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The Journal of Neuroscience, July 1, 1999, 19(13):5205-5212
Calcium-Activated Potassium Conductances Contribute to Action
Potential Repolarization at the Soma But Not the Dendrites of
Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Neurons
Nicholas P.
Poolos and
Daniel
Johnston
Division of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston,
Texas 77030
Evidence is accumulating that voltage-gated channels are
distributed nonuniformly throughout neurons and that this nonuniformity underlies regional differences in excitability within the single neuron. Previous reports have shown that Ca2+,
Na+, A-type K+, and
hyperpolarization-activated, mixed cation conductances have varying
distributions in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons, with significantly
different densities in the apical dendrites compared with the soma.
Another important channel mediates the large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ current
(IC), which is responsible in part for
repolarization of the action potential (AP) and generation of the
afterhyperpolarization that follows the AP recorded at the soma. We
have investigated whether this current is activated by APs retrogradely
propagating in the dendrites of hippocampal pyramidal neurons using
whole-cell dendritic patch-clamp recording techniques. We found no
IC activation by back-propagating APs in
distal dendritic recordings. Dendritic APs activated
IC only in the proximal dendrites, and
this activation decayed within the first 100-150 µm of distance from
the soma. The decay of IC in the proximal
dendrites occurred despite AP amplitude, plus presumably AP-induced
Ca2+ influx, that was comparable with that at the
soma. Thus we conclude that IC activation
by action potentials is nonuniform in the hippocampal pyramidal neuron,
which may represent a further example of regional differences in
neuronal excitability that are determined by the nonuniform
distribution of voltage-gated channels in dendrites.
Key words:
dendrites; hippocampus; calcium-activated potassium
conductances; back-propagation; action potentials; patch clamp; calcium
Copyright © 1999 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/99/19135205-08$05.00/0
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