Whyment, Andrew D., Coderre, E., Wilson, J. M. M., Renaud, Leo, O'Hare, Eugene and Spanswick, David C. (2011) Electrophysiological, pharmacological and molecular profile of the transient outward rectifying conductance in rat sympathetic preganglionic neurons in vitro. Neuroscience, Vol.178 . pp. 68-81. doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.12.061

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Abstract

Transient outward rectifying conductances or A-like conductances in sympathetic preganglionic neurons (SPN) are prolonged, lasting for hundreds of milliseconds to seconds and are thought to play a key role in the regulation of SPN firing frequency. Here, a multidisciplinary electrophysiological, pharmacological and molecular single-cell rt-PCR approach was used to investigate the kinetics, pharmacological profile and putative K(+) channel subunits underlying the transient outward rectifying conductance expressed in SPN. SPN expressed a 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) sensitive transient outward rectification with significantly longer decay kinetics than reported for many other central neurons. The conductance and corresponding current in voltage-clamp conditions was also sensitive to the Kv4.2 and Kv4.3 blocker phrixotoxin-2 (1-10 mu M) and the blocker of rapidly inactivating Kv channels, pandinotoxin-K alpha (50 nM). The conductance and corresponding current was only weakly sensitive to the Kv1 channel blocker tityustoxin-K alpha and insensitive to dendrotoxin I (200 nM) and the Kv3.4 channel blocker BDS-II (1 mu M). Single-cell RT-PCR revealed mRNA expression for the alpha-subunits Kv4.1 and Kv4.3 in the majority and Kv1.5 in less than half of SPN. mRNA for accessory beta-subunits was detected for Kv beta 2 in all SPN with differential expression of mRNA for KChIP1, Kv beta 1 and Kv beta 3 and the peptidase homologue DPP6. These data together suggest that the transient outwardly rectifying conductance in SPN is mediated by members of the Kv4 subfamily (Kv4.1 and Kv4.3) in association with the beta-subunit Kv beta 2. Differential expression of the accessory beta subunits, which may act to modulate channel density and kinetics in SPN, may underlie the prolonged and variable time-course of this conductance in these neurons. (c) 2011 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology Q Science > QL Zoology
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences > Translational & Experimental Medicine > Metabolic and Vascular Health (- until July 2016) Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Patch-clamp techniques (Electrophysiology), Spinal cord, Sympathetic nervous system, Neurons, Rats -- Nervous system
Journal or Publication Title:	Neuroscience
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0306-4522
Official Date:	31 March 2011
Dates:	Date Event 31 March 2011 Published
Volume:	Vol.178
Page Range:	pp. 68-81
DOI:	10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.12.061
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder:	British Heart Foundation (BHF), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Great Britain) (BBSRC), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

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