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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-1-27
pubmed:abstractText
Activity-dependent gene expression in neurons shows a remarkable ability to differentiate between different types of stimulation: orthodromic inputs that engage synaptic transmission are much more effective than antidromic stimuli that do not. We have studied the basis of such selectivity in cultured hippocampal neurons in which nuclear cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) phosphorylation is induced by synaptic activity but not by action potential (AP) stimulation in the absence of EPSPs, although spikes by themselves generate large elevations in intracellular Ca(2+). Previous work has shown that Ca(2+) entry through L-type Ca(2+) channels plays a dominant role in triggering calmodulin mobilization and activation of calmodulin-dependent kinases that phosphorylate CREB, raising the possibility that L-type channels contribute to the selective response to EPSPs rather than APs. Accordingly, we performed voltage-clamp experiments to compare the currents carried by L-type channels during depolarizing waveforms that approximated APs or dendritic EPSPs. The integrated current generated by L-type channels was significantly less after mock APs than with EPSP-like depolarizations. The difference was traced to two distinct factors. Compared with other channels, L-type channels activated at relatively negative potentials, favoring their opening with EPSP stimulation; they also exhibited relatively slow activation kinetics, weighing against their contribution during an AP. The relative ineffectiveness of APs as a stimulus for CREB phosphorylation could be overcome by exposure to the agonist Bay K8644, which potentiated the AP-induced influx through L-type channels by approximately 10-fold. Under normal conditions, the unique biophysical properties of L-type channels allow them to act as a kinetic filter to support spike-EPSP discrimination.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/1,4-dihydropyridine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Barium, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium Channel Agonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium Channel Blockers, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium Channels, L-Type, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calmodulin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclic AMP Response..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dihydropyridines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/N-Methylaspartate
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
266-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10627604-2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate, pubmed-meshheading:10627604-3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid..., pubmed-meshheading:10627604-6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione, pubmed-meshheading:10627604-Action Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:10627604-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10627604-Barium, pubmed-meshheading:10627604-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:10627604-Calcium Channel Agonists, pubmed-meshheading:10627604-Calcium Channel Blockers, pubmed-meshheading:10627604-Calcium Channels, L-Type, pubmed-meshheading:10627604-Calmodulin, pubmed-meshheading:10627604-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:10627604-Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein, pubmed-meshheading:10627604-Dihydropyridines, pubmed-meshheading:10627604-Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists, pubmed-meshheading:10627604-Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:10627604-Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:10627604-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:10627604-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:10627604-Ion Channel Gating, pubmed-meshheading:10627604-N-Methylaspartate, pubmed-meshheading:10627604-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:10627604-Pyramidal Cells, pubmed-meshheading:10627604-Rats
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Critical dependence of cAMP response element-binding protein phosphorylation on L-type calcium channels supports a selective response to EPSPs in preference to action potentials.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't