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J Neurophysiol 79: 1989-2002, 1998;
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The Journal of Neurophysiology Vol. 79 No. 4 April 1998, pp. 1989-2002
Copyright ©1998 The American Physiological Society

Biophysical Characterization and Functional Consequences of a Slowly Inactivating Potassium Current in Neostriatal Neurons

Lisa A. Gabel and Eric S. Nisenbaum

Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269

Gabel, Lisa A. and Eric S. Nisenbaum. Biophysical characterization and functional consequences of a slowly inactivating potassium current in neostriatal neurons. J. Neurophysiol. 79: 1989-2002, 1998. Neostriatal spiny projection neurons can display a pronounced delay in their transition to action potential discharge that is mediated by a slowly developing ramp depolarization. The possible contribution of a slowly inactivating A-type K+ current (IAs) to this delayed excitation was investigated by studying the biophysical and functional properties of IAs using whole cell voltage- and current-clamp recording from acutely isolated neostriatal neurons. Isolation of IAs from other voltage-gated, calcium-independent K+ currents was achieved through selective blockade of IAs with low concentrations (10 µM) of the benzazepine derivative,6 - chloro - 7 , 8 - dihydroxy - 3 - allyl - 1 - phenyl - 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 - tetra - hydro1H-3-benzazepine (APB; SKF82958) and subsequent current subtraction. Examination of the voltage dependence of activation showed that IAs began to flow at approximately -60 mV in response to depolarization. The voltage dependence of inactivation revealed that ~50% of IAs channels were available at the normal resting potential (-80 mV) of these cells, but that only 20% of the channels were available at membrane potentials corresponding to spike threshold (about -40 mV). At these depolarized membrane potentials, the rate of activation was moderately rapid (tau  ~ 60 ms), whereas the rate of inactivation was slow (tau  ~ 1.5 s). The time course of removal of inactivation of IAs at -80 mV also was relatively slow (tau  ~ 1.0 s). The subthreshold availability of IAs combined with its rapid activation and slow inactivation rates suggested that this current should be capable of dampening the onset of prolonged depolarizing responses, but over time its efficacy should diminish, slowly permitting the membrane to depolarize toward spike threshold. Voltage recording experiments confirmed this hypothesis by demonstrating that application of APB at a concentration (10 µM) that selectively blocks IAs substantially decreased the latency to discharge and increased the frequency of firing of neostriatal neurons. The properties of IAs suggest that it should play a critical role in placing the voltage limits on the recurring episodes of subthreshold depolarization which are characteristic of spiny neurons recorded in vivo. However, the voltage dependence and recovery kinetics of inactivation of IAs predict that its effectiveness will vary exponentially with the level and duration of hyperpolarization which precedes depolarizing episodes. Thus long periods of hyperpolarization should increase the availability of IAs and dampen succeeding depolarizations; whereas brief epochs of hyperpolarization should not sufficiently remove inactivation of IAs, thereby reducing its ability to limit subsequent depolarizing responses.




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