Acetylcholine sensitivity of cat petrosal ganglion neurons.
Acetylcholine sensitivity of cat petrosal ganglion neurons.
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猫岩神经节神经元的乙酰胆碱敏感性。
DOI:
10.1007/0-306-46825-5_35
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发表时间:
2000
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通讯作者:
Fitzgerald,RS
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作者:
Shirahata,M;Ishizawa,Y;Rudisill,M;Sham,JS;Schofield,B;Fitzgerald,RS
We investigated if neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are localized in chemoreceptor afferent neurons in the cat petrosal ganglion (PG) and if acetylcholine (ACh) excites chemoreceptor afferent neurons. Immunocytochemistry revealed that a majority of PG neurons expressed α4 and/or α7 subunits of neuronal nAChRs, and a part of them were tyrosine hydroxylase positive. Excitability of cultured PG neurons was studied with patch clamp techniques (whole cell configuration). ACh and nicotine evoked both inward and outward currents. The inward current was partiallyblocked by removal of extracellular calcium and by antagonists for α4β2 (dihydro-β-erythroidine) or α7 nAChRs (methyllycaconitine). Outward current was blocked by 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) and sometimes by atropine. ACh-induced membrane potential changes were well correlated with ACh-induced currents. Depolarization and hyperpolarization occurred in response to ACh. Occasionally depolarization was followed by a train of action potentials. The results suggest that heterogeneous neuronal nAChRs are widely distributed in both chemoreceptor and other PG neurons. In some neurons nAChRs may be functionally coupled withoutward K-channels. Further studies are required to determine whether chemoreceptor neurons have a distinct distribution pattern of nAChRs and K+channels.