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Inhibition of delayed rectifier K+ conductance in cultured rat cerebellar granule neurons by activation of calcium-permeable AMPA receptors.

Jones, Glyn, Boyd, David F., Yeung, Shuk Yin, Mathie, Alistair (2000) Inhibition of delayed rectifier K+ conductance in cultured rat cerebellar granule neurons by activation of calcium-permeable AMPA receptors. European Journal of Neuroscience, 12 (3). pp. 935-944. ISSN 0953-816X. (doi:10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00983.x) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:38627)

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Abstract

Activation of AMPA (alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid) receptors in cerebellar granule cells during perforated-patch whole-cell recordings activated an inward current at negative voltages which was followed, after a delay, by the inhibition of an outward potassium current at voltages positive to -20 mV. The activated inward current was inwardly rectifying suggesting that the AMPA receptors were Ca2+-permeable. This was confirmed by direct measurements of intracellular calcium where Ca2+ rises were seen following AMPA receptor activation in Na+-free external solution. Ca2+ rises were equally large in the presence of 100 microM Cd2+ to block voltage-gated Ca2+ channels. Specific voltage-protocols, allowing selective activation of the delayed rectifier potassium current (KV) and the transient A current (KA), showed that kainate inhibited KV, but not to any great extent KA. The inhibition of KV was blocked by the AMPA receptor antagonist CNQX (6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione) and was no longer observed when the KV current was abolished with high concentrations of Ba2+. The responses to kainate were not altered by pre-treating the cells with pertussis toxin, suggesting that the AMPA receptor stimulation of the G-protein Gi cannot account for the effects observed. Replacing extracellular Na+ with choline did not alter the inhibition of KV by kainate, however, removing extracellular Ca2+ reduced the kainate response. The inhibition of KV by kainate was unaffected by the presence of 100 microM Cd2+. The guanylyl cyclase inhibitor, ODQ (1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one), did not alter kainate inhibition of KV. It is concluded that ion influx (particularly Ca2+ ions) through AMPA receptor channels following receptor activation leads to an inhibition of KV currents in cerebellar granule neurons.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00983.x
Subjects: Q Science > QP Physiology (Living systems)
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Medway School of Pharmacy
Depositing User: Alistair Mathie
Date Deposited: 06 Mar 2014 17:11 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:14 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/38627 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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