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Journal of Neurophysiology, Vol 70, Issue 1 51-63, Copyright © 1993 by APS
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R. C. Foehring and D. J. Surmeier
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163.
1. We describe three outward K+ current components in acutely dissociated neurons from rat sensorimotor cortex on the basis of inactivation kinetics and voltage dependence. 2. The fast A current (IAf) was completely inactivated at -40 mV and half-inactivated at -52 mV. It activated [time to peak (TTP) 8 ms at -10 mV] and was inactivated (tau inact = 12 ms at -10 mV) rapidly. Recovery from inactivation had a time constant of approximately 80 ms at -100 mV. It was insensitive to tetraethyl ammonium (TEA) and dendrotoxin but was blocked by 4-aminopyridine (4-AP, IC50 = 1 mM). 3. The slowly inactivating current (IKS) was the largest current seen in acutely dissociated adult neurons. It was completely inactivated at -40 mV, half-inactivated at -98 mV, and was kinetically slower (TTP = 130 ms at -10 mV; tau inact = 293 ms at -10 mV) than the fast A current. Deactivation tails were fit with the sum of two exponentials with time constants of 2-10 and 15-40 ms. IKS recovered from inactivation with a time constant of approximately 1,200 ms at -100 mV. 4. There were two components that inactivated with even slower kinetics. The very slowly inactivating current (IKSS) was operationally defined as the current remaining after a 5-s hold at -40 mV. One component inactivated with a time constant of 1,927 ms at -10 mV. The other component showed no inactivation over a 5-s test command, but in 40- to 50-s steps to -10 mV, inactivated with a tau of approximately 20 s. The very slowly inactivating current activated with similar kinetics to IKS (TTP = 121 ms at -10 mV), and two deactivation tails, with kinetics similar to those after the -100 mV prepulse, were observed after holding at -40 mV. 5. Both IKS and IKSS were sensitive to TEA. Seventy-six percent (76%) of IKSS was blocked by 30 mM TEA. Two components to the TEA block were present for IKSS, with IC50s of 88 microM (67% of blockable current) and 7 mM (33%). Seventy percent (70%) of IKS was blocked by 30 mM TEA. For the IKS current, there were also two effective concentrations, with IC50s of 8 microM (21% of blockade current) and 3 mM (79%). 6. IKS and IKSS were also sensitive to 4-AP. Seventy-six percent (76%) of IKSS was blocked by 3-5 mM 4-AP. IKSS exhibited two components of 4-AP block.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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