期刊
JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY
卷 113, 期 2, 页码 530-542出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.06618.x
关键词
adenosine receptors; G proteins; hypothalamus; K-ATP; sympathetic nervous system; synaptic transmission
资金
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [HL60026, HL77400]
- American Heart Association National Center [0635402N]
Adenosine produces cardiovascular depressor effects in various brain regions. However, the cellular mechanisms underlying these effects remain unclear. The pre-sympathetic neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) play an important role in regulating arterial blood pressure and sympathetic outflow through projections to the spinal cord and brainstem. In this study, we performed whole-cell patch-clamp recordings on retrogradely labeled PVN neurons projecting to the intermediolateral cell column of the spinal cord in rats. Adenosine (10-100 mu M) decreased the firing activity in a concentration-dependent manner, with a marked hyperpolarization in 12 of 26 neurons tested. Blockade of A(1) receptors with the adenosine A1 receptor antagonist 8-cyclopentyl-1,3-dipropylxanthine or intracellular dialysis of guanosine 5'O-(2-thodiphosphate) eliminated the inhibitory effect of adenosine on labeled PVN neurons. Immunocytochemical labeling revealed that A1 receptors were expressed on spinally projecting PVN neurons. Also, blocking ATP-dependent K+ (K-ATP) channels with 100 mu M glibenclamide or 200 mu M tolbutamide, but not the G protein-coupled inwardly rectifying K+ channels blocker tertiapin-Q, abolished the inhibitory effect of adenosine on the firing activity of PVN neurons. Furthermore, glibenclamide or tolbutamide significantly decreased the adenosine-induced outward currents in labeled neurons. The reversal potential of adenosine-induced currents was close to the K+ equilibrium potential. In addition, adenosine decreased the frequency of both spontaneous and miniature glutamatergic excitatory post-synaptic currents and GABAergic inhibitory post-synaptic currents in labeled neurons, and these effects were also blocked by 8-cyclopentyl-1,3-dipropylxanthine. Collectively, our findings suggest that adenosine inhibits the excitability of PVN pre-sympathetic neurons through A(1) receptor-mediated opening of KATP channels.
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