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Sobell Department of Neurophysiology, Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom
Baker, Mark D. and Hugh Bostock. Low-threshold, persistent sodium current in rat large dorsal root ganglion neurons in culture. J. Neurophysiol. 77: 1503-1513, 1997. Dorsal root ganglion neurons from adult rats (
200 g) were maintained in culture for between 1 and 3 days. Membrane currents generated by large neurons (50-75 µm apparent diameter) were recorded with the whole cell patch-clamp technique. Large neurons generated transient Na+ currents and at least two types of inward current that persisted throughout 200-ms voltage-clamp steps to +20 mV. One persistent current activated close to 
35 mV (high threshold), whereas in about half of the cells another persistent current began to activate negative to 70 mV (low threshold). The high-threshold persistent current was identified as a Ca2+ current, as previously described in these neurons. The low-threshold current was reversibly suppressed either by replacing external Na+ with tetramethylammonium ions or by reducing external Na+ concentration ([Na+]) and simultaneously raising external [Ca2+]. It was blocked by tetrodotoxin (TTX) with an apparent equilibrium dissociation constant in the single nanomolar range. We conclude that the low-threshold current is a TTX-sensitive, persistent Na+ current. The persistent TTX-sensitive current contributed to steady-state membrane current from at least 70 mV to 0 mV, a wider potential range than predicted by activation-inactivation gating overlap for transient Na+ current. Because of its low threshold and fast activation kinetics, the persistent Na+ current is expected to play an important role in determining membrane excitability.
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