Regulation of persistent sodium currents by glycogen synthase kinase 3 encodes daily rhythms of neuronal excitability

Jodi R. Paul, Daniel DeWoskin, Laura J. McMeekin, Rita M. Cowell, Daniel B. Forger () and Karen L. Gamble ()
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Jodi R. Paul: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Daniel DeWoskin: University of Michigan
Laura J. McMeekin: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Rita M. Cowell: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Daniel B. Forger: University of Michigan
Karen L. Gamble: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Nature Communications, 2016, vol. 7, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: Abstract How neurons encode intracellular biochemical signalling cascades into electrical signals is not fully understood. Neurons in the central circadian clock in mammals provide a model system to investigate electrical encoding of biochemical timing signals. Here, using experimental and modelling approaches, we show how the activation of glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) contributes to neuronal excitability through regulation of the persistent sodium current (INaP). INaP exhibits a day/night difference in peak magnitude and is regulated by GSK3. Using mathematical modelling, we predict and confirm that GSK3 activation of INaP affects the action potential afterhyperpolarization, which increases the spontaneous firing rate without affecting the resting membrane potential. Together, these results demonstrate a crucial link between the molecular circadian clock and electrical activity, providing examples of kinase regulation of electrical activity and the propagation of intracellular signals in neuronal networks.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13470

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