Journal of Neurophysiology, Vol 76, Issue 5 3460-3470, Copyright © 1996 by APS

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Dihydropyridine-sensitive, voltage-gated Ca2+ channels contribute to the resting intracellular Ca2+ concentration of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons

J. C. Magee, R. B. Avery, B. R. Christie and D. Johnston
Division of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.

1. Whole cell recordings and high-speed fluorescence imaging were used to investigate the contribution of voltage-gated Ca2+ channels to the resting Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons. 2. Prolonged membrane hyperpolarization produced, in a voltage-dependent manner, sustained decreases in [Ca2+]i in the somatic and apical dendritic regions of the neuron. This hyperpolarization-induced decrease in [Ca2+]i occurred with a time constant of approximately 1 s and was maintained for as long as the membrane potential was held at the new level. Ratiometric measures showed that [Ca2+]i is significantly elevated at holding potentials of -50 mV compared with -80 mV. 3. The hyperpolarization-induced decrease in [Ca2+]i was reduced significantly by 200 microM Cd2+ and 10 microM nimodipine, but was only slightly inhibited by 50 microM Ni2+. The largest amplitude decrease in [Ca2+]i was observed in the proximal apical dendrites with the amplitude of the Ca2+ change decreasing with further distance from the soma. 4. Whole cell recordings from acutely isolated hippocampal pyramidal neurons reveal a slowly inactivating Ca2+ current with similar voltage dependence and pharmacology to the hyperpolarization-induced decrease in [Ca2+]i. 5. The data suggest that a population of dihydropyridine-sensitive Ca2+ channels are active at resting membrane potentials and that this channel activation significantly contributes to the resting [Ca2+]i. These channels appear to be present throughout the neuron and may be located most densely in the proximal apical dendrites.

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