Abstract
Somatic expressions of either heteromeric TASK1/3 or homomeric TASK1/1 channels have been reported in various neurons, while expression of homomeric TASK3/3 channels has been re-ported only in dendrites. However, it is not known why homomeric TASK3/3 channels are hardly seen in somata of CNS neurons. Given the absence of somatic TASK3/3 channels, it should be clarified why dendritic expression of TASK3/3 channels is inevitable and necessary and how differentially distributed TASK1/1 and TASK3/3 channels play roles in soma-to-dendritic integration. Here, we addressed these questions. We found that TASK3-transfected HEK293 cells showed decreases in cell volume after being transferred from the cultured medium to HEPES Ringer, suggesting that expressions of TASK3 channels in cell bodies cause an osmolarity problem. Using TASK1- and TASK3-transfected oocytes, we also found that cGMP application slightly suppressed TASK3 currents while it largely enhanced TASK1 currents, alleviating the difference between TASK1 and TASK3 currents at physiological pH. As larger motoneurons have extensive dendritic trees while smaller motoneurons have poor ones, cGMP could integrate Ia-EPSPs to recruit small and large motoneurons synchronously by differentially modulating TASKI and TASK3 channels which were complementary distributed in soma and dendrites of motoneurons in the dorsolateral part of the trigeminal motor nucleus.
Funder
Japan Society for the Promotion for Science
Subject
Inorganic Chemistry,Organic Chemistry,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,Computer Science Applications,Spectroscopy,Molecular Biology,General Medicine,Catalysis
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