Octopaminergic modulation of the single Ca2+ channel currents in Kenyon cells isolated from the mushroom body of the cricket brain |
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Authors: | Kosakai K Satoh K Yoshino M |
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Institution: | a Laboratory of Biology, Tokyo Gakugei University Senior High School, Setagaya, Tokyo 154-0002, Japan b Department of Biology, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo 184-8501, Japan |
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Abstract: | Octopamine plays an important role in mediating reward signals in olfactory learning and memory formation in insect. However, its target molecules and signaling pathways are still unknown. In this study, we investigated the effects of octopamine on the voltage-activated Ca2+ channels expressed in native Kenyon cells isolated from the mushroom body of the cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus) brain. The cell-attached patch clamp recordings with 100 mM Ba2+ outside showed the presence of dihydropyridine (DHP) sensitive L-type Ca2+ channels with a single channel conductance of approximately 21 ± 2 pS (n = 12). The open probability (NPo) of single Ca2+ channel currents decreased by about 29 ± 7% (n = 6) by bath application of 10 μM octopamine. Octopamine-induced decrease in Po was imitated by bath application of 8-Br-cAMP, a membrane-permeable cAMP analog. Pre-treatment of Kenyon cells with the octopamine receptor antagonist phentolamine blocked the inhibitory effect of octopamine on Ca2+ channels. Pre-treatment of Kenyon cells with H-89, a selective inhibitor of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) attenuated the inhibitory effect of bath applied octopamine on Ca2+ channels. These results indicate that DHP-sensitive L-type Ca2+ channel is a target protein for octopamine and its modulation is mediated via cAMP and PKA-dependent signaling pathways in freshly isolated Kenyon cell in the cricket G. bimaculatus. |
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Keywords: | cAMP cyclic AMP PKA protein kinase A Po open probability DHP dihydropryridine CS conditioning stimulus US unconditioning stimulus |
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