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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-6-10
pubmed:abstractText
Activation of serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) receptors produces various autonomic and neuroendocrine responses in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN), including increased blood pressure and heart rate. However, the role(s) of 5-HT on the local GABA synaptic circuit have not been well understood in the PVN, where the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA plays a key role in the modulation of sympathoexcitatory outflow. In the present study, we examined the effects of 5-HT on GABA synaptic transmission in presympathetic PVN neurons projecting to spinal cord using patch-clamp electrophysiology combined with tract-tracing techniques. Bath application of 5-HT (0.01-100 microM) reversibly decreased the frequency of spontaneous GABAergic inhibitory postsynaptic currents (sIPSC) in a concentration dependent manner (IC50, 0.07 microM), with no significant changes in the amplitudes and decay kinetics of sIPSC. The sIPSC inhibition of 5-HT was mimicked by 5-HT1A agonist, 8-OH-DPAT (8-hydroxy-2(di-n-propylamino)tetralin, 10 microM), and blocked by 5-HT1A antagonist WAY-100635 but not by 5-HT1B antagonist SB224289. 5-HT also reduced the frequency of miniature IPSC (mIPSC) (2.59+/-0.51 Hz, control vs. 1.25+/-0.31 Hz, 5-HT, n=16) in similar extent with 5-HT induced reduction of sIPSC frequency (sIPSCs, 55.8+/-6.2%, n=11 vs. mIPSCs, 52.30+/-5.85%, n=16; p>0.5). All together, our results indicate that 5-HT can inhibit presynaptic GABA release via presynaptic 5-HT1A receptors in presympathetic PVN neurons projecting to spinal cord.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetral..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Amino Acids, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Piperazines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Piperidones, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Pyridines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/SB 22489G, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Serotonin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Serotonin Antagonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Spiro Compounds, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/WAY 100635, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/dolaisoleucine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0304-3940
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
11
pubmed:volume
439
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
138-42
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18524490-8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin, pubmed-meshheading:18524490-Amino Acids, pubmed-meshheading:18524490-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18524490-Drug Interactions, pubmed-meshheading:18524490-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18524490-Membrane Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:18524490-Neural Inhibition, pubmed-meshheading:18524490-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:18524490-Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:18524490-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:18524490-Piperazines, pubmed-meshheading:18524490-Piperidones, pubmed-meshheading:18524490-Pyridines, pubmed-meshheading:18524490-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:18524490-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:18524490-Serotonin, pubmed-meshheading:18524490-Serotonin Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:18524490-Spiro Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:18524490-Synaptic Transmission, pubmed-meshheading:18524490-gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Serotonin inhibits GABA synaptic transmission in presympathetic paraventricular nucleus neurons.
pubmed:affiliation
Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, 6 Munhwa-dong, Joong-gu, Daejeon, 301-131, Republic of Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't