期刊
THESCIENTIFICWORLDJOURNAL
卷 9, 期 -, 页码 68-85出版社
HINDAWI LTD
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2009.1
关键词
electrophysiology; alcohol; gamma aminobutyric acid; corticotrophin-releasing factor; corticotropin-releasing hormone; CRH; urocortin; stresscopin; whole-cell patch; IPSC
资金
- (Novartis Pharma) [CGP-55845A]
- NIH [U01-AA10994]
- NIAAA [AA06420, DA03665, NS38633]
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE [R01NS038633] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM [R29AA010994, U01AA013498, P50AA006420, P60AA006420, R01AA010994] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE [ZIADA000528, R01DA003665] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) is a 41-amino-acid neuropeptide involved in stress responses initiated from several brain areas, including the amygdala formation. Research shows a strong relationship between stress, brain CRF, and excessive alcohol consumption. Behavioral studies suggest that the central amygdala (CeA) is significantly involved in alcohol reward and dependence. We recently reported that the ethanol augmentation of GABAergic synaptic transmission in rat CeA involves CRF1 receptors, because both CRF and ethanol significantly enhanced the amplitude of evoked GABAergic inhibitory postsynaptic currents (IPSCs) in CeA neurons from wild-type (WT) and CRF2 knockout (KO) mice, but not in neurons of CRF1 KO mice. The present study extends these findings using selective CRF receptor ligands, gene KO models, and miniature IPSC (mIPSC) analysis to assess further a presynaptic role for the CRF receptors in mediating ethanol effects in the CeA. In whole-cell patch recordings of pharmacologically isolated GABA(A)ergic IPSCs from slices of mouse CeA, both CRF and ethanol augmented evoked IPSCs in a concentration-dependent manner, with low EC(50)s. A CRF1 (but not CRF2) KO construct and the CRF1-selective nonpeptide antagonist NIH-3 (LWH-63) blocked the augmenting effect of both CRF and ethanol on evoked IPSCs. Furthermore, the new selective CRF1 agonist stressin(1), but not the CRF2 agonist urocortin 3, also increased evoked IPSC amplitudes. Both CRF and ethanol decreased paired-pulse facilitation (PPF) of evoked IPSCs and significantly enhanced the frequency, but not the amplitude, of spontaneous miniature GABAergic mIPSCs in CeA neurons of WT mice, suggesting a presynaptic site of action. The PPF effect of ethanol was abolished in CeA neurons of CRF1 KO mice. The CRF1 antagonist NIH-3 blocked the CRF- and ethanol-induced enhancement of mIPSC frequency in CeA neurons. These data indicate that presynaptic CRF1 receptors play a critical role in permitting or mediating ethanol enhancement of GABAergic synaptic transmission in CeA, via increased vesicular GABA release, and thus may be a rational target for the treatment of alcohol abuse and alcoholism.
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