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The Journal of Neuroscience, November 15, 2002, 22(22):9698-9707
Regional Differences in Distribution and Functional Expression of
Small-Conductance Ca2+-Activated K+ Channels in
Rat Brain
Claudia A.
Sailer1,
Hua
Hu3,
Walter A.
Kaufmann1,
Maria
Trieb1,
Christoph
Schwarzer2,
Johan F.
Storm3, and
Hans-Günther
Knaus1
1 Institute for Biochemical Pharmacology and
2 Institute for Pharmacology, University Innsbruck, A-6020
Innsbruck, Austria, and 3 Institute for Physiology,
University of Oslo, N-0317 Oslo, Norway
Small-conductance Ca2+-activated
K+ (SK) channels are important for excitability
control and afterhyperpolarizations in vertebrate neurons and have been
implicated in regulation of the functional state of the forebrain. We
have examined the distribution, functional expression, and subunit
composition of SK channels in rat brain. Immunoprecipitation detected
solely homotetrameric SK2 and SK3 channels in native tissue and their
constitutive association with calmodulin. Immunohistochemistry revealed
a restricted distribution of SK1 and SK2 protein with highest densities
in subregions of the hippocampus and neocortex. In contrast, SK3
protein was distributed more diffusely in these brain regions and
predominantly expressed in phylogenetically older brain regions.
Whole-cell recording showed a sharp segregation of apamin-sensitive SK
current within the hippocampal formation, in agreement with the SK2
distribution, suggesting that SK2 homotetramers underlie the
apamin-sensitive medium afterhyperpolarizations in rat hippocampus.
Key words:
SK channels; potassium channels; apamin; antibodies; afterhyperpolarization; subunit composition; distribution
Copyright © 2002 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/02/22229698-10$05.00/0
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