REGULATION OF THE INTRACELLULAR FREE CALCIUM-CONCENTRATION IN ACUTELY DISSOCIATED NEURONS FROM RAT NUCLEUS BASALIS
REGULATION OF THE INTRACELLULAR FREE CALCIUM-CONCENTRATION IN ACUTELY DISSOCIATED NEURONS FROM RAT NUCLEUS BASALIS
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DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1993.sp019628
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发表时间:
1993-05-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
KATAYAMA, Y
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作者:
TATSUMI, H;KATAYAMA, Y
1. Neurones were acutely dissociated from the rat nucleus basalis. Whole-cell patch clamp recordings of calcium currents (I(Ca)) and fura-2 microfluorimetric recordings of intracellular free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) were made simultaneously.2. Depolarization from - 60 to 0 mV elicited I(Ca) and a gradual increase in [Ca2+]i. After repolarization, I(Ca) terminated in 0.7 ms, and [Ca2+]i recovered to control exponentially (1-5 s).3. Both I(Ca) and the transient [Ca2+]i increase in response to step depolarizations, were abolished in Ca2+ free extracellular solution and in Cd2+-containing solution.4. Depolarizations from - 90 mV to membrane potentials less negative than - 40 mV induced I(Ca) and an increase in [Ca2+]i. Depolarization to 0 mV elicited the maximum I(Ca), and produced the largest increase in [Ca2+]i. There was a parallel relationship between the [Ca2+]i increase and the magnitude of the I(Ca).5. The [Ca2+]i increase was associated with an increase in total Ca2+ influx when the duration of the step depolarization was varied. The relationship between the total Ca2+ influx and the peak of [Ca2+]i transient reached an asymptote as total Ca2+ influx exceeded 200 pC. A similar finding was made when more than thirty action potentials were used in increasing [Ca2+]i.6. The process of the [Ca2+]i recovery was slowed down by lowering the temperature, by an intracellular dialysis with vanadate, by extracellular application of a mitochondrial inhibitor, carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenyl-hydrazone (CCCP), and by Na+-free external solution. It was unaffected by membrane potential (- 50 to - 130 mV).7. When pipette solution contained a high concentration of fura-2 (200 mum), the [Ca2+]i increase per 1 pC of Ca2+ influx decreased, and the [Ca2+]i recovery was slowed.8. The results indicate that the I(Ca) through voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels elevates [Ca2+]i. The neurones possess a large capacity for Ca2+ buffering, and the recovery of [Ca2+]i requires both the Ca2+ pump and membrane Na+-Ca2+ exchange. The nucleus basalis of Meynert has been the focus of much attention over the last 10 years, since it was found to be the major source of cholinergic afferents to the cerebral cortex (Johnston, McKinney & Coyle, 1979; Lamour, Dutar, Rascol & Jobert, 1986). It has been suggested that cortical blood flow is regulated by this nucleus (Hallstrom, Sato, Sato & Ungerstedt, 1990). Nakajima, Nakajima, Obata, Carlson & Yamaguchi (1985) have made intracellular recordings from cholinergic neurones in culture from forebrain nuclei and examined the basic electrophysiological properties of these cells in the current-clamp condition. Degeneration of these cells is thought to be important in diseases associated with memory impairment (Oyanagi, Takahashi, Wakabayashi & Ikuta, 1989). In some neurones, degeneration may be related to excessive calcium entry (Weiss, Hartley, Koh & Choi, 1990; Kudo, Takeda & Yamazaki, 1990).Present experiments were undertaken to measure Ca2+ currents and associated change in the [Ca2+]i of neurones acutely isolated from the rat nucleus basalis using the whole-cell patch clamp method and the fura-2 fluorescence method.