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The Journal of Neurophysiology Vol. 82 No. 4 October 1999, pp. 1974-1981
Copyright ©1999 by the American Physiological Society

Group I Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors Mediate an Inward Current in Rat Substantia Nigra Dopamine Neurons That Is Independent From Calcium Mobilization

Ezia Guatteo,1 Nicola B. Mercuri,1,2 Giorgio Bernardi,1,2 and Thomas Knöpfel1,3

 1IRCCS S. Lucia;  2Clinica Neurologica, Università di Tor Vergata, 00179 Rome, Italy; and  3Brain Science Institute, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan

Guatteo, Ezia, Nicola B. Mercuri, Giorgio Bernardi, and Thomas Knöpfel. Group I Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors Mediate an Inward Current in Rat Substantia Nigra Dopamine Neurons That Is Independent From Calcium Mobilization. J. Neurophysiol. 82: 1974-1981, 1999. Metabotropic glutamate receptors modulate neuronal excitability via a multitude of mechanisms, and they have been implicated in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative processes. Here we investigated the responses mediated by group I metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) in dopamine neurons of the rat substantia nigra pars compacta, using whole cell patch-clamp recordings in combination with microfluorometric measurements of [Ca2+]i and [Na+]i. The selective group I mGluR agonist (S)-3,5-dihydroxyphenylglycine (3,5-DHPG) was bath-applied (20 µM, 30 s to 2 min) or applied locally by means of short-lasting (2-4 s) pressure pulses, delivered through an agonist-containing pipette positioned close to the cell body of the neuron. 3,5-DHPG evoked an inward current characterized by a transient and a sustained component, the latter of which was uncovered only with long-lasting agonist applications. The fast component coincided with a transient elevation of [Ca2+]i, whereas the total current was associated with a rise in [Na+]i. These responses were not affected either by the superfusion of ionotropic excitatory amino acid antagonists 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (CNQX) and D-2-amino-5-phosphono-pentanoic acid (D-APV), nor by the sodium channel blocker tetrodotoxin (TTX). (S)-alpha -methyl-4-carboxyphenylglycine (S-MCPG) and the more selective mGluR1 antagonist 7(hydroxyimino)cyclopropa[b]chromen-1a-carboxylate (CPCCOEt) depressed both 3,5-DHPG-induced inward current components and, although less effectively, the associated [Ca2+]i elevations. On repeated agonist applications the inward current and the calcium transients both desensitized. The time constant of recovery from desensitization differed significantly between these two responses, being 67.4 ± 4.4 s for the inward current and 28.6 ± 2.7 s for the calcium response. Bathing the tissue in a calcium-free/EGTA medium or adding thapsigargin (1 µM) to the extracellular medium prevented the generation of the [Ca2+]i transient, but did not prevent the activation of the inward current. These electrophysiological and fluorometric results show that the 3,5-DHPG-induced inward current and the [Ca2+]i elevations are mediated by independent pathways downstream the activation of mGluR1.




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