“…As a result, to adequately control the concentrations of ions when recording under bi-ionic conditions, the membrane conductance ( σ mem ) must be sufficiently small ( σ mem × R access ≪ 1; see Methods). The present results with P2X receptors, together with our reservoir model, provide sufficient motivation to reexamine the phenomenon of dynamic ion selectivity reported for TRPV1 channels 17, 18 , TRPA1 channels 47, 48 , ASICs 19, 20 , and TMEM16A calcium-activated Cl - channels 49, 50 . Dynamic ion selectivity for TRPV1 channels requires high agonist concentrations and high channel density 17 , and these channels have an appreciable permeability to NMDG + 17 and dyes 17, 40 , raising the possibility that ion depletion and accumulation may be responsible for the reported changes in ion selectivity of these channels.…”