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Journal of Neurophysiology, Vol 62, Issue 3 665-679, Copyright © 1989 by APS
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D. A. Baxter and J. H. Byrne
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Medical School, Houston 77225.
1. The properties of membrane currents that were modulated by serotonin (5-HT) were investigated with two-electrode voltage-clamp techniques in sensory neuron somata isolated from the pleural ganglion of Aplysia californica. The modulatory effects of 5-HT were revealed by computer subtraction of current responses elicited in the presence of 5-HT from current responses elicited prior to the application of 5-HT. The complexities of the resulting 5-HT difference currents (I5-HT) suggested that 5-HT modulated more than one component of membrane current. 2. The 5-HT difference currents appeared to have at least two distinct components. One component was clearly evident at membrane potentials more negative than -10 mV was relatively voltage independent and did not inactivate. A second component was activated at membrane potentials more positive than -10 mV, had complex kinetics, and was highly voltage dependent. In an attempt to identify the membrane currents that were modulated by 5-HT, we compared the pharmacologic sensitivity of I5-HT to that of previously described K+ currents. 3. The two components of I5-HT had different sensitivities to agents that block K+ currents. The relatively voltage-independent component of I5-HT was not blocked by 2 mM 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) and was relatively insensitive to tetraethylammonium (TEA) (estimated Kd of 92 mM). In contrast, the voltage-dependent component of I5-HT was blocked by 4-AP (2 mM) and moderate concentrations of TEA (estimated Kd of 5 mM). 4. The K+ current blockers that were used to examine I5-HT were also used to examine voltage-activated membrane currents. Externally applied TEA blocked the delayed or voltage-dependent K+ current (IK.V) with an estimated dissociation constant (Kd) of 8 mM and a membrane current similar to the Ca2+-activated K+ current (IK.Ca) with an estimated Kd of 0.4 mM. In addition, externally applied 4-AP (2 mM) blocked IK.V. Thus TEA and 4-AP were equipotent in blocking both IK.V and the voltage-dependent component of I5-HT. 5. The suggestion that I5-HT contained multiple components was supported further by examining the modulatory effects of adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) that mediates some actions of 5-HT on membrane currents in these cells. cAMP difference currents (IcAMP) were similar to the relatively voltage-independent component of I5-HT. The subsequent addition of 5-HT to solutions already containing cAMP resulted in 5-HT difference currents similar to the voltage-dependent component of I5-HT.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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