Voltage-gated Ca2+ channel mRNAs and T-type Ca2+ currents in rat gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons

Journal of Physiological Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 195-204

  Tanaka, Nobuyuki ^a   Ishii, Hirotaka ^a   Yin, Chengzhu ^a   Koyama, Makiko ^a   Sakuma, Yasuo ^a   Kato, Masakatsu ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ca2+ channels; GnRH neurons; Patch clamp; RT PCR; T type Ca2+ channels

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GONADORELIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC RAT;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, TRANSGENIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 77953545940     PISSN: 18806546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12576-010-0085-z     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Kato M, Ui-Tei K, Watanabe M, Sakuma Y (2003) Characterization of voltage-gated calcium currents in gonadotropinreleasing hormone neurons tagged with green fluorescent protein in rats. Endocrinology 144:5118-5125
2. Kato M, Tanaka N, Usui S, Sakuma Y (2006) The SK channel blocker apamin inhibits slow afterhyperpolarization currents in rat gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurones. J Physiol 574:431-442
3. + (BK) currents and express BK channel mRNAs. J Physiol Sci 58:21-29
4. Perez-Reyes E (2003) Molecular physiology of low-voltageactivated T-type calcium channels. Physiol Rev 83:117-161
5. Catterall WA, Perez-Reyes E, Snutch TP, Striessnig J (2005) International Union of Pharmacology. XLVIII. Nomenclature and structure-function relationships of voltage-gated calcium channels. Pharmacol Rev 57:411-425
6. 2+ channels in apical dendrites of rat CA1 pyramidal neurons. J Physiol 487:67-90
7. Nunemaker CS, DeFazio RA, Moenter SM (2003) Calcium current subtypes in GnRH neurons. Biol Reprod 69:1914-1922
8. Spergel D J (2007) Calcium and small-conductance calciumactivated potassium channels in gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons before, during, and after puberty. Endocrinology 148:2383-2390
9. Zhang C, Bosch MA, Rick EA, Kelly MJ, Rønnekleiv OK (2009) 17β-estradiol regulation of T-type calcium channels in gonadotropin- releasing hormone neurons. J Neurosci 29:10552-10562
10. Perez-Reyes E, Cribbs LL, Daud A, Lacerda AE, Barclay J, Williamson MP, Fox M, Rees M, Lee JH (1998) Molecular characterization of a neuronal low-voltage-activated T-type calcium channel. Nature 391:896-900
11. 2+ channel gene family. Circ Res 83:103-109
12. Lee JH, Daud AN, Cribbs LL, Lacerda AE, Pereverzev A, Klockner U, Schneider T, Perez-Reyes E (1999) Cloning and expression of a novel member of the low voltage-activated T-type calcium channel family. JNeurosci 19:1912-1921
13. Lee JH, Gomora JC, Cribbs LL, Perez-Reyes E (1999) Nickel block of three cloned T-type calcium channels: low concentrations selectively block α1H. Biophys J 77:3034-3042
14. 2+ channels. Eur J Neurosci 11:4171-4178
15. McRory JE, Santi CM, Hamming KS, Mezeyova J, Sutton KG, Baillie DL, Stea A, Snutch TP (2001) Molecular and functional characterization of a family of rat brain T-type calcium channels. J Biol Chem 276:3999-4011
16. 2+ channels in adult rat gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons. J Physiol Sci 59 (Suppl 1):334
17. Neher E (1992) Correction for liquid junction potentials in patch clamp experiments. Methods Enzymol 207:123-131
18. Barry PH (1994) JPCalc, a software package for calculating liquid junction potential corrections in patch-clamp, intracellular, epithelial and bilayer measurements and for correcting junction potential measurements. J Neurosci Methods 51:107-116
19. Liu X, Herbison AE (2008) Small-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels control excitability and firing dynamics in gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons. Endocrinology 149:3598-3604
20. 2+ current produces input signal amplification and bistability in cat and rat thalamocortical neurones. J Physiol 505:689-705
21. Toth TI, Hughes SW, Crunelli V (1998) Analysis and biophysical interpretation of bistable behaviour in thalamocortical neurons. Neuroscience 87:519-523
22. Crunelli V, Toth TI, Cope DW, Blethyn K, Hughes SW (2005) The 'window' T-type calcium current in brain dynamics of different behavioural states. J Physiol 562:121-129
23. Erickson KR, Ronnekleiv OK, Kelly M J (1993) Role of a T-type calcium current in supporting a depolarizing potential, damped oscillations, and phasic firing in vasopressinergic guinea pig supraoptic neurons. Neuroendocrinology 57:789-800
24. Suter KJ, Wuarin JP, Smith BN, Dudek FE, Moenter SM (2000) Whole-cell recordings from preoptic/hypothalamic slices reveal burst firing in gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons identified with green fluorescent protein in transgenic mice. Endocrinology 141:3731-3736
25. Sim JA, Skynner MJ, Herbison AE (2001) Heterogeneity in the basic membrane properties of postnatal gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons in the mouse. J Neurosci 21:1067-1075
26. Kuehl-Kovarik MC, Pouliot WA, Halterman GL, Handa RJ, Dudek FE, Partin KM (2002) Episodic bursting activity and response to excitatory amino acids in acutely dissociated gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons genetically targeted with green fluorescent protein. J Neurosci 22:2313-2322
27. Bal T, McCormick DA (1993) Mechanisms of oscillatory activity in guinea-pig nucleus reticularis thalami in vitro: a mammalian pacemaker. J Physiol 468:669-691
28. Stuart G, Schiller J, Sakmann B (1997) Action potential initiation and propagation in rat neocortical pyramidal neurons. J Physiol 505:617-632
29. Remy S, Csicsvari J, Beck H (2009) Activity-dependent control of neuronal output by local and global dendritic spike attenuation. Neuron 61:906-916
30. Roberts CB, Campbell RE, Herbison AE, Suter K J (2008) Dendritic action potential initiation in hypothalamic gonadotropinreleasing hormone neurons. Endocrinology 149:3355-3360
31. Leng G, Ludwig M (2008) Neurotransmitters and peptides: whispered secrets and public announcements. J Physiol 586:5625-5632
32. Ishii H, Sato S, Yin C, Sakuma Y, Kato M (2009) Cetrorelix, a gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist, induces the expression of melatonin receptor 1a in the gonadotropin-releasing hormone neuronal cell line GT1-7. Neuroendocrinology 90:251-259