title: The differential expression of low-threshold K+ currents generates distinct firing patterns in different subtypes of adult mouse trigeminal ganglion neurones.
abstract: In adult mouse trigeminal ganglion (TG) neurones we identified three neuronal subpopulations, defined in terms of their firing response to protracted depolarizations, namely MF neurones, characterized by a multiple tonic firing; DMF neurones, characterized by a delay before the beginning of repetitive firing; and SS neurones, characterized by a strongly adapting response. The three subpopulations also differed in several other properties important for defining their functional role in vivo, namely soma size, action potential (AP) shape and capsaicin sensitivity. MF neurones had small soma, markedly long AP and mostly responded to capsaicin, properties typical of a subgroup of C-type nociceptors. SS neurones had large soma, short AP duration and were mostly capsaicin insensitive, suggesting that most of them have functions other than nociception. DMF neurones were all capsaicin insensitive, had a small soma size and intermediate AP duration, making them functionally distinct from both MF and SS neurones. We investigated the ionic basis underlying the delay to the generation of the first AP of DMF neurones, and the strong adaptation of SS neurones. We found that the expression of a fast-inactivating, 4-AP- and CP-339,818-sensitive K+ current (I(A)) in DMF neurones plays a critical role in the generation of the delay, whereas a DTX-sensitive K+ current (I(DTX)) selectively expressed in SS neurones appeared to be determinant for their strong firing adaptation. A minimal theoretical model of TG neuronal excitability confirmed that I(A) and I(DTX) have properties congruent with their suggested role.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Biologia Cellulare e Ambientale, Universitá di Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Catacuzzeno
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fioretti
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pietrobon
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Franciolini
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009474:Neurons / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology*; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D012984:Software; D012668:Trigeminal Ganglion / Q000166:cytology*
chemical_list: D015221:Potassium Channels
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