Erg potassium currents of neonatal mouse Purkinje cells exhibit fast gating kinetics and are inhibited by mGluR1 activation
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Erg potassium currents of neonatal mouse Purkinje cells exhibit fast gating kinetics and are inhibited by mGluR1 activation. / Niculescu, Dragos; Hirdes, Wiebke; Hornig, Sönke; Pongs, Olaf; Schwarz, Juergen.
in: J NEUROSCI, Jahrgang 33, Nr. 42, 16.10.2013, S. 16729-40.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Erg potassium currents of neonatal mouse Purkinje cells exhibit fast gating kinetics and are inhibited by mGluR1 activation
AU - Niculescu, Dragos
AU - Hirdes, Wiebke
AU - Hornig, Sönke
AU - Pongs, Olaf
AU - Schwarz, Juergen
PY - 2013/10/16
Y1 - 2013/10/16
N2 - We investigated the subthreshold properties of an erg (ether-à-go-go-related gene) K(+) current in Purkinje cells of neonatal mice. Action potentials recorded from Purkinje cells in cerebellar slices exhibited a decreased threshold potential and increased frequency of spontaneous and repetitive activity following application of the specific erg channel blocker E-4031. Accommodation was absent before and after drug application. The erg current of these Purkinje cells activated at membrane potentials near -60 mV and exhibited fast gating kinetics. The functional importance of fast gating subthreshold erg channels in Purkinje cells was corroborated by comparing the results of action potential clamp experiments with erg1a, erg1b, erg2, and erg3 currents heterologously expressed in HEK cells. Computer simulations based on a NEURON model of Purkinje cells only reproduced the effects of the native erg current when an erg channel conductance like that of erg3 was included. Experiments with subunit-sensitive toxins (BeKm-1, APETx1) indicated that erg channels in Purkinje cells are presumably mediated by heteromeric erg1/erg3 or modified erg1 channels. Following mGluR1 activation, the native erg current was reduced by ∼70%, brought about by reduction of the maximal erg current and a shift of the activation curve to more positive potentials. The Purkinje cell erg current contributed to the sustained current component of the biphasic mGluR1 response. Activation of mGluR1 by the agonist 3,4-dihydroxyphenylglycol increased Purkinje cell excitability, similar to that induced by E-4031. The results indicated that erg currents can be modulated and may contribute to the mGluR1-induced plasticity changes in Purkinje cells.
AB - We investigated the subthreshold properties of an erg (ether-à-go-go-related gene) K(+) current in Purkinje cells of neonatal mice. Action potentials recorded from Purkinje cells in cerebellar slices exhibited a decreased threshold potential and increased frequency of spontaneous and repetitive activity following application of the specific erg channel blocker E-4031. Accommodation was absent before and after drug application. The erg current of these Purkinje cells activated at membrane potentials near -60 mV and exhibited fast gating kinetics. The functional importance of fast gating subthreshold erg channels in Purkinje cells was corroborated by comparing the results of action potential clamp experiments with erg1a, erg1b, erg2, and erg3 currents heterologously expressed in HEK cells. Computer simulations based on a NEURON model of Purkinje cells only reproduced the effects of the native erg current when an erg channel conductance like that of erg3 was included. Experiments with subunit-sensitive toxins (BeKm-1, APETx1) indicated that erg channels in Purkinje cells are presumably mediated by heteromeric erg1/erg3 or modified erg1 channels. Following mGluR1 activation, the native erg current was reduced by ∼70%, brought about by reduction of the maximal erg current and a shift of the activation curve to more positive potentials. The Purkinje cell erg current contributed to the sustained current component of the biphasic mGluR1 response. Activation of mGluR1 by the agonist 3,4-dihydroxyphenylglycol increased Purkinje cell excitability, similar to that induced by E-4031. The results indicated that erg currents can be modulated and may contribute to the mGluR1-induced plasticity changes in Purkinje cells.
KW - Action Potentials
KW - Animals
KW - Cerebellum
KW - Cnidarian Venoms
KW - Computer Simulation
KW - Ether-A-Go-Go Potassium Channels
KW - Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists
KW - HEK293 Cells
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Membrane Potentials
KW - Mice
KW - Models, Neurological
KW - Purkinje Cells
KW - Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate
KW - Scorpion Venoms
KW - Sesquiterpenes
U2 - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5523-12.2013
DO - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5523-12.2013
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 24133274
VL - 33
SP - 16729
EP - 16740
JO - J NEUROSCI
JF - J NEUROSCI
SN - 0270-6474
IS - 42
ER -