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Greif KF. 3',5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate regulates expression of synaptotagmin in neonatal sympathetic ganglia in vitro. JOURNAL OF NEUROBIOLOGY 2001; 46:281-8. [PMID: 11180155 DOI: 10.1002/1097-4695(200103)46:4<281::aid-neu1008>3.0.co;2-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The expression of the synaptic vesicle protein, synaptotagmin, in developing rat superior cervical ganglia is influenced by transsynaptic factors associated with membrane depolarization. The present study examines the role of cyclic AMP in the regulation of synaptotagmin in neonatal superior cervical ganglia maintained in explant culture. Ganglia were treated for 48 h in vitro with the Na+-channel ionophore, veratridine, or with pharmacological agents that alter cyclic AMP levels. Levels of cyclic AMP and synaptotagmin were determined by radioimmunoassay. Veratridine treatment significantly increased cyclic AMP in cultured ganglia, with a long time course, and also increased synaptotagmin levels. Drugs that elevate cyclic AMP levels significantly increased synaptotagmin levels, with similar magnitude to that produced by veratridine treatment. These pharmacological agents did not alter neuron survival or total ganglionic protein content. No additive effects were observed after combined treatment with veratridine and pharmacological agents that increased cyclic AMP. Agents that blocked adenylyl cyclase blocked the veratridine-induced increase in synaptotagmin levels. The results suggest that regulation of expression of synaptotagmin in neonatal sympathetic neurons is mediated partially by cyclic AMP.
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- K F Greif
- Department of Biology, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010, USA.
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Schobesberger H, Wheeler DW, Horn JP. A model for pleiotropic muscarinic potentiation of fast synaptic transmission. J Neurophysiol 2000; 83:1912-23. [PMID: 10758102 DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.83.4.1912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The predominant form of muscarinic excitation in the forebrain and in sympathetic ganglia arises from m1 receptors coupled to the G(q/11) signal transduction pathway. Functional components of this system have been most completely mapped in frog sympathetic B neurons. Presynaptic stimulation of the B neuron produces a dual-component muscarinic excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP) mediated by suppression of voltage-dependent M-type K(+) channels and activation of a voltage-insensitive cation current. Evidence from mammalian systems suggests that the cation current is mediated by cyclic GMP-gated channels. This paper describes the use of a computational model to analyze the consequences of pleiotropic muscarinic signaling for synaptic integration. The results show that the resting potential of B neurons is a logarithmic function of the leak conductance over a broad range of experimentally observable conditions. Small increases (<4 nS) in the muscarinically regulated cation conductance produce potent excitatory effects. Damage introduced by intracellular recording can mask the excitatory effect of the muscarinic leak current. Synaptic activation of the leak conductance combines synergistically with suppression of the M-conductance (40 --> 20 nS) to strengthen fast nicotinic transmission. Overall, this effect can more than double synaptic strength, as measured by the ability of a fast nicotinic EPSP to trigger an action potential. Pleiotropic muscarinic excitation can also double the temporal window of summation between subthreshold nicotinic EPSPs and thereby promote firing. Activation of a chloride leak or suppression of a K(+) leak can substitute for the cation conductance in producing excitatory muscarinic actions. The results are discussed in terms of their implications for synaptic integration in sympathetic ganglia and other circuits.
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- H Schobesberger
- Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
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Ariano MA, Sortwell CE, Ray M, Altemus KL, Sibley DR, Levine MS. Agonist-induced morphologic decrease in cellular D1A dopamine receptor staining. Synapse 1997; 27:313-21. [PMID: 9372554 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2396(199712)27:4<313::aid-syn5>3.0.co;2-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The distribution of D1A dopamine (DA) receptor proteins was assessed by using subtype specific antireceptor antisera after acute DA exposure. The immunofluorescent staining of D1A DA receptor protein expression was examined in (1) stably transfected Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, (2) primary striatal cell cultures, and (3) rat striatal brain slices. After agonist exposure as brief as 2 min and as long as 60 min, profound loss of immunofluorescent D1A receptor protein staining occurred in each paradigm. Additionally in the tissue slice, immunofluorescent neuropil staining for the receptor protein also was attenuated. The DA-induced alteration in receptor protein staining was blocked by the antagonist (+)-butaclamol and by the selective D1-family antagonist SCH 23390. Receptor staining patterns reverted back to the control immunofluorescent distribution within 15 min after removing the agonist from the bath. Immunofluorescence for the second-messenger cyclic AMP increased at all DA exposure times in the three experimental paradigms, was blocked by D1-family antagonists, and decreased to basal staining after brief recovery periods. This demonstrated the functional integrity of the D1A receptor in target cells. Pretreatment with the mitogenic plant lectin concanavalin A blocked the immunofluorescent decrease in receptor staining but not the elevation of the second messenger, indicating a morphologic distinction in these two events, parallel to other biochemical reports. The data suggested that a morphologic basis of acute homologous D1A DA receptor desensitization may be transposition of membrane-surface receptors to a transiently unavailable, intracellular compartment. This finding is supported by specific fluorescence incorporation of FM1-43, used as a marker of endocytosis, in CHO cells treated with DA.
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- M A Ariano
- Department of Neuroscience, Chicago Medical School, Illinois, USA.
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Bennett MR. Nitric oxide release and long term potentiation at synapses in autonomic ganglia. GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY 1994; 25:1541-51. [PMID: 7721027 DOI: 10.1016/0306-3623(94)90353-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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1. Long-term potentiation (LTP) of synaptic transmission in autonomic ganglia is reviewed, together with the possible role of nitric oxide (NO) in this process. 2. Calcium levels in preganglionic nerve terminals are elevated during at least the induction phase of LTP following a tetanus as well as during LTP induced by transmitter substances acting on the nerve terminals. Of the large number of calcium-dependent processes in the nerve terminal that might affect transmitter release, only calcium-calmodulin has been shown to be important in both the induction and maintenance of LTP. 3. The possibility that there is a decrease in the open time of nerve-terminal potassium channels following a tetanus, leading to an increase in duration of the terminal action potential and hence an increase in calcium influx and transmitter release is considered. There is little evidence for such an effect as yet for preganglionic nerve terminals. 4. Phosphorylation of potassium channels by cAMP-dependent protein kinase can lead to their inactivation with consequent action potential broadening in some systems. Exogenous cAMP enhances synaptic efficacy at preganglionic nerve terminals. Whether this occurs through an inactivation of potassium channels is not known. 5. Nitric oxide (NO) synthase is present in both sympathetic ganglia and the ciliary ganglia. NO increases synaptic efficacy in both ganglia. In at least the case of ciliary ganglion this is due to elevation of quantal secretion. 6. NO can in some conditions increase the terminal action potential duration in ciliary ganglia, probably through decrease in the Ic potassium current. There is evidence that this happens through cGMP modulating cAMP phosphodiesterases, thereby affecting cAMP phosphorylation of the Ic channel. 7. Blocking NO synthase markedly decreases LTP following a tetanus in the ciliary ganglion. The possibility is considered that NO is released from the terminal during a tetanus and through altering cAMP phosphorylation of Ic enhances transmitter release.
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- M R Bennett
- Department of Physiology, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Waniewski RA, Martin DL. Acetylcholine receptor agonists stimulate [3H]taurine release from rat sympathetic ganglia. Eur J Pharmacol 1994; 260:113-20. [PMID: 7988634 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(94)90326-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The endogenous taurine content, and the uptake and release of [3H]taurine were examined using the rat superior cervical ganglion. Taurine was found to be one of the most abundant amino acids in the superior cervical ganglion, and the superior cervical ganglion took up [3H]taurine from the incubation medium. Carbachol stimulated the release of [3H]taurine in a concentration-dependent manner with an EC50 of 26 microM and maximal stimulation at 100 microM. The nicotinic receptor agonist 1,1-dimethyl-4-phenylpiperazinium stimulated release with the same potency but with greater efficacy than carbachol. The nicotinic receptor antagonist hexamethonium (1 mM) inhibited carbachol-stimulated release by 74%. (+/-)-Muscarine stimulated release with an EC50 of 8 microM but with a maximal effect of only 32% of that produced by 100 microM carbachol. Oxotremorine, another muscarinic receptor agonist, was ineffective, even at 1 mM. The muscarinic receptor antagonist atropine inhibited carbachol-stimulated release by 30% at 10 microM. These results show that [3H]taurine release from rat superior cervical ganglion can be stimulated by cholinergic receptor agonists. Release is mediated predominantly by a nicotinic receptor and partially by a muscarinic receptor.
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- R A Waniewski
- Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health, Albany
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Ando M, Tatematsu T, Kunii S, Nagata Y. The intercellular communication via nitric oxide and its regulation in coupling of cyclic GMP synthesis upon stimulation of muscarinic cholinergic receptors in rat superior cervical sympathetic ganglia. Brain Res 1994; 650:283-8. [PMID: 7525017 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(94)91793-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Cyclic GMP (cGMP) production in rat superior cervical sympathetic ganglia (SCG) was markedly increased (ca. 7-9-fold) by the addition of either acetylcholine (ACh; 0.1 mM) or a muscarinic agonist, carbachol (Carb; 0.1 mM), in the presence of an inhibitor (3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine) for cGMP hydrolytic enzyme during in vitro aerobic incubation at 37 degrees C for 5 min. The ACh-induced accumulation of cGMP in SCG was effectively blocked (-73%) by the further addition of atropine (10 microM), a muscarinic antagonist, whereas a nicotinic blocker, hexamethonium (10 microM) partially antagonized (-41%) this ACh stimulation. The inhibitory effect of hexamethonium on ACh-evoked ganglionic cGMP production was effectively augmented (-83%) by addition of NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA, 50 microM), a compound that inhibits nitric oxide (NO) synthesis from L-arginine. Comparable inhibition of cGMP formation was observed following application of L-NMMA to the SCG upon stimulation of Carb. In contrast, L-NMMA had no effect on the decreased level of ACh-evoked cGMP production caused by the muscarinic antagonist. The Carb-induced elevation of ganglionic cGMP synthesis was significantly reduced within 1 min of incubation in the medium containing hemoglobin (Hb; 20 microM), an agent that scavenges only the extracellular fraction of NO. Thereafter, the tissue cGMP formation attenuated to the control level by subsequent incubation for several minutes. Addition of protein kinase C (PKC) activator, 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA; 1 microM) to the medium significantly decreased Carb-evoked cGMP synthesis (-61%) in SCG, whereas superoxide dismutase (SOD; 30 U/ml) only slightly suppressed the Carb stimulation.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- M Ando
- Department of Physiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi-ken, Japan
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Tanaka S, Koike T. Vasoactive intestinal peptide suppresses neuronal cell death induced by nerve growth factor deprivation in rat sympathetic ganglion cells in vitro. Neuropeptides 1994; 26:103-11. [PMID: 7513383 DOI: 10.1016/0143-4179(94)90101-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Neuropeptides were examined for their effects on the survival of cultured rat superior cervical ganglion cells after acute deprivation of nerve growth factor (NGF). Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP, 3 microM) delayed the neuronal death about 6 h alone. The phosphodiesterase inhibitor 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (0.2 mM) greatly potentiated its effect, reducing EC50 from 2.5 microM to 8 nM. The neuronal death was completely suppressed under this condition. On the other hand, substance P (1-100 microM) or enkephalin (1-100 microM) alone did not modify the death, whereas the latter (100 microM) enhanced the survival-promoting effect of membrane depolarization with elevated K+. These results suggest strongly that neuropeptides regulate the NGF-independent survival of sympathetic neurons through a cAMP-dependent mechanism.
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- S Tanaka
- Department of Natural Science, Saga Medical School, Japan
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Waniewski RA, Carp JS, Martin DL. Transmitter and electrical stimulations of [3H]taurine release from rat sympathetic ganglia. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1994; 359:245-55. [PMID: 7887265 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-1471-2_25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- R A Waniewski
- Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health
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Costa M, Barrington M, Majewski H. Evidence that M1 muscarinic receptors enhance noradrenaline release in mouse atria by activating protein kinase C. Br J Pharmacol 1993; 110:910-6. [PMID: 7694761 PMCID: PMC2175939 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1993.tb13899.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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1. The M1 selective muscarinic agonist, McNeil A 343, enhanced the electrically evoked release of noradrenaline from postganglionic sympathetic nerves in mouse atria. This has been found previously to be due to activation of muscarinic receptors of the M1 subtype, probably located on sympathetic nerve terminals. The present study investigated the signal transduction mechanisms involved in the release-enhancing effects of McNeil A 343. The release of noradrenaline from mouse atria was assessed by measuring the electrically-induced (3 Hz, 60 s) outflow of radioactivity from atria which had been pre-incubated with [3H]-noradrenaline. 2. 8-Bromo cyclic AMP in the presence of IBMX was used to enhance maximally S-I noradrenaline release through cyclic AMP-dependent mechanisms. However, the facilitatory effect of McNeil A 343 (10 microM) was not different from the effect in the absence of these drugs, suggesting that McNeil A 343 enhances noradrenaline release independently of the cyclic AMP system. Furthermore, the release-enhancing effect of McNeil A 343 (10 microM) on noradrenaline release was also not altered by the 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor, BW A4C. 3. The facilitatory effect of McNeil A 343 was not altered in the presence of drugs (trifluoperazine, W7, and calmidazolium) which inhibit calmodulin-dependent processes, suggesting that the mechanisms of action of McNeil A 343 does not depend on calmodulin. 4. It was considered likely that the facilitatory effect of McNeil A 343 on noradrenaline release may be due to activation of protein kinase C, since activators of protein kinase C enhance noradrenaline release. The facilitatory effect of McNeil A 343 was abolished by the non-selective protein kinase C inhibitor,K-252a. To investigate further the involvement of protein kinase C, mouse atria were chronically incubated (9-O h) with the protein kinase C activator, 4 beta-phorbol dibutyrate (1.0 microM) in order to down-regulate protein kinase C activity. In protein kinase C-down-regulated atria, the facilitatory effect of McNeil A 343 (30 microM) was abolished. Incubation with 4 alpha-phorbol dibutyrate which does not affect protein kinase C did not reduce the facilitatory effect of McNeil A 343. This provides evidence that activation of protein kinase C is involved in the signal transduction process of McNeil A 343.
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- M Costa
- Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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Sheng H, Gagne GD, Matsumoto T, Miller MF, Förstermann U, Murad F. Nitric oxide synthase in bovine superior cervical ganglion. J Neurochem 1993; 61:1120-6. [PMID: 7689640 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1993.tb03628.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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We investigated the mechanism of increases in cyclic GMP levels in bovine superior cervical ganglion (SCG) in response to muscarinic receptor stimulation. Acetylcholine increased cyclic GMP levels in SCG. This increase was inhibited by NG-methyl-L-arginine (NMA), and the inhibition was reversed by L-arginine. Soluble nitric oxide (NO) synthase was partially purified from bovine SCG using 2',5'-ADP Sepharose affinity chromatography. The resulting enzyme activity was Ca2+/calmodulin dependent and required NADPH and tetrahydrobiopterin as cofactors. Superoxide dismutase protected and oxyhemoglobin blocked the effect of NO formed by the enzyme. NMA inhibited the activity of the NO synthase. In western blots, an antibody generated against rat brain NO synthase specifically recognized the NO synthase from SCG as a 155-kDa protein band. Immunohistochemistry using the same antibody demonstrated that NO synthase was localized in postganglionic neuronal cell bodies of the SCG. Immunofluorescent labeling showed that some of the cells staining positive for dopamine-beta-hydroxylase also contained NO synthase. Thus, NO is synthesized in specific cells within bovine SCG, including sympathetic neurons, and mediates the acetylcholine-induced stimulation of soluble guanylyl cyclase.
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- H Sheng
- Department of Vascular Biology, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois
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Martin DL, Shain W. Beta-adrenergic-agonist stimulated taurine release from astroglial cells is modulated by extracellular [K+] and osmolarity. Neurochem Res 1993; 18:437-44. [PMID: 8097293 DOI: 10.1007/bf00967247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Astroglial cells are known to release taurine in response to stimulation by a variety of stimuli including beta-adrenergic receptor agonists such as isoproterenol (IPR). The effects of changing osmolarity and extracellular [K+] on IPR-stimulated taurine release were studied with LRM55 cells, a continuous astroglial cell line. IPR-stimulated taurine release decreased almost 8% for each 1% increase in osmolarity, indicating that IPR-stimulated release is highly regulated by the osmolarity of the medium. IPR-stimulated taurine release was greatly enhanced when external [K+] was increased isosmotically by substituting KCl for NaCl but was strongly suppressed when external [K+] was increased hyperosmotically by adding KCl to the medium. Both IPR-stimulated and K(+)-stimulated taurine release depended on external [Cl-]; IPR-stimulated release declined approximately in parallel to K(+)-stimulated release as [Cl-] in the medium was reduced. The high sensitivity of IPR-stimulated release to factors that change cell volume (osmolarity, external [K+], external [Cl-]) is consistent with the idea that IPR, elevated [K+], and reduced osmolarity all elicit taurine release via a single tension-controlled mechanism.
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- D L Martin
- Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health, Albany 12201-0509
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Tanaka S, Koike T. Caffeine promotes survival of cultured sympathetic neurons deprived of nerve growth factor through a cAMP-dependent mechanism. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1992; 1175:114-22. [PMID: 1336398 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4889(92)90017-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The effects of caffeine on neuronal survival independent of trophic factor support were examined in developing superior cervical ganglion in vitro. We found that caffeine promoted neuronal survival in the absence of nerve growth-factor (NGF) in a dose-dependent manner (EC50 = 6 mM). Pulse treatment with caffeine or high K+ (40 mM), which caused only a transient increase in intracellular free Ca2+ levels ([Ca2+]i), did not promote survival. In contrast, caffeine potentiated the saving effect of various phosphodiesterase inhibitors including theophylline (EC50 = 3 mM) and 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (EC50 = 0.4 mM). Non-xanthine phosphodiesterase inhibitor Ro 20-1724 potentiated the survival promoting effect of caffeine or IBMX. Indeed, administration of 20 mM caffeine rapidly restored the cAMP level of NGF-deprived neurons to normal (0.34 pmol/well) within 10 min; the level reached a plateau level (0.69 pmol/well) at 10 h. Even after 1 day, the sustained level was maintained in the presence of caffeine. In contrast, noradrenaline and isoproterenol, which cause only a transient increase in cAMP levels, did not support survival. These data, in conjunction with others, suggest that sustained levels of second messengers, including not only the [Ca2+]i but also the cAMP level, would support the survival of superior cervical ganglion cells independent of trophic factor support.
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- S Tanaka
- Department of Natural Science, Saga Medical School, Japan
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Sheng H, Hughes ML, Murad F, Briggs CA. Evidence that nitric oxide mediates the cyclic GMP response to synaptic activity in the rat superior cervical ganglion. Brain Res 1992; 597:343-5. [PMID: 1335349 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(92)91492-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Preganglionic nerve stimulation in the rat superior cervical ganglion (SCG) caused an increase in guanosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic GMP) in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner. This increase was inhibited by oxyhaemoglobin, and blocked stereoselectively by an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase, NG-nitro-L-arginine. Thus, nitric oxide or a similar substance appears to mediate the neuronal cyclic GMP response to synaptic activity in the rat SCG.
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- H Sheng
- Signal Transduction, Abbott Laboratories, IL 60064
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Borasio PG, Cervellati F, Fabbri E. Sulmazole effects on PGE2 and d-Ala2-Met-enkephalinamide modulation of cyclic AMP synthesis and neurotransmitter release in a sympathetic ganglion. Neurosci Lett 1992; 145:105-8. [PMID: 1361043 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(92)90214-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In the guinea-pig superior cervical ganglion, the Gi blocking agent sulmazole enhanced the basal and prostaglandin E2-induced stimulation of cyclic AMP synthesis but had no effect on the prostaglandin-dependent inhibition of acetylcholine release. On the contrary sulmazole counteracted the inhibitory effect of D-Ala2-Met-enkephalinamide both on cyclic AMP formation and acetylcholine release. Moreover sulmazole eliminated the supra-additive effect of the combination of prostaglandin + opiate on cyclic AMP synthesis. The presence of a Gi-coupled opiate receptor at the pre-and postsynaptic levels is suggested.
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- P G Borasio
- Institute of General Physiology, University of Ferrara, Italy
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To identify spinal neurons that may synthesize nitric oxide, cells and fibers histochemically stained for NADPH diaphorase (a nitric oxide synthase) were studied in the spinal cord of rats. The histochemical reaction gave an image similar to the best Golgi impregnations, staining cells down to their finest processes. Transverse, horizontal, and parasagittal 50 and 100 microns sections were used to follow dendritic and axonal arborizations of stained neurons. Major cell groups were identified in the superficial dorsal horn and around the central canal (at all spinal levels), and in the intermediolateral cell column (at thoracic and sacral levels). Scattered positive cells were also found in deeper dorsal horn, ventral horn, and white matter. In some cases, axons of cells in the dorsal horn could be traced into the white matter; many of these cells resembled neurons projecting to various supraspinal targets. Stained cells in the intermediolateral column, which sent their axons into the ventral root, were presumed to be preganglionic autonomic neurons. Dense plexes of fibers were stained in laminae I and II and in the intermediolateral column. A large number of NADPH diaphorase-positive neurons in the spinal cord appear to be involved in visceral regulation. Fibers of the intermediolateral system had a special relationship with vasculature, suggesting that nitric oxide may help to couple neural activity with regional blood flow in the spinal cord. The abundance of NADPH diaphorase-positive neurons and fibers in the superficial dorsal horn suggests that nitric oxide may also be involved in spinal sensory processing.
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- J G Valtschanoff
- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599
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Briggs CA. Potentiation of nicotinic transmission in the rat superior cervical sympathetic ganglion: effects of cyclic GMP and nitric oxide generators. Brain Res 1992; 573:139-46. [PMID: 1315604 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(92)90123-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The efficacy of nicotinic transmission in the rat superior cervical ganglion in vitro (24-26 degrees C) was estimated by extracellular recording of the postganglionic compound action potential response to stimulation of the preganglionic nerve at a slow rate (one shock every 60 s). Atropine (2 microM) was included to block muscarinic transmission, and hexamethonium (200-250 microM) was used to produce a submaximal response sensitive to potentiation and inhibition of nicotinic transmission. Upon exposure to 1-100 microM 8-bromo-guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (8-Br-cGMP), nicotinic transmission was potentiated by 6 +/- 1% (n = 4) to 89 +/- 5% (n = 5) in a dose-dependent manner. 8-Bromo-adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (8-Br-cAMP, 10-100 microM) also potentiated nicotinic transmission (3.8 +/- 0.3% (n = 3) to 43 +/- 4% (n = 3)). However, 8-Br-cGMP was at least 2-fold more effective than 8-Br-cAMP. Sodium nitroprusside (0.1 microM to 1 mM) and sodium azide (0.1-100 microM) were used to stimulate the formation of endogenous cGMP52. Nicotinic transmission was potentiated by these substances also. The response was increased by 3.4 +/- 0.7% (n = 4) to 32 +/- 2% (n = 5) upon exposure to 0.1-100 microM sodium nitroprusside, and by 5.5 +/- 0.9% (n = 3) to 18 +/- 4% (n = 4) upon exposure to 0.1-100 microM sodium azide. Ferricyanide ion (10-100 microM) appeared to be ineffective, as would be expected if the effect of nitroprusside was due to the nitric oxide rather than the cyanide or ferric moieties.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- C A Briggs
- Neuroscience Research, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL 60064
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Glia contain, synthesize, or release more than 20 neuroactive compounds including neuropeptides, amino acid transmitters, eicosanoids, steroids, and growth factors. The stimuli that elicit release differ among compounds but include neuropeptides, neurotransmitters, receptor agonists, and elevated external [K+]. The mechanisms of release are poorly understood in most cases. Many of the neuroactive compounds are localized in discrete subpopulations of glia. Thus, glia are equipped to send as well as receive chemical messages and appear to be present as classes of cells with differing abilities to communicate chemically. It is possible that glia are as diverse as neurons in their functional characteristics.
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- D L Martin
- Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health, Albany 12201-0509
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Tonnaer JA, Cheung CL, De Boer T. cGMP formation and phosphoinositide turnover in rat brain slices are mediated by pharmacologically distinct muscarinic acetylcholine receptors. Eur J Pharmacol 1991; 207:183-8. [PMID: 1680060 DOI: 10.1016/0922-4106(91)90029-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The cGMP response and the accumulation of inositol monophosphate (IP) induced by carbachol were compared in slices of different rat brain structures. Basal cGMP and the responses of cGMP to carbachol appeared dependent on the concentration of added Ca2+, suggesting that distinct Ca(2+)-mediated and Ca(2+)-sensitive muscarinic receptor-mediated mechanisms stimulate guanylate cyclase. Regional responses of cGMP to carbachol or to direct stimulation of guanylate cyclase with sodium nitroprusside were markedly distinct, indicating that a major proportion of guanylate cyclase in the cortex, an intermediate proportion in other forebrain regions, and only a minor proportion in the brainstem is sensitive to muscarinic receptor stimulation. The regional patterns of IP and cGMP responses to carbachol were different in the forebrain. Maximal IP accumulation was found in the cortex, whereas cGMP responses were highest in the hippocampus. Moreover, IP and cGMP formation in the hippocampus were differently antagonized by atropine, 4-diphenylacetoxy-N-methyl piperidine methiodide (4-DAMP), the M2-receptor subtype-preferring antagonist AF-DX 116 and the M1-selective antagonist pirenzepine. These data support the notion that the IP formation induced by carbachol in the forebrain predominantly is mediated by muscarinic receptors of the M1 subtype, and indicate the involvement of muscarinic receptors of the M3 subtype in the carbachol-induced cGMP formation.
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- J A Tonnaer
- CNS Pharmacology Department, Organon International, Oss, The Netherlands
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Bernheim L, Beech DJ, Hille B. A diffusible second messenger mediates one of the pathways coupling receptors to calcium channels in rat sympathetic neurons. Neuron 1991; 6:859-67. [PMID: 1647174 DOI: 10.1016/0896-6273(91)90226-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Muscarinic and alpha-adrenergic suppression of current through Ca2+ channels was studied in adult rat superior cervical ganglion neurons using whole-cell and cell-attached configurations of the patch-clamp technique. Oxotremorine methiodide suppressed ICa by both a rapid (much less than 1 s) and a slow (greater than 4 s) process, whereas norepinephrine suppressed ICa only by a rapid process. The slow muscarinic suppression could be prevented by adding 20 mM BAPTA, a Ca2+ chelator, to the recording pipette, whereas the adrenergic suppression was not affected. Muscarinic, but not alpha-adrenergic, receptors can couple to Ca2+ channels by a second messenger capable of diffusing into an on-cell patch. This signal seems not to be carried by intracellular Ca2+, cGMP, cAMP, or protein kinase C.
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- L Bernheim
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle 98195
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Ariano MA, Engber TM, Susel Z, Chase TN. Striatal D1 dopamine receptor morphochemistry following continuous or intermittent L-dopa replacement therapy. Exp Neurol 1991; 112:112-8. [PMID: 1826481 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4886(91)90120-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Striatal dopamine deafferentation has previously been found to diminish D1 dopamine receptor clustering in association with striatal cyclic AMP-immunoreactive neurons. The administration of the dopamine precursor levodopa (L-DOPA) to animals with unilaterally placed 6-hydroxydopamine nigrostriatal tract lesions now appears to partially restore D1 dopamine receptor morphochemical organization in the deafferented striatum. Differences in the mode of levodopa delivery produced dissimilar D1 recovery patterns. The prodrug, L-DOPA methyl ester, was administered in combination with the peripheral aromatic amino acid decarboxylase inhibitor, benserazide, to achieve consistent plasma levels of the dopamine precursor. Continuous levodopa infusion (100 mg/kg/day, ip) led to a slight dorsomedial reassociation of D1 receptor binding sites with the postsynaptic cyclic AMP transduction system on the deafferented side. In contrast, intermittent levodopa therapy (50 mg/kg, ip, bid) produced a noticeable down regulation of the dopamine receptor system and also contributed to some region-specific recovery of the morphochemical pattern of D1 receptor binding site reaggregation with the postsynaptic cyclic AMP second messenger transduction system. These results suggest that exogenous levodopa replacement therapy desensitizes striatal D1 dopamine receptors. This was substantiated using image analysis of densitometric histograms. The down regulation of D1 receptors is dependent on the levodopa treatment regimen employed. Our findings provide a potential morphological basis for the behavioral desensitization shown previously in response to chronic, intermittent levodopa administration.
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- M A Ariano
- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington 05405
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Wu RL, McKenna DG, McAfee DA. Age-related changes in the synaptic plasticity of rat superior cervical ganglia. Brain Res 1991; 542:324-9. [PMID: 1851459 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(91)91586-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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A few seconds of tetanic preganglionic stimulation of rat sympathetic ganglia results in potentiation of cholinergic synaptic transmission lasting several hours. However, ganglia from aged (28-32 months) rats did not develop as much potentiation as did ganglia from young (3-6 months) rats. This potentiation appears to decay exponentially but in two phases. The early component decays in 15 minutes, a time course consistent with the phenomenon of post-tetanic potentiation (PTP). The later component decays over several hours and is a form of long-term potentiation (LTP). A double exponential decay model was employed to quantitatively resolve the decay of potentiation and allow quantitative comparison of the decay parameters in both aged and young rats. It is clear that the magnitude and duration of PTP was the same in both age groups. However both the magnitude and decay time-constant for LTP were 30-50% smaller in the aged group of rats. Several agents which mimic cyclic AMP or stimulate cyclic AMP production in the ganglion enhance nicotinic transmission for several hours. However, these agents, 8-bromo cAMP, forskolin, isoproterenol, and secretin were equally effective in potentiating transmission in ganglia from both young and aged rats. Previous studies demonstrated that stimulus induced LTP and cyclic AMP induced potentiation was the result of enhanced release of acetylcholine (ACh) and not from increased postsynaptic responsiveness. Presumably these agents act through the same pathway and by the same mechanism that generates LTP following preganglionic tetany. These observations demonstrate that there is a selective age-dependent decline in the capacity for sympathetic ganglia to generate long-term changes in synaptic efficacy.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- R L Wu
- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Irvine 92715
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Krukoff TL. Neuropeptide regulation of autonomic outflow at the sympathetic preganglionic neuron. Anatomical and neurochemical specificity. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1990; 579:160-7. [PMID: 1692453 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1990.tb48358.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- T L Krukoff
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Debinski W, Kuchel O, Buu NT, Tremblay J, Hamet P. Atrial natriuretic factor constitutes an intrinsic functional unit within superior cervical ganglia of the rat. Neuroscience 1990; 36:21-6. [PMID: 2170862 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(90)90347-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The molecular forms of atrial natriuretic factor were studied in the sympathetic ganglia of the rat. The peptide atrial natriuretic factor was also tested for its ability to induce intracellular changes in ganglionic elements. Chromatographic evaluation of extracted ganglionic atrial natriuretic factor revealed the presence of proatrial natriuretic factor together with lower molecular weight peptides. Atrial natriuretic factor induced a maximal six-fold increase of cGMP accumulation within ganglia in vitro, most probably in principal ganglionic cells. Its effect on cGMP was not mediated by acetylcholine or any other neurotransmitter because it persisted after muscarinic receptor blockade and in a calcium-free medium and was not affected by ganglia decentralization. Thus, atrial natriuretic factor appears to be produced by a structural neural component of ganglia (in preganglionic cholinergic neurons or small intensely fluorescent cells?) and has receptors at sites different from its source. It is suggested that atrial natriuretic factor may be locally involved in the process of neurotransmission and may be yet another peptide neurotransmitter and/or neuromodulator.
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- W Debinski
- Laboratory of the Autonomic Nervous System, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Québec, Canada
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De Vente J, Bol JGJM, Steinbusch HWM. cGMP-Producing, Atrial Natriuretic Factor-Responding Cells in the Rat Brain. Eur J Neurosci 1989; 1:436-460. [PMID: 12106130 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1989.tb00351.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Using an in vitro incubation method, we stimulated cGMP production in rat brain slices by rat ANF-(103 - 126). The localization of the cells responding to this ANF stimulation with an increase in cGMP production was studied by cGMP immunocytochemistry. ANF-responding cells were found in specific loci throughout the central nervous system of the rat. Regions containing the highest number of these cells were: the olfactory bulb, the lateral septum, the bed nucleus of the accessory olfactory tract, the mediobasal amygdala, the central grey area, the medial vestibular nucleus, and the nucleus of the solitary tract. Scattered ANF-responding, cGMP-immunoreactive cells were found in the hippocampus, the cingulate cortex, the ventral pallidum, the medial preoptic area, and the endopeduncular nucleus. ANF-responding cells in these areas had the same morphology, that is, multipolar with numerous processes. The nature of these ANF-responding cells was studied by sequential staining with an antiserum against glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP). In the hippocampus it was demonstrated that all ANF-responding cells are astroglial cells. However, not all astroglial cells in this area showed a cGMP response, demonstrating a regional heterogeneity. ANF-responding cells, having the appearance of neuronal cell bodies, could be found in the subfornical organ, and the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus. Fibres producing cGMP immunoreactivity in response to ANF were found in the median preoptic nucleus, the medial preoptic area, and the dorsal hypothalamus.
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- J. De Vente
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Ariano MA. Striatal D1 dopamine receptor distribution following chemical lesion of the nigrostriatal pathway. Brain Res 1988; 443:204-14. [PMID: 2965958 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(88)91614-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The morphochemical and biochemical distribution of the adenylate cyclase-linked dopamine receptor, or D1 subpopulation, has been examined in the rat striatum following a chemical lesion of the dopaminergic nigrostriatal pathway. The cellular pattern of D1 dopaminergic binding was assessed using in vitro autoradiographic localization of [3H]SCH 23390 or [125I]SCH 23982, selective D1 receptor antagonists, 1 week following unilateral infusion of the neurotoxin 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) into the substantia nigra. The specific association of the D1 binding sites with cyclic AMP-immunoreactive striatal neurons was abolished after lesion of the dopaminergic nigral afferents. The morphochemical disruption of the caudate D1 dopamine binding sites in relation to cyclic AMP-positive elements, a large proportion of which are striatonigral neurons, probably contributes to the dysfunctions in this subpopulation of dopamine receptor after depletion of the catecholamine neurotransmitter.
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- M A Ariano
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington 05405
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Briggs CA, McAfee DA, McCaman RE. Long-term regulation of synaptic acetylcholine release and nicotinic transmission: the role of cyclic AMP. Br J Pharmacol 1988; 93:399-411. [PMID: 2833971 PMCID: PMC1853801 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1988.tb11447.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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1. Using the rat superior cervical ganglion in vitro, the relative efficacy of nicotinic synaptic transmission was estimated by recording the postganglionic compound action potential and the amount of endogenous acetylcholine (ACh) released. These two parameters were correlated in individual ganglia by sampling the bathing medium for the assay of ACh while simultaneously recording the postganglionic response. 2. The beta-adrenoceptor agonist isoprenaline potentiated both the evoked release of ACh and the postganglionic response by about 20% during preganglionic stimulation at 0.2 Hz. 3. The adenosine receptor agonist 2-chloroadenosine inhibited ACh release and the postganglionic response by about 35%. 4. Tetanic preganglionic stimulation for a few seconds induced a long-term potentiation of nicotinic responses and of ACh release. Both of these potentiations were dependent upon extracellular Ca2+ during the tetani. 5. Forskolin and analogues of cyclic AMP also caused a long-lasting potentiation of both the evoked release of ACh and the postganglionic response, indicating that cyclic AMP may regulate transmission by a presynaptic mechanism. The specificity of the cyclic AMP analogues was tested using various butyryl- and bromo-purine nucleotides. 6. The effects of forskolin and 8-bromo-cyclic AMP did not appear to be dependent upon extracellular Ca2+. 7. The potentiation caused by forskolin was consistently augmented by three phosphodiesterase inhibitors--AH 21-132, papaverine and SQ 20-006. However, the effect of forskolin was not consistently enhanced by theophylline, nor was it reduced by the adenylate cyclase inhibitor SQ 22-536. 8. The neurogenic long-term potentiation was augmented by two of the phosphodiesterase inhibitors that also augmented the forskolin-induced potentiation--papaverine and SQ 20-006. 9. It was concluded that cyclic AMP can enhance nicotinic transmission, and can do so by increasing the evoked release of ACh. However, it was not possible to prove that cyclic AMP mediates the long-term potentiation induced by tetanic preganglionic stimulation.
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- C A Briggs
- Division of Neurosciences, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, California 91010
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Cahill AL, Perlman RL. Preganglionic stimulation increases the phosphorylation of tyrosine hydroxylase in the superior cervical ganglion by both cAMP-dependent and Ca2+-dependent protein kinases. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1987; 930:454-62. [PMID: 2888490 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4889(87)90019-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Electrical stimulation of the preganglionic cervical sympathetic trunk increases the phosphorylation of tyrosine hydroxylase in the superior cervical ganglion of the rat by a nicotinic mechanism and by a noncholinergic mechanism. We have measured the incorporation of [32P]Pi into specific tryptic phosphopeptides in tyrosine hydroxylase in order to identify the protein kinases that phosphorylate this enzyme in electrically stimulated ganglia. 32P-labeled tyrosine hydroxylase was isolated from the ganglion by immunoprecipitation and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and was subjected to tryptic hydrolysis. Seven tryptic peptides were resolved from these hydrolysates by two-dimensional thin-layer electrophoresis and chromatography. Preganglionic stimulation (20 Hz, 5 min) increased the incorporation of 32P into four of these peptides. In the presence of cholinergic antagonists, however, electrical stimulation increased the labeling of only one phosphopeptide. From a comparison of the effects of preganglionic stimulation with the effects of agonists that activate specific protein kinases, we conclude that electrical stimulation increases the phosphorylation of tyrosine hydroxylase by both a cAMP-dependent protein kinase and a Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase. The nicotinic component of preganglionic stimulation appears to be mediated by a Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase, while the noncholinergic component appears to be mediated by cAMP-dependent protein kinase. Although protein kinase C can phosphorylate tyrosine hydroxylase, this kinase does not appear to participate in the stimulation-induced phosphorylation of tyrosine hydroxylase in the superior cervical ganglion.
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- A L Cahill
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago 60637
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Ariano MA, Kenny SL. Neurochemical differences in the superior cervical ganglion of the spontaneously hypertensive rat stroke-prone variant. Brain Res 1987; 415:115-21. [PMID: 2441807 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(87)90274-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The localization and distribution of catecholamines, selected neuropeptides, and the cyclic nucleotide second messengers has been determined in the superior cervical ganglion of the stroke-prone variant of the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) and its normotensive Wistar-kyoto (WKY) control. Significant alteration in the frequency of occurrence of dopaminergic small intensely fluorescent cell clusters was seen in the stroke-prone variant of the SHR. The immunofluorescent localization of cyclic AMP (cAMP) and cyclic GMP (cGMP) were also changed in the stroke-prone variant, as was the immunofluorescent staining quantity of the neuropeptides somatostatin and substance P. The morphological pattern of staining for the various compounds in the normotensive control (WKY) was equivalent to the Sprague-Dawley rat strain. The implications of the altered neurochemistry in the superior cervical ganglion on the high blood pressure, and the predisposition for stroke in this strain are discussed.
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Vente JD, Garssen J, Tilders FJ, Steinbusch HW, Schipper J. Single cell quantitative immunocytochemistry of cyclic GMP in the superior cervical ganglion of the rat. Brain Res 1987; 411:120-8. [PMID: 2886179 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(87)90688-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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In the superior cervical ganglion of the rat, using a newly developed antiserum against formaldehyde-fixed 3',5'-cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP), cGMP immunoreactivity was observed in the large postganglionic neuronal cell bodies; no cGMP-immunofluorescence was found in nuclei or in satellite cells, glia or fibroblasts. In vitro incubation of ganglia in media with high K+ (up to 100 mM) or carbachol (10(-8)-10(-5) M) showed an increase only in cGMP-immunofluorescence in the large postganglionic cell bodies. The intensity of the immunofluorescence was taken as a measure for cGMP-immunoreactivity and was quantitated using a Leitz MPV-II system. Dose-response curves were constructed for the increase in cGMP-immunofluorescence intensity for K+ and carbachol. The carbachol stimulated cGMP-immunofluorescence intensity was antagonized competitively by atropine, whereas the high K+ stimulated cGMP-immunofluorescence intensity was not. Hexamethonium (10(-6) M) was without effect on the carbachol stimulated cGMP-immunofluorescence intensity. The morphological and pharmacological data indicate that we developed a very specific procedure for quantitative immunocytochemistry of cGMP in tissue sections. This technique makes it possible to use cGMP-immunofluorescence intensity as a postsynaptic parameter in individual cell bodies in heterogeneous tissue.
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The role of cyclic nucleotides in modulating acetylcholine-induced and dopamine-induced responses was examined with cultured neuroblastoma N1E-115 cells by means of intracellular recording techniques. Acetylcholine-induced muscarinic hyperpolarization and muscarinic depolarization were potentiated by bath application of a dibutyryl analog of adenosine 3',5'-phosphate (cyclic AMP) or phosphodiesterase inhibitors, 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine and 4-(3-butoxy-4-methoxybenzyl)-2-imidazolidinone. Dibutyryl cyclic AMP did not affect the resting membrane potential and membrane resistance. Acetylcholine-induced nicotinic depolarization was unaffected by dibutyryl cyclic AMP or phosphodiesterase inhibitors. Intracellular pressure injection of cyclic AMP caused a potentiation of muscarinic hyperpolarization and muscarinic depolarization without marked change in the resting membrane potential. Nicotinic depolarization and dopamine depolarization were not affected by cyclic AMP injection. Among the possible metabolites of cyclic AMP, injection of adenosine potentiated muscarinic hyperpolarization, but did not change nicotinic depolarization and dopamine depolarization. Injection of guanosine 3',5'-phosphate (cyclic GMP) potentiated muscarinic hyperpolarization and muscarinic depolarization without effect on nicotinic depolarization and dopamine depolarization. We conclude that cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP enhance muscarinic responses in neuroblastoma cells. It is suggested that synaptic transmission in the nervous system may be modulated postsynaptically by changes in intracellular cyclic nucleotide levels.
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Ariano MA, Kenny SL. Neurotransmitter receptor autoradiography in immunohistochemically identified neurons. J Neurosci Methods 1985; 15:49-61. [PMID: 2414610 DOI: 10.1016/0165-0270(85)90061-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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A method for the simultaneous visualization of neurotransmitter receptor binding sites and immunohistochemically characterized cells is described using in vitro sections of rat striatum. The striatum provides a rich neurochemical environment in which to examine muscarinic acetylcholine receptor relations to peptide-reactive somata, or to assess the cellular locale of the dopamine receptor linked to adenylate cyclase activation. Different modifications of the procedure are employed to determine the localization pattern of 3H-radioligands with slow or rapid receptor dissociation times. The present technique is compatible for use with any combination of immunohistochemical antibody/radioligand probe that can be studied on fresh-frozen, slide-mounted tissue sections.
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Horwitz J, Perlman RL. Activation of tyrosine hydroxylase in the superior cervical ganglion by nicotinic and muscarinic agonists. J Neurochem 1984; 43:546-52. [PMID: 6145756 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1984.tb00933.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Both dimethylphenylpiperazinium (DMPP), a nicotinic agonist, and bethanechol, a muscarinic agonist, increase 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) synthesis in the superior cervical ganglion of the rat. DMPP causes approximately a fivefold increase in DOPA accumulation in intact ganglia whereas bethanechol causes about a two-fold increase in DOPA accumulation. These effects are additive with each other and with the increase in DOPA accumulation produced by 8-bromo cyclic AMP. The action of DMPP is dependent on extracellular Ca2+ while the actions of bethanechol and 8-bromo cyclic AMP are not dependent on extracellular Ca2+. Cholinergic agonists and cyclic nucleotides produce a stable activation of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) in the ganglion. The activation of TH by nicotinic and muscarinic agonists can be detected after 5 min of incubation of the ganglia with these agents. The nicotinic response disappears after 30 min of incubation, whereas the muscarinic response persists for at least 30 min. The Ca2+ dependence of the TH activation produced by these agents is similar to the Ca2+ dependence of their effects on DOPA accumulation in intact ganglia. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that nicotinic agonists, muscarinic agonists, and cyclic AMP analogues increase TH activity by three distinct mechanisms. The activation of TH presumably underlies the increase in DOPA synthesis produced by these agents.
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Ando M, Miwa M, Nagata Y. Effects of various kinds of stimulation on ornithine decarboxylase activity in superior cervical sympathetic and nodose ganglia of rats. Cell Mol Neurobiol 1984; 4:79-90. [PMID: 6331670 DOI: 10.1007/bf00710944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Levels of cyclic nucleotides and ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity were examined following the application of various kinds of stimuli to superior cervical sympathetic ganglia (SCG), nodose ganglia, and vagus nerve fibers excised from the rat. The level of cyclic GMP in the SCG rose rapidly to about 4.5- to 7.5-fold the unstimulated control with 10 min of incubation after applications of preganglionic electrical stimulation (10 Hz), acetylcholine (ACh; 1 mM), or high extracellular K+ ( [K+]0, 70 mM). The cyclic GMP level in nodose ganglia was increased less than in the SCG by either ACh or high [K+]0 but was not affected by ACh in vagus fibers. Cyclic AMP in the SCG was also increased about 4- to 5.5-fold over the control within 10 min with the addition of ACh, norepinephrine (NE; 0.05 mM), or high [K+]0. Although NE caused a small increase in cyclic AMP, neither ACh nor high [K+]0 produced any appreciable change in nodose ganglia or vagus fibers. The ODC activity in the SCG was increased by preganglionic stimulation of 3- to 4-hr duration but not by a shorter period. A similar change in ODC activity was caused by the addition of oxotremorine (1 mM), isoproterenol (0.1 mM), NE, cyclic AMP (1 mM), or dibutyryl cyclic GMP (1 mM). The effect was exaggerated by the further addition of 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX), a phosphodiesterase inhibitor. The increase in ODC activity caused by ACh was abolished by a muscarinic cholinergic antagonist, atropine (0.01 mM), and following axotomy for a week, but not by a nicotinic antagonist or by denervation in the SCG. A similar increase in ganglionic ODC activity by NE was inhibited by an adrenergic blocker, propranolol (0.01 mM), and following axtotomy for a week, but not by denervation. Cholinergic or adrenergic stimulation did not cause an increase in ODC activity in nodose ganglia or vagus fibers. These results suggest that the stimulation-induced increase in ODC activity occurs in postganglionic neurons rather than in satellite glial cells and is mediated by muscarinic cholinergic or adrenergic receptors. The process appears to involve cyclic nucleotide-mediated protein biosynthesis in the SCG.
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Ariano MA, Tress EL. Co-localization of cyclic GMP in superior cervical ganglion with peptide neurotransmitters. Brain Res 1983; 289:362-5. [PMID: 6198037 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(83)90043-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The immunofluorescent localization of cyclic 3',5'-guanosine monophosphate (cyclic GMP) in rat superior cervical ganglion has been compared to postganglionic neurons having immunoreactivity to neuropeptides. Cyclic GMP-positive somata are equally distributed among cell bodies fluorescent for substance P, somatostatin, and methionine-enkephalin. 40% of the total number of cells stained for each peptide demonstrate co-incident cyclic GMP localization, suggesting a large majority of the neurons employ non-cyclic GMP mechanisms.
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Ariano MA. Distribution of components of the guanosine 3',5'-phosphate system in rat caudate-putamen. Neuroscience 1983; 10:707-23. [PMID: 6139769 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(83)90212-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The cellular distribution of guanylate cyclase (EC 4.6.1.2), guanosine 3',5'-phosphate (cyclic GMP), cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase (EC 2.7.1.38), and cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase (EC 3.1.4.17) have been examined in the rostral rat caudate-putamen complex. Immunofluorescent staining for guanylate cyclase, cyclic GMP, and cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase in fresh frozen caudate-putamen tissues is analogous to the immunoperoxidase localization in perfusion-fixed striatal slices. Homologous immunoreactivity in the cytoplasm and processes of ovoid and rounded neurons, 15-20 microns in diameter can be seen for these three components of the cyclic GMP system. Immunoreactive neurons are uniformly distributed throughout the caudate-putamen complex of all experimental tissue examined. Occasional large neurons, greater than 25 microns in diameter, in the ventral region of the striatum show immunoreactivity. Enzyme histochemical determination of the activities of guanylate cyclase and cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase show the medium-sized neuronal population (15-20 microns) contain hydrolytic activity for these proteins. Large- to medium-sized capillaries demonstrate guanylate cyclase synthetic activity, but the endothelial cells do not exhibit immunohistochemical staining. This suggests that physiological activity of an enzyme cannot be completely discerned through application of immunohistochemical procedures. Additionally, enzymatically detected guanylate cyclase histochemical activity was not uniformly distributed throughout the striatal neuropil. Enzyme histochemical detection of cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase demonstrates homologous cellular staining to guanylate cyclase enzymatic reactivity. The activity of the phosphodiesterase hydrolytic enzyme could be detected evenly distributed throughout the neuropil within cells 15-20 microns in diameter, analogous in cytoarchitecture to immunohistochemically visualized guanylate cyclase, cyclic GMP, and protein kinase elements. Ultrastructural examination of rat caudate-putamen demonstrates that the immunoreactivity for the components of the cyclic GMP system is predominantly distributed within the medium-spiny neuron subtype of this structure. Occasional aspiny neurons demonstrate peroxidase immunoreactivity for the cyclase, cyclic GMP, and the protein kinase, as does the luminal surface of capillary endothelial cells. The subcellular distribution of the antigenic determinants for these three elements and the hydrolytic activity of the phosphodiesterase enzyme show proximity to one another and are confined to the postsynaptic region of asymmetrical, but not symmetrical, terminal boutons. The asymmetrical terminal population of the caudate-putamen is derived from striatal afferents from the neocortex, intralaminar thalamus, and substantia nigra, and to a lesser extent the intrinsic striatal circuitry.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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Brown DA, Dunn PM. Cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate and beta-effects in rat isolated superior cervical ganglia. Br J Pharmacol 1983; 79:441-9. [PMID: 6317111 PMCID: PMC2044889 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1983.tb11017.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Isoprenaline (0.01-1 microM) increased the amount of cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cyclic AMP) in rat isolated superior cervical ganglia by up to 10 times after 10 min application. Cyclic AMP levels returned to control values after 20 min washing. Salbutamol, in concentrations (1-100 microM) that depolarized the ganglion and facilitated submaximal transmission, did not significantly raise ganglionic cyclic AMP levels. The action of isoprenaline was antagonized by butoxamine (apparent KI approximately equal to 0.14 microM) and weakly by practolol (apparent KI approximately equal to 9.1 microM). The effect of 0.1 microM isoprenaline was also inhibited 94% by 100 microM of the adenylate cyclase inhibitor, 9-(tetrahydro-2-furyl)adenine (SQ 22,536). Exogenous dibutyryl cyclic AMP did not replicate the effects of isoprenaline on ganglionic d.c. potentials or submaximal transmission. The phosphodiesterase inhibitors theophylline, isobutylmethylxanthine or 4-(3,4-dibutoxybenzyl)-2-imidazolidinone (Ro 20-1724) did not potentiate these electrical responses to isoprenaline. The adenylate cyclase inhibitor, SQ 22,536, did not inhibit the electrical responses to isoprenaline. It is concluded that available evidence does not support the view that the ganglion depolarization or facilitation of submaximal transmission in rat isolated ganglia produced by isoprenaline are likely to be mediated by cyclic AMP.
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Adenosine cyclic 3',5'-monophosphate and guanosine cyclic 3',5'-monophosphate have differential immunohistochemical distributions within retrogradely-labeled striatonigral neurons of the rat. Adenosine cyclic 3',5'-monophosphate is localized within more than half of the striatonigral projection neurons. It is also within the cytoplasm of other neurons and oligodendroglia. Guanosine cyclic 3'-5'-monophosphate is localized within 80% of the identified striatonigral neurons. These large percentages of cyclic nucleotide immunoreactivity within the striatonigral neurons suggest some of these efferent cells must contain both cyclic nucleotides. The immunofluorescent staining for guanosine cyclic 3',5'-monophosphate is almost identical to that reported for efferent neurotransmitter-containing neurons of the caudate nucleus. However, the large proportion of striatonigral neurons demonstrating guanosine cyclic 3',5'-monophosphate immunoreactivity precludes the association of the cyclic nucleotide with a selective neurotransmitter agent. Adenosine cyclic 3',5'-monophosphate-reactive elements are very different in staining appearance from guanosine cyclic 3',5'-monophosphate and neurotransmitter-identified somata. The number of striatonigral cells exhibiting reaction for this cyclic nucleotide does not eliminate the possibility that adenosine cyclic 3',5'-monophosphate might be preferentially co-localized with a specific neurotransmitter, such as gamma-aminobutyrate, as has been previously suggested through biochemical experimentation.
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Cellular localization of cyclic nucleotide changes in rat superior cervical ganglion. Cell Mol Neurobiol 1982. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00711079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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