title: Delayed rectifier outward K+ current mediates the migration of rat cerebellar granule cells stimulated by melatonin.
abstract: Melatonin (MT) may work as a neuromodulator through the associated MT receptors in the central nervous system. Previously, our studies have shown that MT increased the I(K) current via a G protein-related pathway. In the present study, patch-clamp whole-cell recording, transwell migration assays and organotypic cerebellar slice cultures were used to examine the effect of MT on granule cell migration. MT increased the I(K) current amplitude and migration of granule cells. Meanwhile, TEA, the I(K) channel blocker, decreased the I(K) current and slowed the migration of granule cells. Furthermore, the effects of MT on the I(K) current and cell migration were not abolished by pre-incubation with P7791, a specific antagonist of MT(3)R, but were eliminated by the application of the MT(2)R antagonists K185 and 4-P-PDOT. I(K) current and cell migration were decreased by the application of dibutyryl cyclic AMP (dbcAMP), which was in contrast to the MT effect on the I(K) current and cell migration. Incubation with dbcAMP essentially blocked the MT-induced increasing effect. Moreover, incubation of isolated cell cultures in the MT-containing medium also decreased the cAMP immunoreactivity in the granule cells. It is concluded, therefore, that I(K) current, downstream of a cAMP transduction pathway, mediates the migration of rat cerebellar granule cells stimulated by MT.
authors.affiliation: Institutes of Brain Science, School of Life Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Lin-Yun
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Gloria E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Hoffman
authors.forename: Xiao-Wei
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Fei
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zhi-Hong
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yan-Ai
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Mei
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002525:Cerebellar Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism*; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D008550:Melatonin / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D024642:Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D044123:Receptor, Melatonin, MT2 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D044094:Receptors, Melatonin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers; D024642:Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated; D044123:Receptor, Melatonin, MT2; D044094:Receptors, Melatonin; D003994:Bucladesine; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D008550:Melatonin