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Endogenous Activation of Adenosine A1 Receptors, but Not P2X Receptors, During High-Frequency Synaptic Transmission at the Calyx of Held

¹Department of Cell Physiology and Pharmacology and ²Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Submitted 1 July 2005; accepted in final form 10 February 2006

Activation of presynaptic receptors plays an important role in modulation of transmission at many synapses, particularly during high-frequency trains of stimulation. Adenosine-triphosphate (ATP) is coreleased with several neurotransmitters and acts at presynaptic sites to reduce transmitter release; such presynaptic P2X receptors occur at inhibitory and excitatory terminals in the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body (MNTB). We have investigated the mechanism of purinergic modulation during high-frequency repetitive stimulation at the calyx of Held synapse. Suppression of calyceal excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) by ATP and ATPS (100 µM) was mimicked by adenosine application and was blocked by DPCPX (10 µM), indicating mediation by adenosine A1 receptors. DPCPX enhanced EPSC amplitudes during high-frequency synaptic stimulation, suggesting that adenosine has a physiological role in modulating transmission at the calyx. The Luciferin-Luciferase method was used to probe for endogenous ATP release (at 37°C), but no release was detected. Blockers of ectonucleotidases also had no effect on endogenous synaptic depression, suggesting that it is adenosine acting on A1 receptors, rather than degradation of released ATP, which accounts for presynaptic purinergic suppression of synaptic transmission during physiological stimulus trains at this glutamatergic synapse.

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