Journal of Neurophysiology, Vol 68, Issue 3 833-842, Copyright © 1992 by APS

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Metabotropic glutamate receptor-mediated suppression of L-type calcium current in acutely isolated neocortical neurons

R. J. Sayer, P. C. Schwindt and W. E. Crill
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98195.

1. The effects of metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) stimulation on whole-cell Ca2+ currents were studied in pyramidal neurons isolated from the dorsal frontoparietal neocortex of rat. The selective mGluR agonist cis-(+/-)-1-aminocyclopentane-1,3-dicarboxylic acid [trans-ACPD (100 microM)] suppressed the peak high-threshold Ca2+ current by 21 +/- 1.7% (mean +/- SE) in 40 of 43 cells from 10- to 21-day-old rats. Consistent with previous findings for mGluR, glutamate, quisqualate, and ibotenate [but not alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA)] reduced the Ca2+ currents, and the responses were not blocked by the ionotropic glutamate receptor antagonists 6-cyano-7-nitro-quinoxaline-2,3-dione (CNQX) and DL-2-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acid (APV). EC50S for Ca2+ current suppression were 29 nM for quisqualate, 2.3 microM for glutamate, and 13 microM for trans-ACPD. 2. The low-threshold Ca2+ current was not modulated by trans-ACPD. The component of the high-threshold CA2+ current suppressed by mGluR was determined by pharmacology; the responses were not affected by omega-conotoxin GVIA but were occluded by the dihydropyridine Ca2+ antagonist nifedipine. Ca2+ tail currents prolonged by the dihydropyridine Ca2+ agonist (+)-SDZ 202-79] were suppressed by mGluR stimulation in parallel with the peak current. These findings strongly suggest that L-type Ca2+ channels are modulated by mGluR. 3. In neurons dialyzed with 100 microM guanosine 5'-(gamma-thio)triphosphate (GTP-gamma-S), Ca2+ current suppression was elicited by the first application of trans-ACPD (in 5 of 6 cells), but not by subsequent applications. Responses in neurons dialyzed with 2 mM guanosine 5'-(beta-thio)diphosphate (GDP-beta-S) were significantly smaller than controls. The results are consistent with mGluR acting via linkage to a G protein. 4. The responses to mGluR agonists were smaller when the external Ca2+ was replaced by Ba2+, indicating that some part of the mechanism underlying the current suppression is Ca2+ dependent. Because mGluR stimulates phosphoinositide turnover and release of Ca2+ from intracellular stores in other types of neurons, the possibility of released Ca2+ mediating inactivation of Ca2+ channels was considered. However, the Ca2+ current suppression was not attenuated by strong intracellular Ca2+ buffering [20 mM bis-(o-aminophenoxy)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (BAPTA)], by dialysis with 100 microM inositol-1,4,5-triphosphate (IP3), or by external application of 1 microM thapsigargin. 5. We conclude that in neocortical neurons, one action of mGluR is to suppress the component of high-threshold Ca2+ current conducted by L-type Ca2+ channels.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

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