Electrophysiological recordings and calcium measurements in striatal large aspiny interneurons in response to combined O2/glucose deprivation

J Neurophysiol. 1999 May;81(5):2508-16. doi: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.5.2508.

Abstract

Electrophysiological recordings and calcium measurements in striatal large aspiny interneurons in response to combined O2/glucose deprivation. The effects of combined O2/glucose deprivation were investigated on large aspiny (LA) interneurons recorded from a striatal slice preparation by means of simultaneous electrophysiological and optical recordings. LA interneurons were visually identified and impaled with sharp microelectrodes loaded with the calcium (Ca2+)-sensitive dye bis-fura-2. These cells showed the morphological, electrophysiological, and pharmacological features of large striatal cholinergic interneurons. O2/glucose deprivation induced a membrane hyperpolarization coupled to a concomitant increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i). Interestingly, this [Ca2+]i elevation was more pronounced in dendritic branches rather than in the somatic region. The O2/glucose-deprivation-induced membrane hyperpolarization reversed its polarity at the potassium (K+) equilibrium potential. Both membrane hyperpolarization and [Ca2+]i rise were unaffected by TTX or by a combination of ionotropic glutamate receptors antagonists, D-2-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acid and 6cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2, 3-dione. Sulfonylurea glibenclamide, a blocker of ATP-sensitive K+ channels, markedly reduced the O2/glucose-deprivation-induced membrane hyperpolarization but failed to prevent the rise in [Ca2+]i. Likewise, charybdotoxin, a large K+-channel (BK) inhibitor, abolished the membrane hyperpolarization but did not produce detectable changes of [Ca2+]i elevation. A combination of high-voltage-activated Ca2+ channel blockers significantly reduced both the membrane hyperpolarization and the rise in [Ca2+]i. In a set of experiments performed without dye in the recording electrode, either intracellular bis-(o-aminophenoxy)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid or external barium abolished the membrane hyperpolarization induced by O2/glucose deprivation. The hyperpolarizing effect on membrane potential was mimicked by oxotremorine, an M2-like muscarinic receptor agonist, and by baclofen, a GABAB receptor agonist. However, this membrane hyperpolarization was not coupled to an increase but rather to a decrease of the basal [Ca2+]i. Furthermore glibenclamide did not reduce the oxotremorine- and baclofen-induced membrane hyperpolarization. In conclusion, the present results suggest that in striatal LA cells, O2/glucose deprivation activates a membrane hyperpolarization that does not involve ligand-gated K+ conductances but is sensitive to barium, glibenclamide, and charybdotoxin. The increase in [Ca2+]i is partially due to influx through voltage-gated high-voltage-activated Ca2+ channels.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Calcium / metabolism*
  • Calcium Channels / physiology
  • Chelating Agents / pharmacology
  • Corpus Striatum / drug effects
  • Corpus Striatum / metabolism
  • Corpus Striatum / pathology
  • Corpus Striatum / physiopathology*
  • Egtazic Acid / analogs & derivatives
  • Egtazic Acid / pharmacology
  • Electrophysiology
  • Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / pharmacology
  • Glucose / deficiency*
  • Hypoxia / pathology
  • Hypoxia / physiopathology*
  • Interneurons / drug effects
  • Interneurons / metabolism
  • Interneurons / pathology
  • Interneurons / physiology*
  • Male
  • Potassium Channel Blockers
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Tetrodotoxin / pharmacology

Substances

  • Calcium Channels
  • Chelating Agents
  • Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists
  • Potassium Channel Blockers
  • Tetrodotoxin
  • Egtazic Acid
  • Glucose
  • 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid
  • Calcium