兴奋性神经递质受体的失敏及其功能意义

近年来,在分子、细胞和行为水平上进行受体失敏研究领域逐渐成为神经科学中的一个热点,膜片钳技术和快速施药系统的发展促进了对失敏的研究。包括磷酸化、受体结构的内的许多因素影响了受体的失敏,进而在突触水平上调节了神经信号在突触间传递的效益。本文也讨论了失敏在视网膜的分级信号传递中的可能作用。     

Differences in kinetics between GABAC and GABAA receptors on carp retinal bipolar cells

The present work was undertaken to characterize kinetics, including activation, desensitization and deactivation, of responses mediated by GABAA and GABAc receptors on carp retinal bipolar cells, using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique. It was revealed that the GABAC response was generally slower in kinetics than the GABAA response. Activation kinetics of both the receptors could be well fit by monoexponential functions with time constants r, being 44.57 ms (GABAC) and 10.86 ms (GABAA) respectively. Desensitization of the GABAA response was characterized by a fast and a slow exponential component with time constants of τfast = 2.16 s and τslow = 19.78 s respectively, whereas desensitization of the GABAc response was fit by a monoexponential function of the time constant T = 6.98 s. Deactivation at both the receptors was adequately described by biexponential functions with time constants being much higher for the GABAC response (τfast = 674.8 ms; τslow = 2 090 ms) than those for the GABAA response     

兴奋性神经递质受体的失敏及其功能意义──谨以此文祝贺《生命科学》创刊十周年

近年来,在分子、细胞和行为水平上进行受体失敏研究逐渐成为神经科学中的一个热点;膜片钳技术和快速施药系统的发展促进了对失敏的研究。包括磷酸化、受体结构在内的许多因素影响了受体的失敏,进而在突触水平上调节了神经信号在突触间传递的效益。本文也讨论了失敏在视网膜的分级信号传送中的可能作用。     

鲫鱼视网膜双极细胞上GABAC和GABAA受体的动力学差异

用全细胞模式的膜片钳技术研究了鲫鱼视网膜双极细胞上的GABAC和GABAA受体激活(activation)、失敏(desensitization)和失活(deactivation)等动力学特性.研究表明GABAC受体的反应动力学一般慢于GABAA受体.两者的激活动力学可用单指数函数很好拟合,GABAC受体的拟合时间常数(τ)为44.57 ms,而GABAA受体的平均时间常数是10.86 ms.再者,GABAA受体的失敏具有快、慢两个成分,其时间常数分别是ιfast=2.16 s和τslow=19.78 s,而GABAC的失敏则遵从单指数规律,时间常数为6.98 s.两种受体的失活均能为双指数函数拟合,其中GABAC受体的时间常数(ιfast=674.8 ms,τslow=2090ms)远大于GABAA受体的(ιfast=42.07 ms,ιslow=275.1 ms).这些动力学特性的差异提示,GABAC和GABAA受体可能在不同的频域参与视网膜的信号处理.