KINETIC AND PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES DISTINGUISHING 3 TYPES OF CALCIUM CURRENTS IN CHICK SENSORY NEURONS
KINETIC AND PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES DISTINGUISHING 3 TYPES OF CALCIUM CURRENTS IN CHICK SENSORY NEURONS
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DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1987.sp016864
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发表时间:
1987-12-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
TSIEN, RW
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作者:
FOX, AP;NOWYCKY, MC;TSIEN, RW
1. Calcium currents in cultured dorsal root ganglion (d.r.g.) cells were studied with the whole-cell patch-clamp technique. Using experimental conditions that suppressed Na+ and K+ currents, and 3-10 mM-external Ca2+ or Ba2+, we distinguished three distinct types of calcium currents (L, T and N) on the basis of voltage-dependent kinetics and pharmacology. 2. Component L activates at relatively positive test potentials (t.p. > -10 mV) and shows little inactivation during a 200 ms depolarization. It is completely reprimed at a holding potential (h.p.) of -60 mV, and can be isolated by using a more depolarized h.p. (-40 mV) to inactivate the other two types of calcium currents. 3. Component T can be seen in isolation with weak test pulses. It begins activating at potentials more positive than -70 mV and inactivates quickly and completely during a maintained depolarization (time constant, .tau. .apprx. 20-50 ms). The current amplitude and the rate of decay increase with stronger depolarizations until both reach a maximum at approximately -40 mV. Inactivation is complete at h.p > -60 mV and is progressively removed between -60 and -95 mV. 4. Component N activates at relatively strong depolarizations (t.p. > -20 mV) and decays with time constants ranging from 50 to 110 ms. Inactivation is removed over a very broad range of holding potentials (h.p. between -40 and -110 mV). 5. With 10 mM-EGTA in the pipette solution, substitution of Ba2+ for Ca2+ as the charge carrier does not alter the rates of activation or relaxation of any component. However, T-type channels are approximately equally permeable to Ca2+ and Ba2+, while L-type and N-type channels are both much more permeable to Ba2+. 6. Component N cannot be explained by current-dependent inactivation of L current resulting from recruitment of extra L-type channels at negative holding potentials: raising the external Ba2+ concentration to 110 mM greatly increases the amplitude of L current evoked from h.p. = - 30 mV but produces little inactivation.7. Cadmium ions (20-50 .mu.M) virtually eliminate both N and L currents (> 90% block) but leave T relatively unaffected (< 50% block). 200 .mu.M-Cd2+ blocks all three components. 8. Nickel ions (100 .mu.) strongly reduce T current but leave N and L current little changed. 9. The dihydropyridine antagonist nifedipine (10 .mu.M) inhibits L current (.apprx. 60% block) at a holding potential that inactivates half the L-type channels. It does not reduce T or N currents at holding potentials that produce similar degrees of inactivation. 10. .omega.-Toxin fraction GVIA (.omega.-CgTX VIA), a peptide from the venom of Conus geographus was used to produce long-lasting block of N and L currents. Properties of T currents isolated in this manner agree with those inferred from kinetic analysis.