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J Neurophysiol 79: 1183-1192, 1998;
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The Journal of Neurophysiology Vol. 79 No. 3 March 1998, pp. 1183-1192
Copyright ©1998 The American Physiological Society

Drugs Affecting Phospholipase C-Mediated Signal Transduction Block the Olfactory Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Current of Adult Zebrafish

Li Ma and William C. Michel

Department of Physiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108

Ma, Li and William C. Michel. Drugs affecting phospholipaseC-mediated signal transduction block the olfactory cyclic nucleotide-gated current of adult zebrafish. J. Neurophysiol. 79: 1183-1192, 1998. Amino acid and bile salt odorants are detected by zebrafish with relatively independent odorant receptors, but the transduction cascade(s) subsequently activated by these odorants remains unknown. Electro-olfactogram recording methods were used to determine the effects of two drugs, reported to affect phospholipase C (PLC)/inositol tripohsphate (IP3)-mediated olfactory transduction in other vertebrate species, on amino acid and bile salt-evoked responses. At the appropriate concentrations, either an IP3-gated channel blocker, ruthenium red (0.01-0.1 µM), or a PLC inhibitor, neomycin (50 µM), reduced amino-acid-evoked responses to a significantly greater extent than bile salt-evoked responses. Excised patch recording techniques were used to measure the affects of these drugs on second-messenger-activated currents. Ruthenium red and neomycin are both effective blockers of the olfactory cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) current. Both drugs blocked the CNG channel in a voltage-dependent and reversible manner. No IP3-activated currents could be recorded. The differential effects of ruthenium red and neomycin on odor-evoked responses suggest the activation of multiple transduction cascades. The nonspecific actions of these drugs on odor-activated transduction pathways and our inability to record an IP3-activated current do not permit the conclusion that zebrafish, like other fish species, use a PLC/IP3-mediated transduction cascade in the detection of odorants.




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