SKCa Channels Mediate the Medium But Not the Slow Calcium-Activated Afterhyperpolarization in Cortical Neurons

Many neurons, including pyramidal cells of the cortex, express a slow afterhyperpolarization (sAHP) that regulates their firing. Although initial findings suggested that the current underlying the sAHP could be carried through SKCa channels, recent work has uncovered anomalies that are not congruent with this idea. Here, we used overexpression and dominant-negative strategies to assess the involvement of SKCa channels in mediating the current underlying the sAHP in pyramidal cells of the cerebral cortex. Pyramidal cells of layer V exhibit robust AHP currents composed of two kinetically and pharmacologically distinguishable currents known as the medium AHP current (ImAHP) and the slow AHP current (IsAHP). ImAHP is blocked by the SKCa channel blockers apamin and bicuculline, whereas IsAHP is resistant to these agents but is inhibited by activation of muscarinic receptors. To test for a role for SKCa channels, we overexpressed KCa2.1 (SK1) and KCa2.2 (SK2), the predominant SKCa subunits expressed in the cortex, in pyramidal cells of cultured brain slices. Overexpression of KCa2.1 and KCa2.2 resulted in a fourfold to fivefold increase in the amplitude of ImAHP but had no detectable effect on IsAHP. As an additional test, we examined IsAHP in a transgenic mouse expressing a truncated SKCa subunit (SK3-1B) capable of acting as a dominant negative for the entire family of SKCa–IKCa channels. Expression of SK3-1B profoundly inhibited ImAHP but again had no discernable effect on IsAHP. These results are inconsistent with the proposal that SKCa channels mediate IsAHP in pyramidal cells and indicate that a different potassium channel mediates this current.

• Publication year

  2004

• Venue

  Journal of Neuroscience

• Publication date

  2004-04-07

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0380-04.2004PMID 15071101PMCID PMC6729743
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