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PIP2-Mediated HCN3 Channel Gating Is Crucial for Rhythmic Burst Firing in Thalamic Intergeniculate Leaflet Neurons

Shui-Wang Ying, Gareth R. Tibbs, Alessandra Picollo, Syed Y. Abbas, R. Lea Sanford, Alessio Accardi, Franz Hofmann, Andreas Ludwig and Peter A. Goldstein
Journal of Neuroscience 13 July 2011, 31 (28) 10412-10423; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0021-11.2011
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Hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels generate a pacemaking current, Ih, which regulates neuronal excitability and oscillatory activity in the brain. Although all four HCN isoforms are expressed in the brain, the functional contribution of HCN3 is unknown. Using immunohistochemistry, confocal microscopy, and whole-cell patch-clamp recording techniques, we investigated HCN3 function in thalamic intergeniculate leaflet (IGL) neurons, as HCN3 is reportedly preferentially expressed in these cells. We observed that Ih recorded from IGL, but not ventral geniculate nucleus, neurons in HCN2+/+ mice and rats activated slowly and were cAMP insensitive, which are hallmarks of HCN3 channels. We also observed strong immunolabeling for HCN3, with no labeling for HCN1 and HCN4, and only very weak labeling for HCN2. Deletion of HCN2 did not alter Ih characteristics in mouse IGL neurons. These data together indicate that the HCN3 channel isoform generated Ih in IGL neurons. Intracellular phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) shifted Ih activation to more depolarized potentials and accelerated activation kinetics. Upregulation of HCN3 function by PIP2 augmented low-threshold burst firing and spontaneous oscillations; conversely, depletion of PIP2 or pharmacologic block of Ih resulted in a profound inhibition of excitability. The results indicate that functional expression of HCN3 channels in IGL neurons is crucial for intrinsic excitability and rhythmic burst firing, and PIP2 serves as a powerful modulator of Ih-dependent properties via an effect on HCN3 channel gating. Since the IGL is a major input to the suprachiasmatic nucleus, regulation of pacemaking function by PIP2 in the IGL may influence sleep and circadian rhythms.

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Shui-Wang Ying, Gareth R. Tibbs, Alessandra Picollo, Syed Y. Abbas, R. Lea Sanford, Alessio Accardi, Franz Hofmann, Andreas Ludwig, Peter A. Goldstein
Journal of Neuroscience 13 July 2011, 31 (28) 10412-10423; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0021-11.2011

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Journal of Neuroscience 13 July 2011, 31 (28) 10412-10423; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0021-11.2011
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