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In T sensory neurones of the leech, a train of impulses elicited by intracellular electrical stimulation leads to an after-hyperpolarization of up to 30 mV, mainly due to the activation of the electrogenic Na+/K(+)-ATPase but partly to a Ca2(+)-activated K+ conductance. It was found that serotonin reversibly reduced the amplitude of this after-hyperpolarization. We investigated the mechanism of action of serotonin and found: (1) after inhibition of the Ca2(+)-activated K+ conductance with BaCl2 or CdCl2, serotonin was still able to reduce the after-hyperpolarization; (2) when penetration of T cells with microelectrodes leaking sodium was preceded by serotonin perfusion of the ganglia, the normal hyperpolarization due to the activation of the electrogenic pump was converted to a depolarization; (3) after long-lasting perfusion with K(+)-free saline solution (which inhibits the Na+/K+ pump), the application of CsCl caused repolarization by reactivating the electrogenic ATPase; serotonin slowed and reduced this repolarization; (4) serotonin potentiated the depolarization of T neurones caused by the inhibition of the Na+/K+ pump following cooling of ganglia and depressed the hyperpolarization after rewarming to room temperature. These data taken together suggest that serotonin directly inhibits the Na+/K+ electrogenic pump.

Serotonin Depresses the After-Hyperpolarization Through the Inhibition of the Na+/K+ Electrogenic Pump in T Sensory Neurones of the Leech