TY - JOUR
T1 - Variation in the pattern of [Ca2+]i change induced by acetylcholine in cultured hippocampal neurons
AU - Iijima, Toshio
AU - Kudo, Yoshihisa
AU - Ogura, Akihiko
AU - Akita, Kyoto
AU - Matsumoto, Gen
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PY - 1990/6/25
Y1 - 1990/6/25
N2 - Acetylcholine (ACh) caused various patterns of change in the intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) in cultured rat hippocampal neurons. We studied the underlying mechanisms of the [Ca2+]i changes with simultaneous recording of [Ca2+ i and membrane potential/current. In most cases, [Ca2+]i rise was accompanied by a membrane depolarization. The [Ca2+]i change was significantly reduced when the membrane was voltage clamped, which implies that most of the [Ca2+]i rise results from the Ca2+ influx through the voltate-gated Ca2+ channel activated by the membrane depolarization. The membrane depolarizations were classified into two types, one associated with membrane conductance decrease and the other associated with membrane conductance increase. The former results from potassium conductance ((gK+) decrease, and the latter may result from the activation of a Na+-permeable channel. However, [Ca2+]i elevation was also observed in some neurons showing membrane hyperpolarization in response to ACh. This seems to show that ACh liberates Ca2+ from the intracellular Ca2+ store, resulting in the activation of a calcium-dependent K+ channel (KCa). The variations of ACh in the hippocampal neurons seem to result from a variety of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors and various species of ion channels governed by those receptors.
AB - Acetylcholine (ACh) caused various patterns of change in the intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) in cultured rat hippocampal neurons. We studied the underlying mechanisms of the [Ca2+]i changes with simultaneous recording of [Ca2+ i and membrane potential/current. In most cases, [Ca2+]i rise was accompanied by a membrane depolarization. The [Ca2+]i change was significantly reduced when the membrane was voltage clamped, which implies that most of the [Ca2+]i rise results from the Ca2+ influx through the voltate-gated Ca2+ channel activated by the membrane depolarization. The membrane depolarizations were classified into two types, one associated with membrane conductance decrease and the other associated with membrane conductance increase. The former results from potassium conductance ((gK+) decrease, and the latter may result from the activation of a Na+-permeable channel. However, [Ca2+]i elevation was also observed in some neurons showing membrane hyperpolarization in response to ACh. This seems to show that ACh liberates Ca2+ from the intracellular Ca2+ store, resulting in the activation of a calcium-dependent K+ channel (KCa). The variations of ACh in the hippocampal neurons seem to result from a variety of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors and various species of ion channels governed by those receptors.
KW - Acetylcholine
KW - Calcium-dependent K-channel
KW - Hippocampal neuron
KW - Inositol triphosphate
KW - Intracellular calcium
KW - M-channel
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U2 - 10.1016/0006-8993(90)91552-R
DO - 10.1016/0006-8993(90)91552-R
M3 - Article
C2 - 2207665
AN - SCOPUS:0025194528
VL - 521
SP - 273
EP - 280
JO - Molecular Brain Research
JF - Molecular Brain Research
SN - 0006-8993
IS - 1-2
ER -