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Key Words: potassium channel • gating • heteromultimer • Ih • cAMP
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; Brown and DiFrancesco 1980) and photoreceptors (Bader et al. 1979). These currents (for reviews see DiFrancesco 1993; Pape 1996; Santoro and Tibbs 1999) are characterized by slow activation kinetics upon hyperpolarization, permeability to both K+ and Na+, and modulation by direct binding of intracellular cAMP (DiFrancesco and Tortora 1991), which shifts activation to more positive potentials. In addition to maintaining the resting potential, Ih has been implicated in cardiac (DiFrancesco 1993) and neuronal (McCormick and Pape 1990; Pape 1996) rhythmogenesis, sensory adaptation (Luthi and McCormick 1998; Demontis et al. 1999), shaping of synaptic potentials (Magee 1999), and control of synaptic transmitter release (Beaumont and Zucker 2000; Southan et al. 2000). Reflecting this wide range of physiological functions, the properties of Ih recorded in various tissues differ significantly in their voltage dependence, activation kinetics, and sensitivity to cAMP (Pape 1996; Santoro and Tibbs 1999).
The recent cloning of a family of four mammalian genes encoding hyperpolarization-activated cAMP-regulated cation (HCN) channels (Santoro et al. 1997, Santoro et al. 1998; Ludwig et al. 1998) provides a potential molecular basis for the heterogeneity in Ih among different cells. The four genes (HCN1–4) encode highly similar proteins that belong to the voltage-gated K channel superfamily (Jan and Jan 1997): they contain six transmembrane segments, a pore-forming P region, and cytosolic NH2 and COOH termini. The COOH terminus of the HCN channels also contains a cyclic nucleotide binding domain (CNBD) homologous to those of other cyclic nucleotide binding proteins, including the cyclic nucleotide–gated channels of photoreceptors and olfactory neurons (Zagotta and Siegelbaum 1996). HCN1–4 also show distinct but overlapping patterns of mRNA expression (Santoro et al. 1997, Santoro et al. 1998, Santoro et al. 2000; Ludwig et al. 1998; Moosmang et al. 1999; Monteggia et al. 2000). All four genes are expressed in brain; HCN2 and HCN4 are also prominently expressed in heart (Ludwig et al. 1998, Ludwig et al. 1999; Santoro et al. 1998; Shi et al. 1999). HCN1 is expressed selectively in specific brain regions, including hippocampus, layer 5 cells of neocortex, and Purkinje cells of the cerebellum (Santoro et al. 1997, Santoro et al. 1998, Santoro et al. 2000; Moosmang et al. 1999; Monteggia et al. 2000). HCN2 is widely expressed throughout brain, including neocortex, hippocampus, and thalamus. Finally, HCN4 is expressed in a restricted manner in subcortical and lower brain regions (Santoro et al. 1997, Santoro et al. 2000; Moosmang et al. 1999; Monteggia et al. 2000).
When expressed in heterologous systems, three of the four HCN genes have been shown to generate hyperpolarization-activated currents with distinct biophysical properties. HCN1 channels activate fastest and require the least amount of hyperpolarization to open (Santoro et al. 1998, Santoro et al. 2000). HCN2 channels activate more slowly, require stronger hyperpolarizations, but are strongly modulated by cAMP (Ludwig et al. 1998, Ludwig et al. 1999; Santoro et al. 2000). HCN4 may activate at even more negative potentials and with the slowest kinetics (Ishii et al. 1999; Ludwig et al. 1999; Seifert et al. 1999). To date, HCN3 channels have not been found to form functional homomultimers.
Although the recombinant HCN channels and native Ih currents share basic properties, it has not yet been shown whether any HCN homomeric channel can fully reproduce the characteristics of any native Ih current. Since multiple HCN isoforms may be coexpressed in the same cell (Santoro et al. 2000; Franz et al. 2000), this raises the possibility that certain native Ih currents may be generated through the coassembly of HCN isoforms to form heteromeric channels with novel properties distinct from those of the recombinant, homomeric Ih channels. However, the only study where this question was investigated failed to observe the coassembly of HCN2 and HCN4, which are genes that are coexpressed in both heart and certain brain regions (Ludwig et al. 1999).
To investigate the possible formation and resultant properties of heteromeric Ih channels, we coinjected cRNAs encoding mouse isoforms of HCN1 and HCN2, which are coexpressed in neocortical and hippocampal neurons, in Xenopus oocytes. Ih generated by coexpression of HCN1 and HCN2 subunits was clearly distinct from Ih generated by homomeric HCN1 or HCN2 channels, providing strong evidence for the formation of heteromultimeric Ih channels with novel properties. In the course of these experiments, we further noticed significant differences between Ih recorded in intact oocytes versus cell-free patches. By making a point mutation in the CNBD to prevent cAMP modulation, we demonstrated that at least a part of these differences is due to the modulation of Ih in intact oocytes by basal levels of cAMP. Thus, these results suggest that properties of Ih in native neurons and cardiac cells are likely to be determined by both coassembly of distinct HCN subunits and basal modulation by resting levels of cyclic nucleotide.
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) and HCN2 (Ludwig et al. 1998) were subcloned into the pGHE expression vector. HCN1/R538E and HCN2/R591E, in which arginine 538 of HCN1 or R591 of HCN2 was replaced by glutamate (see Fig. 7 A) were made by a PCR/subcloning strategy. The resulting mutant HCN channels were verified by dideoxy chain termination sequencing.
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; Santoro et al. 1998). In the case of inside-out patches, the oocytes were injected with 50 ng of cRNA of either HCN1 or HCN2 alone, with a combination of 25 ng of HCN1 cRNA and 25 ng of HCN2 cRNA for coexpression, or 50 ng of cRNA from mutant constructs HCN1/R538E or HCN2/R591E alone. In the case of two microelectrode voltage-clamp of intact oocytes, the amount of injection is one fifth of that used for inside-out patches.
Electrophysiological Recordings
Two microelectrode voltage-clamp recordings were obtained 1–2 d after cRNA injection using an oocyte clamp amplifier (model OC-725B; Warner Instruments). Data were filtered at 250 Hz and sampled at 500 Hz using an ITC-18 interface and Pulse software (HEKA). The recordings were obtained with the oocytes bathed in a high KCl extracellular solution containing (in mM): 96 KCl, 2 NaCl, 10 HEPES, and 2 MgCl2, pH 7.5. Microelectrodes were filled with 3 M KCl and had resistances of 0.5–2 M
. Holding potential was –30 mV. Analysis was done using Pulsefit (HEKA) and IgorPro (WaveMetrics).
Cell-free inside-out patches were obtained 3–6 d after cRNA injection, and data were acquired using a patch-clamp amplifier (model Axopatch 200A; Axon Instruments). A symmetrical solution was used containing (in mM): 107 KCl, 5 NaCl, 10 Hepes, 1 MgCl2, and 1 EGTA, pH 7.3. Patch pipets were 1–3 M, and were coated with Sylgard to minimize capacitance. The holding potential for these inside-out patches was –40 mV. A Ag-AgCl ground wire was connected to the bath solution by a 3-M KCl agar bridge electrode, and junction potential was compensated before the formation of each patch. Linear leak was not subtracted. Acquired data were filtered at 1 kHz with the Axopatch 200A built-in 4-pole low pass Bessel filter and sampled at 2 kHz with an ITC-18 interface. Analysis was done using PulseFit, IgorPro, and Sigma Plot.
Hyperpolarizing voltages in 10- or 5-mV step increments were applied to either inside-out patches or intact oocytes from the holding potential. All recordings were obtained at room temperature (22–25°C).
Data Analysis
Steady-state activation curves were determined from the amplitude of tail currents after hyperpolarizing steps on return to –40 mV. Tail current amplitudes were measured after the decay of the capacitive transient by averaging the current during the plateau of the tail. Current values were plotted as a function of the step voltages and fit with the Boltzmann equation: I(V) = A1 + A2/{1+exp[(V – V1/2)/s]}, where A1 is an offset caused by a nonzero holding current, A2 is the maximal tail current amplitude, V is voltage during the hyperpolarizing test pulse in mV, V1/2 is the midpoint activation voltage, and s is the slope of fitting. To average the data from different experiments, the tail current amplitudes for each individual experiment were normalized by first subtracting the fitted value of A1, and then dividing by the fitted value of A2. These normalized data were averaged among the different experiments and the averaged, normalized data were then fitted by the Boltzmann equation with A1 set to 0 and A2 set to 1. These normalized curves were plotted in the indicated figures.
Activation time constants were determined by fitting the current evoked during hyperpolarizing voltage steps to single or double exponential functions using Pulsefit. Simultaneous fitting with two exponential components yielded fits that were significantly better than single exponential terms for all currents activated in response to voltages that were negative to V1/2; for all the currents including the coexpression of two HCN channels, the fit was not improved after addition of a third component. The uncompensated capacitive transients and activation delays occurring in the initial phase of the Ih currents (initial 50–100 ms) were excluded from the fitting windows. Data are presented as mean ± SEM.
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In Intact Oocytes, Coexpression of HCN1 and HCN2 Generates an Ih with Novel Properties
We first characterized properties of Ih generated by expression of HCN1 alone, HCN2 alone, or coexpression of the two isoforms in intact oocytes using two microelectrode voltage-clamp. As reported previously (Santoro et al. 1998, Santoro et al. 2000), HCN1 currents activated relatively rapidly upon hyperpolarization, with no pronounced sigmoidal delay at the beginning of the step, and generally reached steady-state activation within a few hundred milliseconds. By contrast, HCN2 currents activated very slowly, with a distinct sigmoidal onset contributing to an initial delay. After the initial delay, HCN2 channels required up to 10–30 s to reach steady-state activation at the less negative voltages (Fig. 1 A and 2 B). Oocytes coinjected with HCN1 and HCN2 cRNA expressed currents that activated without a noticeable delay and showed intermediate kinetics that were faster than those of HCN2, but slower than those of HCN1.
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f and s) were voltage-dependent, speeding up at more hyperpolarized voltages. Over the entire voltage range of activation, the fast and slow time constants of activation for HCN1 were 
10-fold more rapid than the respective time constants for HCN2 (Santoro et al. 2000). In general, the fast and slow time constants of the coexpressed Ih were intermediate between those of Ih generated by HCN1 alone and HCN2 alone. At more depolarized voltages, both fast and slow time constants for the coexpressed Ih lay somewhat closer to the values for HCN1 homomers than to HCN2 homomers (Fig. 2 B).
The voltage dependence of the relative amplitudes of the fast and slow exponential components differs significantly between HCN1 and HCN2 homomeric channels (Santoro et al. 2000). For HCN1 channels, the fast component of activation accounted for the great majority (80%) of the current amplitude, and this proportion did not depend on the voltage during the hyperpolarization. In contrast, for HCN2 channels, the slow component was predominant for relatively small hyperpolarizations, where less than half the channels open. At more hyperpolarized voltages, the contribution of the fast component for HCN2 became progressively greater. The relative amplitude of the fast and slow exponential components of Ih generated by coexpression of HCN1 and HCN2 showed a marked dependence on voltage that was similar to, but slightly less steep than, the behavior of HCN2 channels (Fig. 2 B).
Examination of the steady-state voltage dependence of channel activation further supported the view that HCN1 and HCN2 subunits formed heteromultimeric channels. Tail current activation curves were measured for Ih generated by expression of HCN1 alone, HCN2 alone, and coexpression of HCN1 and HCN2 (Fig. 3). As shown previously (Santoro et al. 2000), HCN1 channels tend to activate at more positive voltages than HCN2 channels. Fits of the Boltzmann relation to activation curves showed that the midpoint voltage of activation (V1/2) of HCN1 was –69.1 ± 0.7 mV with a slope of 7.5 ± 0.5 mV (n = 8). In comparison, HCN2 channels showed a more negative V1/2 of –78.4 ± 0.8 mV with a slope of 5.1 ± 0.4 mV (n = 8). Surprisingly, channels generated by coinjection of HCN1 and HCN2 showed steady-state activation parameters almost identical to those of HCN1, with a V1/2 value of –68.0 ± 1.4 mV and a slope of 6.1 ± 0.4 mV (n = 9). The fact that the steady-state activation curve observed upon coexpression of HCN1 and HCN2 resembles the HCN1 activation curve cannot be explained by a lack of expression of HCN2 subunits because the coexpressed channels show markedly slower kinetics of activation (Fig. 1 and Fig. 2) and tail current deactivation (Fig. 3 A, top traces) compared with HCN1 homomers. Moreover, we find that the V1/2 values for HCN1 homomers, HCN2 homomers, and coexpressed channels are independent of the magnitude of the Ih current (Fig. 3 B), suggesting a lack of competition among the various subunits for some limiting factor in the oocytes.
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), we found that loss of intracellular constituents upon patch excision shifted the relation between channel opening and voltage by 40–60 mV in the hyperpolarizing direction for both HCN1 and HCN2 channels. Nonetheless, the essential differences in gating kinetics between HCN1 and HCN2 were maintained in the cell-free patches (Fig. 4 A). Thus, HCN1 channels activated at more positive potentials and with more rapid kinetics compared with HCN2 channels. The difference in kinetics was clearly observed during steps to –135 mV; HCN1 currents reached steady-state activation in <300 ms, whereas HCN2 currents did not reach full activation even after 3 s (Fig. 4 C). In cell-free patches, the Ih current generated by coexpression of HCN1 and HCN2 displayed intermediate activation kinetics, similar to our findings in intact oocytes. During steps to –135 mV, steady-state activation was reached in 3s.
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). In contrast, there was a large increase in the rate of activation of HCN2, over the entire voltage range examined (Ludwig et al. 1998). Channels generated by the coexpression of HCN1 and HCN2 showed a marked enhancement in the rate of opening with cAMP, similar to (although somewhat less than) the speeding of HCN2 channels.
The effects of cAMP on the voltage dependence of gating were examined next using tail current activation curves (Fig. 5 and Table ). In the absence of cAMP, HCN1 activated at voltages that were 20 mV more positive than those required to activate HCN2 channels. For HCN1, the V1/2 of activation was –115.8 ± 1.3 mV with a slope of 6.3 ± 0.7 mV. For HCN2, the V1/2 was –135.7 ± 1.7 mV with a slope of 4.3 ± 0.3 mV. Thus, although V1/2 values were shifted by 50 mV relative to their values in intact oocytes, the qualitative difference in voltage dependence between HCN1 and HCN2 was maintained in the inside-out patches. In fact, the 20-mV difference in V1/2 between HCN1 and HCN2 in cell-free patches was larger than the 10-mV difference observed in intact oocytes.
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Further evidence that Ih generated by coexpression of HCN1 and HCN2 subunits reflected the novel properties of heteromeric channels was provided by comparison of experimental and simulated tail current activation curves (Fig. 5). The activation data for Ih measured in patches from oocytes in which HCN1 and HCN2 were coexpressed (either for Ih from a single, representative patch [Fig. 5 B], or averaged from seven separate patches [Fig. 5 C]) could not be accounted for by the sum of activation curves for independent populations of HCN1 and HCN2 channels at varying proportions.
Because of the quantitative difference in the response of HCN1 versus HCN2 homomeric channels to cAMP, we next examined the effect of this nucleotide on the gating of the coexpressed HCN channels (Fig. 5 and Table ). As previously shown, a saturating concentration of cAMP (10 µM) shifted the V1/2 of HCN1 channels by only 4 mV (similar to the findings of Santoro et al. 1998). In contrast, application of cAMP shifted the V1/2 of HCN2 channels by a much larger amount, 17 mV (similar to the findings of Ludwig et al. 1998). The coexpressed channels showed a 13-mV shift in V1/2 in response to 10 µM cAMP, which is close to the large shift seen in HCN2 channels.
Dose–response relations for the shift in V1/2 as a function of [cAMP] were compared for HCN1, HCN2, and coexpressed channels (Fig. 6). The dose–response curves were fitted by the Hill equation to obtain the maximal shift at saturating [cAMP], the cAMP concentration at which half of the maximal shift was produced (K1/2), and the Hill coefficient (h). For HCN2 channels, the maximal shift with cAMP was 17.4 mV with a K1/2 of 0.10 µM (h = 1.1). For HCN1 channels, the shift was only 4.1 mV with a K1/2 of 0.06 µM (h = 1.0). Thus, the small effect of cAMP on HCN1 gating does not reflect a low sensitivity to the ligand. Finally, for channels formed by coexpression, the maximal shift was 14.0 mV with a K1/2 of 0.19 µM (h = 1.3). Surprisingly, the K1/2 for channels generated by coexpression was greater than the K1/2 for either of the homomeric channels. Furthermore, the dose–response curve for the coexpressed channels could not be reproduced by the sum of independent populations of homomeric HCN1 and HCN2 channels (Fig. 6).
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50-mV hyperpolarizing shift in V1/2 values measured for Ih in cell-free patches relative to values in intact oocytes. Moreover, we found a larger difference in V1/2 values between HCN1 channels and HCN2 channels in cell-free patches (20 mV) than in intact oocytes (9 mV). Finally, in cell-free patches, the V1/2 of coexpressed channels was intermediate between the V1/2 values for channels formed by HCN1 or HCN2 alone. In contrast, in intact oocytes, the V1/2 for coexpressed channels was similar to that of HCN1 channels. What might account for such differences?
Given the high sensitivity of HCN channels to cAMP, we investigated whether basal levels of cAMP in the intact oocytes might have been sufficient to modulate the gating of HCN channels. To investigate this possibility, we mutated a single arginine residue (R538 in HCN1 and R591 in HCN2) that is conserved in nearly all CNBDs (Shabb and Corbin 1992; Santoro and Tibbs 1999) to a glutamate (Fig. 7 A). In related CNBDs this arginine, which is located in an eight-stranded antiparallel β-roll, makes a crucial ionic contact with the cyclized phosphate of the bound nucleotide (Weber and Steitz 1987; Su et al. 1995). In the CNG channels, mutation of this arginine to glutamate decreases the affinity of the channel for cyclic nucleotide by >2,000-fold without affecting the energetics of the intrinsic gating reaction (Tibbs et al. 1998).
In the background of both HCN1 and HCN2 channels, the arginine (R) to glutamate (E) mutation had a very similar effect as in CNG channels. Thus, the gating of mutant HCN1/R538E and HCN2/R591E homomeric channels in inside-out patches was completely unaffected by 10 µM cAMP (Fig. 7B and Fig. C, and Table ), which is a concentration that is 50–100-fold higher than the K1/2 for modulation of wild-type HCN channels. However, the mutation had no effect on the intrinsic gating properties of the channels, as shown by the nearly identical activation curves of wild-type and mutant channels in the absence of cAMP (Table and Fig. 8B and Fig. C).
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Formation of Heteromultimers between Two Different Isoforms of HCN Channels
In situ hybridization studies of mouse brain have revealed distinct but overlapping patterns of expression of HCN1 and HCN2 (Moosmang et al. 1999; Monteggia et al. 2000; Santoro et al. 2000). Single cell PCR studies provide additional strong evidence for coexpression of different HCN isoforms within single neurons (Franz et al. 2000). In particular, both HCN1 and HCN2 are prominently expressed in CA3 and CA1 pyramidal neurons of the hippocampus. Whole-cell patch-clamp recordings demonstrate a prominent Ih current with relatively rapid kinetics in CA1 pyramidal neurons. The presence of multiple HCN isoforms in a given cell raises the question as to whether the Ih current in these cells results from separate populations of homomeric channels or whether the different isoforms coassemble to form heteromultimeric channels.
By coexpressing HCN1 and HCN2 in Xenopus oocytes, we have provided several lines of functional evidence that the two isoforms can indeed coassemble to form functional heteromultimers with novel properties. In intact oocytes, coexpression of HCN1 and HCN2 gave rise to Ih with a voltage dependence similar to that of HCN1 channels, but with kinetics that were twice as slow. In inside-out patches, the coexpressed channels displayed a voltage dependence and an efficacy of cAMP modulation that were intermediate between those of HCN1 and HCN2 channels. Simulation of hyperpolarization-activated currents generated by the summed contributions of independent populations of HCN1 and HCN2 channels in various ratios could not reproduce the currents we observed from coinjected oocytes. Finally, the coexpressed channels displayed a decreased sensitivity to cAMP (increased K1/2) compared with either HCN1 or HCN2 channels.
Although the hypothesis that HCN1 and HCN2 subunits coassemble to form functional heteromultimeric channels with novel properties provides the simplest explanation for our findings, a number of more complicated scenarios might be envisioned. For example, HCN1 and HCN2 could compete for some limiting cofactor in the oocytes (e.g., a β subunit or modulatory enzyme), so that coexpression of the two subunits leads to a change in the functional properties of homomeric HCN1 and HCN2 channels, relative to their properties when expressed alone. However, the fact that the steady-state activation curves we observe upon coexpression of HCN1 and HCN2 (in both cell-free patches and intact oocytes) is as steep as that observed upon expression of either HCN1 or HCN2 alone argues strongly against the presence of two distinct channel populations (which would inevitably lead to a shallower activation curve, unless the V1/2 values just happened to coincide). Furthermore, such a competition for a limiting cofactor is inconsistent with our finding that V1/2 values are independent of level of Ih current expression (Fig. 3 B). This latter finding also argues against a change in homomeric channel properties due to some direct interaction between homomeric HCN1 and HCN2 channels.
Further evidence that the properties of the channels observed upon coexpression of HCN1 and HCN2 subunits do indeed reflect the properties of heteromeric channels comes from a recent study of Ulens and Tytgat 2001, in which tandem heterodimers of HCN1 and HCN2 subunits were expressed in Xenopus oocytes. The tandem dimers generated functional channels with properties intermediate between those of HCN1 and HCN2 homomeric channels, but very similar to the properties of the channels formed upon coexpression of independent HCN1 and HCN2 subunits that we report here. The two approaches complement one another as each has its own strengths and weaknesses. The tandem dimers might artificially force distinct subunits to coassemble or generate channels with altered properties (e.g., due to the fusion of COOH and NH2 termini). Independent coexpression of distinct subunits, however, cannot constrain stoichiometry and, therefore, might result in expression of multiple populations of channels. Thus, the good agreement between the two approaches reinforces the conclusion that HCN1 and HCN2 subunits do indeed coassemble to form heteromultimers, and that the properties of the coexpressed channels and tandem dimer channels are an accurate representation of the properties of heteromeric HCN1/HCN2 channels. Moreover, the agreement between the two sets of experiments suggests that the subunit stoichiometry of the heteromeric channels is likely to consist of two HCN1 subunits and two HCN2 subunits.
The only significant quantitative discrepancy between our results and those of Ulens and Tytgat 2001 lies in the extent of modulation of homomeric and heteromeric channels by cAMP. Ulens and Tytgat elevated cAMP levels in oocytes by activation of G protein–coupled receptors. They observed no effect of cAMP elevation on HCN1 channels, a 6–7-mV positive shift with the tandem dimers, and a 15-mV shift with HCN2. These values are consistently lower than the shifts that we directly observed in cell-free patches or inferred from the intact oocytes. Such a discrepancy, however, is explained by our finding that the basal activation curves of HCN channels in intact cells are significantly shifted towards positive potentials by resting levels of cAMP (see following section).
The novel biophysical characteristics of the heteromultimeric channels endow them with unique potential physiological functions. Their relatively positive threshold of activation would allow them to control resting membrane properties and to help generate pacemaker potentials after repolarization of the action potential. Their pronounced modulation by cAMP would contribute to alterations in cellular excitability by hormones and transmitters. These properties of the heteromultimeric channels correspond well with the properties of certain native Ih as discussed two sections below.
Modulation by Basal Level of Cyclic Nucleotides in Cells
Based on differences in channel properties in cell-free patches versus intact cells, together with the high sensitivity of HCN channels to cAMP, we investigated the possible modulation of HCN channels by basal levels of cyclic nucleotide in the intact oocytes. Mutation of a conserved arginine in the β roll of the cyclic nucleotide binding domain to a glutamate completely prevented the modulatory action of cAMP, without altering normal gating properties of either HCN1 or HCN2 channels in cell-free patches. At the structural level, this result is in good agreement with previous results in CNG channels, where a similar mutation blocked activation by cyclic nucleotide without altering the free energy difference between open and closed states in the absence of the ligand (Tibbs et al. 1998). Thus, these two distinct families of cyclic nucleotide regulated ion channels appear to utilize a conserved mechanism in ligand-gating.
Although the point mutations had no effect on the voltage gating of HCN channels in cell-free patches, we did observe significant differences between the mutant channels and wild-type channels in intact oocytes. The voltage dependence of HCN1 and HCN2 homomeric channels was shifted in the hyperpolarized direction by 7 and 19 mV, respectively. Such shifts are nearly identical to the maximal shifts seen with the binding of saturating concentrations of cAMP to HCN1 and HCN2 wild-type channels in cell-free patches (4 and 17 mV, respectively; Fig. 6). This suggests that the basal level of cAMP in oocytes is sufficient to produce near maximal shifts in gating of wild-type HCN channels. This view is compatible with the observation that the K1/2 values of these channels range from 50 to 200 nM (Fig. 6), and that resting cAMP levels in oocytes can be in the micromolar range (Maller et al. 1979). Basal modulation by cAMP levels would enhance the modulatory range of these channels, allowing them to respond either to transmitters that elevate levels of cAMP (e.g., acting through Gs) or to transmitters that reduce basal levels of cAMP (e.g., acting through Gi or stimulation of phosphodiesterase activity). In fact, the slowing of the heart by muscarinic receptor stimulation is thought to involve a hyperpolarizing shift in Ih activation due to such a decrease in basal levels of cAMP (DiFrancesco et al. 1989).
The modulation by basal levels of cAMP, however, accounts for only part of the difference in the V1/2 values between wild-type Ih in intact oocytes and inside-out patches. This difference is quite large, amounting to a –47-mV shift for HCN1 and a –57 mV shift for HCN2 (V1/2 in inside-out patches minus the V1/2 in intact oocytes). Similar shifts are also observed for native Ih currents in cardiac myocytes (DiFrancesco and Mangoni 1994). Taking away the likely shift produced by endogenous cAMP modulation, the remaining shift of approximately –40 mV remains unexplained. Because this shift is approximately identical in both HCN1 and HCN2, the underlying mechanism accounting for such a difference must be conserved between the two channels.
Coassembly Is Compatible with the Ih in Native Tissues That Express Both HCN1 and HCN2
Although our results show that HCN1 and HCN2 can efficiently coassemble to form heteromultimers in heterologous expression systems, our experiments do not prove that heteromultimer formation necessarily does occur in native tissues in which the subunits are coexpressed. Unfortunately, a lack of suitable antibodies specific for HCN1 and HCN2 isoforms precludes coimmunoprecipitation experiments. However, a careful comparison of the properties of Ih in native tissues that coexpress HCN1 and HCN2 with the properties of Ih generated by the recombinant HCN gene products reported here does indicate that coassembly in vivo is likely. In Fig. 9, we show data from Santoro et al. 2000 that compare the rapid kinetics of Ih recorded from hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons, which express HCN1 and HCN2, with the slower kinetics of Ih recorded from thalamocortical relay neurons, which express HCN2 and HCN4. These data are compared with the kinetics of HCN1 channels, HCN2 channels, rabbit HCN4 channels (Ishii et al. 1999), and the heteromultimeric channels we observed upon coexpression of HCN1 and HCN2. We see that the fast and slow time constants in the CA1 pyramidal neurons differ from the properties of recombinant HCN1 or HCN2 homomeric channels. The data for Ih in the pyramidal neurons are in better agreement with the values obtained here for the HCN1/HCN2 heteromultimers. Clearly, future studies are needed to provide more direct evidence for coassembly in native cells. Recordings from CA1 neurons in mice in which the HCN1 gene has been deleted through homologous recombination (Morozov et al. 2000; Nolan et al. 2000) provides a promising means to assess the contribution of heteromultimeric HCN1/HCN2 channels to native Ih currents and to understand the role of these channels in the electrical excitability of individual neurons, the circuits in which these neurons participate, and the complex behaviors that these circuits mediate.
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Abbreviations used in this paper: CNBD, cyclic nucleotide binding domain; HCN, hyperpolarization-activated cAMP-regulated cation; Ih, hyperpolarization-activated cationic currents.
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This work was partially supported by grant RO1 NS-36658 (to S.A. Siegelbaum) from the National Institutes of Health. In addition, J. Wang was supported by the Medical Scientist Training Program.
Submitted: 16 February 2001
Revised: 30 March 2001
Accepted: 2 April 2001
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A. S. Lewis, E. Schwartz, C. Savio Chan, Y. Noam, M. Shin, W. J. Wadman, D. James Surmeier, T. Z. Baram, R. L. Macdonald, and D. M. Chetkovich Alternatively Spliced Isoforms of TRIP8b Differentially Control h Channel Trafficking and Function J. Neurosci., May 13, 2009; 29(19): 6250 - 6265. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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 P. Orio, R. Madrid, E. de la Peña, A.és Parra, Víc. Meseguer, D. A. Bayliss, C. Belmonte, and Fél. Viana Characteristics and physiological role of hyperpolarization activated currents in mouse cold thermoreceptors J. Physiol., May 1, 2009; 587(9): 1961 - 1976. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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X. Chen, S. Shu, D. P. Kennedy, S. C. Willcox, and D. A. Bayliss Subunit-Specific Effects of Isoflurane on Neuronal Ih in HCN1 Knockout Mice J Neurophysiol, January 1, 2009; 101(1): 129 - 140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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 F. M. Benes, B. Lim, D. Matzilevich, S. Subburaju, and J. P. Walsh Circuitry-based gene expression profiles in GABA cells of the trisynaptic pathway in schizophrenics versus bipolars PNAS, December 30, 2008; 105(52): 20935 - 20940. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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A. Momin, H. Cadiou, A. Mason, and P. A. McNaughton Role of the hyperpolarization-activated current Ih in somatosensory neurons J. Physiol., December 15, 2008; 586(24): 5911 - 5929. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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L. M. Giocomo and M. E. Hasselmo Time Constants of h Current in Layer II Stellate Cells Differ along the Dorsal to Ventral Axis of Medial Entorhinal Cortex J. Neurosci., September 17, 2008; 28(38): 9414 - 9425. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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 Y.-L. Li, T. P. Tran, R. Muelleman, and H. D. Schultz Blunted excitability of aortic baroreceptor neurons in diabetic rats: involvement of hyperpolarization-activated channel Cardiovasc Res, September 1, 2008; 79(4): 715 - 721. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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A. Akhavan Contribution of pacemaker channels to autonomous electrical activity of differentiated embryonic stem cells J. Physiol., May 15, 2008; 586(10): 2425 - 2426. [Full Text] [PDF]
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D. S. Shin and P. L. Carlen Enhanced Ih Depresses Rat Entopeduncular Nucleus Neuronal Activity From High-Frequency Stimulation or Raised Ke+ J Neurophysiol, May 1, 2008; 99(5): 2203 - 2219. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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A. M. I. Barth, E. S. Vizi, T. Zelles, and B. Lendvai {alpha}2-Adrenergic Receptors Modify Dendritic Spike Generation Via HCN Channels in the Prefrontal Cortex J Neurophysiol, January 1, 2008; 99(1): 394 - 401. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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C.-H. Li, Q. Zhang, B. Teng, S. J. Mustafa, J.-Y. Huang, and H.-G. Yu Src tyrosine kinase alters gating of hyperpolarization-activated HCN4 pacemaker channel through Tyr531 Am J Physiol Cell Physiol, January 1, 2008; 294(1): C355 - C362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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K.-W. Au, C.-W. Siu, C.-P. Lau, H.-F. Tse, and R. A. Li Structural and functional determinants in the S5-P region of HCN-encoded pacemaker channels revealed by cysteine-scanning substitutions Am J Physiol Cell Physiol, January 1, 2008; 294(1): C136 - C144. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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M. F. Nolan, J. T. Dudman, P. D. Dodson, and B. Santoro HCN1 Channels Control Resting and Active Integrative Properties of Stellate Cells from Layer II of the Entorhinal Cortex J. Neurosci., November 14, 2007; 27(46): 12440 - 12451. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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D. B. Carr, G. D. Andrews, W. B. Glen, and A. Lavin {alpha}2-Noradrenergic receptors activation enhances excitability and synaptic integration in rat prefrontal cortex pyramidal neurons via inhibition of HCN currents J. Physiol., October 15, 2007; 584(2): 437 - 450. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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A. K. Lyashchenko, K. J. Redd, J. Yang, and G. R. Tibbs Propofol inhibits HCN1 pacemaker channels by selective association with the closed states of the membrane embedded channel core J. Physiol., August 15, 2007; 583(1): 37 - 56. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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S.-W. Ying, F. Jia, S. Y. Abbas, F. Hofmann, A. Ludwig, and P. A. Goldstein Dendritic HCN2 Channels Constrain Glutamate-Driven Excitability in Reticular Thalamic Neurons J. Neurosci., August 8, 2007; 27(32): 8719 - 8732. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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G. M. Whitaker, D. Angoli, H. Nazzari, R. Shigemoto, and E. A. Accili HCN2 and HCN4 Isoforms Self-assemble and Co-assemble with Equal Preference to Form Functional Pacemaker Channels J. Biol. Chem., August 3, 2007; 282(31): 22900 - 22909. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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S. E. Hammack, I. Mania, and D. G. Rainnie Differential Expression of Intrinsic Membrane Currents in Defined Cell Types of the Anterolateral Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis J Neurophysiol, August 1, 2007; 98(2): 638 - 656. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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P. Deng, Y. Zhang, and Z. C. Xu Involvement of Ih in Dopamine Modulation of Tonic Firing in Striatal Cholinergic Interneurons J. Neurosci., March 21, 2007; 27(12): 3148 - 3156. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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A. L. Brewster, Y. Chen, R. A. Bender, A. Yeh, R. Shigemoto, and T. Z. Baram Quantitative Analysis and Subcellular Distribution of mRNA and Protein Expression of the Hyperpolarization-Activated Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channels throughout Development in Rat Hippocampus Cereb Cortex, March 1, 2007; 17(3): 702 - 712. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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J. B. Bullis, T. D. Jones, and N. P. Poolos Reversed somatodendritic Ih gradient in a class of rat hippocampal neurons with pyramidal morphology J. Physiol., March 1, 2007; 579(2): 431 - 443. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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 S. Chen, J. Wang, L. Zhou, M. S. George, and S. A. Siegelbaum Voltage Sensor Movement and cAMP Binding Allosterically Regulate an Inherently Voltage-independent Closed-Open Transition in HCN Channels J. Gen. Physiol., January 29, 2007; 129(2): 175 - 188. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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A. Bruening-Wright and H. P. Larsson Slow Conformational Changes of the Voltage Sensor during the Mode Shift in Hyperpolarization-Activated Cyclic-Nucleotide-Gated Channels J. Neurosci., January 10, 2007; 27(2): 270 - 278. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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P. Pian, A. Bucchi, R. B. Robinson, and S. A. Siegelbaum Regulation of Gating and Rundown of HCN Hyperpolarization-activated Channels by Exogenous and Endogenous PIP2 J. Gen. Physiol., November 1, 2006; 128(5): 593 - 604. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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 H.-F. Tse, T. Xue, C.-P. Lau, C.-W. Siu, K. Wang, Q.-Y. Zhang, G. F. Tomaselli, F. G. Akar, and R. A. Li Bioartificial Sinus Node Constructed via In Vivo Gene Transfer of an Engineered Pacemaker HCN Channel Reduces the Dependence on Electronic Pacemaker in a Sick-Sinus Syndrome Model Circulation, September 5, 2006; 114(10): 1000 - 1011. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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F. Elinder, R. Mannikko, S. Pandey, and H. P. Larsson Mode shifts in the voltage gating of the mouse and human HCN2 and HCN4 channels J. Physiol., September 1, 2006; 575(2): 417 - 431. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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M. Kuisle, N. Wanaverbecq, A. L. Brewster, S. G. A. Frere, D. Pinault, T. Z. Baram, and A. Luthi Functional stabilization of weakened thalamic pacemaker channel regulation in rat absence epilepsy J. Physiol., August 15, 2006; 575(1): 83 - 100. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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N. P. Poolos, J. B. Bullis, and M. K. Roth Modulation of h-channels in hippocampal pyramidal neurons by p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase. J. Neurosci., July 26, 2006; 26(30): 7995 - 8003. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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Y. Aponte, C.-C. Lien, E. Reisinger, and P. Jonas Hyperpolarization-activated cation channels in fast-spiking interneurons of rat hippocampus J. Physiol., July 1, 2006; 574(1): 229 - 243. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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Y. Rateau and N. Ropert Expression of a Functional Hyperpolarization-Activated Current (Ih) in the Mouse Nucleus Reticularis Thalami J Neurophysiol, May 1, 2006; 95(5): 3073 - 3085. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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A. Bucchi, A. Tognati, R. Milanesi, M. Baruscotti, and D. DiFrancesco Properties of ivabradine-induced block of HCN1 and HCN4 pacemaker channels J. Physiol., April 15, 2006; 572(2): 335 - 346. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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J. A. Rosenkranz and D. Johnston Dopaminergic regulation of neuronal excitability through modulation of Ih in layer V entorhinal cortex. J. Neurosci., March 22, 2006; 26(12): 3229 - 3244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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T. Okamoto, M. T. Harnett, and H. Morikawa Hyperpolarization-Activated Cation Current (Ih) Is an Ethanol Target in Midbrain Dopamine Neurons of Mice J Neurophysiol, February 1, 2006; 95(2): 619 - 626. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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A. R. A. Rodrigues and D. Oertel Hyperpolarization-Activated Currents Regulate Excitability in Stellate Cells of the Mammalian Ventral Cochlear Nucleus J Neurophysiol, January 1, 2006; 95(1): 76 - 87. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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X. Chen, S. Shu, and D. A. Bayliss Suppression of Ih Contributes to Propofol-Induced Inhibition of Mouse Cortical Pyramidal Neurons J Neurophysiol, December 1, 2005; 94(6): 3872 - 3883. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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T. Budde, L. Caputi, T. Kanyshkova, R. Staak, C. Abrahamczik, T. Munsch, and H.-C. Pape Impaired Regulation of Thalamic Pacemaker Channels through an Imbalance of Subunit Expression in Absence Epilepsy J. Neurosci., October 26, 2005; 25(43): 9871 - 9882. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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T. A Simeone, J. M Rho, and T. Z Baram Single channel properties of hyperpolarization-activated cation currents in acutely dissociated rat hippocampal neurones J. Physiol., October 15, 2005; 568(2): 371 - 380. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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M. Day, D. B. Carr, S. Ulrich, E. Ilijic, T. Tkatch, and D. J. Surmeier Dendritic Excitability of Mouse Frontal Cortex Pyramidal Neurons Is Shaped by the Interaction among HCN, Kir2, and Kleak Channels J. Neurosci., September 21, 2005; 25(38): 8776 - 8787. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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P. Mistrik, R. Mader, S. Michalakis, M. Weidinger, A. Pfeifer, and M. Biel The Murine HCN3 Gene Encodes a Hyperpolarization-activated Cation Channel with Slow Kinetics and Unique Response to Cyclic Nucleotides J. Biol. Chem., July 22, 2005; 280(29): 27056 - 27061. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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J. Wu and J. J. Hablitz Cooperative Activation of D1 and D2 Dopamine Receptors Enhances a Hyperpolarization-Activated Inward Current in Layer I Interneurons J. Neurosci., July 6, 2005; 25(27): 6322 - 6328. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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X.-J. Cao and D. Oertel Temperature Affects Voltage-Sensitive Conductances Differentially in Octopus Cells of the Mammalian Cochlear Nucleus J Neurophysiol, July 1, 2005; 94(1): 821 - 832. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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X. Chen, J. E. Sirois, Q. Lei, E. M. Talley, C. Lynch III, and D. A. Bayliss HCN Subunit-Specific and cAMP-Modulated Effects of Anesthetics on Neuronal Pacemaker Currents J. Neurosci., June 15, 2005; 25(24): 5803 - 5814. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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C. Wahl-Schott, L. Baumann, X. Zong, and M. Biel An Arginine Residue in the Pore Region Is a Key Determinant of Chloride Dependence in Cardiac Pacemaker Channels J. Biol. Chem., April 8, 2005; 280(14): 13694 - 13700. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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G. Michels, F. Er, I. Khan, M. Sudkamp, S. Herzig, and U. C. Hoppe Single-Channel Properties Support a Potential Contribution of Hyperpolarization-Activated Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channels and If to Cardiac Arrhythmias Circulation, February 1, 2005; 111(4): 399 - 404. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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C. S. Chan, R. Shigemoto, J. N. Mercer, and D. J. Surmeier HCN2 and HCN1 Channels Govern the Regularity of Autonomous Pacemaking and Synaptic Resetting in Globus Pallidus Neurons J. Neurosci., November 3, 2004; 24(44): 9921 - 9932. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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D. V Vasilyev and M. E Barish Regulation of the hyperpolarization-activated cationic current Ih in mouse hippocampal pyramidal neurones by vitronectin, a component of extracellular matrix J. Physiol., November 1, 2004; 560(3): 659 - 675. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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B. Gravante, A. Barbuti, R. Milanesi, I. Zappi, C. Viscomi, and D. DiFrancesco Interaction of the Pacemaker Channel HCN1 with Filamin A J. Biol. Chem., October 15, 2004; 279(42): 43847 - 43853. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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Y. Kang, T. Notomi, M. Saito, W. Zhang, and R. Shigemoto Bidirectional Interactions between H-Channels and Na+-K+ Pumps in Mesencephalic Trigeminal Neurons J. Neurosci., April 7, 2004; 24(14): 3694 - 3702. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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T. N. Doan, K. Stephans, A. N. Ramirez, P. A. Glazebrook, M. C. Andresen, and D. L. Kunze Differential Distribution and Function of Hyperpolarization-Activated Channels in Sensory Neurons and Mechanosensitive Fibers J. Neurosci., March 31, 2004; 24(13): 3335 - 3343. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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S. Vemana, S. Pandey, and H. P. Larsson S4 Movement in a Mammalian HCN Channel J. Gen. Physiol., December 29, 2003; 123(1): 21 - 32. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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P. Schweitzer, S. G. Madamba, and G. R. Siggins The Sleep-Modulating Peptide Cortistatin Augments the h-Current in Hippocampal Neurons J. Neurosci., November 26, 2003; 23(34): 10884 - 10891. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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B. Much, C. Wahl-Schott, X. Zong, A. Schneider, L. Baumann, S. Moosmang, A. Ludwig, and M. Biel Role of Subunit Heteromerization and N-Linked Glycosylation in the Formation of Functional Hyperpolarization-activated Cyclic Nucleotide-gated Channels J. Biol. Chem., October 31, 2003; 278(44): 43781 - 43786. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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Y. Zhang, R. Oliva, G. Gisselmann, H. Hatt, J. Guckenheimer, and R. M. Harris-Warrick Overexpression of a Hyperpolarization-Activated Cation Current (Ih) Channel Gene Modifies the Firing Activity of Identified Motor Neurons in a Small Neural Network J. Neurosci., October 8, 2003; 23(27): 9059 - 9067. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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J. Stieber, A. Thomer, B. Much, A. Schneider, M. Biel, and F. Hofmann Molecular Basis for the Different Activation Kinetics of the Pacemaker Channels HCN2 and HCN4 J. Biol. Chem., September 5, 2003; 278(36): 33672 - 33680. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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R. A. Bender, S. V. Soleymani, A. L. Brewster, S. T. Nguyen, H. Beck, G. W. Mathern, and T. Z. Baram Enhanced Expression of a Specific Hyperpolarization-Activated Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Cation Channel (HCN) in Surviving Dentate Gyrus Granule Cells of Human and Experimental Epileptic Hippocampus J. Neurosci., July 30, 2003; 23(17): 6826 - 6836. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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H. Lesso and R. A. Li Helical Secondary Structure of the External S3-S4 Linker of Pacemaker (HCN) Channels Revealed by Site-dependent Perturbations of Activation Phenotype J. Biol. Chem., June 13, 2003; 278(25): 22290 - 22297. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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C. Altomare, B. Terragni, C. Brioschi, R. Milanesi, C. Pagliuca, C. Viscomi, A. Moroni, M. Baruscotti, and D. DiFrancesco Heteromeric HCN1-HCN4 channels: a comparison with native pacemaker channels from the rabbit sinoatrial node J. Physiol., June 1, 2003; 549(2): 347 - 359. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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A. Agmon and J. E. Wells The Role of the Hyperpolarization-Activated Cationic Current Ih in the Timing of Interictal Bursts in the Neonatal Hippocampus J. Neurosci., May 1, 2003; 23(9): 3658 - 3668. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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C. A. Henrikson, T. Xue, P. Dong, D. Sang, E. Marban, and R. A. Li Identification of a Surface Charged Residue in the S3-S4 Linker of the Pacemaker (HCN) Channel That Influences Activation Gating J. Biol. Chem., April 11, 2003; 278(16): 13647 - 13654. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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E. Azene, T. Xue, and R. A Li Molecular Basis of the Effect of Potassium on Heterologously Expressed Pacemaker (HCN) Channels J. Physiol., March 1, 2003; 547(2): 349 - 356. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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S. R. Chaplan, H.-Q. Guo, D. H. Lee, L. Luo, C. Liu, C. Kuei, A. A. Velumian, M. P. Butler, S. M. Brown, and A. E. Dubin Neuronal Hyperpolarization-Activated Pacemaker Channels Drive Neuropathic Pain J. Neurosci., February 15, 2003; 23(4): 1169 - 1178. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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F. Er, R. Larbig, A. Ludwig, M. Biel, F. Hofmann, D. J. Beuckelmann, and U. C. Hoppe Dominant-Negative Suppression of HCN Channels Markedly Reduces the Native Pacemaker Current If and Undermines Spontaneous Beating of Neonatal Cardiomyocytes Circulation, January 28, 2003; 107(3): 485 - 489. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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T. Xue and R. A. Li An External Determinant in the S5-P Linker of the Pacemaker (HCN) Channel Identified by Sulfhydryl Modification J. Biol. Chem., November 22, 2002; 277(48): 46233 - 46242. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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S. J. B. Butt, R. M. Harris-Warrick, and O. Kiehn Firing Properties of Identified Interneuron Populations in the Mammalian Hindlimb Central Pattern Generator J. Neurosci., November 15, 2002; 22(22): 9961 - 9971. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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N. Tran, C. Proenza, V. Macri, F. Petigara, E. Sloan, S. Samler, and E. A. Accili A Conserved Domain in the NH2 Terminus Important for Assembly and Functional Expression of Pacemaker Channels J. Biol. Chem., November 8, 2002; 277(46): 43588 - 43592. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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D. V. Vasilyev and M. E. Barish Postnatal Development of the Hyperpolarization-Activated Excitatory Current Ih in Mouse Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons J. Neurosci., October 15, 2002; 22(20): 8992 - 9004. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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C. Proenza, N. Tran, D. Angoli, K. Zahynacz, P. Balcar, and E. A. Accili Different Roles for the Cyclic Nucleotide Binding Domain and Amino Terminus in Assembly and Expression of Hyperpolarization-activated, Cyclic Nucleotide-gated Channels J. Biol. Chem., August 9, 2002; 277(33): 29634 - 29642. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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G. C. Demontis, A. Moroni, B. Gravante, C. Altomare, B. Longoni, L. Cervetto, and D. DiFrancesco Functional characterisation and subcellular localisation of HCN1 channels in rabbit retinal rod photoreceptors J. Physiol., July 1, 2002; 542(1): 89 - 97. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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J. E Sirois, C. Lynch III, and D. A Bayliss Convergent and reciprocal modulation of a leak K+ current and Ih by an inhalational anaesthetic and neurotransmitters in rat brainstem motoneurones J. Physiol., June 15, 2002; 541(3): 717 - 729. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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A. Brewster, R. A. Bender, Y. Chen, C. Dube, M. Eghbal-Ahmadi, and T. Z. Baram Developmental Febrile Seizures Modulate Hippocampal Gene Expression of Hyperpolarization-Activated Channels in an Isoform- and Cell-Specific Manner J. Neurosci., June 1, 2002; 22(11): 4591 - 4599. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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H. Neuhoff, A. Neu, B. Liss, and J. Roeper Ih Channels Contribute to the Different Functional Properties of Identified Dopaminergic Subpopulations in the Midbrain J. Neurosci., February 15, 2002; 22(4): 1290 - 1302. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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C. Proenza, D. Angoli, E. Agranovich, V. Macri, and E. A. Accili Pacemaker Channels Produce an Instantaneous Current J. Biol. Chem., February 8, 2002; 277(7): 5101 - 5109. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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B. S. Rothberg, K. S. Shin, P. S. Phale, and G. Yellen Voltage-Controlled Gating at the Intracellular Entrance to a Hyperpolarization-Activated Cation Channel J. Gen. Physiol., January 1, 2002; 119(1): 83 - 91. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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 A. U. BRAUER, N. E. SAVASKAN, M. H. P. KOLE, M. PLASCHKE, L. M. MONTEGGIA, E. J. NESTLER, E. SIMBURGER, R. A. DEISZ, O. NINNEMANN, and R. NITSCH Molecular and functional analysis of hyperpolarization-activated pacemaker channels in the hippocampus after entorhinal cortex lesion FASEB J, December 1, 2001; 15(14): 2689 - 2701. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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J. Wang, S. Chen, and S. A. Siegelbaum Regulation of Hyperpolarization-Activated Hcn Channel Gating and Camp Modulation Due to Interactions of Cooh Terminus and Core Transmembrane Regions J. Gen. Physiol., September 1, 2001; 118(3): 237 - 250. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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J. Qu, A. Barbuti, L. Protas, B. Santoro, I. S. Cohen, and R. B. Robinson HCN2 Overexpression in Newborn and Adult Ventricular Myocytes : Distinct Effects on Gating and Excitability Circ. Res., July 6, 2001; 89 (1): e8 - e14. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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I. A. Greenwood and S. A. Prestwich Characteristics of hyperpolarization-activated cation currents in portal vein smooth muscle cells Am J Physiol Cell Physiol, April 1, 2002; 282(4): C744 - C753. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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-helix. (B) Steady-state tail current activation curves obtained in inside-out patches using 3-s hyperpolarizing steps for HCN1/R538E (left) and HCN2/R591E (right) channels. (open symbols) Data in absence of cAMP. (closed symbols) Data in presence of 10 µM cAMP. Solid and dashed curves show fits of Boltzmann relation in absence and presence of cAMP, respectively (see 
