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. 2012 Nov;464(5):493-502.
doi: 10.1007/s00424-012-1153-4. Epub 2012 Sep 18.

Resurgent-like currents in mouse vas deferens myocytes are mediated by NaV1.6 voltage-gated sodium channels

Noriyoshi Teramoto  1 , Hai-Lei Zhu, Mari Yotsu-Yamashita, Tetsuichiro Inai, Thomas C Cunnane
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Resurgent-like currents in mouse vas deferens myocytes are mediated by NaV1.6 voltage-gated sodium channels

Noriyoshi Teramoto et al. Pflugers Arch. 2012 Nov.

Abstract

Patch-clamp experiments were performed to investigate the molecular properties of resurgent-like currents in single smooth muscle cells dispersed from mouse vas deferens, utilizing both Na(V)1.6-null mice (Na(V)1.6(-/-)), lacking the expression of the Scn8a Na(+) channel gene, and their wild-type littermates (Na(V)1.6(+/+)). Na(V)1.6 immunoreactivity was clearly visible in dispersed smooth muscle cells obtained from Na(V)1.6(+/+), but not Na(V)1.6(-/-), vas deferens. Following a depolarization to +30 mV from a holding potential of -70 mV (to produce maximal inactivation of the Na(+) current), repolarization to voltages between -60 and +20 mV elicited a tetrodotoxin (TTX)-sensitive inward current in Na(V)1.6(+/+), but not Na(V)1.6(-/-), vas deferens myocytes. The resurgent-like current in Na(V)1.6(+/+) vas deferens myocytes peaked at approximately -20 mV in the current-voltage relationship. The peak amplitude of the resurgent-like current remained at a constant level when the membrane potential was repolarized to -20 mV following the application of depolarizing rectangular pulses to more positive potentials than +20 mV. 4,9-Anhydrotetrodotoxin (4,9-anhydroTTX), a selective Na(V)1.6 blocking toxin, purified from a crude mixture of TTX analogues by LC-FLD techniques, reversibly suppressed the resurgent-like currents. β-Pompilidotoxin, a voltage-gated Na(+) channel activator, evoked sustained resurgent-like currents in Na(V)1.6(+/+) but not Na(V)1.6(-/-) murine vas deferens myocytes. These results strongly indicate that, primarily, resurgent-like currents are generated as a result of Na(V)1.6 channel activity.

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