A-type potassium current in myenteric neurons from guinea-pig small intestine.
A-type potassium current in myenteric neurons from guinea-pig small intestine.
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豚鼠小肠肌间神经元中的 A 型钾电流。
DOI:
10.1016/s0306-4522(00)00196-2
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发表时间:
2000
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影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Wood,JD
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作者:
Starodub,AM;Wood,JD
Biophysical properties of A-type K+currents (IA) in myenteric neurons from guinea-pig small intestine were studied. IAwas present in both AH- and S-type myenteric neurons. Reduction of external Ca2+did not affect the current. Current density was 13.5±10.2pA/pF in 68 AH-type neurons and 23.4±8.2pA/pF in 31 S-type neurons. S-type neurons appeared to be a homogeneous group based on density of IA. AH-type neurons were subdivided into two groups with current densities of 9.4±4.3 and 25.4±4.3pA/pF. All other biophysical properties of the current were not statistically different for AH- and S-type neurons. Steady-state activation and inactivation curves showed half-activation potentials at −7mV (k=15.0mV) and −86mV (k=11.5mV). The curves overlapped at potentials near the resting potential of approximately −55mV. Time constants for activation ranged from 3.6 to 0.52ms at test potentials between −20 and 50mV. Inactivation time constants fell between 41.5 and 11ms at test potentials between −20 and 50mV. Time constants for recovery from inactivation fit a double-exponential curve with fast and slow recovery times of 11 and 550ms. 4-Aminopyridine suppressed IAwhen it was activated at −20mV following a pre-pulse to −110mV. Addition of Zn2+in the external solution resulted in a concentration-dependent shift of the activation and inactivation curves in the depolarized direction. Zn2+slowed the activation and inactivation kinetics of IAby factors of 3.3- and 1.2-fold over a wide range of potentials. Elevation of external H+suppressed the effect of Zn2+with a pK of 7.3–7.4. The effects of Zn2+were interpreted as not being due to surface charge screening, because the affinity of Zn2+for its binding site on the A-channel was estimated to be between 170 and 312μM, while the background concentration of Mg2+was 10mM. The enteric nervous system is perceived as an independent integrative nervous system (brain-in-the-gut) that is responsible for local organizational control of motility and secretory patterns of gut behavior. AH- and S-type neurons are synaptically interconnected to form the microcircuits of the enteric nervous system. The results suggest that IAis a significant determinant of neuronal excitability for both the firing of nerve impulses and the various synaptic events in the two types of neurons.