Brain-derived neurotrophic factor induces long-lasting Ca2+-activated K+ currents in rat visual cortex neurons
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor induces long-lasting Ca2+-activated K+ currents in rat visual cortex neurons
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DOI:
10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02198.x
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发表时间:
2002-10-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Nabekura, J
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作者:
Mizoguchi, Y;Monji, A;Nabekura, J
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) increases postsynaptic intracellular Ca2+ and modulates synaptic transmission in various types of neurons. Ca2+-activated K+ currents, opened mainly by intracellular Ca2+ elevation, contribute to hyperpolarization following action potentials and modulate synaptic transmission. We asked whether BDNF induces Ca2+ activated K+ currents by postsynaptic elevation of intracellular Ca2+ in acutely dissociated visual cortex neurons of rats. Currents were analysed using the nystatin-perforated patch clamp technique and imaging of intracellular Ca2+ mobilization with fura-2. At a holding potential of -50 mV, BDNF application (20 ng/mL) for 1-2 min induced an outward current (IBDNF-OUT; 80.0 +/- 29.0 pA) lasting for more than 90 min without attenuation in every neuron tested. K252a (200 nM), an inhibitor of Trk receptor tyrosine kinase, and U73122 (3 muM), a specific phospholipase C (PLC)-gamma inhibitor, suppressed IBDNF-OUT completely. IBDNF-OUT\ was both charybdotoxin- (600 nM) and apamin- (300 nM) sensitive, suggesting that this current was carried by Ca2+-activated K+ channels. BAPTA-AM (150 muM) gradually suppressed IBDNF-OUT. Fura-2 imaging revealed that a brief application of BDNF elicited a long-lasting elevation of intracellular Ca2+. These results show that BDNF induces long-lasting Ca2+-activated K+ currents by sustained intracellular Ca2+ elevation in rat visual cortex neurons. While BDNF, likely acting through the Trk B receptor, was necessary for the induction of long-lasting Ca2+-activated K+ currents via intracellular Ca2+ elevation, BDNF was not necessary for the maintenance of this current.