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KMID : 0603820100160010046
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Journal of Experimental & Biomedical Science
2010 Volume.16 No. 1 p.46 ~ p.52
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Effects of Sphingosine-1-phosphate on Vestibular Nuclear Neurons
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Lee Jae-Hyuk
Jang Su-Jeong
Kim Song-Hee
Jeong Han-Seong
Park Jong-Seong
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Abstract
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This study was designed to investigate the effects of sphingosine-1-phosphate on the neuronal activity of rat medial vestibular nuclear neurons. Sprague-Dawley rats aged 14 to 16 days were decapitated under ether anesthesia. After treatment with pronase and thermolysin, the dissociated medial vestibular nuclear neurons were transferred into a chamber on an inverted microscope. Spontaneous action potentials and potassium currents were recorded by standard patch-clamp techniques under current and voltage-clamp modes respectively. 15 medial vestibular nuclear neurons revealed excitatory responses to 1 and 5 μM of sphingosine-1-phosphate. The spike frequency and resting membrane potential of these cells were increased by sphingosine-1-phosphate. The amplitude of afterhyperpolarization was decreased by sphingosine-1-phosphate. Whole potassium currents of medial vestibular nuclear neurons were decreased by sphingosine-1-phosphate (n=12). Sphingosine-1-phosphate did not affect the charybdotoxin-treated potassium currents. These experimental results suggest that sphingosine-1-phosphate increases the neuronal activity of the medial vestibular nuclear neurons by altering the resting membrane potential and afterhyperpolarization.
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KEYWORD
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Sphingosine-1-phosphate, Vestibular nuclear Neuron, Action Potential, Afterhyperpolarization
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