Calcium channel subtypes responsible for voltage-gated intracellular calcium elevations in embryonic rat motoneurons
| Autor: | Govindan Dayanithi, F Scamps, J Valmier, S Valentin |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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Patch-Clamp Techniques
Fura-2 chemistry.chemical_element Spider Venoms Calcium Calcium in biology Membrane Potentials Potassium Chloride Rats Sprague-Dawley chemistry.chemical_compound Fetus omega-Agatoxin IVA omega-Conotoxin GVIA Caffeine Animals Patch clamp Motor Neurons Voltage-gated ion channel Voltage-dependent calcium channel Ryanodine receptor Ryanodine General Neuroscience Calcium channel Nitrendipine Calcium Channel Blockers Electric Stimulation Rats chemistry Biochemistry Biophysics Central Nervous System Stimulants Calcium Channels Peptides Ion Channel Gating |
| Zdroj: | Neuroscience. 87(3) |
| ISSN: | 0306-4522 |
| Popis: | The central role of electrical activity and Ca 2+ influx in motoneuron development raises important questions about the regulation of Ca 2+ signalling induced by voltage-dependent Ca 2+ influx. In the purified embryonic rat motoneuron preparation, we recorded barium currents through voltage-activated Ca 2+ channels using the whole-cell configuration of the patch-clamp technique. We found that motoneurons express at least four types of high-voltage-activated Ca 2+ channels, based on their kinetics, voltage-dependences and pharmacological properties. Of the sustained Ca 2+ current activated at 0 mV from a holding potential of −100 mV, approximatively 45% was omega-conotoxin-GVIA (1 μM) sensitive, 25% was omega-agatoxin-IVA (30 nM) sensitive and 20% was nitrendipine (250 nM) sensitive. The residual current, after applying these three antagonists, was an inactivating current that differs from classical T-type Ca 2+ currents. Based on this pharmacology, changes in intracellular free Ca 2+ concentrations were then monitored by Fura 2 digital imaging microspectrofluorimetry. Upon K + depolarization, the intracellular Ca 2+ transient induced by the activation of each type of Ca 2+ channel appeared to be quantitatively proportional to their Ca 2+ influx. The existence of a calcium-induced calcium release mechanism through activation of caffeine-, ryanodine-sensitive intracellular stores was then investigated. High doses of caffeine and low doses of ryanodine failed to increase intracellular free calcium concentrations and low concentrations of caffeine and high concentrations of ryanodine did not affect K + -induced intracellular free calcium concentration transients indicating both the absence of Ca 2+ -gated Ca 2+ -release channels and of a Ca 2+ -induced Ca 2+ release mechanism. Together, these data provide evidence that embryonic motoneurons express multiple Ca 2+ channels that function as important regulators of intracellular Ca 2+ signalling and may be involved in their development. |
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