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Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain, 3e
Chapter 3: The Neuronal Membrane at Rest
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IntroductionIntroduction• Action potential in the nervous system
– Action potential vs. resting potential
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The Cast of ChemicalsThe Cast of Chemicals
• Cytosolic and Extracellular Fluid (Cont’d)
– Ions: Atoms or molecules with a net electrical charge
• Cations: positive charge
• Anions: negative charge
• Spheres of hydration
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The Cast of ChemicalsThe Cast of Chemicals
• The Phospholipid Membrane
– The Phospholipid Bilayer
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The Cast of ChemicalsThe Cast of Chemicals
• Protein
– Molecules
• Enzymes
• Cytoskeletal elements
• Receptors
• Special transmembrane proteins
• Control resting and action potentials
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The Cast of ChemicalsThe Cast of Chemicals
• Protein
– Channel Proteins
• Polar R groups and nonpolar R groups
• Ion selectivity and gating
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The Cast of ChemicalsThe Cast of Chemicals
• Protein
– Ion Pumps
• Formed by membrane spanning proteins
• Uses energy from ATP breakdown
• Neuronal signaling
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The Movement of IonsThe Movement of Ions
• Diffusion
– Dissolved ions distribute evenly
– Ions flow down concentration gradient when:
• Channels permeable to specific ions
• Concentration gradient across the membrane
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The Movements of IonsThe Movements of Ions
• Electricity
• Electrical current influences ion movement
• Electrical conductance (g) and resistance (R); R = 1/g
• Electrical potential (voltage)
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The Cast of ChemicalsThe Cast of Chemicals
• Electricity
– Electrical current flow across a membrane
– Ohm’s law I = gV ; V=IR
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The Ionic Basis of The Resting Membrane PotentialThe Ionic Basis of The Resting Membrane Potential
• Membrane potential: Voltage across the neuronal membrane
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The Ionic Basis of The Resting Membrane Potential The Ionic Basis of The Resting Membrane Potential
• Equilibrium Potential (Eion)
– No net movement of ions when separated by a phospholipid membrane
– Equilibrium reached when K+ channels inserted into the phospholipid bilayer
– Electrical potential difference that exactly balances ionic concentration gradient
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The Ionic Basis of The Resting Membrane Potential The Ionic Basis of The Resting Membrane Potential
• Equilibrium Potentials (Cont’d)
– Four important points
• Large changes in Vm
• Minuscule changes in ionic concentrations
• Net difference in electrical charge
• Inside and outside membrane surface
• Rate of movement of ions across membrane
• Proportional Vm – Eion
• Concentration difference known: Equilibrium potential can be calculated
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The Ionic Basis of The Resting Membrane Potential The Ionic Basis of The Resting Membrane Potential • Equilibrium Potential (Cont’d)
– Inside positively charged relative to outside
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• Equilibrium Potentials (Cont’d)
– The Nernst Equation E =61.5 mV log [Ion]o /[Ion]i
• Calculates the exact value of the equilibrium potential for each ion in mV
• Takes into consideration:
• Charge of the ion
• Temperature
• Ratio of the external and internal ion concentrations
The Ionic Basis of The Resting Membrane Potential The Ionic Basis of The Resting Membrane Potential
Ion
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The Ionic Basis of The Resting Membrane Potential The Ionic Basis of The Resting Membrane Potential
• The Distribution of Ions Across The Membrane
– K+ more concentrated on inside, Na+ and Ca2+ more concentrated outside
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The Ionic Basis of The Resting Membrane Potential The Ionic Basis of The Resting Membrane Potential
• The sodium-potassium pump
– Enzyme - breaks down ATP when Na present
– Calcium pump: Actively transports Ca2+ out of cytosol
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The Ionic Basis of The Resting Membrane PotentialThe Ionic Basis of The Resting Membrane Potential
• Relative Ion Permeabilities of the Membrane at Rest
– Neurons permeable to more than one type of ion
– Membrane permeability determines membrane potential
– Goldman equation
• Takes into account permeability of membrane to different ions
Vm = 61.5 logPk [K]o + PNa[Na]o
Pk [K]i + PNa[Na]i
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• Relative Ion Permeabilities of the Membrane at Rest
– Selective permeability of potassium channels - key determinant in resting membrane potential
– Many types of Potassium Channel
• Lily & Yuh Nung Jan—amino acid sequences; Family of K+ channels
• e.g., Shaker Potassium Channel
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• Relative Ion Permeabilities of the Membrane at Rest
– K+ channels: 4 subunits
– Channel selectively permeable to K+ ions
– MacKinnon—2003 Nobel Prize
• Mutations of specific K+ channels; Inherited neurological disorders
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The Ionic Basis of The Resting Membrane PotentialThe Ionic Basis of The Resting Membrane Potential
• Relative Ion Permeabilities of the Membrane at Rest
– Resting membrane potential is close to EK
because it is mostly permeable to K+
– Membrane potential sensitive to extracellular K+
– Increased extracellular K+ depolarizes membrane potential
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The Ionic Basis of The Resting Membrane PotentialThe Ionic Basis of The Resting Membrane Potential
• Relative Ion Permeabilities of the Membrane at Rest
– Regulating the External Potassium Concentration
• Blood-Brain barrier
• Potassium spatial buffering
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Concluding RemarksConcluding Remarks
• Activity of the sodium-potassium pump
• Large K+ concentration gradient
• Electrical potential difference across the membrane
– Similar to a battery
• Potassium channels
– Contribute to resting potential
• Roles of ion pumps
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The Cast of ChemicalsThe Cast of Chemicals
• Cytosolic and Extracellular Fluid
– Water
• Key ingredient in
intracellular and extracellular fluid
• Key feature – water is a polar solvent
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The Cast of ChemicalsThe Cast of Chemicals
• The Phospholipid Membrane
– Hydrophilic
• Dissolve in water due to uneven electrical charge (e.g., salt)
– Hydrophobic
• Does not dissolve in water due to even electrical charge (e.g., oil)
– Lipids are hydrophobic
• Contribute to resting and action potentials
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The Cast of ChemicalsThe Cast of Chemicals
• Protein
– Structure
• Amino acids
• Alpha carbon and R groups
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The Cast of ChemicalsThe Cast of Chemicals
• Protein
– Structure (Cont’d)
• Peptide bonds and polypeptides
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The Cast of ChemicalsThe Cast of Chemicals
• Protein
– Structure (Cont’d)
• Four levels of protein structure
• Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Quaternary
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