[PMID]: | 29211992 |
[Au] Autor: | Scheppach C; Robinson HPC |
[Ad] Endereço: | Physiological Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. Electronic address: christian.scheppach@physik.uni-freiburg.de. |
[Ti] Título: | Fluctuation Analysis in Nonstationary Conditions: Single Ca Channel Current in Pyramidal Neurons. |
[So] Source: | Biophys J;113(11):2383-2395, 2017 Dec 05. |
[Is] ISSN: | 1542-0086 |
[Cp] País de publicação: | United States |
[La] Idioma: | eng |
[Ab] Resumo: | Fluctuation analysis is a method that allows measurement of the single-channel current of ion channels even when it is too small to be resolved directly with the patch-clamp technique. This is the case for voltage-gated calcium channels. They are present in all mammalian central neurons, controlling presynaptic release of transmitter, postsynaptic signaling, and synaptic integration. The amplitudes of their single-channel currents in a physiological concentration of extracellular calcium, however, are small and not well determined. But measurement of this quantity is essential for estimating numbers of functional voltage-gated calcium channels in the membrane and the size of channel-associated calcium signaling domains, and for understanding the stochastic nature of calcium signaling. Here, we recorded the voltage-gated calcium channel current in nucleated patches from layer 5 pyramidal neurons in rat neocortex, in physiological external calcium (1-2 mM). The ensemble-averaging of current responses required for conventional fluctuation analysis proved impractical because of the rapid rundown of calcium channel currents. We therefore developed a more robust method, using mean current fitting of individual current responses and band-pass filtering. Furthermore, voltage-ramp stimulation proved useful. We validated the accuracy of the method by analyzing simulated data. At an external calcium concentration of 1 mM, and a membrane potential of -20 mV, we found that the average single-channel current amplitude was ∼0.04 pA, increasing to 0.065 pA at 2 mM external calcium, and 0.12 pA at 5 mM. The relaxation time constant of the fluctuations was in the range 0.2-0.8 ms. The results are relevant to understanding the stochastic properties of dendritic Ca spikes in neocortical layer 5 pyramidal neurons. With the reported method, single-channel current amplitude of native voltage-gated calcium channels can be resolved accurately despite conditions of unstable rundown. |
[Mh] Termos MeSH primário: |
Canais de Cálcio/metabolismo Células Piramidais/metabolismo
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[Mh] Termos MeSH secundário: |
Animais Cálcio/farmacologia Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga Espaço Extracelular/efeitos dos fármacos Espaço Extracelular/metabolismo Modelos Neurológicos Células Piramidais/citologia Células Piramidais/efeitos dos fármacos Ratos Ratos Wistar
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[Pt] Tipo de publicação: | JOURNAL ARTICLE |
[Nm] Nome de substância:
| 0 (Calcium Channels); SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) |
[Em] Mês de entrada: | 1801 |
[Cu] Atualização por classe: | 180103 |
[Lr] Data última revisão:
| 180103 |
[Sb] Subgrupo de revista: | IM |
[Da] Data de entrada para processamento: | 171207 |
[St] Status: | MEDLINE |
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