Voltage-dependent sodium and calcium currents in cultured parasympathetic neurones from rat intracardiac ganglia
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Voltage-dependent sodium and calcium currents in cultured parasympathetic neurones from rat intracardiac ganglia
Abstract
1. Depolarization-activated Na+ and Ca2+ currents underlying the rising phase of the action potential in mammalian parasympathetic ganglion cells were investigated in voltage-clamped neurones dissociated from neonatal rat intracardiac ganglia and maintained in tissue culture. 2. A current component isolated by replacing intracellular K+ with Cs+ or arginine and adding 0.1 mM Cd2+ to the external solution was dependent on extracellular [Na+] and reversibly blocked in the presence of 300 nM tetrodotoxin (TTX). Peak amplitudes of Na+ currents elicited by step depolarization from a holding potential of -100 mV were 351 +/- 18 pA/pF (140 mM extracellular Na+). 3. The sodium current-voltage (I-V) curve exhibited a threshold for activation at -40 mV and reached a maximum at -10 mV. The Na+ conductance increased sigmoidally with increasing depolarization reaching half-maximal activation at -25 mV, with a maximum slope corresponding to 7.5 mV per e-fold change in conductance. 4. During a maintained depolarization, Na+ currents turned on and then decayed (inactivated) with an exponential time course. The time constant of inactivation was voltage dependent decreasing from 0.85 ms at -20 mV to 0.3 ms at +60 mV (23 degrees C). The steady-state inactivation of the Na+ conductance was voltage-dependent with half-inactivation occurring at -61 mV and near-complete inactivation at -20 mV. Recovery from inactivation also followed an exponential time course with a time constant that increased at depolarized membrane potentials. 5. A voltage- and Ca(2+)-dependent current was isolated by replacement of intracellular K+ with either Cs+ or arginine and of extracellular Na+ with tetraethylammonium and the addition of TTX. Extracellular Ba2+ or Na+ (in the absence of external divalent cation) could substitute for Ca2+. Peak Ca2+ current increased with increasing extracellular [Ca2+] and above 10 mM (Kd approximately 4 mM) approached saturation. The peak Ca2+ current density was 45 +/- 4 pA/pF (2.5 mM-extracellular Ca2+). 6. The Ca2+ I-V relation exhibited a high threshold for activation (-20 mV) and reached a maximum at +20 mV. Changing the holding potential from -100 to -40 mV did not alter the I-V relationship. Peak Ca2+ conductance increased sigmoidally with increasing depolarization reaching half-maximal activation at -4 mV, with a maximal slope of 4 mV per e-fold change in Ca2+ conductance. 7. The kinetics of activation and inactivation of the Ca2+ current were voltage dependent and the time course of inactivation was fitted by the sum of two exponentials.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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