Journal of Neurophysiology, Vol 76, Issue 4 2691-2700, Copyright © 1996 by APS

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Metabotropic glutamate receptors coupled to IP3 production mediate inhibition of IAHP in rat dentate granule neurons

M. A. Abdul-Ghani, T. A. Valiante, P. L. Carlen and P. S. Pennefather
Medical Research Council Nerve Cell and Synapse Group, Faculty of Pharmacy, Playfair Neuroscience Unit Toronto Hospital Research Institute, Ontario, Canada.

1. Whole cell recordings from dentate granule neurons in the hippocampal slice preparation reveal that (1 S, 3R)-1-aminocyclopentane-1,3-dicarboxylic acid (ACPD), a selective agonist at metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs), inhibits a calcium-activated potassium current (IAHP) responsible for the postspike after-hyperpolarization. Inclusion of 1 mM of the Ca2+ chelator ethylene glycol-bis (beta-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid in the patch pipette reduced the inhibitory action of ACPD on IAHP while having no effect on a similar action of serotonin (5-HT). Thus the known action of ACPD of mobilizing intracellular Ca2+ may be involved in this inhibitor action of ACPD. 2. Inhibition of IAHP is not secondary to effects on Ca2+ currents, because 10 microM ACPD, which inhibits IAHP by 95 +/- 5% (mean +/- SE), reduced the Ca2+ current by only 8 +/- 4%. 3. Activation of mGluRs accelerates the irreversible inhibition of IAHP that develops when 88 microM GTP-gamma-S is included in the pipette filling solution, whereas inclusion of 1 mM GDP-beta-S attenuated the inhibitory action of ACPD. These results indicate that the response to mGluR activation is G protein mediated. 4. Group I mGluRs, which includes mGluR1 and mGluR5, are G-protein-coupled receptors that are known to stimulate phospholipase C (PLC)-mediated hydrolysis of phosphoinositides to produce 1,4,5-triphosphate (IP3), which in turn is known to mobilize the release of intracellular Ca2+. The weak but selective mGluR1 agonist (S)-3-hydroxyphenylglycine (100 microM) completely inhibited IAHP, and the mGluR1 antagonist (S)-4-carboxyphenylglycine (500 microM) reduced IAHP inhibition produced by 5 microM ACPD from 73 +/- 6% to 22 +/- 4%. These results indicate that the mGluR responsible for IAHP inhibition has a similar pharmacological profile to that of those coupled to IP3 production. 5. The effects of agents known to interfere with IP3 production and action also support IP3 involvement in ACPD action. Neomycin (1 mM in pipette solution), which should reduce IP3 production through inhibition of PLC, reduced the ability of 10 microM ACPD to inhibit IAHP from almost 100% to 57 +/- 8% (n = 8). Heparin, an IP3 receptor antagonist that reduces Ca2+ mobilization, attenuated the inhibitory action 10 microM ACPD from almost 100% to 39 +/- 5% (n = 5). Heparin by itself increased the amplitude and duration of IAHP, suggesting that resting levels of IP3 are sufficient to suppress of IAHP partially. 6. In addition to the pool of intracellular Ca2+ that is mobilized by IP3, there is a distinct pool that is responsible for Ca(2+)-triggered Ca2+ release and is blocked by ryanodine or dantrolene. These drugs caused a small reduction of both IAHP and the inhibitory action of ACPD. Possibly the Ca2+ signal mobilized by IP3 is partially amplified by Ca2+ released from the ryanodine-sensitive stores. 7. Activation of PLC can also lead to the production of diacylglycerol and activation of protein kinase C (PKC). However, the inhibitory action of ACPD on IAHP was not affected by staurosporine at a concentration (1 microM) that inhibits both protein kinase A (PKA) and PKC and blocks the action of 5-HT to inhibit IAHP. 8. Activation of PKA by the adenylate cyclase activator forskolin led to inhibition of IAHP. Although activation of mGluR1 agonists can also stimulate adenylate cyclase and activate PKA, inhibition of PKA and the effect of forskolin on IAHP with the Walsh peptide did not affect ACPD inhibition of IAHP. 9. All of our results support the hypothesis that mGluR-mediated inhibition of IAHP is initiated by the production of IP3 and the mobilization of intracellular Ca2+.

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