PROPERTIES OF VOLTAGE-GATED CURRENTS OF MICROGLIA DEVELOPED USING MACROPHAGE-COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR
PROPERTIES OF VOLTAGE-GATED CURRENTS OF MICROGLIA DEVELOPED USING MACROPHAGE-COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00373889
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发表时间:
1995-08-01
影响因子:
4.5
通讯作者:
HEINEMANN, U
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作者:
EDER, C;FISCHER, HG;HEINEMANN, U
Microglia were isolated from a murine neonatal brain cell culture in which their development had been stimulated by supplementation with the macrophage/microglial growth factor macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF). Using the whole-cell configuration of the patch-clamp technique, voltage-gated membrane currents were recorded from these microglial cells. Hyperpolarization induced inward rectifying K+ currents, as described for microglia from untreated cultures. These currents activated negative to the K+ equilibrium potential and, with a strong hyperpolarization, displayed time-dependent inactivation, The inactivation was abolished when extracellular NaCl was replaced by N-methyl-D-glucamine (NMG), thereby indicating a partial block of this K+ conductance by Na+. Inward rectifying currents were also blocked by extracellularly applied Cs+ or Ba2+. They were slightly diminished following treatment with extracellular tetraethylammonium chloride (TEA) but were not affected by 4-aminopyridine (4-AP). Upon long lasting depolarizing voltage pulses to potentials positive to O mV, the cells exhibited a slowly activating H+ current which could be reduced by application of inorganic polyvalent cations (Ba2+, Cd2+, Co2+, La3+ Ni2+, Zn2+) as well as by 4-AP or TEA. Based on their kinetics and pharmacological characteristics, both currents detected on M-CSF-grown microglia are suggested to correspond to the inward rectifier and the H+ current of macrophages.