Adenosine A2 receptors modulate hippocampal synaptic transmission via a cyclic-AMP-dependent pathway.
Adenosine A2 receptors modulate hippocampal synaptic transmission via a cyclic-AMP-dependent pathway.
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腺苷 A2 受体通过环 AMP 依赖性途径调节海马突触传递。
DOI:
10.1016/s0306-4522(97)00504-6
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发表时间:
1998
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影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Mogul,DJ
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作者:
Kessey,K;Mogul,DJ
Blockade of adenosine A2receptors has been shown to significantly reduce the level of tetanus-induced long-term potentiation in area CA1 of rat hippocampus [Kessey K. et al. (1997) Brain Res. 756, 184–190; Sekino Y. et al. (1991) Biochem. biophys. Res. Commun. 181, 1010–1014]. In the present study, the effects of A2receptor activation and blockade on the modulation of normal synaptic transmission and tetanus-induced long-term potentiation were examined at the Schaffer–CA1 synapse in rat hippocampal slices. A2receptor activation reversibly enhanced synaptic transmission evoked by low-frequency test pulses as measured by the dendritic field excitatory postsynaptic potential. In the presence of A1receptor blockade, A2activation further enhanced the excitatory postsynaptic potential, while A2receptor blockade resulted in a reversible decrease of the excitatory postsynaptic potential. The A2areceptor agonist, CGS21680, had no effect on the excitatory postsynaptic potential, suggesting that tonic activation of A2breceptors contributes to synaptic transmission under normal physiological conditions. Furthermore, we investigated the contribution of A2receptors to the level of tetanus-induced long-term potentiation. Under control conditions, a single tetanus potentiated the excitatory postsynaptic potential by 63.5% relative to baseline 30min post-tetanus. In contrast, tetanus-induced long-term potentiation during A2blockade was 21.3%. A2receptor activation increased the level of tetanus-induced long-term potentiation to 90.2%. Because A2receptors are known to stimulate cyclic-AMP accumulation, the possible involvement of cyclic-AMP was examined. Forskolin, a direct adenylate cyclase activator, and 8-bromo-cyclic-AMP, a membrane-permeable analog of cyclic-AMP, were able to reconstitute tetanus-induced long-term potentiation during A2receptor blockade; however, the inactive analog 1,9-dideoxy-forskolin had no effect, indicating that the effects of A2activation on synaptic transmission were mediated largely through the regulation of intracellular cyclic-AMP. Because A1receptors exert an opposing effect on synaptic transmission relative to A2receptors, these results suggest that the stoichiometry of A1versus A2receptor activation appears to play an important role in the modulation of normal synaptic transmission and long-term potentiation in the CA1 region of the hippocampus.