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BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 136, Issue 2, Pages 296-302Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0704702
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adenosine A(2A) receptor; GABA(A) IPSCs; CGS21680; KF17837; globus pallidus; basal ganglia; brain slices
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1 We previously reported a presynaptic facilitatory action of A(2A) receptors oil GABAergic synaptic transmission in the rat globus pallidus (GP). In the present study we identify the intracellular signalling mechanisms responsible for this facilitatory action of A(2A) receptors, using biochemical and patch-clamp methods in rat GP slices. 2 The adenosine AA receptor selective agonist CGS21680 (1, 10 muM) and the adenylyl cyclase activator forskolin (1, 10 muM) both significantly increased cyclic AMP accumulation in GP slices. The CGS21680 (1 muM)-mediated increase in cyclic AMP was inhibited by the A(2A) receptor selective antagonist KF17837 (10 muM). 3 In an analysis of miniature inhibitory postsynaptic currents (mIPSCs), forskolin (10 muM) increased the mIPSC frequency without affecting their amplitude distribution, a result similar to that previously reported with CGS21680. 4 The adenylyl cyclase inhibitor 9-(tetrahydro-2-furanyl)-9H-purin-6-amine (SQ22,536, 300 muM) abolished the CGS21680-induced enhancement in the frequency of mIPSCs. 5 H-89 (10 muM), a selective inhibitor for cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA), blocked the CGS21680-induced enhancement of the mIPSC frequency. 6 The calcium channel blocker CdCl2 (100 muM) did not prevent CGS21680 from increasing the frequency of mIPSCs. 7 These results indicate that A(2A) receptor-mediated potentiation of mIPSCs in the GP involves the sequential activation of the A(2A) receptor, adenylyl cyclase, and then PKA, and that this facilitatory modulation could occur independently of presynaptic Ca2+ influx.
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