RRC ID 46508
著者 Stawicki TM, Zhou K, Yochem J, Chen L, Jin Y.
タイトル TRPM channels modulate epileptic-like convulsions via systemic ion homeostasis.
ジャーナル Curr Biol
Abstract Neuronal networks operate over a wide range of activity levels, with both neuronal and nonneuronal cells contributing to the balance of excitation and inhibition. Activity imbalance within neuronal networks underlies many neurological diseases, such as epilepsy. The Caenorhabditis elegans locomotor circuit operates via coordinated activity of cholinergic excitatory and GABAergic inhibitory transmission. We have previously shown that a gain-of-function mutation in a neuronal acetylcholine receptor, acr-2(gf), causes an epileptic-like convulsion behavior. Here we report that the behavioral and physiological effects of acr-2(gf) require the activity of the TRPM channel GTL-2 in nonneuronal tissues. Loss of gtl-2 function does not affect baseline synaptic transmission but can compensate for the excitation-inhibition imbalance caused by acr-2(gf). The compensatory effects of removing gtl-2 are counterbalanced by another TRPM channel, GTL-1, and can be recapitulated by acute treatment with divalent cation chelators, including those specific for Zn(2+). Together, these data reveal an important role for ion homeostasis in the balance of neuronal network activity and a novel function of nonneuronal TRPM channels in the fine-tuning of this network activity.
巻・号 21(10)
ページ 883-8
公開日 2011-5-24
DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2011.03.070
PII S0960-9822(11)00412-X
PMID 21549603
PMC PMC4034270
MeSH Amino Acid Sequence Animals Caenorhabditis elegans Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / genetics* Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / metabolism* Electrophysiology Homeostasis / physiology* Ions / metabolism* Larva / physiology Magnesium Microscopy, Fluorescence Molecular Sequence Data Mutation / genetics Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide RNA Interference Receptors, Nicotinic / genetics Receptors, Nicotinic / metabolism* Seizures / metabolism* Sequence Analysis, DNA TRPM Cation Channels / genetics*
IF 9.601
引用数 26
WOS 分野 BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY CELL BIOLOGY
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