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ArticleScientific reports2017

HCN1 channels reduce the rate of exocytosis from a subset of cortical synaptic terminals.

Zhuo Huang, Gengyu Li, Carolina Aguado, Rafael Lujan, Mala M Shah

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhuo HuangUCL School of Pharmacy, University College London, London, WC1N 1AX, UK.
Gengyu LiUCL School of Pharmacy, University College London, London, WC1N 1AX, UK.
Carolina AguadoDepartamento de Ciencias Medicas, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 02006 Albacete, Spain.
Rafael LujanDepartamento de Ciencias Medicas, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 02006 Albacete, Spain.
Mala M ShahUCL School of Pharmacy, University College London, London, WC1N 1AX, UK.
University College London · GBUniversity of Castilla-La Mancha · ES

Funding

Medical Research Council G0700369
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN1) channels are predominantly located in pyramidal cell dendrites within the cortex. Recent evidence suggests these channels also exist pre-synaptically in a subset of synaptic terminals within the mature entorhinal cortex (EC). Inhibition of pre-synaptic HCN channels enhances miniature excitatory post-synaptic currents (mEPSCs) onto EC layer III pyramidal neurons, suggesting that these channels decrease the release of the neurotransmitter, glutamate. Thus, do pre-synaptic HCN channels alter the rate of synaptic vesicle exocytosis and thereby enhance neurotransmitter release? To address this, we imaged the release of FM1-43, a dye that is incorporated into synaptic vesicles, from EC synaptic terminals using two photon microscopy in slices obtained from forebrain specific HCN1 deficient mice, global HCN1 knockouts and their wildtype littermates. This coupled with electrophysiology and pharmacology showed that HCN1 channels restrict the rate of exocytosis from a subset of cortical synaptic terminals within the EC and in this way, constrain non-action potential-dependent and action potential-dependent spontaneous release as well as synchronous, evoked release. Since HCN1 channels also affect post-synaptic potential kinetics and integration, our results indicate that there are diverse ways by which HCN1 channels influence synaptic strength and plasticity.

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ExocytosisAnimalsDendritesFemaleHyperpolarization-Activated Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated ChannelsMaleMice, KnockoutPotassium ChannelsPresynaptic TerminalsProsencephalonPyramidal CellsSynaptic PotentialsHcn1 protein, mouseHyperpolarization-Activated Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated ChannelsPotassium Channels

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PMID28071723
PMCPMC5223132
OpenAlexW2568653793

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