Abstract
The regulation of voltage-activated K +, and Ca 2+ currents by actin filaments was studied in salamander retinal ganglion cells, using the whole-cell patch clamp technique and Ca 2+ imaging. Disruption of F-actin by cytochalasin B or latrunculin B resulted in a reduction of L-type Ca 2+ current by 55±4%, and a sustained outward K + current (I k) by 41±3%. The effect was diminished when the F-actin stabilizing agent phalloidin was present in the patch pipette. In a group of cells where I K exhibited a small degree of inactivation, the effect of F-actin disruption on current was dual; it increased it by 89±16%, at −10 mV, and reduced it by 37±5% at +50 mV voltage step from the same holding potential of −70 mV. This was accompanied by a shift in a voltage of half-maximal activation toward negative potentials by approximately 20 mV. In Ca 2+ imaging experiments, 30 min incubation of isolated neurons with latrunculin A reduced a depolarization-induced Ca 2+ accumulation by 45±5%. These results suggest a role for the actin cytoskeleton in regulating voltage-gated ion channels in retinal ganglion cells.
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