Cellular mechanisms underlying spontaneous firing in rat suprachiasmatic nucleus: Involvement of a slowly inactivating component of sodium current

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1811-1825

  Pennartz, C M A ^a   Bierlaagh, M A ^a   Geurtsen, A M S ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CURRENT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0030841453     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.4.1811     Document Type: Article

References (60)

1. AKASU, T. AND SHOJI, S. cAMP-dependent inward rectifier current in neurons of the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus. Pflügers Arch. 429: 117-125, 1994.
2. AKASU, T., SHOJI, S., AND HASUO, H. Inward rectifier and low-threshold calcium currents contribute to the spontaneous firing mechanism in neurons of the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus. Pflügers Arch. 425: 109-116, 1993.
3. +-dependent theta-like rhythmicity in stellate cells of entorhinal cortex layer II. Nature 342: 175-177, 1989.
4. + current in pyramidal neurons from rat and cat sensorimotor cortex. J. Neurosci. 13: 660-673, 1993.
5. ARMSTRONG, C. M. AND GILLY, W. F. Access resistance and space clamp problems associated with whole cell patch clamping. In: Ion Channels, Methods in Enzymology, edited by B. Rudy and L. E. Iverson. New York: Academic, 1992, vol. 207, p. 100-123.
6. BOS, N.P.A. AND MIRMIRAN, M. Circadian rhythms in spontaneous neuronal discharges of the cultured suprachiasmatic nucleus. Brain Res. 511: 158-162, 1990.
7. + current and A-current in rat suprachiasmatic nucleus neurones. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 488: 339-350, 1995.
8. + currents is compatible with modalgating hypothesis for sodium channels. J. Neurophysiol. 71: 2562-2565, 1994.
9. CASSONE, V. M., WARREN, W. S., BROOKS, D. S., AND LU, J. Melatonin, the pineal gland, and circadian rhythms. J. Biol. Rhythms 8, Suppl. : 73-81, 1993.
10. CONNOR, J. A. AND STEVENS, C. F. Prediction of repetitive firing behaviour from voltage clamp data on an isolated neurone soma. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 213: 31-53, 1971.
11. CRILL, W. E. Persistent sodium current in mammalian central neurons. Annu. Rev. Physiol. 58: 349-362, 1996.
12. CUMMINS, T. R., XIA, Y., AND HADDAD, G. G. Functional properties of rat and human neocortical voltage-sensitive sodium currents. J. Neurophysiol. 71: 1052-1064, 1994.
13. H) in SCN neurons in subjective day and night: a whole-cell patch-clamp study in acutely prepared brain slices. Brain Res. In press.
14. DODGE, F. A. A Study of Ionic Permeability Changes Underlying Excitation in Myelinated Nerve Fibers of the Frog (PhD thesis). Ann Arbor, MI: Rockefeller Univ., 1963, University Microfilms (No. 64-7333).
15. DUNLAP, J. C. Genetic analysis of circadian clocks. Annu. Rev. Physiol. 55: 683-728, 1993.
16. EARNEST, D. J. AND SLADEK, C. D. Circadian rhythms of vasopressin release from individual rat suprachiasmatic expiants in vitro. Brain Res. 382: 129-133, 1986.
17. FLEIDERVISH, I. A. AND GUTNICK, M. J. Kinetics of slow inactivation of persistent sodium current in layer V neurons of mouse neocortical slices. J. Neurophysiol. 76: 2125-2130, 1996.
18. Fox, A. P., NOWYCKY, M. C., AND TSIEN, R. W. Kinetic and pharmacological properties distinguishing three types of calcium currents in chick sensory neurones. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 394: 149-172, 1987.
19. FRENCH, C. R., SAH, P., BUCKETT, K. J., AND GAGE, P. W. A voltage-dependent persistent sodium current in mammalian hippocampal neurons. J. Gen. Physiol. 95: 1139-1157, 1990.
20. GILLETTE, M. U. SCN electrophysiology in vitro: rhythmic activity and endogenous clock properties. In: The Suprachiasmatic Nucleus - The Mind's Clock, edited by D. C. Klein, R. Y. Moore, and S. M. Reppert. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1991, p. 125-143.
21. GROOS, G. A. AND HENDRIKS, J. Regularly firing neurones in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus. Experientia 35: 1597-1598, 1979.
22. GROOS, G. AND HENDRIKS, J. Circadian rhythms in electrical discharge of rat suprachiasmatic neurones recorded in vitro. Neurosci. Lett. 34: 283-288, 1982.
23. HAUSSER, M., STUART, G., RACCA, C., AND SAKMANN, B. Axonal initiation and active dendritic propagation of action potentials in substantia nigra neurons. Neuron 15: 637-647, 1995.
24. HILLE, B. Ionic Channels of Excitable Membranes (2nd ed.). Sunderland, MA: Sinauer, 1992.
25. HUANG, R.-C. Sodium and calcium currents in acutely dissociated neurons from rat suprachiasmatic nucleus. J. Neurophysiol. 70: 1692-1703, 1993.
26. + conductances in rat neocortical neurons: appearance of a slowly inactivating component. J. Neurophysiol. 59: 778-795, 1988.
27. INOUYE, S. AND KAWAMURA, H. Persistence of circadian rhythmicity in a mammalian hypothalamic "island" containing the suprachiasmatic nucleus. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 76: 5962-5966, 1979.
28. INOUYE, S.-I. T., SHINOHARA, K., TOMINAGA, K., TAKEUCHI, J., NAGASAKI, H., ISOBE, Y., FUKUHARA, C., OTORI, Y., YANG, J., CAGAMPANG, F.R.A., YAMAZAKI, S., AND TOKUMASU, A. Circadian rhythms in peptides and their precursor messenger RNAs in the suprachiasmatic nucleus. In: New Functional Aspects of the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus of the Hypothalamus, edited by H. Nakagawa, Y. Oomura, and K. Nagai. London: Libbey, 1993, p. 219-233.
29. JIANG, Z. G., ALLEN, C. N., AND NORTH, R. A. Presynaptic inhibition by baclofen of retinohypothalamic excitatory synaptic transmission in rat suprachiasmatic nucleus. Neuroscience 64: 813-819, 1995.
30. KALSBEEK, A. AND BUIJS, R. M. Peptidergic transmitters of the suprachiasmatic nuclei and the control of circadian rhythmicity. In: Progress in Brain Research 92, edited by J. Joosse, R. M. Buijs, and F.J.H. Tilders. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1992, p. 321-333.
31. KAY, A. R. AND WONG, R.K.S. Isolation of neurons suitable for patchclamping from adult mammalian central nervous systems. J. Neurosci. Methods 16: 227-238, 1986.
32. KIM, Y. I. AND DUDEK, F. E. Intracellular electrophysiological study of suprachiasmatic nucleus neurons in rodents: inhibitory synaptic mechanisms. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 458: 247-260, 1992.
33. KIM, Y. I. AND DUDEK, F. E. Membrane properties of rat suprachiasmatic nucleus neurons receiving optic nerve input. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 464: 229-243, 1993.
34. KLINK, R. AND ALONSO, A. Ionic mechanisms for the subthreshold oscillations and differential electroresponsiveness of medial entorhinal cortex layer II neurons. J. Neurophysiol. 70: 144-157, 1993.
35. LLINÁS, R. AND SUGIMORI, M. Electrophysiological properties of in vitro Purkinje cell somata in mammalian cerebellar slices. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 305: 171-195, 1980.
36. + dependent in CA1 pyramidal neurons. Brain Res. 333: 378-381, 1985.
37. MCCORMICK, D. A. AND PAPE, H. C. Properties of a hyperpolarization-activated cation current and its role in rhythmic oscillation in thalamic relay neurones. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 431: 291-318, 1990.
38. MEIJER, J. H. AND RIETVELD, W. J. Neurophysiology of the suprachiasmatic circadian pacemaker in rodents. Physiol. Rev. 69: 671-707, 1989.
39. MICHEL, S., GEUSZ, M. E., ZARITSKY, J. J., AND BLOCK, G. D. Circadian rhythm in membrane conductance expressed in isolated neurons. Science 259: 239-241, 1993.
40. 2+ channels in acutely isolated hippocampal CA3 neurones of the guinea pig. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 433: 259-281, 1991.
41. MOORE, R. Y. AND EICHLER, V. B. Loss of a circadian adrenal corticosterone rhythm following suprachiasmatic lesions in the rat. Brain Res. 42: 201-206, 1972.
42. MOORMAN, J. R., KIRSCH, G. E., VANDONGEN, A.M.J., JOHO, R. H., AND BROWN, A. M. Fast and slow gating of sodium channels encoded by a single mRNA. Neuron 4: 243-252, 1990.
43. NEHER, E. Correction for liquid junction potentials in patch clamp experiments. Methods Enzymol. 207: 123-131, 1992.
44. OGATA, N. AND TATEBAYASHI, H. Sodium current kinetics in freshly isolated neostriatal neurones of the adult guinea pig. Pflügers Arch. 416: 594-603, 1990.
45. RALL, W. Core conductor theory and cable properties of neurons. In: Handbook of Physiology. The Nervous System. Cellular Biology of Neurons. Bethesda, MD: Am. Physiol. Soc., 1977, sect. 1, vol. I, p. 39-97.
46. RALPH, M. R., FOSTER, R. G., DAVIS, F. C., AND MENAKER, M. Transplanted suprachiasmatic nucleus determines circadian period. Science 247: 975-978, 1990.
47. SAKMANN, B. AND NEHER, E. Single-Channel Recording (2nd ed.). New York: Plenum, 1995.
48. STAFSTROM, C. E., SCHWINDT, P. C., CHUBB, M. C., AND CRILL, W. E. Properties of persistent sodium conductance and calcium conductance of layer V neurons from cat sensorimotor cortex in vitro. J. Neurophysiol. 53: 153-170, 1985.
49. STEPHAN, F. K. AND ZUCKER, I. Circadian rhythms in drinking behavior and locomotor activity of rats are eliminated by hypothalamic lesions. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 69: 1583-1586, 1972.
50. STUART, G. J., DODT, H.-U., AND SAKMANN, B. Patch-clamp recordings from the soma and dendrites of neurons in brain slices using infrared video microscopy. Pflügers Arch. 423: 511-518, 1993.
51. TAKAHASHI, J. S. Molecular neurobiology and genetics of circadian rhythms in mammals, Annu. Rev. Neurosci. 18: 531-553, 1995.
52. TAKAHASHI, J. S. The biological clock: it's all in the genes. In: Hypothalamic Integration of Circadian Rhythms, Progress in Brain Research, edited by R. M. Buijs, A. Kalsbeek, H. J. Romijn, C.M.A. Pennartz, and M. Mirmiran. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1996, vol. III, p. 5-9.
53. THOMSON, A. M. AND WEST, D. C. Factors affecting slow regular firing in the suprachiasmatic nucleus in vitro. J. Biol. Rhythms 5: 59-75, 1990.
54. TOSELLI, M. AND TAGLIETTI, V. Kinetic and pharmacological properties of high- and low-threshold calcium channels in primary cultures of rat hippocampal neurons. Pflügers Arch. 421: 59-66, 1992.
55. UTESHEV, V., STEVENS, D. R., AND HAAS, H. L. A persistent sodium current in acutely isolated histaminergic neurons from rat hypothalamus. Neuroscience 66: 143-149, 1995.
56. VAN DEN POL, A. N. The hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus of rat: intrinsic anatomy. J. Comp Neural. 191: 661-702, 1980.
57. VREUGDENHIL, M. AND WADMAN, W. J. Potassium currents in isolated CA1 neurons of the rat after kindling epileptogenesis. Neuroscience 66: 805-813, 1995.
58. WALSH, I. B., VAN DEN BERG, R. J., AND RIETVELD, W. J. Ionic currents in cultured rat suprachiasmatic nucleus. Neuroscience 69: 915-929, 1995.
59. WELSH, D., LOGOTHETIS, D. E., MEISTER, M., AND REPPERT, S. M. Individual neurons dissociated from rat suprachiasmatic nucleus express independently phased circadian firing rhythms. Neuron 14: 697-706, 1995.
60. WHITE, J. A., SEKAR, N. S., AND KAY, A. R. Errors in persistent inward currents generated by space-clamp errors: a modeling study. J. Neurophysiol. 73: 2369-2377, 1995.