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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-11-16
pubmed:abstractText
The involvement of a purinergic system in the mechanisms of ATP- and electrically induced long-term potentiation (LTP) has been investigated in mouse hippocampal slices. Extracellular ATP (500 nM) and its slowly hydrolyzable analogue adenosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) (ATP-gamma-S; 2.5 microM) amplified permanently the magnitude of the population spike. This effect was antagonized by adenylimidodiphosphate (AMPPNP), a non-hydrolyzable analogue of ATP. AMPPNP, other ATP analogues [2-methylthioadenosine triphosphate (2-MeSATP) and alpha, beta-methyleneadenosine 5'-triphosphate (alpha, beta-methyleneATP)], or a purinergic receptor antagonist (Cibacron Blue 3G) tested in the concentration range of 3-40 microM did not exert agonistic activity similar to that of ATP or ATP-gamma-S, suggesting that ATP hydrolysis is required to exert this effect. All the tested nonhydrolyzable analogues reduced or prevented the establishment of stable, nondecremental LTP without blocking the short-lasting increase in the magnitude of the population spike immediately after electrical stimulation (short-term potentiation). These results indicate that ATP released by high-frequency stimulation contributes to the maintenance of stable LTP. The underlying mechanism operating in this process may involve a new type of ATP receptors or hydrolysis by ecto-ATPase. However, the findings that ATP-gamma-S is less potent than ATP and that other ATP analogues known to act as agonists of purinergic receptors did not induce LTP but rather inhibited its maintenance are more consistent with the possibility that ecto-protein kinase, using extracellular ATP as a cosubstrate, plays a role in mechanisms underlying synaptic plasticity.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-3042
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
63
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1731-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
On the role of extracellular ATP in the induction of long-term potentiation in the hippocampus.
pubmed:affiliation
CSI/IBR, Center for Developmental Neuroscience and Developmental Disabilities, College of Staten Island/CUNY 10314.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't