title: A simulation analysis on mechanisms of damped oscillation in retinal rod photoreceptor cells.
abstract: The different actions of two I(h) channel blockers, zatebradine (UL-FS 49) and ZD7288, on rod photoresponses were analysed by computer simulation using a newly revised ionic current model of the rod photoreceptor, based on Hodgkin-Huxley equations. The model, adjusted to fit the experimental results of amphibian rods, shows that both of the blockers enhance the light-induced membrane hyperpolarization. Our model can also predict a mechanism of a damped oscillation arising during the recovery phase appeared only in the presence of zatebradine which, unlike ZD7288, reduces both I(h) and I(Kv). We suggest that the oscillation can appear due to the alternative activation of voltage-dependent Ca(2+) current (I(Ca)) and calcium-dependent current (I(K(Ca)) and I(Cl(Ca))) when I(Kv) is blocked, with I(K(Ca)) having a stronger effect than I(Cl(Ca)).
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogura
authors.forename: Tomo Oki
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: Shiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Usui
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamada
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D001552:Benzazepines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017948:Retinal Rod Photoreceptor Cells / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D001552:Benzazepines; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D011743:Pyrimidines; C082246:ICI D2788; D002118:Calcium; C043636:zatebradine