Abstract
Voltage-dependent Kv2.1 K(+) channels, which mediate delayed rectifier Kv currents (I(K)), are expressed in large clusters on the somata and dendrites of principal pyramidal neurons, where they regulate neuronal excitability. Here we report activity-dependent changes in the localization and biophysical properties of Kv2.1. In the kainate model of continuous seizures in rat, we find a loss of Kv2.1 clustering in pyramidal neurons in vivo. Biochemical analysis of Kv2.1 in the brains of these rats shows a marked dephosphorylation of Kv2.1. In cultured rat hippocampal pyramidal neurons, glutamate stimulation rapidly causes dephosphorylation of Kv2.1, translocation of Kv2.1 from clusters to a more uniform localization, and a shift in the voltage-dependent activation of I(K). An influx of Ca(2+) leading to calcineurin activation is both necessary and sufficient for these effects. Our finding that neuronal activity modifies the phosphorylation state, localization and function of Kv2.1 suggests an important link between excitatory neurotransmission and the intrinsic excitability of pyramidal neurons.
MeSH Terms
Animals
Animals, Newborn
Blotting, Western
Cadmium Chloride/pharmacology
Calcimycin/pharmacology
Calcium Channel Blockers/pharmacology
Cell Count
Cells, Cultured
Cyclosporine/pharmacology
Delayed Rectifier Potassium Channels
Dendrites/drug effects,physiology
Disease Models, Animal
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Drug Interactions
Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists/pharmacology
Glutamic Acid/pharmacology
Hippocampus/cytology
Ion Channel Gating/drug effects
Ionophores/pharmacology
Kainic Acid/pharmacology
Membrane Potentials/drug effects,physiology
Neuronal Plasticity/drug effects,physiology
Nitrendipine/pharmacology
Nitriles
Okadaic Acid/pharmacology
Patch-Clamp Techniques/methods
Phosphoprotein Phosphatases/pharmacology
Phosphorylation/drug effects
Potassium/metabolism
Potassium Channel Blockers/pharmacology
Potassium Channels/metabolism
Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated
Potassium Chloride/pharmacology
Pyramidal Cells/drug effects,metabolism
Pyrethrins/pharmacology
Rats
Seizures/chemically induced,physiopathology
Shab Potassium Channels
Time Factors
Translocation, Genetic/drug effects,physiology
Chemicals
Calcium Channel Blockers
Delayed Rectifier Potassium Channels
Enzyme Inhibitors
Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists
Ionophores
Kcnb1 protein, rat
Nitriles
Potassium Channel Blockers
Potassium Channels
Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated
Pyrethrins
Shab Potassium Channels
Okadaic Acid
decamethrin
Calcimycin
Glutamic Acid
Potassium Chloride
Cyclosporine
Nitrendipine
Phosphoprotein Phosphatases
Cadmium Chloride
Potassium
Kainic Acid
Authors & Affiliations
8 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Misonou Hiroaki
Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA.
[email protected]
Mohapatra Durga P
Park Eunice W
Leung Victor
Zhen Dongkai
Misonou Kaori
Anderson Anne E
Trimmer James S