一种改进的适用于膜片钳记录的成年大鼠海马神经元急性分离法

本文建立了一种快速、可靠的急性分离成年大鼠海马神经细胞的方法。此法可将实验大鼠的年龄提高到500d以上,体重300g以上;不损伤神经细胞膜的电学特性：形态上有差异的细胞易于分辨。用膜片钳技术的单通道和全细胞模式证实,在本实验条件下,约95％左右的健康细胞均能形成高阻抗封接,并成功地记录了电压依赖性钾、钠、钙通道,外向整流氯通道和大电导的钙激活钾通道电流。

An improved method for acute isolation of neurons from the hippocampus of adult rats suitable for patch-clamping study

An improved method is described for fast and reliable isolation of neurons from hippocampus of adult rats by a combination of mechanical and enzymatic means. The procedure allows the isolation of neurons from 500-600-d-old rats (over 300 g), preserving the proximal dendritic structure without impairing the electrical characteristics of the cells. Morphologically distinct neurons can be recognized. Using cell-attached, inside-out and whole-cell configurations of patch clamp technique, it was shown that the enzymatically isolated neurons in hippocampus from rats weighing more than 300 g exhibited voltage-gated calcium, sodium and potassium currents, outwardly rectifying chloride channel and large conductance Ca2+-activated potassium channel currents. Approximately, 95% of healthy cells allowed the formation of giga-ohm seals.