Astrocytes from mouse brain slices express ClC-2-mediated Cl- currents regulated during development and after injury
Astrocytes from mouse brain slices express ClC-2-mediated Cl- currents regulated during development and after injury
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DOI:
10.1016/s1044-7431(03)00080-0
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发表时间:
2003-08-01
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Kettenmann, H
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作者:
Makara, JK;Rappert, A;Kettenmann, H
Chloride channels are important for astrocytic volume regulation and K+ buffering. We demonstrate functional expression of a hyperpolarization-activated Cl- current in a subpopulation of astrocytes in acute slices or after fresh isolation from adult brain of GFAP/EGFP transgenic animals in which astrocytes are selectively labeled. When Na+ and K+ were substituted with NMDG(+) and Cs+ in extra- and intracellular solutions, an inward current was observed at negative membrane potentials. The current displayed features as described for a Cl- current characterized in cultured astrocytes: it activated time dependently at potentials negative to -40 mV, displayed no inactivation within 1 s, and was inhibited reversibly by submicromolar concentrations of Cd2+. The current was not detectable in astrocytes from ClC-2 knockout mice, indicating that the ClC-2 chloride channel generated the conductance. Current density was significantly lower in a corresponding population of astrocytes isolated from immature brain and in reactive astrocytes within a lesion site. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.