| First Author | Coles B | Year | 2008 |
| Journal | Brain Res | Volume | 1190 |
| Pages | 1-14 | PubMed ID | 18093574 |
| Mgi Jnum | J:130815 | Mgi Id | MGI:3772390 |
| Doi | 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.10.071 | Citation | Coles B, et al. (2008) Potassium channels in hippocampal neurones are absent in a transgenic but not in a chemical model of Alzheimer's disease. Brain Res 1190:1-14 |
| abstractText | We have investigated using single channel patch-clamp methods potassium channel prevalence in hippocampal neurones from two animal models of AD. Experiments have been carried out on transgenic mice (Tg2576) carrying the Swedish mutation (K670N/M671L) and rats receiving ventricular infusions of okadaic acid. In cell-attached patches from hippocampal neurones from the Tg2576 and control littermate mice there were three principal unitary conductance - 22 pS, 111 pS and 178 pS. The two channels of intermediate and large conductance were voltage-dependent, highly active in cell-attached patches, activity decreasing markedly on hyperpolarisation. The large conductance channel was sensitive to TEA, iberiotoxin, was activated in excised inside-out patches by Ca (2+)(i) and is the type I maxi-K(+) channel. Significantly, there was a reduction in the prevalence of a TEA-sensitive 113 pS channel in neurones from TG2576 mice with a corresponding increase in prevalence of the maxi-K(+) channel. There was no difference in the characteristics of maxi-K(+) between patches in neurones from the transgenic and littermate controls. In the rat model single channel analysis was performed on hippocampal neurons from three groups of animals i.e. non-operated, and these receiving an infusion of vehicle or vehicle with okadaic acid. Three principal unitary conductances of around 18 pS, 118 pS and 185 pS were also observed in cell-attached recordings from these three groups. The intermediate and high conductance channels were blocked by TEA or 4-AP or 140 mM RbCl. There were no statistically significant differences in the channel prevalence or channel density between the control and test groups. |
