Table 2.

Time constants for the exocytosis and endocytosis associated with the different response profiles after brief stimulation

ProfilesTime to reach half-maximal response (τ, s)Time recovery constant (τ, s)
ControlKT5823pControlKT5823p
13.76 ± 0.074.19 ± 0.08>0.0512.30 ± 0.837.45 ± 0.44*<0.00001
24.75 ± 0.044.42 ± 0.04>0.0519.20 ± 1.1014.69 ± 0.68*0.027342
36.08 ± 0.145.77 ± 0.09>0.0510.95 ± 1.049.42 ± 0.760.306624
44.07 ± 0.152.24 ± 0.73>0.0513.29 ± 0.4111.01 ± 0.27*<0.00001
53.63 ± 0.173.60 ± 0.07>0.0515.07 ± 0.8910.58 ± 0.63*0.000855
  • The cells were stimulated with 50 mm KCl for 10 s and the increase in fluorescence was adjusted to (F) = Fmax*t/(τ + t), where τ is the time necessary to reach half-maximal fluorescence. The fluorescence decay was adjusted to F = F0+Aet, where τ is the time constant for the basal recovery. Data are mean ± SEM from individual experiments control (control, n = 10; KT-5823-treated cells, n = 8).

  • * represents significance between the control and the KT5823-treated cells.