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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
22
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-11-12
pubmed:abstractText
Small-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ (SK) channels are important for excitability control and afterhyperpolarizations in vertebrate neurons and have been implicated in regulation of the functional state of the forebrain. We have examined the distribution, functional expression, and subunit composition of SK channels in rat brain. Immunoprecipitation detected solely homotetrameric SK2 and SK3 channels in native tissue and their constitutive association with calmodulin. Immunohistochemistry revealed a restricted distribution of SK1 and SK2 protein with highest densities in subregions of the hippocampus and neocortex. In contrast, SK3 protein was distributed more diffusely in these brain regions and predominantly expressed in phylogenetically older brain regions. Whole-cell recording showed a sharp segregation of apamin-sensitive SK current within the hippocampal formation, in agreement with the SK2 distribution, suggesting that SK2 homotetramers underlie the apamin-sensitive medium afterhyperpolarizations in rat hippocampus.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
9698-707
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12427825-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12427825-Antibody Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:12427825-Apamin, pubmed-meshheading:12427825-Binding, Competitive, pubmed-meshheading:12427825-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:12427825-Brain Chemistry, pubmed-meshheading:12427825-Calmodulin, pubmed-meshheading:12427825-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:12427825-Cyclic AMP, pubmed-meshheading:12427825-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:12427825-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:12427825-Neocortex, pubmed-meshheading:12427825-Oocytes, pubmed-meshheading:12427825-Organ Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:12427825-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:12427825-Potassium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:12427825-Potassium Channels, Calcium-Activated, pubmed-meshheading:12427825-Precipitin Tests, pubmed-meshheading:12427825-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:12427825-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:12427825-Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:12427825-Xenopus
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Regional differences in distribution and functional expression of small-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels in rat brain.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute for Biochemical Pharmacology, University Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't