Potassium currents of pear-shaped hair cells in relation to their location in frog crista ampullaris

被引:13
作者
Prigioni, I
Russo, G
Marcotti, W
机构
[1] Institute of General Physiology, University of Pavia, I-27100, Pavia
关键词
semicircular canals; thin slices; pear-shaped hair cells; K+ currents;
D O I
10.1097/00001756-199607290-00031
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT K+ currents in pear-shaped hair cells of the frog crista ampullaris were investigated in thin slice preparations using the whole-cell variant of the patch-clamp technique. Microscopy observation revealed that pear-shaped cells are located in intermediate and peripheral regions of the crista, whereas they are absent in the central region. Voltage-clamp recordings in cells from the peripheral regions revealed that the total outward K+ current could be separated pharmacologically into three distinct components: a A-type K+ current (I-A); an inactivating calcium-activated K+ current (I-K(Ca)) and a delayed rectifier K+ current (I-K) I-K and I-K(Ca) exhibited similar magnitude and accounted for most of the membrane cell conductance. The same experimental protocol applied to cells from the intermediate regions showed the presence of a large and sustained I-K(Ca) which represented 95% of the total outward current. In this region I-A was absent. The present results demonstrated that pear-shaped hair cells located in two discrete regions of frog crista ampullaris exhibit a different complement of voltage-dependent conductances, suggesting that they can play a different role in processing the natural stimulus.
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页码:1841 / 1845
页数:5
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