Differential contribution of Kv4-containing channels to A-type, voltage-gated potassium currents in somatic and visceral dorsal root ganglion neurons.

ABSTRACT: Little is known about electrophysiological differences of A-type transient K(+) (KA) currents in nociceptive afferent neurons that innervate somatic and visceral tissues. Staining with isolectin B4 (IB4)-FITC classifies L6-S1 dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons into three populations with distinct staining intensities: negative to weak, moderate, and intense fluorescence signals. All IB4 intensely stained cells are negative for a fluorescent dye, Fast Blue (FB), injected into the bladder wall, whereas a fraction of somatic neurons labeled by FB, injected to the external urethral dermis, is intensely stained with IB4. In whole-cell, patch-clamp recordings, phrixotoxin 2 (PaTx2), a voltage-gated K(+) (Kv)4 channel blocker, exhibits voltage-independent inhibition of the KA current in IB4 inten

SUBMITTER: Yunoki T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4233265 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature