Two-pore-domain potassium channels contribute to neuronal potassium release and glial potassium buffering in the rat hippocampus
Two-pore-domain potassium channels contribute to neuronal potassium release and glial potassium buffering in the rat hippocampus
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DOI:
10.1016/j.brainres.2007.07.013
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发表时间:
2007-10
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2.9
通讯作者:
Dennis Päsler;S. Gabriel;U. Heinemann
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作者:
Dennis Päsler;S. Gabriel;U. Heinemann
Two-pore-domain potassium (K2P) channels have been suggested to be involved in neuronal K+release and glial K+uptake. We studied effects of the K2P channel blockers quinine (200 or 500 μM), quinidine (500 μM), and bupivacaine (200 μM) on stimulus-induced and iontophoretically induced transient increases of the extracellular potassium concentration ([K+]o) in area CA1 of rat hippocampal slices, always in presence of AMPA/kainate and NMDA receptor antagonists. Increases in [K+]oevoked by repetitive alvear stimulation (20 Hz) were blocked by quinine and quinidine but amplitudes of population spikes were only modestly reduced. Bupivacaine suppressed both rises in [K+]oand population spikes. In contrast, iontophoretically induced rises in [K+]owere moderately augmented by quinine and quinidine while bupivacaine had no effect. Barium at concentrations of 2 mM which should block both potassium inward rectifier (Kir) and some K2P channels doubled iontophoretically induced rises in [K+]oalso in presence of quinine, quinidine, and bupivacaine. The data suggest that quinine/quinidine-sensitive K2P channels mediate K+release from neurons and possibly contribute to glial K+buffering.