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The Journal of Experimental Biology 204, 2733-2739 (2001)
© 2001 The Company of Biologists Limited

Bursting properties of caudal neurosecretory cells in the flounder Platichthys flesus, in vitro

M. J. Brierley, A. J. Ashworth, J. R. Banks, R. J. Balment and C. R. McCrohan^*

School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

*Author for correspondence (e-mail: Cathy.McCrohan{at}man.ac.uk)

Accepted May 24, 2001

Bursting activity in type 1 Dahlgren cells was studied using intra- and extracellular recording from an in vitro preparation of the caudal neurosecretory system of the euryhaline flounder. 45% of cells showed spontaneous bursts of approximately 120s duration and 380s cycle period. Similar bursts were triggered by short duration (<5s) depolarising or hyperpolarising pulses. Cells displayed a characteristic depolarising after potential, following either an action potential with associated afterhyperpolarisation, or a hyperpolarising current pulse. This depolarising after potential was related to a ‘sag’ potential, which developed during the hyperpolarising pulse. Both the depolarising after potential and the sag potential occurred only in cells at more depolarised (<60mV) holding potentials. In addition, the amplitude of the depolarising after potential was dependent on the amplitude and the duration of the hyperpolarising pulse. The depolarising after potential following action potentials may provide a mechanism for facilitating repetitive firing during a burst. Extracellular recording revealed similar bursting in individual units which was not, however, synchronised between units. Spontaneous bursting activity recorded both intra- and extracellularly was inhibited by application of a known neuromodulator of the system, 5-hydroxytryptamine. This study provides a basis for investigating the relationship between physiological status, Dahlgren cell activity and neuropeptide secretion.

Key words: neurosecretion, bursting, electrophysiology, flounder, Platichthys flesus, osmoregulation.

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