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Tumor necrosis factor inhibits K+ current expression in cultured oligodendrocytes

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The effects of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), a cytokine secreted by activated macrophages, on the electrical membrane properties of cultured adult ovine oligodendrocytes (OLGs) were investigated using the whole-cell voltage-clamp technique. Treatment with recombinant human TNF-α (rhTNF) for 24 to 72 hr produces (i) process retraction in some but not all OLGs, (ii) a reduction in the resting membrane potential with no significant change in membrane capacitance or input resistance over control cells and (iii) a decrease in the expression of both the inwardly rectifying and outward K+ current. The magnitude of the membrane potential change as well as K+ current inhibition was larger in cells with retracted processes. The electrophysiological effects of rhTNF were attenuated when rhTNF was neutralized with a polyclonal anti-rhTNF antibody. The binding of rhTNF to its receptor has been reported to increase GTP binding, to increase GTPase activity of a pertussis-sensitive G protein, and to produce an elevation in intracellular cAMP in other cell types. However, pretreatment of OLGs with activated pertussis toxin failed to attenuate or mimic the effects of rhTNF. Chronic exposure of OLGs to the membrane permeant analogue of cAMP, 8-bromo-cAMP, resulted primarily in an inhibition of the inwardly rectifying K+ current, an effect which was less than that produced by rhTNF alone and without any of the associated rhTNF-induced morphological changes. This indicates that the effects of rhTNF cannot be entirely accounted for by an elevation in intracellular cAMP. Cycloheximide (CHX), an inhibitor of protein synthesis, mimicked the effects of rhTNF; however, the effects of rhTNF and CHX were not additive. The finding that both ionic current expression and membrane potential were reduced in cells treated with rhTNF that appeared morphologically normal suggests that abnormal ion channel expression in OLGs precedes and may contribute to eventual myelin swelling and damage.

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    Betty Soliven, Sara Szuchet & Deborah J. Nelson

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    Deborah J. Nelson

  3. Department of Brain Research Institute, University of Chicago, 60637, Chicago, Illinois

    Betty Soliven, Sara Szuchet & Deborah J. Nelson

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Soliven, B., Szuchet, S. & Nelson, D.J. Tumor necrosis factor inhibits K+ current expression in cultured oligodendrocytes. J. Membrain Biol. 124, 127–137 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01870457

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