Characterization of the Prokaryotic Sodium Channel NavSp Pore with a Microfluidic Bilayer Platform

PLoS One. 2015 Jul 6;10(7):e0131286. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131286. eCollection 2015.

Abstract

This paper describes the use of a newly-developed micro-chip bilayer platform to examine the electrophysiological properties of the prokaryotic voltage-gated sodium channel pore (Na(v)Sp) from Silicibacter pomeroyi. The platform allows up to 6 bilayers to be analysed simultaneously. Proteoliposomes were incorporated into suspended lipid bilayers formed within the microfluidic bilayer chips. The chips provide access to bilayers from either side, enabling the fast and controlled titration of compounds. Dose-dependent modulation of the opening probability by the channel blocking drug nifedipine was measured and its IC50 determined.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Ion Channel Gating / physiology*
  • Lipid Bilayers / metabolism
  • Microfluidics*
  • Proteolipids / metabolism
  • Rhodobacteraceae / metabolism*
  • Sodium Channels / metabolism*

Substances

  • Lipid Bilayers
  • Proteolipids
  • Sodium Channels
  • proteoliposomes