Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
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Platzer, D; Zorn-Pauly, K.
Accuracy considerations for capacitance estimation by voltage steps in cardiomyocytes.
Prog Biophys Mol Biol. 2020; 157(21):3-10
Doi: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2020.03.001
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- Platzer Dieter
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- Electrophysiologists routinely use simple voltage steps to evaluate cell membrane capacitance derived from corresponding current responses. Frequently, the resting membrane voltage Vrest is employed as holding potential for the subsequent command voltage step and more or less accurate methods are utilised to analyse the transient current. Another choice as holding potential is the peak of the "quasi steady-state" current to voltage relationship, Vpeak. The aim of this study is the systematic evaluation of capacitance estimation accuracy from voltage step experiments depending on the choice of holding potential and analysis method. In this paper, a simulation approach is employed to analyse the current response of a model patch-clamp circuit. Four commonly accepted methods are implemented, utilizing different aspects of the transient current (charge, membrane time constant, and influence of the series resistance) in various combinations and with various degrees of refinement. This simulation study indicates an acceptable accuracy of the elaborated methods for capacitance estimation at holding potentials Vrest and Vpeak over a broad range of capacitance as well as series resistance values. Simple integration of the current transient provides sufficient accuracy at holding potentials, which effectively minimizes changes in resistive membrane current flow during command voltage steps (particularly around Vpeak). However, biphasic command protocols performed at Vpeak activate voltage dependent sodium channels, thereby possibly leading to the threshold voltage for an action potential. Compared to Vrest, all methods utilizing monophasic step protocols, gain additional accuracy, when applied at Vpeak as holding potential. Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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