Peptidergic counter-regulation of Ca2+- and Na+-dependent K+ currents modulates the shape of action potentials in neurosecretory insect neurons
Peptidergic counter-regulation of Ca2+- and Na+-dependent K+ currents modulates the shape of action potentials in neurosecretory insect neurons
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10.1152/jn.00904.2005
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发表时间:
2006-01-01
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2.5
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Borst, A
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Wicher, D;Berlau, J;Borst, A
Peptidergic counter-regulation of Ca2+- and Na+-dependent K+ currents modulates the shape of action potentials in neurosecretory insect neurons. J Neurophysiol 95: 311 - 322, 2006. First published September 21, 2005; doi:10.1152/jn.00904.2005. Influx of Ca2+ and Na+ ions during an action potential can strongly affect the repolarization and the fast afterhyperpolarization (fAHP) if a neuron expresses Ca2+- and Na+-dependent K+ currents (K-Ca and K-Na). This applies to cockroach abdominal dorsal unpaired median neurons (DUMs). Here the rapid activation of KCa depends mainly on the P/Q-type Ca2+ current. Adipokinetic hormones (AKHs)-insect counterparts to mammalian glucagon - mobilize energy reserves but also modulate neuronal activity and lead to enhanced locomotor activity. Cockroach AKH I accelerates spiking and enhances the fAHP of octopaminergic DUM neurons, and it is generally held that enhanced release of the biogenic amine from these and other neurons may lead to general arousal. AKH I modulates the voltage-gated Na+ and P/Q-type Ca2+ current and the background Ca2+ current. Upregulation of P/Q-type Ca2+ current increases the K-Ca current, whereas enhanced inactivation of Na+ current decreases the K-Na current. We quantified the hormone-induced changes in ion currents in terms of Hodgkin-Huxley models and simulated the resulting activity of DUM neurons. Upregulation of P/Q-type Ca2+ and KCa current enhanced the hyperpolarization but had a weak effect on spiking. Downregulation of Na+ and K-Na current decreased hyperpolarization and slightly accelerated spiking. Superposition of these modulations produced an increase in fAHP while the spike frequency remained unchanged. Only when the upregulation of the pacemaking Ca2+ background current was included in the simulated modulation the model reproduced the experimentally observed AKH-I-induced changes. The possible physiological relevance of this dual effect is discussed in respect to transmitter release and synaptic integration.