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@INPROCEEDINGS{Cepkenovic:916856,
author = {Cepkenovic, Bogdana and Maybeck, Vanessa and Offenhäusser,
Andreas},
title = {{E}ffect of membrane deformation on electrical firing in
rat cortical neurons during electrophysiological
measurements},
volume = {13},
number = {6},
reportid = {FZJ-2023-00150},
series = {Biophysical reviews},
pages = {1283 - 1472},
year = {2021},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION From patch-clamp to 3D nanoelectrodes, tight
mechanical coupling with the neuronal membrane is essential
to secure the high amplitude electrical recording. As a
byproduct, both approaches induce membrane deformation. In
the former, the membrane is acutely deformed by the glass
pipette,while in the latter, the membrane spontaneously
engulfs the 3D vertical nanostructure. OBJECTIVES In line
with the discoveries pointing to the existence of
mechanosensitive ion channels in neurons, we combined
electrophysiology with functional imaging to test the effect
of acute and chronic membrane deformation on rat cortical
neurons’ electrical properties and firing
dynamics.MATERIALS AND METHODS To estimate the effect of
patch-clamp induced acute deformation, we combined
semi-blind patch-clamp with calcium-imaging. Additionally,we
utilized patch-clamp to investigate whether the long-term
exposure to vertical topology on 3D nanoelectrodes
influences the neurons’ electrical properties. All
measurements were performed on rat cortical neurons starting
from 2 weeks in culture.DISCUSSION AND RESULTS
Calcium-imaging measurements during the formation of
giga-seal have demonstrated that patch-clamp targeted
neurons respond to the mechanical perturbation with
plateau-shaped calcium signals (N = 29). Moreover,up to
$100\%$ of neurons in 0.185 mm 2 area responded in a similar
trend.This finding suggests that acute deformation affects
not only the targeted neuron, but also the immediate
network. Furthermore, the comparison of neurons on flat
surface and neurons on 3D nanoelectrodes showed no
statistically significant difference in excitability and
action potential firing.CONCLUSION Overall, these results
recognize the effects of acute, patch-clamp mediated
mechanical perturbation on the targeted neuron, as well as
the immediate network. On the other hand, no changes were
present with chronic membrane deformations during the
spontaneous engulfment of vertical nanostructures. Keywords:
electrophysiology, membrane, neurons},
month = {Oct},
date = {2021-10-04},
organization = {20th IUPAB International Congress,
45th SBBf Congress and 50th Annual
Meeting of SBBq, Online conference
(Online), 4 Oct 2021 - 8 Oct 2021},
cin = {IBI-3},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBI-3-20200312},
pnm = {5244 - Information Processing in Neuronal Networks
(POF4-524)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5244},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)8 / PUB:(DE-HGF)7},
UT = {WOS:001082825300002},
doi = {10.1007/s12551-021-00845-2},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/916856},
}