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ArticleThe Journal of physiology2002

Fast Ca2+ signals at mouse inner hair cell synapse: a role for Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release.

Helen J Kennedy, Robert W Meech

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Article in The Journal of physiology, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30 citing papers in PubMed, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Phase-Locking Requires Efficient CaThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2021
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  7. Actin Filaments Regulate Exocytosis at the Hair Cell Ribbon Synapse.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2016
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  13. Concurrent maturation of inner hair cell synaptic Ca2+ influx and auditory nerve spontaneous activity around hearing onset in mice.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2013
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  19. Mechanisms contributing to synaptic Ca2+ signals and their heterogeneity in hair cells.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2009
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Helen J KennedyDepartment of Physiology, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK. helen.kennedy@bristol.ac.uk
Robert W Meech
University of Bristol · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inner hair cells of the mammalian cochlea translate acoustic stimuli into 'phase-locked' nerve impulses with frequencies of up to at least 1 kHz. Little is known about the intracellular Ca2+ signal that links transduction to the release of neurotransmitter at the afferent synapse. Here, we use confocal microscopy to provide evidence that Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release (CICR) may contribute to the mechanism. Line scan images (2 ms repetition rate) of neonatal mouse inner hair cells filled with the fluorescent indicator FLUO-3, revealed a transient increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) during brief (5-50 ms) depolarizing commands under voltage clamp. The amplitude of the [Ca2+]i transient depended upon the Ca2+ concentration in the bathing medium in the range 0-1.3 mM. [Ca2+]i transients were confined to a region near the plasma membrane at the base of the cell in the vicinity of the afferent synapses. The change in [Ca2+]i appeared uniform throughout the entire basal sub-membrane space and we were unable to observe hotspots of activity. Both the amplitude and the rate of rise of the [Ca2+]i transient was reduced by external ryanodine (20 microM), an agent that blocks Ca2+ release from the endoplasmic reticulum. Intracellular Cs+, commonly used to record at presynaptic sites, produced a similar effect. We conclude that both ryanodine and intracellular Cs+ block CICR in inner hair cells. We discuss the contribution of CICR to the measured [Ca2+]i transient, the implications for synaptic transmission at the afferent synapse and the significance of its sensitivity to intracellular Cs+.

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Calcium SignalingAnimalsCalciumCesiumElectric ConductivityHair Cells, Auditory, InnerMiceMice, Inbred StrainsRyanodineSynapsesTime FactorsCalciumCesiumRyanodine

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PMID11850498
PMCPMC2290124
OpenAlexW1968291326

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