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Kv3.3b: a novel Shaw type potassium channel expressed in terminally differentiated cerebellar Purkinje cells and deep cerebellar nuclei
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Kv3.3b: a novel Shaw type potassium channel expressed in terminally differentiated cerebellar Purkinje cells and deep cerebellar nuclei

D S Goldman-Wohl, E Chan, D Baird and N Heintz
The Journal of neuroscience, v 14(2), pp 511-522
01 Feb 1994
PMID: 8301351
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https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.14-02-00511.1994View
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Abstract

Amino Acid Sequence Animals Base Sequence Brain - cytology Brain - metabolism Cell Differentiation Cells, Cultured Cerebellar Nuclei - cytology Cerebellar Nuclei - metabolism Cerebellum - metabolism Consensus Sequence Gene Expression Gene Library Mice Mice, Inbred C57BL Mice, Inbred Strains Molecular Sequence Data Neurons - cytology Neurons - metabolism Organ Specificity Potassium Channels - biosynthesis Potassium Channels - genetics Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated Purkinje Cells - cytology Purkinje Cells - metabolism Rats Restriction Mapping RNA, Messenger - analysis RNA, Messenger - biosynthesis Sequence Homology, Amino Acid Shaw Potassium Channels
A two-step hybridization/subtraction procedure was employed to isolate markers for the later stages of Purkinje cell differentiation. From this screen, a novel Shaw potassium channel cDNA (Kv3.3b) was identified that is developmentally regulated. Expression of this channel is highly enriched in the brain, particularly in the cerebellum, where its expression is confined to Purkinje cells and deep cerebellar nuclei. Sequence analysis revealed that it is an alternatively spliced form of the mouse Kv3.3 gene, and that the previously reported Kv3.3 mRNA (Ghanshani et al., 1992) is not expressed in cerebellum. Expression of the Kv3.3b mRNA begins in cerebellar Purkinje cells between postnatal day 8 (P8) and P10 and continues through adulthood, coinciding with elaboration of the mature Purkinje cell dendritic arbor. The timing of expression of Kv3.3b mRNA is maintained in mixed, dissociated primary cerebellar cell culture. These results suggest that the Kv3.3b K+ channel function is restricted to terminally differentiated Purkinje cells, and that analysis of the mechanisms governing its expression in vivo and in vitro can reveal molecular mechanisms governing Purkinje cell differentiation.

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