The modulation of Ca2+ and K+ channels but not changes in cAMP signaling contribute to the inhibition of glutamate release by cannabinoid receptors in cerebrocortical nerve terminals
| Autor: | Magdalena Torres, José Sánchez-Prieto, María del Carmen Godino |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Cannabinoid receptor Potassium Channels Presynaptic Terminals Glutamic Acid Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience chemistry.chemical_compound Internal medicine medicine Cyclic AMP Potassium Channel Blockers Animals Rats Wistar Receptors Cannabinoid Pharmacology Cerebral Cortex Forskolin Tetraethylammonium Chemistry Metabotropic glutamate receptor 6 Glutamate receptor Depolarization Calcium Channel Blockers Rats Endocrinology Metabotropic glutamate receptor Biophysics NMDA receptor Calcium Channels Signal Transduction |
| Zdroj: | Neuropharmacology. 48(4) |
| ISSN: | 0028-3908 |
| Popis: | While cannabinoid receptors activate multiple signaling pathways in the brain, it remains unclear what influence the inhibition of adenylylcyclase has on the inhibition of glutamate release. In cerebrocortical nerve terminals, the cannabinoid receptor agonist WIN55,212-2 reduced KCl-evoked glutamate release through a mechanism that restricted the rise of cytoplasmic free Ca2+, but not the changes in plasma membrane depolarization. These effects were consistent with the inhibition of Ca2+ channels. Furthermore, WIN55,212-2 reduced 4-aminopyridine (4AP) evoked glutamate release to a larger extent by modulating the behavior of both Ca2+ and K+-channels. The inhibition of 4AP-evoked release was associated with a decrease in cytoplasmic free Ca2+ and in plasma membrane depolarization that was reverted by the potassium channel blocker, tetraethylammonium. Interestingly, the reduction of KCl- and 4AP-evoked release by WIN55,212-2 was independent of adenylylcyclase activity and did not affect cAMP. Forskolin and the β-adrenergic receptor increase intrasynaptosomal cAMP and promote a PKA-dependent tetrodotoxin (TTX)-sensitive increase in the spontaneous release of glutamate. These two responses were reduced by WIN55,212-2. However, the glutamate release induced by Sp-8-Br-cAMPS, which directly activated PKA without affecting cAMP, was also similarly reduced by WIN55,212-2. Hence, we conclude that the inhibition of glutamate release by WIN55,212-2 is unrelated to changes in cAMP and that the inhibition of release that a decrease in cAMP might produce is occluded by the activation of additional pathways such as the inhibition of Ca2+ channels and/or the activation of K+-channels that strongly depress glutamate release. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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