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The Journal of Neuroscience, July 23, 2003, 23(16):6460-6469
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Contribution of TWIK-Related Acid-Sensitive K+ Channel 1 (TASK1) and TASK3 Channels to the Control of Activity Modes in Thalamocortical Neurons
Sven G. Meuth, *
Thomas Budde, *
Tatyana Kanyshkova,
Tilman Broicher,
Thomas Munsch, and
Hans-Christian Pape
Institute of Physiology, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität, D-39120
Magdeburg, Germany
The thalamocortical network is characterized by rhythmic burst activity
during natural sleep and tonic single-spike activity during wakefulness. The
change between these two activity modes is partially governed by transmitters
acting on leak K+ currents in the thalamus, although the nature of
the constituting ion channels is not yet known. In the present study, the
contribution of members of the two-pore domain K+ channel family to
the leak current was investigated using whole-cell patch-clamp techniques and
molecular biological techniques. RT-PCR and in situ hybridization
revealed the expression of TWIK-related acid-sensitive K+ channel 1 (TASK 1) and TASK3 channels in the rat dLGN.
Voltage-clamp recordings of thalamocortical relay neurons in slice
preparations demonstrated the existence of a current component sensitive to
the TASK channel blocker bupivacaine, which reversed at the presumed
K+ equilibrium potential, showed outward rectification, and
contributed 40% to the standing outward current at depolarized values of
the membrane potential (-28 mV). The pharmacological profile was indicative of
TASK channels, in that the current was sensitive to changes in extracellular
pH, reduced by muscarine and increased by halothane, and these effects were
occluded by a near-maximal action of bupivacaine. Pharmacological manipulation
of this current under current-clamp conditions resulted in a shift between
burst and tonic firing modes. It is concluded that TASK1 and TASK3 channels
contribute to the muscarine- and halothane-sensitive conductance in
thalamocortical relay neurons, thereby contributing to the change in the
activity mode of thalamocortical networks observed during the sleep-wake cycle
and on application of inhalational anesthetics.
Key words: whole-cell patch clamp; RT-PCR; in situ hybridization; thalamic activity mode; anesthetics; muscarinic receptor; sleep-wake cycle
Received Apr. 11, 2003;
revised May. 20, 2003;
accepted May. 30, 2003.
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