トノムラ ソウタツ   Sotatsu Tonomura
  外村 宗達
   所属   川崎医科大学  医学部 基礎医学 解剖学
   職種   助教
論文種別 原著
言語種別 英語
査読の有無 査読あり
表題 Effects of Cooling Temperatures via Thermal K2P Channels on Regeneration of High-Frequency Action Potentials at Nodes of Ranvier of Rat Abeta-Afferent Nerves
掲載誌名 正式名:eNeuro
ISSNコード:23732822
掲載区分国外
巻・号・頁 8(5)
著者・共著者 Kanda, H. Tonomura, S. Gu, J. G.
発行年月 2021
概要 Temperature-sensitive two-pore domain potassium channels (thermal K2P) are recently shown to cluster at nodes of Ranvier (NRs) and play a key role in action potential (AP) regeneration and conduction on Abeta-afferent nerves. Cooling temperatures affect AP regeneration and conduction on Abeta-afferent nerves but the underlying mechanisms are not completely understood. Here, we have performed patch-clamp recordings directly at the NR in an ex vivo trigeminal nerve preparation. We have characterized the effects of cooling temperatures on intrinsic electrophysiological properties and AP regeneration at the NR on rat Abeta-afferent nerves, and determined whether and how thermal K2P channels may be involved in the effects of cooling temperatures. We show that cooling temperatures from 35 degrees C to 15 degrees C decrease outward leak currents, increase input resistance, depolarize resting membrane potential (RMP), broaden AP width and increase latency of AP threshold at the NR. We further demonstrate that cooling temperatures impair regeneration of high-frequency AP trains at the NR. The effects of cooling temperatures on the intrinsic electrophysiological properties and regeneration of high-frequency AP trains at the NR can be partially reversed by BL-1249 (BL), arachidonic acid (AA), and intra-axonal protons, three thermal K2P activators, indicating the involvement of thermal K2P channels. Moreover, we show that at cooling temperatures there are interplays among thermal K2P channels, RMPs, and voltage-gated Na(+) channels, which together limit regeneration of high-frequency AP trains at the NR. Our findings demonstrate a new role of thermal K2P channels in temperature-dependent conduction of high-frequency sensory signals.
DOI 10.1523/ENEURO.0308-21.2021
文献番号 34462308