Intrinsic plasticity induced by group II metabotropic glutamate receptors via enhancement of high-threshold KV currents in sound localizing neurons.
Acoustic Stimulation/methods; Action Potentials/drug effects/physiology; Animals; Auditory Pathways/drug effects/*physiology; Brain/drug effects/physiology; Chick Embryo; Glutamic Acid/metabolism; metabotropic glutamate receptor; Metabotropic Glutamate/agonists/*metabolism; neuromodulation; Neuronal Plasticity/drug effects/*physiology; Neurons/drug effects/*physiology; nucleus laminaris; Patch-Clamp Techniques; Potassium Channels; Potassium/metabolism; Protein Kinase C/metabolism; Receptors; Sound Localization/drug effects/*physiology; Tissue Culture Techniques; Type C Phospholipases/metabolism; voltage-gated potassium channel; Voltage-Gated/*metabolism
Intrinsic plasticity has emerged as an important mechanism regulating neuronal excitability and output under physiological and pathological conditions. Here, we report a novel form of intrinsic plasticity. Using perforated patch clamp recordings, we examined the modulatory effects of group II metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR II) on voltage-gated potassium (KV) currents and the firing properties of neurons in the chicken nucleus laminaris (NL), the first central auditory station where interaural time cues are analyzed for sound localization. We found that activation of mGluR II by synthetic agonists resulted in a selective increase of the high-threshold KV currents. More importantly, synaptically released glutamate (with reuptake blocked) also enhanced the high-threshold KV currents. The enhancement was frequency-coding region dependent, being more pronounced in low-frequency neurons compared to middle- and high-frequency neurons. The intracellular mechanism involved the Gbetagamma signaling pathway associated with phospholipase C and protein kinase C. The modulation strengthened membrane outward rectification, sharpened action potentials, and improved the ability of NL neurons to follow high-frequency inputs. These data suggest that mGluR II provides a feedforward modulatory mechanism that may regulate temporal processing under the condition of heightened synaptic inputs.
Hamlet W R; Lu Y
Neuroscience
2016
2016-06
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.03.010" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.03.010</a>
Impairment of pH gradient and membrane potential mediates redox dysfunction in the mitochondria of the post-ischemic heart.
*Energy Metabolism; *Membrane potential; *Membrane Potential; *Mitochondria; *Myocardial ischemia and reperfusion; *Oxidative Stress; *pH gradient; *Redox dysfunction; Aconitate Hydratase/metabolism; Animal; Animals; Cell Line; Disease Models; Electron Transport Chain Complex Proteins/metabolism; Heart/*metabolism/pathology; Hydrogen Peroxide/metabolism; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Ionophores/pharmacology; Male; Mitochondria; Mitochondrial; Myocardial Infarction/*metabolism/pathology; Myocardium/*metabolism/pathology; Oxidation-Reduction; Potassium/metabolism; Rats; Sprague-Dawley; Superoxides/metabolism
The mitochondrial electrochemical gradient (Deltap), which comprises the pH gradient (DeltapH) and the membrane potential (DeltaPsi), is crucial in controlling energy transduction. During myocardial ischemia and reperfusion (IR), mitochondrial dysfunction mediates superoxide ((.)O2(-)) and H2O2 overproduction leading to oxidative injury. However, the role of DeltapH and DeltaPsi in post-ischemic injury is not fully established. Here we studied mitochondria from the risk region of rat hearts subjected to 30 min of coronary ligation and 24 h of reperfusion in vivo. In the presence of glutamate, malate and ADP, normal mitochondria (mitochondria of non-ischemic region, NR) exhibited a heightened state 3 oxygen consumption rate (OCR) and reduced (.)O2(-) and H2O2 production when compared to state 2 conditions. Oligomycin (increases DeltapH by inhibiting ATP synthase) increased (.)O2(-) and H2O2 production in normal mitochondria, but not significantly in the mitochondria of the risk region (IR mitochondria or post-ischemic mitochondria), indicating that normal mitochondrial (.)O2(-) and H2O2 generation is dependent on DeltapH and that IR impaired the DeltapH of normal mitochondria. Conversely, nigericin (dissipates DeltapH) dramatically reduced (.)O2(-) and H2O2 generation by normal mitochondria under state 4 conditions, and this nigericin quenching effect was less pronounced in IR mitochondria. Nigericin also increased mitochondrial OCR, and predisposed normal mitochondria to a more oxidized redox status assessed by increased oxidation of cyclic hydroxylamine, CM-H. IR mitochondria, although more oxidized than normal mitochondria, were not responsive to nigericin-induced CM-H oxidation, which is consistent with the result that IR induced DeltapH impairment in normal mitochondria. Valinomycin, a K(+) ionophore used to dissipate DeltaPsi, drastically diminished (.)O2(-) and H2O2 generation by normal mitochondria, but less pronounced effect on IR mitochondria under state 4 conditions, indicating that DeltaPsi also contributed to (.)O2(-) generation by normal mitochondria and that IR mediated DeltaPsi impairment. However, there was no significant difference in valinomycin-induced CM-H oxidation between normal and IR mitochondria. In conclusion, under normal conditions the proton backpressure imposed by DeltapH restricts electron flow, controls a limited amount of (.)O2(-) generation, and results in a more reduced myocardium; however, IR causes DeltapH impairment and prompts a more oxidized myocardium.
Kang Patrick T; Chen Chwen-Lih; Lin Paul; Chilian William M; Chen Yeong-Renn
Basic research in cardiology
2017
2017-07
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1007/s00395-017-0626-1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1007/s00395-017-0626-1</a>
Tachykinin peptide-induced activation and desensitization of neurokinin 1 receptors.
Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; CHO Cells; Cricetinae; Down-Regulation/*drug effects; Electrophysiology; Ligands; Neurokinin-1/*agonists/*metabolism; Potassium/metabolism; Protein Binding; Rana catesbeiana; Receptors; Tachykinins/chemistry/*pharmacology
The actions of four tachykinins on inhibition and desensitization of the
Perrine S A; Bennett V J; Simmons M A
Peptides
2003
2003-03
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/s0196-9781(03)00064-0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1016/s0196-9781(03)00064-0</a>