Effects on synaptic inhibition in the hippocampus do not underlie the amnestic and convulsive properties of the nonimmobilizer 1,2-dichlorohexafluorocyclobutane.
Effects on synaptic inhibition in the hippocampus do not underlie the amnestic and convulsive properties of the nonimmobilizer 1,2-dichlorohexafluorocyclobutane.
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对海马突触抑制的影响并不是非固定剂 1,2-二氯六氟环丁烷的遗忘和惊厥特性的基础。
DOI:
10.1097/00000542-200407000-00012
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发表时间:
2004
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影响因子:
8.8
通讯作者:
Pearce,RobertA
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作者:
Perouansky,Misha;Pearce,RobertA
BackgroundAlthough it does not suppress movement in response to noxious stimuli, the nonimmobilizer 1, 2-dichlorohexafluorocyclobutane (F6, also known as 2N) does cause amnesia and seizures. These occur at 0.48 and 1.3 times, respectively, the concentrations that are predicted from its lipid solubility to cause immobility. The molecular and cellular basis of these effects is not known. The ionotropic gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA) receptor is modulated strongly by anesthetics, and it plays an important role in many seizure models. Also, the hippocampus is a structure central to the formation of memory and is susceptible to seizure generation. The authors therefore investigated the effect of F6 on GABAA receptor-mediated inhibition in hippocampal neurons.MethodsTransverse hippocampal slices were prepared from young (12-to 21-day-old) Sprague-Dawley rats. Inhibitory postsynaptic currents were recorded from hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells in the presence of ionotropic glutamate receptor antagonists. F6 was applied with the bath solution. The concentration of F6 achieved during the experiment at the location of synaptic inhibition was derived using a diffusion model.ResultsAt tissue concentrations of up to 75 microm (approximately 5 x predicted minimal alveolar concentration), F6 had no discernible effect on either the amplitude or the kinetics of GABA-mediated synaptic currents. Isoflurane, by contrast, prolonged the decay time constant of these currents at 100 microm (approximately 0.3 x minimal alveolar concentration).ConclusionsAt concentrations that bracket the in vivo amnestic and seizure-inducing range, F6 has no discernible effect on fast synaptic GABAA receptors in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons. Synaptic GABAA receptors sharply discriminate between volatile anesthetics and a prototype nonimmobilizer. Similar in vivo effects of anesthetics and nonimmobilizers may be mediated by different cellular mechanisms.