ISSN:
1573-6903
Schlagwort(e):
GABA release
;
quisqualate
;
glutamate receptors
;
metabotropic receptors
;
hippocampal slices
Quelle:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Thema:
Medizin
Notizen:
Abstract The effects of glutamate agonists and their selective antagonists on the Ca2+-dependent and independent releases of [3H]GABA from rat coronal hippocampal slices were studied in a superfusion system. The Ca2+-dependent release evoked by glutamate, kainate and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) gradually declined with time despite the continuous presence of the agonists. Quisqualate (QA) caused a sustained release which exhibited no tendency to decline within the 20-min period of stimulation. This release was enhanced in Ca2+-free medium. The release evoked by QA in Ca2+-containing medium was significantly inhibited by (+)-5-methyl-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo(a,d)cyclohept-5,10-imine hydrogen maleate (MK-801) and 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (CNQX), showing that QA activates NMDA receptors directly or indirectly through (RS)-α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionate (AMPA) receptors. The inhibition of MK-801 was slightly diminished and that of CNQX totally abolished in Ca2+-free medium. Verapamil inhibited the QA-activated release in both Ca2+-containing and Ca2+-free media. The effect of QA but not that of AMPA was blocked in Ca2+-free medium by L(+)-2-amino-3-phosphonopropionate (L-AP3), a selective antagonist of the metabotropic glutamate receptor. It is suggested that the sustained release of GABA is also mediated partly by activation of metabotropic receptors and mobilization of Ca2+ from intracellular stores.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00967713
