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9356414

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-12-22
pubmed:abstractText
Effects of Pb2+ on delayed-rectifier potassium channels in acutely isolated hippocampal neurons. J. Neurophysiol. 78: 2649-2654, 1997. The effects of Pb2+ on delayed-rectifier potassium currents were studied in acutely isolated hippocampal neurons (CA1 neurons, CA3 neurons, granule cells) from the guinea pig using the patch-clamp technique in the whole cell configuration. Pb2+ in micromolar concentrations decreased the potassium currents in a voltage-dependent manner, which appeared as a shift of the current-voltage relation to positive potentials. The effect was reversible after washing. The concentration-responsiveness measured in CA1 neurons revealed an IC50 value of 30 mu mol/l at a potential of -30 mV. The half-maximal shift of the current-voltage relation was reached at 33 mu mol/l and the maximal obtainable shift was 13.4 mV. For the different types of hippocampal neurons, the shift of the current-voltage relation was distinct and was 7.9 mV in CA1 neurons, 13.7 mV in CA3 neurons, and 14.2 mV in granule cells with 50 micro mol/l Pb2+. The effects described here of Pb2+ on the potassium currents in hippocampal neurons and the differences between the types of hippocampal neurons correspond with the known properties and distributions of cloned potassium channels found in the hippocampus. As a whole, our results demonstrate that Pb2+ in micromolar concentration is a voltage-dependent, reversible blocker of delayed-rectifier potassium currents of hippocampal neurons. This effect has to be taken into consideration as a possible contributing mechanism for the neurological symptoms of enhanced brain activity seen during Pb2+ intoxication.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-3077
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
78
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2649-54
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of Pb2+ on delayed-rectifier potassium channels in acutely isolated hippocampal neurons.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut für Physiologie, D-48149 Muenster, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro