title: Effect of beta-amyloid block of the fast-inactivating K+ channel on intracellular Ca2+ and excitability in a modeled neuron.
abstract: beta-Amyloid peptide (A beta), one of the primary protein components of senile plaques found in Alzheimer disease, is believed to be toxic to neurons by a mechanism that may involve loss of intracellular calcium regulation. We have previously shown that A beta blocks the fast-inactivating potassium (A) current. In this work, we show, through the use of a mathematical model, that the A beta-mediated block of the A current could result in increased intracellular calcium levels and increased membrane excitability, both of which have been observed in vitro upon acute exposure to A beta. Simulation results are compared with experimental data from the literature; the simulations quantitatively capture the observed concentration dependence of the neuronal response and the level of increase in intracellular calcium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706, USA.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Good
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Murphy
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000502:physiology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology; D007700:Kinetics; D008433:Mathematics; D008959:Models, Neurological; D008961:Models, Structural; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology*; D018091:Receptors, AMPA / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D018350:alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers; D015221:Potassium Channels; D018091:Receptors, AMPA; D018350:alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid; D002118:Calcium