Title |
Decreased calcium-activated potassium channels by hypoxia causes abnormal firing in the spontaneous firing medial vestibular nuclei neurons
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Published in |
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, August 2014
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DOI | 10.1007/s00405-014-3158-4 |
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Authors |
Hong Xie, Yu-qin Zhang, Xin-liang Pan, Shu-hui Wu, Xiang Chen, Jie Wang, Hua Liu, Xiao-zhong Qian, Zhi-guo Liu, Lie-Ju Liu |
Abstract |
Vertebrobasilar insufficiency (VBI) presents complex varied clinical symptoms, including vertigo and hearing loss. Little is known, however, about how Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channel attributes to the medial vestibular nucleus (MVN) neural activity in VBI. To address this issue, we performed whole-cell patch clamp and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) to examine the effects of hypoxia on neural activity and the changes of the large conductance Ca(2+) activated K(+) channels (BKCa channels) in the MVN neurons in brain slices of male C57BL/6 mice. Brief hypoxic stimuli of the brain slices containing MVN were administrated by switching the normoxic artificial cerebrospinal fluid (ACSF) equilibrated with 21 % O2/5 % CO2 to hypoxic ACSF equilibrated with 5 % O2/5 % CO2 (balance N2). 3-min hypoxia caused a depolarization in the resting membrane potential (RM) in 8/11 non-spontaneous firing MVN neurons. 60/72 spontaneous firing MVN neurons showed a dramatic increase in firing frequency and a depolarization in the RM following brief hypoxia. The amplitude of the afterhyperpolarization (AHPA) was significantly decreased in both type A and type B spontaneous firing MVN neurons. Hypoxia-induced firing response was alleviated by pretreatment with NS1619, a selective BKCa activator. Furthermore, brief hypoxia caused a decrease in the amplitude of iberiotoxin-sensitive outward currents and mRNA level of BKCa in MVN neurons. These results suggest that BKCa channels protect against abnormal MVN neuronal activity induced by hypoxia, and might be a key target for treatment of vertigo and hearing loss in VBI. |
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