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J Neurophysiol 86: 629-640, 2001;
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The Journal of Neurophysiology Vol. 86 No. 2 August 2001, pp. 629-640
Copyright ©2001 by the American Physiological Society

Contribution of Nav1.8 Sodium Channels to Action Potential Electrogenesis in DRG Neurons

Muthukrishnan Renganathan, Theodore R. Cummins, and Stephen G. Waxman

Department of Neurology and Paralyzed Veterans of America/Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association Neuroscience Research Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven 06510; and Rehabilitation Research Center, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare Center, West Haven, Connecticut 06516

Renganathan, Muthukrishnan, Theodore R. Cummins, and Stephen G. Waxman. Contribution of Nav1.8 Sodium Channels to Action Potential Electrogenesis in DRG Neurons. J. Neurophysiol. 86: 629-640, 2001. C-type dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons can generate tetrodotoxin-resistant (TTX-R) sodium-dependent action potentials. However, multiple sodium channels are expressed in these neurons, and the molecular identity of the TTX-R sodium channels that contribute to action potential production in these neurons has not been established. In this study, we used current-clamp recordings to compare action potential electrogenesis in Nav1.8 (+/+) and (-/-) small DRG neurons maintained for 2-8 h in vitro to examine the role of sodium channel Nav1.8 (alpha -SNS) in action potential electrogenesis. Although there was no significant difference in resting membrane potential, input resistance, current threshold, or voltage threshold in Nav1.8 (+/+) and (-/-) DRG neurons, there were significant differences in action potential electrogenesis. Most Nav1.8 (+/+) neurons generate all-or-none action potentials, whereas most of Nav1.8 (-/-) neurons produce smaller graded responses. The peak of the response was significantly reduced in Nav1.8 (-/-) neurons [31.5 ± 2.2 (SE) mV] compared with Nav1.8 (+/+) neurons (55.0 ± 4.3 mV). The maximum rise slope was 84.7 ± 11.2 mV/ms in Nav1.8 (+/+) neurons, significantly faster than in Nav1.8 (-/-) neurons where it was 47.2 ± 1.3 mV/ms. Calculations based on the action potential overshoot in Nav1.8 (+/+) and (-/-) neurons, following blockade of Ca2+ currents, indicate that Nav1.8 contributes a substantial fraction (80-90%) of the inward membrane current that flows during the rising phase of the action potential. We found that fast TTX-sensitive Na+ channels can produce all-or-none action potentials in some Nav1.8 (-/-) neurons but, presumably as a result of steady-state inactivation of these channels, electrogenesis in Nav1.8 (-/-) neurons is more sensitive to membrane depolarization than in Nav1.8 (+/+) neurons, and, in the absence of Nav1.8, is attenuated with even modest depolarization. These observations indicate that Nav1.8 contributes substantially to action potential electrogenesis in C-type DRG neurons.




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