Melatonin generates an outward potassium current in rat suprachiasmatic nucleus neurones in vitro independent of their circadian rhythm.

Abstract:

:The present study investigated the membrane mechanisms underlying the inhibitory influence of melatonin on suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) neurones in a hypothalamic slice preparation. Perforated-patch recordings were performed to prevent the rapid rundown of spontaneous firing rate as observed during whole cell recordings and to preserve circadian rhythmicity in SCN neurones. In current-clamp mode melatonin (1 microM or 1 nM) application, in the presence of agents that block action potential generation and fast synaptic transmission, resulted in a membrane hyperpolarisation accompanied with a decrease in input resistance in the majority of SCN neurones (71-86%). The amplitude of the hyperpolarisation was not found to be significantly different between circadian time 5-12 and 14-21. In voltage-clamp mode melatonin (1 microM or 1 nM) induced an outward current accompanied with an increase in membrane conductance. The current was found to be mainly potassium driven with voltage kinetics resembling those of an open rectifying potassium conductance. Investigations into the signal transduction mechanism revealed melatonin-induced inhibition of SCN neurones to be sensitive to pertussis toxin but independent of intracellular cAMP levels and phospholipase C activity. The present study shows that melatonin, at night-time physiological concentrations, reduces the neuronal excitability of the majority of SCN neurones independent of the time of application in the circadian cycle. Thus in vivo melatonin may be important for circadian time-keeping by amplifying the circadian rhythm in SCN neurones, by lowering their sensitivity to phase-shifting stimuli occurring at night.

journal_name

Neuroscience

journal_title

Neuroscience

authors

van den Top M,Buijs RM,Ruijter JM,Delagrange P,Spanswick D,Hermes ML

doi

10.1016/s0306-4522(01)00346-3

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subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-01-01 00:00:00

pages

99-108

issue

1

eissn

0306-4522

issn

1873-7544

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S0306-4522(01)00346-3

journal_volume

107

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