Augmenting Effect of Serotonin on the Voltage-Dependent Ca2+ Current and Subsequently Activated K+ Current in Aplysia Neurons
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- Kawasaki Satoshi
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University
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- Kimura Shingo
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University
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- Watanabe Shuji
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University
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- Fujita Reiko
- Department of Chemistry, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Iwate Medical University
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- Matsumoto Mitsuhiko
- Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki University
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- Sasaki Kazuhiko
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University
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Receptor-induced activation of protein kinase C (PKC) plays an important role in modulation of various types of ionic channels in neurons. For example, PKC causes facilitation or long-lasting activation of certain ionic channels involved in spike firing after the receptor stimulation. We investigated the effect of serotonin (5-HT) on the voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels in RB and RC neurons of Aplysia ganglia under voltage clamp. An outward current response was induced by voltage change of the cell membrane from −60 mV to +10 mV. Application of 5-HT significantly augmented the outward current response to the voltage change. Both the outward current and the augmenting effect of 5-HT markedly decreased when examined in either Ca2+-free, 10 mM tetraethylammonium, or 0.3 mM Cd2+-solution, indicating the current to be Ca2+-activated K+ current produced by Ca2+ entry. Intracellular application of either guanosine 5'-O-(2-thiodiphosphate) or cholera toxin (CTX), reagents for G-proteins, irreversibly blocked the augmenting effect of 5-HT. Application of phorbol dibutylate (PDBu), an activator of PKC, augmented the outward current and the effect of 5-HT was occluded after PDBu application. Staurosporine, a specific inhibitor of PKC, markedly suppressed the augmenting effects of both 5-HT and PDBu on the outward current. However, either 5-HT or PDBu did not augment the Ca2+-activated K+ current induced by intracellular injection of Ca2+ but rather depressed it. These results suggest that stimulation of 5-HT receptor may activate a novel type of CTX-sensitive G-protein and subsequent PKC, and that phosphorylation of voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels may result in the increase in Ca2+ entry and subsequent Ca2+-activated K+ current. The mechanism may contribute to retain the long-lasting activation without broadening of the spike width during the excitatory response to 5-HT in these neurons.
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- The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine
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The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine 211 (1), 31-41, 2007
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- CRID
- 1390001204240435072
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- NII論文ID
- 130004459528
- 10018453148
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- NII書誌ID
- AA00863920
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- ISSN
- 13493329
- 00408727
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