Peptidergic counter-regulation of Ca(2+)- and Na(+)-dependent K(+) currents modulates the shape of action potentials in neurosecretory insect neurons.

نویسندگان

  • Dieter Wicher
  • Jens Berlau
  • Christian Walther
  • Alexander Borst
چکیده

Influx of Ca(2+) and Na(+) ions during an action potential can strongly affect the repolarization and the fast afterhyperpolarization (fAHP) if a neuron expresses Ca(2+)- and Na(+)-dependent K(+) currents (K(Ca) and K(Na)). This applies to cockroach abdominal dorsal unpaired median neurons (DUMs). Here the rapid activation of K(Ca) depends mainly on the P/Q-type Ca(2+) current. Adipokinetic hormones (AKHs)-insect counterparts to mammalian glucagon-mobilize energy reserves but also modulate neuronal activity and lead to enhanced locomotor activity. Cockroach AKH I accelerates spiking and enhances the fAHP of octopaminergic DUM neurons, and it is generally held that enhanced release of the biogenic amine from these and other neurons may lead to general arousal. AKH I modulates the voltage-gated Na(+) and P/Q-type Ca(2+) current and the background Ca(2+) current. Upregulation of P/Q-type Ca(2+) current increases the K(Ca) current, whereas enhanced inactivation of Na(+) current decreases the K(Na) current. We quantified the hormone-induced changes in ion currents in terms of Hodgkin-Huxley models and simulated the resulting activity of DUM neurons. Upregulation of P/Q-type Ca(2+) and K(Ca) current enhanced the hyperpolarization but had a weak effect on spiking. Downregulation of Na(+) and K(Na) current decreased hyperpolarization and slightly accelerated spiking. Superposition of these modulations produced an increase in fAHP while the spike frequency remained unchanged. Only when the upregulation of the pacemaking Ca(2+) background current was included in the simulated modulation the model reproduced the experimentally observed AKH-I-induced changes. The possible physiological relevance of this dual effect is discussed in respect to transmitter release and synaptic integration.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of neurophysiology

دوره 95 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006