Serum-induced changes in the physiology of mammalian retinal glial cells: role of lysophosphatidic acid
Serum-induced changes in the physiology of mammalian retinal glial cells: role of lysophosphatidic acid
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.445bw.x
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发表时间:
1998-01-15
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
Puro, DG
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作者:
Kusaka, S;Kapousta-Bruneau, N;Puro, DG
1. With a breakdown of the vascular-CNS barrier, serum enters the nervous system. Although this is a frequent pathophysiological event, knowledge of the effects of serum on the function of the nervous system is Limited. In this study, we examined the effects of serum on the activity of ion channels in Muller cells: the principal glia of the retina.2. Freshly dissociated Muller cells from the bovine and human retina were studied with the perforated-patch configuration of the patch clamp technique. In other experiments, electroretinograms (ERGs) were recorded from isolated rat retinas.3. Perforated-patch recordings revealed that serum induced a calcium-permeable, non-specific cation (NSC) current. Approximately 40 s after induction of this current, an outwardly rectifying K+ current was also detected. Sensitivity to charybdotoxin and margatoxin indicated that this K+ current was due to the activation of K(v)1.3 channels. This increase in the K(v)1.3 current was dependent on extracellular calcium.4. The NSC and K(v)1.3 currents were activated by serum in 100% and 95% of the sampled Muller cells, respectively. Also, in a minority (21%) of the cells, the inwardly rectifying K+ current was inhibited slightly. These changes in ion channel. activity were associated with depolarization of the Muller cells.5. We hypothesized that activation of NSC channels would reduce the siphoning of K+ via the Muller cells. Consistent with this idea, ERGs from isolated retinas showed serum-induced reductions in the slow P-III component, which is generated by Muller cells responding to light-evoked changes in the extracellular K+ concentration.6. Lysophosphatidic acid (LPB), a component of serum, had effects on Muller cells that were qualitatively similar to those induced by serum.7. Our observations demonstrate that exposure to serum alters the activity of multiple types of ion channels in Muller glial cells of the mammalian retina. When there is a breakdown of the blood-retina barrier, LPA may be one of the serum-derived molecules which regulates the physiology of Muller cells.