Journal of Neurophysiology, Vol 76, Issue 4 2290-2306, Copyright © 1996 by APS

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Voltage-dependent facilitation of calcium channels in rat neostriatal neurons

W. J. Song and D. J. Surmeier
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, USA.

1. Voltage-dependent facilitation of Ca2+ channels was studied in acutely isolated adult rat neostriatal neurons. Particular attention was paid to the facilitation of L-type channels. 2. In the absence of neuromodulators, the current-voltage relationship for whole cell Ba2+ currents was enhanced by a prepulse to +100 mV. The median enhancement at -20 mV was nearly 60%. The voltage dependence and kinetics of the processes underlying the facilitation were similar to those reported in other neurons. N-, P-, Q-, and L-type currents contributed to the observed facilitation. 3. Voltage-dependent facilitation of L-type currents was studied by subtracting nifedipine-insensitive currents from control currents. Although the kinetics were similar to those of the whole cell currents, the half-activation voltage for facilitation of L-type currents [half-activation voltage (Vh) = -0.6 mV, slope factors (Vc) = 11.8 mV, [n = 5] was significantly less depolarized than that of the pooled currents (Vh = 47.3 mV, Vc = 12.3 mV, n = 7). 4. Repetitive depolarization with spikelike waveforms was also able to induce facilitation of L-type currents, suggesting that facilitation was not simply a consequence of a modal shift in gating like that induced by Bay K 8644. 6. Combined whole cell recording and single-cell reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction amplification revealed that neostriatal medium spiny neurons expressed detectable levels of either class C or class D L-type channel alpha 1, subunit mRNA. Both neurons expressing class C L-type channels and neurons expressing class D L-type channels exhibited voltage-dependent facilitation.

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