Voltage‐activated lonic currents in differentiating rat cerebellar granule neurons cultured from the external germinal layer
- 1 December 1995
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Neurobiology
- Vol. 28 (4), 419-432
- https://doi.org/10.1002/neu.480280403
Abstract
The electrical properties of the precursor cells of the external germinal layer of rat cerebellum were assessed during their differentiation in control medium (Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium) supplemented or not with either basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) or 25 mM potassium chloride (KCI). Resting potential was shown to be –10 mV in all three conditions 3 hours after plating [days in vitro (DIV)0]. By DIV 5, it reached ‐63 mV for cells cultured in 25 mM KCI but only –28 mV in control and bFGF media. The main voltage‐sensitive ionic current measured at DIV 0 under all conditions was a composite Ik consisting in a sustained K+ current blocked by tetraethylammonium (Ik(TEA)), plus a rapidly activating and inactivating TEA‐insensitive Ik(A). Both currents increased with time in all conditions, but after 5 days IK(A) became dominant in terms of density. IK(TEA) is likely an IK(Ca), since it was blocked by 67% in 1 mM TEA. On DIV O, INa and ICa were absent or small in amplitude. By DIV 3, 80% of the cells had currents able to generate a spike. Interestingly, ICa mean amplitude and current density measured at –10 mV in control condition on DIV 1 was singnificantly larger than those recorded in bFGF and 25 mM KCI. The order of appearance of the ionic currents, IK, ICa, and INa, leads directly to fast spike activity allowing for poor calcium entry. Firing rate likely depends on IK(A), which increased during the first 6 days of development but could be differentially regulated by bFGF. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.Keywords
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