Enhanced calcium buffering in F344 rat cholinergic basal forebrain neurons is associated with age-related cognitive impairment.
Alterations in neuronal Ca(2+) homeostasis are important determinants of age-related cognitive impairment. We examined the Ca(2+) influx, buffering, and electrophysiology of basal forebrain neurons in adult, middle-aged, and aged male F344 behaviorally assessed rats. Middle-aged and aged rats were characterized as cognitively impaired or unimpaired by water maze performance relative to young cohorts. Patch-clamp experiments were conducted on neurons acutely dissociated from medial septum/nucleus of the diagonal band with post hoc identification of phenotypic marker mRNA using single-cell RT-PCR. We measured whole cell calcium and barium currents and dissected these currents using pharmacological agents. We combined Ca(2+) current recording with Ca(2+)-sensitive ratiometric microfluorimetry to measure Ca(2+) buffering. Additionally, we sought changes in neuronal firing properties using current-clamp recording. There were no age- or cognition-related changes in the amplitudes or fractional compositions of the whole cell Ca(2+) channel currents. However, Ca(2+) buffering was significantly enhanced in cholinergic neurons from aged cognitively impaired rats. Moreover, increased Ca(2+) buffering was present in middle-aged rats that were not cognitively impaired. Firing properties were largely unchanged with age or cognitive status, except for an increase in the slow afterhyperpolarization in aged cholinergic neurons, independent of cognitive status. Furthermore, acutely dissociated basal forebrain neurons in which choline acetyltransferase mRNA was detected had the electrophysiological profiles of identified cholinergic neurons. We conclude that enhanced Ca(2+) buffering by cholinergic basal forebrain neurons may be important during aging.
Murchison
David
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1Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, Texas77843-1114, USA.
McDermott
Angelika N
AN
Lasarge
Candi L
CL
Peebles
Kathryn A
KA
Bizon
Jennifer L
JL
Griffith
William H
WH
D000200:Action Potentials; D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D001464:Barium / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002795:Choline O-Acetyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D008297:Male; D018782:Maze Learning; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D016548:Prosencephalon / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012686:Septal Nuclei / Q000503:physiopathology
D012333:RNA, Messenger; D001464:Barium; D002795:Choline O-Acetyltransferase; D002118:Calcium
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