of my

67:43 , actually, because I talked about I called mouthwatering tails off toxins,

67:49 we're gonna talk about the fact that so many toxins in nature and then

67:56 for the most part try to avoid toxins in nature. We know to

68:01 out for poisonous plans for poisonous animals , uh, frogs that have poison

68:11 snakes that have venom for fish that stab you and so on. It's

68:18 toxins. Set it out in And then there's a certain contingent of

68:23 that are thrill seekers and constantly seek little bit of excitement from what do

68:29 toxins feel like? And so I'm share with the video that talks

68:37 you know, watching episode of Simpsons and the disclaimer and I get to

68:41 classes that they're so funny unless our after everybody. So if your offensive

68:48 should be equally offensive to everybody, like Simpsons are. And so the

68:53 is not to offend anyone here, we can all handle this is an

68:58 . But to watch this funny this funny episode should remind you half

69:04 the lecture today. Easy, bankable , If you just cut and probably

69:15 , yes, he just but in yes. Yes, it is

69:24 potentially fatal. But if slice properly be quite misty, I must get

69:29 master. Uh huh. smokes. ? Mr You are needing Indication E

69:42 colorfully dart master, we need your hands by skilled hands are busy.

69:48 do it. Uh, okay, me fill you in a little bit

69:58 saying that, uh, Simpson's go sushi restaurant. And he's so hungry

70:05 ate everything and he identifies Fukuda puffer or blow fish on the menu.

70:15 this is where it survived. Concentrate that Yeah. Fuku testing.

70:38 back to me. Oh, beautiful , Liberty. Oh, God,

70:47 e j. Simpson says I shall , But we have reason to believe

70:53 have eaten e o. Tell me . No need to panic. There's

71:00 map to the hospital on the back the menu. I don't take me

71:07 . Well, you, Homer, never heard of a poison pork

71:11 Do I have agreed that I should this to you? Tony?

71:15 I can read Mars like a Uh huh. It's good news,

71:21 it? No, Mr Simpson, in fact, you have consumed the

71:24 of the Blowfish and from what the has told me, it's quite

71:28 You have 24 hours to live Well, 22. I'm sorry I

71:34 you waiting so long, March. gonna die. I'm gonna die.

71:40 , if there's one consolation is that feel no pain at all until sometime

71:45 evening when your heart suddenly explodes. , a little death anxiety is

71:50 You can expect to go through five . The first is denial. No

71:54 . Because I'm not dying. Second angered by U E O for

71:59 Yeah. What's up? Your You to get me out of this.

72:03 make it worth your while. Acceptance. Well, you're going to

72:08 jump kind, Mr Soups. And progress astounds me. I should leave

72:11 two alone. Perhaps this pamphlet will helpful. So last week?

72:33 So to do this, you have go through special training because food official

72:40 fish contains a toxic. And the that prepare these very specific slices of

72:49 they have to go through, I about seven years of training. So

72:55 have toe remove certain parts of the . Is there a dissecting yet?

73:04 has to be done very carefully. ? So, again, the take

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