June 2015
Volume 56, Issue 7
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   June 2015
The relationship between Ca2+ channel types and Ca2+-activated Cl channels properties in mouse retinal on-bipolar cell axon terminals
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Sun-Sook Paik
    Anatomy, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
    Catholic Neuroscience Instittute, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
  • In-Beom Kim
    Anatomy, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
    Catholic Neuroscience Instittute, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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    Commercial Relationships Sun-Sook Paik, None; In-Beom Kim, None
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science June 2015, Vol.56, 3224. doi:
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      Sun-Sook Paik, In-Beom Kim; The relationship between Ca2+ channel types and Ca2+-activated Cl channels properties in mouse retinal on-bipolar cell axon terminals . Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2015;56(7 ):3224.

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Abstract

Purpose: Two types of voltage-gated Ca2+ channels, L-type and T-type, are known to be localized in axon terminals of mammalian bipolar cells. We previously characterized a Ca2+-activated Cl channel (CaCC) in rod bipolar cell axon terminals of mouse retina and found that L-type Ca2+ channels acted as its major Ca2+ influx source. However, the role of T-type Ca2+ channel and its relationship with the CaCC remains unknown. This study was aimed to clarify the contribution of two types of voltage-gated Ca2+ channels to CaCC properties in on-type bipolar cell axon terminals of mouse retina.

Methods: Mice (7~8week-age, C57BL/6J) were deeply anaesthetized with 4% chloral hydrate and solitary on-type bipolar cells were obtained with enzymatic dissociation. The membrane currents of these cells were recorded by the patch-clamp technique in the whole-cell recording configuration. Statistical analysis was conducted by ANOVA and Student’s t-test. Data are represented as mean ± s.d. The differences were considered significant at P < 0.05.

Results: According to the pharmacological profile and biophysical property, on-bipolar cells of mouse retina were divided into three groups. First, on-bipolar axon terminals (7 out of 15) showed prominent L-type activated Ca2+-activated Cl current (ICl(Ca)) with a high sensitivity to nifedipine (10 µM) and a peak (20 ± 3 pA) at -30 mV. Second type (5 out of 15) possessed ICl(Ca) that attributed to the combination of two types of Ca2+ channels with a high sensitivity to nifedipine and a peak amplitude (13 ± 4 pA) at -40 mV. Third type of on-bipolar axon terminals (3 out of 15) showed prominent T-type mediated ICl(Ca) with a high sensitivity to mibefradil (10 µM) and a peak amplitude (5 ± 4 pA) at -55 mV. Interestingly, when the cells were depolarized by repeated train pulses, only L-type activated ICl(Ca) was highly enhanced in amplitude (330 ± 26 %, n=6).

Conclusions: These results demonstrate that both L-type and T-type Ca2+ channels contribute to ICl(Ca) in on-bipolar cell axon terminals of mouse retina and suggest that a dominant Ca2+ source of ICl(Ca) is L-type Ca2+ channel rather than T-type Ca2+ channel.

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