title: Reversal of the static component of spindle potential by imposed depolarizing current in the frog muscle spindle.
abstract: The static component of the spindle potential provoked during stretch of isolated muscle spindles of the frog was reversed during the application of depolarizing currents ranging from 0.2 to 5 nA in normal Ringer solution and also in Na+-free Ringer solution. In the same range of current intensities, spontaneous rhythmic hyperpolarizations due to [Ca2+]i-activated GK, an attenuation of membrane impedance, and an anomalous decrease in amplitude of the afferent spikes were observed. All 4 phenomena were abolished by K+ channel blockers (10 mM CsCl, 1-2 mM 4-aminopyridine (4-AP), or 20 mM tetraethylammonium chloride (TEA], Ca2+ channel blockers (5-10 mM CoCl2, MnCl2, 1-2 mM CdCl2 or 0.5 mM verapamil) or 0.1 mM quinine. The amplitude of the static component of the spindle potential was markedly increased at threshold concentration of the K+ channel blockers (5 mM CsCl, 0.1-0.5 mM 4-AP or 5-10 mM TEA), but the component disappeared at that of the Ca2+ channel blockers. The rhythmic hyperpolarizations are associated with the spindle potential, except for its dynamic component, which often triggers a hyperpolarizing deflection. We suggest that both the static component of the spindle potential and rhythmic hyperpolarizations are due to GK(Ca) in the intracapsular axon, either along the terminal or at the branching nodes, or both; and that the receptor potential contributes to, but is not the same as, the spindle potential.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fujitsuka
authors.forename: X L
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Fan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000502:physiology; D009470:Muscle Spindles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011188:Potassium / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D007473:Ion Channels; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium