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The Journal of Neuroscience, August 15, 2002, 22(16):6891-6899
K+-Dependent Na+/Ca2+ Exchange Is a Major Ca2+ Clearance Mechanism in Axon Terminals of Rat Neurohypophysis
Suk-Ho Lee1, *, Myoung-Hwan Kim1, *, Kyeong Han Park2, Yung E. Earm1, and Won-Kyung Ho1 1 Department of Physiology and National Research Laboratory for Cellular Signaling and 2 Department of Anatomy, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Chongno-Ku, Seoul, 110-799, Korea
Two different families of Na+/Ca2+ exchangers, K+-independent NCX and K+-dependent NCKX, are known. Exploiting the outward K+ gradient, NCKX is able to extrude Ca2+ more efficiently than NCX, even when the Na+ gradient is reduced. The NCKX, which was originally thought to be limited to the retinal photoreceptor, was shown recently to be widely distributed in the brain. We investigated the contribution of Na+/Ca2+ exchange to Ca2+ clearance mechanisms in neurohypophysial (NHP) axon terminals, using patch-clamp and microfluorometry techniques. In the presence of internal K+, Ca2+ decay was significantly slowed by the removal of external Na+, indicative of the role of Na+/Ca2+ exchange. As internal [K+] was decreased, Ca2+ decay rate and its dependence on Na+ were greatly attenuated. In the absence of internal K+, Ca2+ decay rate was little affected by Na+ removal. Quantitative analysis using Ca2+ decay rate constant indicated that >60% of Ca2+ extrusion is mediated by Na+/Ca2+ exchange when peak [Ca2+] level is higher than 500 nM, and ~90% of Na+/Ca2+ exchange activity is K+ dependent. In situ hybridization confirmed the expression of NCKX2 transcripts in the supraoptic nucleus in which soma of NHP axon terminals are located. To our knowledge, this is the first report to show the significant role of K+-dependent Na+/Ca2+ exchange in neuronal cells other than photoreceptors. Considering that axon terminals are subject to an invasion by high-frequency Na+ spikes, which may lower Na+ gradients, the presence of NCKX may have a functional significance in intracellular Ca2+ regulation.
Key words: neurohypophysis; axon terminal; Ca2+ transient; Na+/Ca2+ exchange; calcium clearance; NCKX
* S.H.L. and M.H.K. contributed equally to this work
Copyright © 2002 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/02/22166891-09$05.00/0
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