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JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY
卷 99, 期 2, 页码 426-437出版社
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.03967.x
关键词
neural progenitor; potassium channels; proliferation
The modulation of cell proliferation in neural progenitor cells (NPCs) is believed to play a role in neuronal regeneration. Recent studies showed that K+ channel activity influenced cell proliferation. Therefore, we examined NPCs for K+ channels and tested whether NPC self renewing can be modulated by synthetic K+ channel modulators. The whole-cell K+ current was partly K+ dependent and showed a cumulative inactivating component. Two tetra-ethyl-ammonium ion (TEA)-sensitve K+ currents with different voltage dependencies (IC502 = 65 mu M, E-50 = -0.3 +/- 1.3 mV and IC502 = 8 mM, E-50 = -15.2 +/- 2.8 mV) and an almost TEA-insensitive current were identified. Kaliotoxin blocked approximately 50% of the entire K+ currents (IC50 = 0.25 nM). These properties resembled functional characteristics of K(v)1.4, K(v)1.3 and K(v)3.1 channels. Transcripts for these channels, as well as proteins for K(v)1.3 and K(v)3.1, were identified. Immunocytochemical staining revealed K(v)1.3 and K(v)3.1 K+ channel expression in almost all NPCs. The blockage of K(v)3.1 by low concentrations of TEA, as well as the blockage of K(v)1.3 by Psora-4, increased NPC proliferation. These findings underline the regulatory role of K+ channels on the cell cycle and imply that K+ channel modulators might be used therapeutically to activate endogenous NPCs.
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