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The Journal of Neuroscience, October 1, 2000, 20(19):7193-7198

Coordinated Gating of TRP-Dependent Channels in Rhabdomeral Membranes from Drosophila Retinas

Joan E. Haab1, Cecilia Vergara2, Juan Bacigalupo2, and Peter M. O'Day1

1 Institute of Neuroscience and Department of Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, and 2 Department of Biology, Facultad de Ciencias, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Using a newly developed dissociation procedure, we isolated the specialized rhabdomeral membranes from Drosophila retinal photoreceptors. From these membranes, we have recorded spontaneous active currents in excised patch, voltage-clamp recordings. We observed rapid opening events that closely resembled those ascribed to one class of light-activated channels, TRP. All activity exhibited Ba2+ permeability, little voltage dependence, and sensitivity to La3+ block. Mutational analysis indicated that the spontaneous activity present in these membranes was TRP-dependent. Excised patches from wild-type rhabdomeral membranes exhibited a wide range of conductance amplitudes. In addition, large conductance events exhibited many conductance levels in the open state. Block of activity by La3+ both developed and recovered in a stepwise manner. Our results indicate that TRP-dependent channels have a small unitary conductance and that many channels can be gated coordinately.

Key words: Drosophila; TRP; phototransduction; channel; barium; rhabdomere

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