Table 1.

The molarity and components of TMA-based and Cs-based internal solutions used for voltage-clamp recordings and internal solutions used for current-clamp recordings

TMA ATP-freeTMA with ATPCs ATP-freeCs with ATPInternal for current clamp ATP-freeInternal for current clamp
MolarityComponentMolarityComponentMolarityComponentMolarityComponentMolarityComponentMolarityComponent
135 mMTMA-OH × 5 H2O135 mMTMA-OH x 5 H2O110 mMCs methane sulfonate110 mMCs methane sulfonate130 mMK-D-gluconate130 mMK-D-gluconate
40 mMHEPES40 mMHEPES10 mMHEPES10 mMHEPES5 mMEGTA5 mMEGTA
10 mMEGTA10 mMEGTA9 mMEGTA9 mMEGTA4 mMNaCl4 mMNaCl
2 mMMgCl2 × 6 H2O14 mMPhosphocreatine di-tris14 mMPhosphocreatine di-tris0.5 mMCaCl2 x 2 H2O0.5 mMCaCl2 × 2 H2O
5 mMMg-ATP5 mMMg-ATP10 mMHEPES10 mMHEPES
0.3 mMTris-GTP0.3 mMTris-GTP2 mMMg-ATP
0.5 mMTris-GTP
  • Abbreviations for different components of internal solutions are defined in Materials and Methods.