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The Journal of Neurophysiology Vol. 82 No. 4 October 1999, pp. 1895-1901
Copyright ©1999 by the American Physiological Society

Dendritic Voltage-Gated Ion Channels Regulate the Action Potential Firing Mode of Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Neurons

Jeffrey C. Magee and Michael Carruth

Neuroscience Center, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112

Magee, Jeffrey C. and Michael Carruth. Dendritic Voltage-Gated Ion Channels Regulate the Action Potential Firing Mode of Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Neurons. J. Neurophysiol. 82: 1895-1901, 1999. The role of dendritic voltage-gated ion channels in the generation of action potential bursting was investigated using whole cell patch-clamp recordings from the soma and dendrites of CA1 pyramidal neurons located in hippocampal slices of adult rats. Under control conditions somatic current injections evoked single action potentials that were associated with an afterhyperpolarization (AHP). After localized application of 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) to the distal apical dendritic arborization, the same current injections resulted in the generation of an afterdepolarization (ADP) and multiple action potentials. This burst firing was not observed after localized application of 4-AP to the soma/proximal dendrites. The dendritic 4-AP application allowed large-amplitude Na+-dependent action potentials, which were prolonged in duration, to backpropagate into the distal apical dendrites. No change in action potential backpropagation was seen with proximal 4-AP application. Both the ADP and action potential bursting could be inhibited by the bath application of nonspecific concentrations of divalent Ca2+ channel blockers (NiCl and CdCl). Ca2+ channel blockade also reduced the dendritic action potential duration without significantly affecting spike amplitude. Low concentrations of TTX (10-50 nM) also reduced the ability of the CA1 neurons to fire in the busting mode. This effect was found to be the result of an inhibition of backpropagating dendritic action potentials and could be overcome through the coordinated injection of transient, large-amplitude depolarizing current into the dendrite. Dendritic current injections were able to restore the burst firing mode (represented as a large ADP) even in the presence of high concentrations of TTX (300-500 µM). These data suggest the role of dendritic Na+ channels in bursting is to allow somatic/axonal action potentials to backpropagate into the dendrites where they then activate dendritic Ca2+ channels. Although it appears that most Ca2+ channel subtypes are important in burst generation, blockade of T- and R-type Ca2+ channels by NiCl (75 µM) inhibited action potential bursting to a greater extent than L-channel (10 µM nimodipine) or N-, P/Q-type (1 µM omega -conotoxin MVIIC) Ca2+ channel blockade. This suggest that the Ni-sensitive voltage-gated Ca2+ channels have the most important role in action potential burst generation. In summary, these data suggest that the activation of dendritic voltage-gated Ca2+ channels, by large-amplitude backpropagating spikes, provides a prolonged inward current that is capable of generating an ADP and burst of multiple action potentials in the soma of CA1 pyramidal neurons. Dendritic voltage-gated ion channels profoundly regulate the processing and storage of incoming information in CA1 pyramidal neurons by modulating the action potential firing mode from single spiking to burst firing.




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