目的观察KCNQ2/3通道电流特征及M1受体激活对该电流的调节作用.方法以CHO细胞作为表达体系,用脂质体共转染KCNQ2、KCNQ3钾离子通道及毒蕈碱型M1受体。全细胞膜片钳方法,观察KCNQ2/3电流特征,药理学阻断剂的作用及M1受体激活对电流的调节。结果KC—NQ2/3电流呈现慢激活、低阈值、非失活、电压依赖性的外向钾离子电流特点,其激活电压的阈值在-60mV,半数激活电压值(-26.8±1.2)mV,其去活曲线可用双指数方程拟合,Tfast约101 ms;Tslow约为309ms.该电流对4-AP,Ba^2+,TEA不敏感,Linopirdine抑制KCNQ2/3电流IC50为(6.5±0.83)μmol·L^-1。乙酰胆碱激活M1受体后会可逆性地抑制KCNQ2/3电流,其抑制的IC50为(0.7±0.05)μmol·L^-1。结论KCNQ2/3通道作为神经细胞M通道的分子基础,其电流特征与M电流一致,Linopirdine对其有较强阻断作用,神经递质乙酰胆碱通过激活M1受体明显抑制该通道电流。研究KCNQ2/3通道电流特征及受体调节规律,对于理解与中枢兴奋性有关的疾病如:惊厥、癫痫、阿尔采末病等发生机制有重要指导意义.
Aim To study the characteristics of KCNQ2/3 potassium channel expressed in CHO cells and its modulation by M1 receptor. Methods KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 potassium channels and M1 receptor were coexpressed in CHO cells. Whole cell patch-clamp techniques was used to observe the characteristics of KCNQ2/3 current,its modulation by the M1 receptor, and the effects of the common potassium channel blockers. Results KCNQ2/3 current recorded in CHO cells was a slow-activation low-threshold non-inactivating, voltage-dependent outward potassium current. KCNQ2/3 current was elicited at about -60 mV, V1/2 ( -26.8±1.2) mV and the deactivation current fitted two exponential function, with Tfast, of 101ms and Tslow of 309 ms. The channel was not sensitive to common pharmacological blockers such as 4-AP, Ba^2+ and TEA, but was inhibited significantly by linopirdine ,with a IC50 of (6. 5 ± 0. 83 )μmol·L^-1. Acetylcholine suppressed the KCNQ2/3 current reversibly via M1 receptor, with aICs0 of (0.7 ±0.05)μmol·L^-1 Conclusion KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 channels are the molecular basis of M-current observed in neuronal ceils. KCNQ2/Q3 current expressed in CHO ceils has similar characteristics as that seen in neuronal M-current. Linopirdine is a powerful blocker of KCNQ2/3 channel and acetylcholine inhibits the current by muscarinic M1 receptor. This experiment has laid a solid basis for further study of M-current and KCNQ2/3 current, and is important for the study of neurological diseases relating to alteration of M-current, such as convulsion, epilepsy and Alzheimers disease.