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Potentiation of NMDA currents by pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide in neonatal rat sympathetic preganglionic neurons.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Copyright Year | 1997 |
| Abstract | Whole cell patch-clamp recordings were made from sympathetic preganglionic neurons (SPNs) in the intermediolateral cell column of thoracolumbar spinal cord slices of 12- to 16-day-old rats, and the effects of pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP)-38 on N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)- and kainate (KA)-induced inward currents were examined. PACAP, in concentrations (10-30 nM) that caused no significant change of holding currents, reversibly increased NMDA-induced currents but not KA-induced currents. At higher concentrations (>30 nM), the peptide produced a sustained inward current. The potentiating effect of PACAP was nullified by prior incubation of the slices with the adenylate cyclase inhibitor MDL-12,330A (25 microM). Further, superfusing the slices with the membrane-permeable cyclic AMP analogue N6,2'-O-dibutyryladenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (100-300 microM) in the presence of the phosphodiesterase inhibitor 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (700 microM) increased the NMDA currents. This result suggests that PACAP selectively increases NMDA-receptor-mediated responses in the rat SPNs, probably via a cyclic-AMP-dependent mechanism, providing evidence that the peptide may be involved in synaptic plasticity. |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://jn.physiology.org/content/jn/78/2/1175.full.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 9307147v1 |
| Volume Number | 78 |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Journal | Journal of neurophysiology |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | 1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine Adenosine Monophosphate Adenylate Cyclase Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors Analog Aspartic Acid Cyclic AMP Cyclic GMP Kainate MDL 12330A N-Methylaspartate Neuronal Plasticity Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors Polypeptides Posterior Pituitary Hormones Spinal Cord Lateral Horn Tissue membrane chemosensitization/potentiation nullified - ManagedParticipationStatus |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |