Calcium channels triggering transmitter release in the rat medial superior olive
Calcium channels triggering transmitter release in the rat medial superior olive
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DOI:
10.1016/s0378-5955(01)00378-1
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发表时间:
2001-12-01
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影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
Forsythe, ID
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作者:
Barnes-Davies, M;Owens, S;Forsythe, ID
We used whole cell voltage clamp recordings from neurones in rat auditory brainstem slices to study the Ca2+ channel types involved in triggering synaptic glutamate and glycine release in the medial superior olivary nucleus. Glutamate release from the anterior ventral cochlear (aVCN) bushy neurone synapse did not involve L-type Ca2+ channels (alpha (1C-D); Ca(V)1.2-1.3), but was mediated with similar efficacies by both N-type (alpha (1B); Ca(V)2.2) and the P/Q-type Ca2+ channels (alpha (1A); Ca(V)2.1). Glycine release from the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body (MNTB) synapse was mediated predominantly by P/Q-type Ca2+ channels, but with a significant contribution from N-type Ca2+ Channels. Combined application of the P/Q- and N-type Ca2+ channel toxins, omega -agatoxin IVA and omega -conotoxin GVIA, left a very small remnant of both the inhibitory and excitatory postsynaptic currents, probably reflecting a minimal contribution of R-type Ca2+ channels (alpha (1E); Ca(V)2.3) to transmitter release, In contrast with aVCN bushy neurones, MNTB somata lacked both T-(alpha (1G-I); Ca(V)3.1-3.3) and L-type channels, but expressed a higher proportion of P/Q-type Ca2+ channels. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.