Action of kappa and Delta opioid agonists on premotor cardiac vagal neurons in the nucleus ambiguus
| Autor: | David Mendelowitz, Kathleen J. Griffioen, Olga Dergacheva, Allison Gold, Cory Evans, Evguenia Bouairi, Zheng Gui Huang, Xin Wang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Patch-Clamp Techniques
Pyrrolidines Enkephalin Glycine Neurotransmission Inhibitory postsynaptic potential κ-opioid receptor Rats Sprague-Dawley Receptors GABA Postsynaptic potential Receptors Opioid delta medicine Animals Evoked Potentials Nucleus ambiguus Medulla Oblongata Chemistry General Neuroscience Receptors Opioid kappa Spiradoline Heart Vagus Nerve Rats Analgesics Opioid medicine.anatomical_structure nervous system Neuron Calcium Channels Enkephalin D-Penicillamine (2 5) Neuroscience Anti-Arrhythmia Agents |
| Zdroj: | Neuroscience. 129(1) |
| ISSN: | 0306-4522 |
| Popis: | Both enkephalin and dynorphin containing fibers are in close proximity to neurons in the nucleus ambiguus, including cardiac vagal neurons. Microinjection of Delta and kappa agonists into the nucleus ambiguus have been shown to evoke decreases in heart rate. Yet little is known about the mechanisms by which Delta and kappa opioid receptors alter the activity of cardiac vagal neurons. This study tests whether kappa and Delta opioid agonists can alter the activity of cardiac vagal neurons by modulating likely opioid targets including voltage gated calcium currents, and both glycinergic and GABA) neurotransmission to cardiac vagal neurons. Cardiac vagal neurons were identified in vitro by a fluorescent tracer and studied using patch clamp techniques. Neither the kappa agonist spiradoline or the Delta agonist [D-Pen(2), D-Pen(5)]enkephalin (DPDPE) modulated the voltage gated calcium currents in cardiac vagal neurons. DPDPE also did not alter either glycinergic or GABAergic synaptic neurotransmission. Spiradoline did not change GABAergic synaptic inputs, but did significantly inhibit glycinergic synaptic inputs to cardiac vagal neurons. At a concentration of 1 microM, spiradoline inhibited the amplitude of glycinergic events, and at a concentration of 5 microM, spiradoline inhibited both glycinergic amplitude and frequency. Spiradoline also inhibited both the amplitude and frequency of glycinergic miniature inhibitory post-synaptic currents, indicating kappa agonists likely act at both presynaptic and postsynaptic sites to inhibit glycinergic neurotransmission to cardiac vagal neurons. |
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