利用全细胞膜片钳技术研究乙酰胆碱(acetylcholine,ACh)对大鼠皮层体感区神经元延迟整流钾电流(Ik)的调制作用。结果表明:(1)ACh(0.1、1、10、100μmol/L)对大鼠皮层体感区神经元IK有抑制作用,并具有剂量依赖性关系(P〈0.01)。(2)ACh可使IK激活曲线的斜率变大,并使激活曲线向超极化方向移动。IK激活曲线的半数激活电压(V1/2)和斜率因子(k)分别由给药前的(-41.8±9.7)mV和(30.7±7.2)mV变为给药后的(-122.4±38.6)mV和(42.4±7.0)mV。(3)100μmol/L的N受体拮抗剂筒箭毒碱(tubocurarine)可减弱ACh对IK的抑制作用,在指令电压+60mV时tubocurarine+ACh组的IK幅度下降了(16.9±13.8)%(n=8),与10μmol/LACh组引起的(36.5±7.8)%的IK下降幅度相比,有极显著差异(P〈0.01)。10μmol/L的M1受体拮抗剂哌仑西平(pirenzepin)拮抗ACh对IK的抑制作用不明显(n=7,P〉0.05);而10μmol/L的M3受体拮抗剂4-DAMP可部分拮抗ACh对IK的抑制作用,并且4-DAMP+ACh组使IK的电流值下降了(26.8±4.7)%(n=6),与ACh组引起的IK电流下降相比,有显著差异(P〈0.05)。(4)蛋白傲酶C(proteinkinase C,PKC)阻断剂chelerythrine拮抗ACh对k的抑制作用,PKC激动剂PDBu可增强ACh对k的抑制作用(P〈0.05)。综上所述,ACh对大鼠皮层体感区神经元IK的抑制作用主要是通过烟碱受体(nAChRs)和M8受体介导,并经过PKC信号途径。
The modulation of ACh on delayed rectifier-like potassium currents (Ik) was studied in freshly dissociated cerebral cortical neurons using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique. Wistar rats between 10- and 14-day old of both sexes were used. After rats were decapitated, their brains were quickly removed, iced, and then manually cut into 400μm slices. Slices were then incubated for 0.5 h at 32℃ in a buffered artificial cerebrospinal fluid (ACSF) bubbled with 95% 02, 5% CO2. Slices were then removed into buffered ACSF containing protease (0.5 mg/ml) at 32℃. After 30 rain of enzyme digestion, tissue was rinsed three times in the buffered saline. Then the enzyme-treated slices were mechanically dissociated with a graded series of fire-polished Pasteur pipettes. The cell suspension was then plated into a 35 mm dish and placed on the stage of a Olympus inverted microscope. For whole-cell recordings of currents, standard voltage-clamp techniques were used. Neurons were held at -80 mV, and the IK was evoked by 2 000 ms depolarizing voltage commands to potential between -40 mV and +60 mV in 10 mV steps applied at a frequency of 0.5 Hz. It was found that the inhibitory effect of ACh (0.1, 1, 10, 100μmol/L) on IK was dose-dependent. It was also found that ACh affected the activation process of IK significantly, i.e., the activation curve of IK was characterized by half-activation potential of (-41.8±9.7) mV and a slope factor of (30.7±7.2) mV in the cortical neurons and they were changed to (-122.4±38.6) mV and (42.4±7.0) mV, respectively, after giving ACh (10μmol/L). Tubocurarine (100μmol/L) antagonized the inhibitory effect of ACh on IK, and the drop of currents varied from the control value of (36.5±7.8)% to (16.9±13.8)% (n=8, P〈0.01). 4-DAMP (10μmol/L) blocked the inhibitory effect of ACh on IK, and the currents reduced from the control value of (36.5±7.8)% to (26.8±4.7)% (n=6, P〈0.05). Pirenzepin did not antagonize the inhibition