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Palma JA. Muscarinic control of cardiovascular function in humans: a review of current clinical evidence. Clin Auton Res 2024; 34:31-44. [PMID: 38305989 PMCID: PMC10994193 DOI: 10.1007/s10286-024-01016-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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PURPOSE To review the available evidence on the impact of muscarinic receptor modulation on cardiovascular control in humans. METHODS In this narrative Review we summarize data on cardiovascular endpoints from clinical trials of novel subtype-selective or quasi-selective muscarinic modulators, mostly PAMs, performed in the last decade. We also review the cardiovascular phenotype in recently described human genetic and autoimmune disorders affecting muscarinic receptors. RESULTS Recent advancements in the development of compounds that selectively target muscarinic acetylcholine receptors are expanding our knowledge about the physiological function of each muscarinic receptor subtype (M1, M2, M3, M4, M5). Among these novel compounds, positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) have emerged as the preferred therapeutic to regulate muscarinic receptor subtype function. Many muscarinic allosteric and orthosteric modulators (including but not limited to xanomeline-trospium and emraclidine) are now in clinical development and approaching regulatory approval for multiple indications, including the treatment of cognitive and psychiatric symptoms in patients with schizophrenia as well as Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. The results of these clinical trials provide an opportunity to understand the influence of muscarinic modulation on cardiovascular autonomic control in humans. While the results and the impact of each of these therapies on heart rate and blood pressure control have been variable, in part because the clinical trials were not specifically designed to measure cardiovascular endpoints, the emerging data is valuable to elucidate the relative cardiovascular contributions of each muscarinic receptor subtype. CONCLUSION Understanding the muscarinic control of cardiovascular function is of paramount importance and may contribute to the development of novel therapeutic strategies for treating cardiovascular disease.
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- Jose-Alberto Palma
- Department of Neurology, NYU Dysautonomia Center, New York University School of Medicine, 530 First Av, Suite 9Q, New York, 10016, USA.
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Harada K, Inoue M. Muscarinic Receptor Stimulation Does Not Inhibit Voltage-dependent Ca 2+ Channels in Rat Adrenal Medullary Chromaffin Cells. Acta Histochem Cytochem 2023; 56:67-75. [PMID: 37680574 PMCID: PMC10480484 DOI: 10.1267/ahc.23-00042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023] Open
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Adrenal medullary chromaffin (AMC) and sympathetic ganglion cells are derived from the neural crest and show a similar developmental path. Thus, these two cell types have many common properties in membrane excitability and signaling. However, AMC cells function as endocrine cells while sympathetic ganglion cells are neurons. In rat sympathetic ganglion cells, muscarinic M1 and M4 receptors mediate excitation and inhibition via suppression of M-type K+ channels and suppression of voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels, respectively. On the other hand, M1 receptor stimulation in rat AMC cells also produces excitation by suppressing TWIK-related acid sensitive K+ (TASK) channels. However, whether M4 receptors are coupled with voltage-dependent Ca2+ channel suppression is unclear. We explore this issue electrophysiologically and biochemically. Electrical stimulation of nerve fibers in rat adrenal glands trans-synaptically increased the Ca2+ signal in AMC cells. This electrically evoked increased Ca2+ signal was not altered during muscarine-induced increase in Ca2+ signal, whereas it decreased significantly during a GABA-induced increase, due to a shunt effect of increased Cl- conductance. The whole-cell current recordings revealed that voltage-dependent Ca2+ currents in AMC cells were suppressed by adenosine triphosphate, but not by muscarinic agonists. The fractionation analysis and immunocytochemistry indicated that CaV1.2 Ca2+ channels and M4 receptors are located in the raft and non-raft membrane domains, respectively. We concluded that muscarinic stimulation in rat AMC cells does not produce voltage-dependent Ca2+ channel inhibition. This lack of muscarinic inhibition is at least partly due to physical separation of voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels and M4 receptors in the plasma membrane.
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- Keita Harada
- Department of Cell and Systems Physiology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health School of Medicine, Kitakyushu 807–8555, Japan
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- Department of Cell and Systems Physiology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health School of Medicine, Kitakyushu 807–8555, Japan
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Wean JB, Smith BN. FGF19 in the Hindbrain Lowers Blood Glucose and Alters Excitability of Vagal Motor Neurons in Hyperglycemic Mice. Endocrinology 2021; 162:6127285. [PMID: 33534906 PMCID: PMC7906449 DOI: 10.1210/endocr/bqab021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Fibroblast growth factor 19 (FGF19) is a protein hormone that produces antidiabetic effects when administered intracerebroventricularly in the forebrain. However, no studies have examined how FGF19 affects hindbrain neurons that participate directly in autonomic control of systemic glucose regulation. Within the dorsal hindbrain, parasympathetic motor neurons of the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus (DMV) express fibroblast growth factor receptors and their activity regulates visceral homeostatic processes, including energy balance. This study tested the hypothesis that FGF19 acts in the hindbrain to alter DMV neuron excitability and lower blood glucose concentration. Fourth ventricle administration of FGF19 produced no effect on blood glucose concentration in control mice, but induced a significant, peripheral muscarinic receptor-dependent decrease in systemic hyperglycemia for up to 12 h in streptozotocin-treated mice, a model of type 1 diabetes. Patch-clamp recordings from DMV neurons in vitro revealed that FGF19 application altered synaptic and intrinsic membrane properties of DMV neurons, with the balance of FGF19 effects being significantly modified by a recent history of systemic hyperglycemia. These findings identify central parasympathetic circuitry as a novel target for FGF19 and suggest that FGF19 acting in the dorsal hindbrain can alter vagal output to produce its beneficial metabolic effects.
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- Jordan B Wean
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
- Department of Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
- Correspondence: Bret N Smith, PhD, Department of Neuroscience, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536-0298.
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Suzuki E, Momiyama T. M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor-mediated inhibition of GABA release from striatal medium spiny neurons onto cholinergic interneurons. Eur J Neurosci 2020; 53:796-813. [PMID: 33270289 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.15074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2019] [Revised: 11/10/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Acetylcholine (ACh) modulates neurotransmitter release in the central nervous system. Although GABAergic transmission onto the striatal cholinergic interneurons (ChIN) is modulated by dopamine receptors, cholinergic modulation of the same synapse is still unknown. In the present study, modulatory roles of ACh in the GABAergic transmission from striatal medium spiny neurons (MSNs) onto ChIN were investigated using optogenetics and whole-cell patch-clamp technique in juvenile and young-adult mice brain slices. GABAA receptor-mediated inhibitory postsynaptic currents (IPSCs) were evoked by focal electrical- or blue-light stimulation. Bath application of carbachol, a muscarinic ACh receptor agonist, suppressed the amplitude of IPSCs in a concentration-dependent manner in both age groups. A choline esterase inhibitor, physostigmine, also suppressed the amplitude of IPSCs. In the presence of a membrane permeable M1 muscarine receptor antagonist, pirenzepine, carbachol-induced suppression of IPSCs was antagonized, whereas a M2 muscarine receptor antagonist, a M4 receptor antagonist, or a membrane impermeable M1 receptor antagonist did not antagonize carbachol-induced suppression of IPSCs. Retrograde cannabinoid cascade via cannabinoid receptor 1 was not involved in carbachol-induced inhibition. Furthermore, carbachol did not affect amplitude of inward currents induced by puff application of GABA, whereas coefficient of variation of IPSCs was significantly increased by carbachol. These results suggest that activation of presynaptic M1 muscarine receptors located on the GABAergic terminals including intracellular organelle of MSNs inhibits GABA release onto ChIN.
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- Etsuko Suzuki
- Department of Pharmacology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Dominguez-Rodriguez M, Drobny H, Boehm S, Salzer I. Electrophysiological Investigation of the Subcellular Fine Tuning of Sympathetic Neurons by Hydrogen Sulfide. Front Pharmacol 2017; 8:522. [PMID: 28824437 PMCID: PMC5543101 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2017] [Accepted: 07/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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H2S is well-known as hypotensive agent, whether it is synthetized endogenously or administered systemically. Moreover, the H2S donor NaHS has been shown to inhibit vasopressor responses triggered by stimulation of preganglionic sympathetic fibers. In contradiction with this latter result, NaHS has been reported to facilitate transmission within sympathetic ganglia. To resolve this inconsistency, H2S and NaHS were applied to primary cultures of dissociated sympathetic ganglia to reveal how this gasotransmitter might act at different subcellular compartments of such neurons. At the somatodendritic region of ganglionic neurons, NaHS raised the frequency, but not the amplitudes, of cholinergic miniature postsynaptic currents via a presynaptic site of action. In addition, the H2S donor as well as H2S itself caused membrane hyperpolarization and decreased action potential firing in response to current injection. Submillimolar NaHS concentrations did not affect currents through Kυ7 channels, but did evoke currents through KATP channels. Similarly to NaHS, the KATP channel activator diazoxide led to hyperpolarization and decreased membrane excitability; the effects of both, NaHS and diazoxide, were prevented by the KATP channel blocker tolbutamide. At postganglionic sympathetic nerve terminals, H2S and NaHS enhanced noradrenaline release due to a direct action at the level of vesicle exocytosis. Taken together, H2S may facilitate transmitter release within sympathetic ganglia and at sympatho-effector junctions, but causes hyperpolarization and reduced membrane excitability in ganglionic neurons. As this latter action was due to KATP channel gating, this channel family is hereby established as another previously unrecognized determinant in the function of sympathetic ganglia.
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- Manuel Dominguez-Rodriguez
- Department of Neurophysiology and Neuropharmacology, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of ViennaVienna, Austria
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- Department of Neurophysiology and Neuropharmacology, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of ViennaVienna, Austria
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- Department of Neurophysiology and Neuropharmacology, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of ViennaVienna, Austria
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- Department of Neurophysiology and Neuropharmacology, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of ViennaVienna, Austria
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Salzer I, Gafar H, Gindl V, Mahlknecht P, Drobny H, Boehm S. Excitation of rat sympathetic neurons via M1 muscarinic receptors independently of Kv7 channels. Pflugers Arch 2014; 466:2289-303. [PMID: 24668449 PMCID: PMC4233321 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-014-1487-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2013] [Revised: 02/13/2014] [Accepted: 02/14/2014] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The slow cholinergic transmission in autonomic ganglia is known to be mediated by an inhibition of Kv7 channels via M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors. However, in the present experiments using primary cultures of rat superior cervical ganglion neurons, the extent of depolarisation caused by the M1 receptor agonist oxotremorine M did not correlate with the extent of Kv7 channel inhibition in the very same neuron. This observation triggered a search for additional mechanisms. As the activation of M1 receptors leads to a boost in protein kinase C (PKC) activity in sympathetic neurons, various PKC enzymes were inhibited by different means. Interference with classical PKC isoforms led to reductions in depolarisations and in noradrenaline release elicited by oxotremorine M, but left the Kv7 channel inhibition by the muscarinic agonist unchanged. M1 receptor-induced depolarisations were also altered when extra- or intracellular Cl− concentrations were changed, as were depolarising responses to γ-aminobutyric acid. Depolarisations and noradrenaline release triggered by oxotremorine M were reduced by the non-selective Cl− channel blockers 4-acetamido-4′-isothiocyanato-stilbene-2,2′-disulfonic acid and niflumic acid. Oxotremorine M induced slowly rising inward currents at negative membrane potentials that were blocked by inhibitors of Ca2+-activated Cl− and TMEM16A channels and attenuated by PKC inhibitors. These channel blockers also reduced oxotremorine M-evoked noradrenaline release. Together, these results reveal that slow cholinergic excitation of sympathetic neurons involves the activation of classical PKCs and of Ca2+-activated Cl− channels in addition to the well-known inhibition of Kv7 channels.
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- Isabella Salzer
- Department of Neurophysiology and Neuropharmacology, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringerstrasse 13a, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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Chandaka GK, Salzer I, Drobny H, Boehm S, Schicker KW. Facilitation of transmitter release from rat sympathetic neurons via presynaptic P2Y(1) receptors. Br J Pharmacol 2012; 164:1522-33. [PMID: 21557728 PMCID: PMC3221105 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01466.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE P2Y(1) , P2Y(2) , P2Y(4) , P2Y(12) and P2Y(13) receptors for nucleotides have been reported to mediate presynaptic inhibition, but unequivocal evidence for facilitatory presynaptic P2Y receptors is not available. The search for such receptors was the purpose of this study. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH In primary cultures of rat superior cervical ganglion neurons and in PC12 cell cultures, currents were recorded via the perforated patch clamp technique, and the release of [(3) H]-noradrenaline was determined. KEY RESULTS ADP, 2-methylthio-ATP and ATP enhanced stimulation-evoked (3) H overflow from superior cervical ganglion neurons, treated with pertussis toxin to prevent the signalling of inhibitory G proteins. This effect was abolished by P2Y(1) antagonists and by inhibition of phospholipase C, but not by inhibition of protein kinase C or depletion of intracellular Ca(2+) stores. ADP and a specific P2Y(1) agonist caused inhibition of Kv7 channels, and this was prevented by a respective antagonist. In neurons not treated with pertussis toxin, (3) H overflow was also enhanced by a specific P2Y(1) agonist and by ADP, but only when the P2Y(12) receptors were blocked. ADP also enhanced K(+) -evoked (3) H overflow from PC12 cells treated with pertussis toxin, but only in a clone expressing recombinant P2Y(1) receptors. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS These results demonstrate that presynaptic P2Y(1) receptors mediate facilitation of transmitter release from sympathetic neurons most likely through inhibition of Kv7 channels.
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- Giri K Chandaka
- Department of Neurophysiology and Pharmacology, Center of Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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KCNQ4 K+ channels tune mechanoreceptors for normal touch sensation in mouse and man. Nat Neurosci 2011; 15:138-45. [DOI: 10.1038/nn.2985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2011] [Accepted: 10/11/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Klinger F, Gould G, Boehm S, Shapiro MS. Distribution of M-channel subunits KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 in rat hippocampus. Neuroimage 2011; 58:761-9. [PMID: 21787867 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2011] [Revised: 06/17/2011] [Accepted: 07/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Neuronal M-channels are low threshold, slowly activating and non-inactivating, voltage dependent K(+) channels that play a crucial role in controlling neuronal excitability. The native M-channel is composed of heteromeric or homomeric assemblies of subunits belonging to the Kv7/KCNQ family, with KCNQ2/3 heteromers being the most abundant form. KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 subunits have been found to be expressed in various neurons in the central and peripheral nervous system of rodents and humans. Previous evidence shows preferential localization of both subunits to axon initial segments, somata and nodes of Ranvier. In this work, we show the distribution and co-localization of KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 subunits throughout the hippocampal formation, via immunostaining experiments on unfixed rat brain slices and confocal microscopy. We find intense localization and colocalization to the axonal initial segment in several regions of the hippocampus, as well as staining for non-neuronal cells in the area of the lateral ventricle. We did not observe colocalization of KCNQ2 or KCNQ3 with the presynaptic protein, synaptophysin.
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- Felicia Klinger
- Department of Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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Lechner SG, Boehm S. Regulation of neuronal ion channels via P2Y receptors. Purinergic Signal 2011; 1:31-41. [PMID: 18404398 PMCID: PMC2096562 DOI: 10.1007/s11302-004-4746-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2004] [Revised: 10/11/2004] [Accepted: 10/12/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Within the last 15 years, at least 8 different G protein-coupled P2Y receptors have been characterized. These mediate slow metabotropic effects of nucleotides in neurons as well as non-neural cells, as opposed to the fast ionotropic effects which are mediated by P2X receptors. One class of effector systems regulated by various G protein-coupled receptors are voltage-gated and ligand-gated ion channels. This review summarizes the current knowledge about the modulation of such neuronal ion channels via P2Y receptors. The regulated proteins include voltage-gated Ca2+ and K+ channels, as well as N-methyl-d-aspartate, vanilloid, and P2X receptors, and the regulating entities include most of the known P2Y receptor subtypes. The functional consequences of the modulation of ion channels by nucleotides acting at pre- or postsynaptic P2Y receptors are changes in the strength of synaptic transmission. Accordingly, ATP and related nucleotides may act not only as fast transmitters (via P2X receptors) in the nervous system, but also as neuromodulators (via P2Y receptors). Hence, nucleotides are as universal transmitters as, for instance, acetylcholine, glutamate, or γ-aminobutyric acid.
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- Stefan G Lechner
- Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Zaika O, Zhang J, Shapiro MS. Functional role of M-type (KCNQ) K⁺ channels in adrenergic control of cardiomyocyte contraction rate by sympathetic neurons. J Physiol 2011; 589:2559-68. [PMID: 21486761 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.204768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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M-type (KCNQ) K⁺ channels are known to regulate excitability and firing properties of sympathetic neurons (SNs), but their role in regulating neurotransmitter release is unclear, requiring further study. We sought to use a physiological preparation in which SNs innervate primary cardiomyocytes to evaluate the direct role of M-channels in the release of noradrenaline (NA) from SNs. Co-cultures of rat SNs and mouse cardiomyocytes were prepared, and the contraction rate (CR) of the cardiomyocyte syncytium monitored by video microscopy. We excited the SNs with nicotine, acting on nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, and monitored the increase in CR in the presence or absence of the specific M-channel opener retigabine, or agonists of bradykinin B2 or purinergic P2Y receptors on the SNs. The maximal adrenergic effect on the CR was determined by application of isoproterenol (isoprenaline). To isolate the actions of B2 or P2Y receptor stimulation to the neurons, we prepared cardiomyocytes from B2 receptor or P2Y2 receptor knock-out mice, respectively. We found that co-application of retigabine strongly decreased the nicotine-induced increase in CR. Conversely, co-application of bradykinin or the P2Y-receptor agonist UTP augmented the nicotine-induced increase in CR to about half of the level produced by isoproterenol. All effects on the CR were wholly blocked by propranolol. Our data support the role of M-type K⁺ channels in the control of NA release by SNs at functional adrenergic synapses on cardiomyocytes.We conclude that physiological receptor agonists control the heart rate via the regulation of M-current in SNs.
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- Oleg Zaika
- Department of Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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Takahashi Y, Kaba H. Muscarinic receptor type 1 (M1) stimulation, probably through KCNQ/Kv7 channel closure, increases spontaneous GABA release at the dendrodendritic synapse in the mouse accessory olfactory bulb. Brain Res 2010; 1339:26-40. [PMID: 20385108 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.03.104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2010] [Revised: 03/28/2010] [Accepted: 03/30/2010] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Cholinergic modulation of spontaneous GABAergic currents (mIPSC) was studied using whole-cell patch methods in mouse accessory olfactory bulb slices. Carbachol (above 100 microM) administration produced an increase in the mIPSC frequency in mitral cells, but did not affect the responses of mitral cells to GABA. The carbachol effect persisted in the presence of combined ionotropic and metabotropic glutamatergic receptor antagonists. The carbachol effect was reduced by the muscarinic receptor type-1 and -4 (M1 and M4) antagonist pirenzepine (10 microM), but not by the M2 and M4 antagonist himbacine (10 microM). The KCNQ/Kv7 potassium channel openers retigabine (80 microM) and diclofenac (300 microM) blocked the carbachol action, while the KCNQ potassium channel blocker XE-911 (20 microM) increased the mIPSC frequency. XE-911's action persisted in the presence of glutamate receptor blockers. In the presence of carbachol, mIPSCs were abolished by Ni (200 microM), while being insensitive to the calcium channel blocker nimodipine (30 microM), suggesting a role for R-type calcium channels in the GABA release. These results suggest that carbachol closed KCNQ channels by stimulating M1 receptors on granule cell dendrites, and the resulting depolarized and unstable membrane promoted calcium influx, thus increasing the GABA release. The possible role of acetylcholine in facilitating formation of a pheromone memory in mice is also discussed.
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- Yoshito Takahashi
- Department of Physiology, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan.
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Rivera-Arconada I, Roza C, Lopez-Garcia JA. Enhancing m currents: a way out for neuropathic pain? Front Mol Neurosci 2009; 2:10. [PMID: 19680469 PMCID: PMC2726036 DOI: 10.3389/neuro.02.010.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2009] [Accepted: 07/23/2009] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Almost three decades ago, the M current was identified and characterized in frog sympathetic neurons (Brown and Adams, 1980). The years following this discovery have seen a huge progress in the understanding of the function and the pharmacology of this current as well as on the structure of the underlying ion channels. Therapies for a number of syndromes involving abnormal levels of excitability in neurons are benefiting from research on M currents. At present, the potential of M current openers as analgesics for neuropathic pain is under discussion. Here we offer a critical view of existing data on the involvement of M currents in pain processing. We believe that enhancement of M currents at the site of injury may become a powerful strategy to alleviate pain in some peripheral neuropathies.
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- Ivan Rivera-Arconada
- Departamento de Fisiología, Edificio de Medicina, Universidad de Alcala Madrid, Spain
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Kubista H, Kosenburger K, Mahlknecht P, Drobny H, Boehm S. Inhibition of transmitter release from rat sympathetic neurons via presynaptic M(1) muscarinic acetylcholine receptors. Br J Pharmacol 2009; 156:1342-52. [PMID: 19309359 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00136.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE M(2), M(3) and/or M(4) muscarinic acetylcholine receptors have been reported to mediate presynaptic inhibition in sympathetic neurons. M(1) receptors mediate an inhibition of K(v)7, Ca(V)1 and Ca(V)2.2 channels. These effects cause increases and decreases in transmitter release, respectively, but presynaptic M(1) receptors are generally considered facilitatory. Here, we searched for inhibitory presynaptic M(1) receptors. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH In primary cultures of rat superior cervical ganglion neurons, Ca(2+) currents were recorded via the perforated patch-clamp technique, and the release of [(3)H]-noradrenaline was determined. KEY RESULTS The muscarinic agonist oxotremorine M (OxoM) transiently enhanced (3)H outflow and reduced electrically evoked release, once the stimulant effect had faded. The stimulant effect was enhanced by pertussis toxin (PTX) and was abolished by blocking M(1) receptors, by opening K(v)7 channels and by preventing action potential propagation. The inhibitory effect was not altered by preventing action potentials or by opening K(v)7 channels, but was reduced by PTX and omega-conotoxin GVIA. The inhibition remaining after PTX treatment was abolished by blockage of M(1) receptors or inhibition of phospholipase C. When [(3)H]-noradrenaline release was triggered independently of voltage-activated Ca(2+) channels (VACCs), OxoM failed to cause any inhibition. The inhibition of Ca(2+) currents by OxoM was also reduced by omega-conotoxin and PTX and was abolished by M(1) antagonism in PTX-treated neurons. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS These results demonstrate that M(1), in addition to M(2), M(3) and M(4), receptors mediate presynaptic inhibition in sympathetic neurons using phospholipase C to close VACCs.
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- H Kubista
- Centre of Biomolecular Medicine and Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Thomas RL, Mistry R, Langmead CJ, Wood MD, Challiss RAJ. G protein coupling and signaling pathway activation by m1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor orthosteric and allosteric agonists. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2008; 327:365-74. [PMID: 18664591 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.108.141788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The M(1) muscarinic acetylcholine (mACh) receptor is among a growing number of G protein-coupled receptors that are able to activate multiple signaling cascades. AC-42 (4-n-butyl-1-[4-(2-methylphenyl)-4-oxo-1-butyl] piperidine) is an allosteric agonist that can selectively activate the M(1) mACh receptor in the absence of an orthosteric ligand. Allosteric agonists have the potential to stabilize unique receptor conformations, which may in turn cause differential activation of signal transduction pathways. In the present study, we have investigated the signaling pathways activated by AC-42, its analog 77-LH-28-1 (1-[3-(4-butyl-1-piperidinyl)propyl]-3,4-dihydro-2(1H)-quinolinone), and a range of orthosteric muscarinic agonists [oxotremorine-M (oxo-M), arecoline, and pilocarpine] in Chinese hamster ovary cells recombinantly expressing the human M(1) mACh receptor. Each agonist was able to activate Galpha(q/11)-dependent signaling, as demonstrated by an increase in guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) ([(35)S]GTPgammaS) binding to Galpha(q/11) proteins and total [(3)H]inositol phosphate accumulation assays in intact cells. All three orthosteric agonists caused significant enhancements in [(35)S]GTPgammaS binding to Galpha(i1/2) subunits over basal; however, neither allosteric ligand produced a significant response. In contrast, both orthosteric and allosteric agonists are able to couple to the Galpha(s)/cAMP pathway, enhancing forskolin-stimulated cAMP accumulation. These data provide support for the concept that allosteric and orthosteric mACh receptor agonists both stabilize receptor conformations associated with Galpha(q/11)- and Galpha(s)-dependent signaling; however, AC-42 and 77-LH-28-1, unlike oxo-M, arecoline, and pilocarpine, do not seem to promote M(1) mACh receptor-Galpha(i1/2) coupling, suggesting that allosteric agonists have the potential to activate distinct subsets of downstream effectors.
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- Rachel L Thomas
- Department of Cell Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Leicester, Room 4/04, Henry Wellcome Building, Lancaster Road, Leicester LE19HN, UK
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Doczi MA, Morielli AD, Damon DH. Kv1.3 channels in postganglionic sympathetic neurons: expression, function, and modulation. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2008; 295:R733-40. [PMID: 18614767 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00077.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Kv1.3 channels are known to modulate many aspects of neuronal function. We tested the hypothesis that Kv1.3 modulates the function of postganglionic sympathetic neurons. RT-PCR, immunoblot, and immunohistochemical analyses indicated that Kv1.3 channels were expressed in these neurons. Immunohistochemical analyses indicated that Kv1.3 protein was localized to neuronal cell bodies, processes, and nerve fibers at sympathetic neurovascular junctions. Margatoxin (MgTX), a specific inhibitor of Kv1.3, was used to assess the function of the channel. Electrophysiological analyses indicated that MgTX significantly reduced outward currents [P < 0.05; n = 18 (control) and 15 (MgTX)], depolarized resting membrane potential, and decreased the latency to action potential firing [P < 0.05; n = 11 (control) and 13 (MgTX)]. The primary physiological input to postganglionic sympathetic neurons is ACh, which activates nicotinic and muscarinic ACh receptors. MgTX modulated nicotinic ACh receptor agonist-induced norepinephrine release (P < 0.05; n >or= 6), and MgTX-sensitive current was suppressed upon activation of muscarinic ACh receptors with bethanechol (P < 0.05; n = 12). These data indicate that Kv1.3 affects the function of postganglionic sympathetic neurons, which suggests that Kv1.3 influences sympathetic control of cardiovascular function. Our data also indicate that modulation of Kv1.3 is likely to affect sympathetic control of cardiovascular function.
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- Megan A Doczi
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA
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Hernandez CC, Zaika O, Tolstykh GP, Shapiro MS. Regulation of neural KCNQ channels: signalling pathways, structural motifs and functional implications. J Physiol 2008; 586:1811-21. [PMID: 18238808 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.148304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Neural M-type (KCNQ/Kv7) K(+) channels control somatic excitability, bursting and neurotransmitter release throughout the nervous system. Their activity is regulated by multiple signalling pathways. In superior cervical ganglion sympathetic neurons, muscarinic M(1), angiotensin II AT(1), bradykinin B(2) and purinergic P2Y agonists suppress M current (I(M)). Probes of PLC activity show agonists of all four receptors to induce robust PIP(2) hydrolysis. We have grouped these receptors into two related modes of action. One mode involves depletion of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP(2)) in the membrane, whose interaction with the channels is thought necessary for their function. The other involves IP(3)-mediated intracellular Ca(2+) signals that stimulate PIP(2) synthesis, preventing its depletion, and suppress I(M) via calmodulin. Carbon-fibre amperometry can evaluate the effect of M channel activity on release of neurotransmitter. Consistent with the dominant role of M current in control of neuronal discharge, M channel openers, or blockers, reduced or augmented the evoked release of noradrenaline neurotransmitter from superior cervical ganglion (SCG) neurons, respectively. We seek to localize the subdomains on the channels critical to their regulation by PIP(2). Based on single-channel recordings from chimeras between high-PIP(2) affinity KCNQ3 and low-PIP(2) affinity KCNQ4 channels, we focus on a 57-residue domain within the carboxy-terminus that is a possible PIP(2) binding site. Homology modelling of this domain using the published structure of IRK1 channels as a template predicts a structure very similar to an analogous region in IRK1 channels, and shows a cluster of basic residues in the KCNQ2 domain to correspond to those implicated in PIP(2) regulation of Kir channels. We discuss some important issues dealing with these topics.
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- Ciria C Hernandez
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Department of Physiology, MS 7756, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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Hansen HH, Waroux O, Seutin V, Jentsch TJ, Aznar S, Mikkelsen JD. Kv7 channels: interaction with dopaminergic and serotonergic neurotransmission in the CNS. J Physiol 2008; 586:1823-32. [PMID: 18174210 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.149450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Neuronal Kv7 channels (also termed KCNQ channels) are the molecular correlate of the M-current. The Kv7 channels activate at rather negative membrane potentials (< or = 60 mV), thereby 'fine-tuning' the resting membrane potential. The Kv7 channels are widely expressed in the brain with the Kv7.2, Kv7.3 and Kv7.5 channels being the most abundant. The Kv7.4 subunit has the most restricted brain regional expression being present in discrete nuclei of brainstem only. Kv7 channels are expressed at different subcellular locations, being on both somatodendritic, axonal and terminal sites. This complex subcellular distribution of Kv7 channels enables them to participate in both pre- and postsynaptic modulation of basal and stimulated excitatory neurotransmission. Activation of neuronal Kv7 channels limits repetitive firing thereby potentially limiting the generation of long bursts, with subsequent inhibition of monoaminergic neurotransmitter release. In this review, we focus on the influence of Kv7 channels on dopaminergic and serotonergic neurotransmission. The data suggest a novel action of Kv7 channel openers which could translate into having therapeutic value in the treatment of disease states characterized by overactivity of dopaminergic (e.g. schizophrenia and drug abuse) and serotonergic neurotransmission (e.g. anxiety).
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- Henrik H Hansen
- Department of Translational Neurobiology, NeuroSearch A/S, Pederstrupvej 93, DK-2750 Ballerup, Denmark.
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The release of transmitters through vesicle exocytosis from nerve terminals is not constant but is subject to modulation by various mechanisms, including prior activity at the synapse and the presence of neurotransmitters or neuromodulators in the synapse. Instantaneous responses of postsynaptic cells to released transmitters are mediated by ionotropic receptors. In contrast to metabotropic receptors, ionotropic receptors mediate the actions of agonists in a transient manner within milliseconds to seconds. Nevertheless, transmitters can control vesicle exocytosis not only via slowly acting metabotropic, but also via fast acting ionotropic receptors located at the presynaptic nerve terminals. In fact, members of the following subfamilies of ionotropic receptors have been found to control transmitter release: ATP P2X, nicotinic acetylcholine, GABA(A), ionotropic glutamate, glycine, 5-HT(3), andvanilloid receptors. As these receptors display greatly diverging structural and functional features, a variety of different mechanisms are involved in the regulation of transmitter release via presynaptic ionotropic receptors. This text gives an overview of presynaptic ionotropic receptors and briefly summarizes the events involved in transmitter release to finally delineate the most important signaling mechanisms that mediate the effects of presynaptic ionotropic receptor activation. Finally, a few examples are presented to exemplify the physiological and pharmacological relevance of presynaptic ionotropic receptors.
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- M M Dorostkar
- Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Graz, Universitäts-platz 4, Graz, Austria
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Kubista H, Mafra RA, Chong Y, Nicholson GM, Beirão PSL, Cruz JS, Boehm S, Nentwig W, Kuhn-Nentwig L. CSTX-1, a toxin from the venom of the hunting spider Cupiennius salei, is a selective blocker of L-type calcium channels in mammalian neurons. Neuropharmacology 2007; 52:1650-62. [PMID: 17517422 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2007.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2006] [Revised: 02/28/2007] [Accepted: 03/21/2007] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The inhibitor cystine-knot motif identified in the structure of CSTX-1 from Cupiennius salei venom suggests that this toxin may act as a blocker of ion channels. Whole-cell patch-clamp experiments performed on cockroach neurons revealed that CSTX-1 produced a slow voltage-independent block of both mid/low- (M-LVA) and high-voltage-activated (HVA) insect Ca(v) channels. Since C. salei venom affects both insect as well as rodent species, we investigated whether Ca(v) channel currents of rat neurons are also inhibited by CSTX-1. CSTX-1 blocked rat neuronal L-type, but no other types of HVA Ca(v) channels, and failed to modulate LVA Ca(v) channel currents. Using neuroendocrine GH3 and GH4 cells, CSTX-1 produced a rapid voltage-independent block of L-type Ca(v) channel currents. The concentration-response curve was biphasic in GH4 neurons and the subnanomolar IC(50) values were at least 1000-fold lower than in GH3 cells. L-type Ca(v) channel currents of skeletal muscle myoballs and other voltage-gated ion currents of rat neurons, such as I(Na(v)) or I(K(v)) were not affected by CSTX-1. The high potency and selectivity of CSTX-1 for a subset of L-type channels in mammalian neurons may enable the toxin to be used as a molecular tool for the investigation of this family of Ca(v) channels.
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- Helmut Kubista
- Center for Biomolecular Medicine and Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringerstrasse 13a, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
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Acosta E, Mendoza V, Castro E, Cruzblanca H. Modulation of a delayed-rectifier K+ current by angiotensin II in rat sympathetic neurons. J Neurophysiol 2007; 98:79-85. [PMID: 17493917 DOI: 10.1152/jn.01103.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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It is well known that angiotensin II (Angio II) mimics most of the muscarinic-mediated excitatory actions of acetylcholine on superior cervical ganglion neurons. For instance, in addition to depolarization and stimulation of norepinephrine release, muscarinic agonists and Angio II modulate the M-type K(+) current and the N-type Ca(2+) current. We recently found that muscarinic receptors modulate the delayed rectifier current I(KV) as well. Therefore a whole cell patch-clamp experiment was carried out in rat cultured sympathetic neurons to assess whether Angio II modulates I(KV). We found that Angio II increased I(KV) by about 30% with a time constant of approximately 30 s. In comparison, inhibition of M-current was faster (tau approximately 8 s) and stronger ( approximately 61%). Modulation of I(KV) was disrupted by the AT(1) receptor-antagonist losartan but not by the AT(2)-antagonist PD123319. I(KV) enhancement was reduced by the G-protein inhibitor GDP-beta-S, whereas current modulation remained unaltered after cell treatment with pertussis toxin. The peptidergic modulation of I(KV) was severely disrupted when internal ATP was replaced by its nonhydrolyzable analogue AMP-PNP. Angio II enhanced I(KV) and further reduced the stimulatory action of a muscarinic agonist on I(KV). Likewise, the muscarinc agonist enhanced I(KV) and occluded the effect of Angio II on I(KV). We have also found that the protein kinase C activator PMA enhanced I(KV), thereby mimicking and further attenuating the action of Angio II on I(KV). These results suggest that AT(1) receptors by coupling to pertussis toxin-insensitive G proteins, stimulate an ATP-dependent and PKC-mediated pathway to modulate I(KV).
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- Eduardo Acosta
- Centro Universitario de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Colima, Av 25 de Julio 965, Col Villas San Sebastián, Colima, Colima, Mexico
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Shcherbakova OG, Hurt CM, Xiang Y, Dell'Acqua ML, Zhang Q, Tsien RW, Kobilka BK. Organization of beta-adrenoceptor signaling compartments by sympathetic innervation of cardiac myocytes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 176:521-33. [PMID: 17296797 PMCID: PMC2063986 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200604167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The sympathetic nervous system regulates cardiac function through the activation of adrenergic receptors (ARs). β1 and β2ARs are the primary sympathetic receptors in the heart and play different roles in regulating cardiac contractile function and remodeling in response to injury. In this study, we examine the targeting and trafficking of β1 and β2ARs at cardiac sympathetic synapses in vitro. Sympathetic neurons form functional synapses with neonatal cardiac myocytes in culture. The myocyte membrane develops into specialized zones that surround contacting axons and contain accumulations of the scaffold proteins SAP97 and AKAP79/150 but are deficient in caveolin-3. The β1ARs are enriched within these zones, whereas β2ARs are excluded from them after stimulation of neuronal activity. The results indicate that specialized signaling domains are organized in cardiac myocytes at sites of contact with sympathetic neurons and that these domains are likely to play a role in the subtype-specific regulation of cardiac function by β1 and β2ARs in vivo.
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MESH Headings
- A Kinase Anchor Proteins
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/metabolism
- Animals
- Caveolin 3/metabolism
- Cell Compartmentation
- Cells, Cultured
- Coculture Techniques
- Discs Large Homolog 1 Protein
- Guanylate Kinases
- Heart/innervation
- Heart/physiology
- Membrane Microdomains/metabolism
- Membrane Microdomains/ultrastructure
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism
- Mice
- Myocardium/metabolism
- Myocardium/ultrastructure
- Myocytes, Cardiac/metabolism
- Myocytes, Cardiac/ultrastructure
- Neuromuscular Junction/metabolism
- Neuromuscular Junction/ultrastructure
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta/drug effects
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta/metabolism
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1/drug effects
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1/metabolism
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2/drug effects
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2/metabolism
- Signal Transduction/physiology
- Sympathetic Fibers, Postganglionic/metabolism
- Sympathetic Fibers, Postganglionic/ultrastructure
- Synaptic Membranes/metabolism
- Synaptic Membranes/ultrastructure
- Synaptic Transmission/physiology
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- Olga G Shcherbakova
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 95305, USA
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Martire M, D'Amico M, Panza E, Miceli F, Viggiano D, Lavergata F, Iannotti FA, Barrese V, Preziosi P, Annunziato L, Taglialatela M. Involvement of KCNQ2 subunits in [3H]dopamine release triggered by depolarization and pre-synaptic muscarinic receptor activation from rat striatal synaptosomes. J Neurochem 2007; 102:179-93. [PMID: 17437547 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.04562.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 subunits encode for the muscarinic-regulated current (I(KM)), a sub-threshold voltage-dependent K+ current regulating neuronal excitability. In this study, we have investigated the involvement of I(KM) in dopamine (DA) release from rat striatal synaptosomes evoked by elevated extracellular K+ concentrations ([K+]e) and by muscarinic receptor activation. [3H]dopamine ([3H]DA) release triggered by 9 mmol/L [K+]e was inhibited by the I(KM) activator retigabine (0.01-30 micromol/L; Emax = 54.80 +/- 3.85%; IC50 = 0.50 +/- 0.36 micromol/L). The I(KM) blockers tetraethylammonium (0.1-3 mmol/L) and XE-991 (0.1-30 micromol/L) enhanced K+-evoked [3H]DA release and prevented retigabine-induced inhibition of depolarization-evoked [3H]DA release. Retigabine-induced inhibition of K+-evoked [3H]DA release was also abolished by synaptosomal entrapment of blocking anti-KCNQ2 polyclonal antibodies, an effect prevented by antibody pre-absorption with the KCNQ2 immunizing peptide. Furthermore, the cholinergic agonist oxotremorine (OXO) (1-300 micromol/L) potentiated 9 mmol/L [K+]e-evoked [3H]DA release (Emax = 155 +/- 9.50%; EC50 = 25 +/- 1.80 micromol/L). OXO (100 micromol/L)-induced [3H]DA release enhancement was competitively inhibited by pirenzepine (1-10 nmol/L) and abolished by the M3-preferring antagonist 4-diphenylacetoxy N-methylpiperidine methiodide (1 micromol/L), but was unaffected by the M1-selective antagonist MT-7 (10-100 nmol/L) or by Pertussis toxin (1.5-3 microg/mL), which uncouples M2- and M4-mediated responses. Finally, OXO-induced potentiation of depolarization-induced [3H]DA release was not additive to that produced by XE-991 (10 micromol/L), was unaffected by retigabine (10 micromol/L), and was abolished by synaptosomal entrapment of anti-KCNQ2 antibodies. Collectively, these findings indicate that, in rat striatal nerve endings, I(KM) channels containing KCNQ2 subunits regulate depolarization-induced DA release and that I(KM) suppression is involved in the reinforcement of depolarization-induced DA release triggered by the activation of pre-synaptic muscarinic heteroreceptors.
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- Maria Martire
- Institute of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of S. Heart, Rome, Italy
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Kubista H, Boehm S. Molecular mechanisms underlying the modulation of exocytotic noradrenaline release via presynaptic receptors. Pharmacol Ther 2006; 112:213-42. [PMID: 16730801 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2006.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2006] [Accepted: 04/10/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The release of noradrenaline from nerve terminals is modulated by a variety of presynaptic receptors. These receptors belong to one of the following three receptor superfamilies: transmitter-gated ion channels, G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR), and membrane receptors with intracellular enzymatic activities. For representatives of each of these three superfamilies, receptor activation has been reported to cause either an enhancement or a reduction of noradrenaline release. As these receptor classes display greatly diverging structures and functions, a multitude of different molecular mechanisms are involved in the regulation of noradrenaline release via presynaptic receptors. This review gives a short overview of the presynaptic receptors on noradrenergic nerve terminals and summarizes the events involved in vesicle exocytosis in order to finally delineate the most important signaling cascades that mediate the modulation via presynaptic receptors. In addition, the interactions between the various presynaptic receptors are described and the underlying molecular mechanisms are elucidated. Together, these presynaptic signaling mechanisms form a sophisticated network that precisely adapts the amount of noradrenaline being released to a given situation.
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- Helmut Kubista
- Institute of Pharmacology, Centre of Biomolecular Medicine and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Strasse 13a, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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Hussl S, Boehm S. Functions of neuronal P2Y receptors. Pflugers Arch 2006; 452:538-51. [PMID: 16691392 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-006-0063-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2006] [Accepted: 03/06/2006] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Within the last 15 years, at least eight different G protein-coupled nucleotide receptors, i.e., P2Y receptors, have been characterized by molecular means. While ionotropic P2X receptors are mainly involved in fast synaptic neurotransmission, P2Y receptors rather mediate slower neuromodulatory effects. This P2Y receptor-dependent neuromodulation relies on changes in synaptic transmission via either pre- or postsynaptic sites of action. At both sites, the regulation of voltage-gated or transmitter-gated ion channels via G protein-linked signaling cascades has been identified as the predominant underlying mechanisms. In addition, neuronal P2Y receptors have been found to be involved in neurotoxic and neurotrophic effects of extracellular adenosine 5-triphosphate. This review provides an overview of the most prominent actions mediated by neuronal P2Y receptors and describes the signaling cascades involved.
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- Simon Hussl
- Center of Biomolecular Medicine and Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringerstrasse 13a, Vienna, 1090, Austria
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Ghatpande AS, Sivaraaman K, Vijayaraghavan S. Store calcium mediates cholinergic effects on mIPSCs in the rat main olfactory bulb. J Neurophysiol 2005; 95:1345-55. [PMID: 16319214 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00757.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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 significance of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) store calcium in modulating transmitter release is slowly gaining recognition. One transmitter system that might play an important role in store calcium modulation of transmitter release in the CNS is acetylcholine (ACh). The main olfactory bulb (OB) receives rich cholinergic innervation from the horizontal limb of the diagonal band of Broca and blocking cholinergic signaling in the bulb inhibits the ability of animals to discriminate between closely related odors. Here we show that exposing OB slices to carbamylcholine (CCh), a hydrolysis-resistant analog of Ach, increases gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) release at dendrodendritic synapses onto the mitral cells. This increase in transmitter release is mediated by the activation of the M1 class of muscarinic receptors and requires the mobilization of calcium from the ER. The site of action of CCh for this effect is developmentally regulated. In animals younger than postnatal day 10, the major action of CCh appears to be on mitral cells, enhancing GABA release by reciprocal signaling resulting from increased glutamate release from mitral cells. In animals older than postnatal day 10, CCh appears to modulate transmitter release from dendrites of the interneurons themselves. Our results point to modulation of inhibition as an important role for cholinergic signaling in the OB. Our data also strengthen the emerging idea of a role for store calcium in modulating transmitter release at CNS synapses.
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- Ambarish S Ghatpande
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, UCHSC at Fitzsimons, Mail Stop 8307, PO Box 6511, Aurora CO 80045, USA
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Bertram D, Oréa V, Chapuis B, Barrès C, Julien C. Differential responses of frequency components of renal sympathetic nerve activity to arterial pressure changes in conscious rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2005; 289:R1074-82. [PMID: 15932970 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00270.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The present study examined the effects of baroreceptor loading and unloading on the various rhythms present in the renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) of 10 conscious rats. Short-lasting (4–5 min), steady-state decreases (from −10 to −40 mmHg) and increases (from 5 to 30 mmHg) in arterial pressure (AP) were induced by the intravenous infusion of sodium nitroprusside and phenylephrine, respectively. The relationship between changes in AP level and RSNA total power (fast Fourier transform analysis; 0–25 Hz) was characterized by an inverse sigmoid function. Basal AP was located 6.3 mmHg above AP at the midrange of the curve, that is, near the lower plateau. Sigmoid relationships were also observed for spectral powers in the low (LF, 0.030–0.244 Hz), respiratory (0.79–2.5 Hz) and high-frequency (HF, 2.5–25 Hz) bands. In contrast, in the MF band (0.27–0.76 Hz) containing oscillations associated with Mayer waves, the AP-RSNA power relationship showed a bell curve shape with a maximum at 21 mmHg below basal AP. Similarly, changes in RSNA power at the frequency of the heart beat were well characterized by a bell curve reaching a maximum at 22 mmHg below basal AP. Under baseline conditions, LF, MF, respiratory and HF powers contributed ∼3, 10, 18, and 69% of the total RSNA power, respectively. The pulse-synchronous oscillation of RSNA accounted for only 11 ± 1% of HF power. The contribution of HF power to total power did not change consistently with AP changes. Therefore, most of the baroreflex-induced changes in RSNA are mediated by changes in the amplitude of fast, irregular fluctuations.
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- Delphine Bertram
- Département de Physiologie et Pharmacologie Clinique, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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Edelbauer H, Lechner SG, Mayer M, Scholze T, Boehm S. Presynaptic inhibition of transmitter release from rat sympathetic neurons by bradykinin. J Neurochem 2005; 93:1110-21. [PMID: 15934932 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2005.03084.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bradykinin is known to stimulate neurons in rat sympathetic ganglia and to enhance transmitter release from their axons by interfering with the autoinhibitory feedback, actions that involve protein kinase C. Here, bradykinin caused a transient increase in the release of previously incorporated [3H] noradrenaline from primary cultures of dissociated rat sympathetic neurons. When this effect was abolished by tetrodotoxin, bradykinin caused an inhibition of tritium overflow triggered by depolarizing K+ concentrations. This inhibition was additive to that caused by the alpha2-adrenergic agonist UK 14304, desensitized within 12 min, was insensitive to pertussis toxin, and was enhanced when protein kinase C was inactivated. The effect was half maximal at 4 nm and antagonized competitively by the B2 receptor antagonist Hoe 140. The cyclooxygenase inhibitor indomethacin and the angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor captopril did not alter the inhibition by bradykinin. The M-type K+ channel opener retigabine attenuated the secretagogue action of bradykinin, but left its inhibitory action unaltered. In whole-cell patch-clamp recordings, bradykinin reduced voltage-activated Ca2+ currents in a pertussis toxin-insensitive manner, and this action was additive to the inhibition by UK 14304. These results demonstrate that bradykinin inhibits noradrenaline release from rat sympathetic neurons via presynaptic B2 receptors. This effect does not involve cyclooxygenase products, M-type K+ channels, or protein kinase C, but rather an inhibition of voltage-gated Ca2+ channels.
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- Hannah Edelbauer
- Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Lechner SG, Dorostkar MM, Mayer M, Edelbauer H, Pankevych H, Boehm S. Autoinhibition of transmitter release from PC12 cells and sympathetic neurons through a P2Y receptor-mediated inhibition of voltage-gated Ca2+ channels. Eur J Neurosci 2005; 20:2917-28. [PMID: 15579146 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03760.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Although feedback inhibition of noradrenaline release by coreleased nucleotides is a well known phenomenon, it remained unclear which P2 receptor subtypes and associated signalling cascades may be involved. In the rat pheochromocytoma cell line PC12, 2-methylthio-ADP reduced noradrenaline release triggered by K+ depolarization more potently than ADP and ATP, whereas UDP or UTP failed to do so. The inhibition by ADP was abolished by pertussis toxin and antagonized by reactive blue 2, 2-methylthio-AMP, and AR-C69931MX, but not by suramin. AR-C69931MX acted as a competitive antagonist with an apparent affinity of 2 nm, but did not alter noradrenaline release, when PC12 cells were continuously superfused. However, when the superfusion was halted during K+ depolarization, release was significantly reduced and this inhibition was attenuated by AR-C69931MX, thus revealing ongoing autoinhibition. Rises in cellular cyclic AMP did not alter depolarization-evoked release nor its reduction by ADP, even though the nucleotide did inhibit cyclic AMP accumulation. ADP and the direct Ca2+ channel blocker Cd2+ inhibited voltage-activated Ca2+ currents, but not ATP-induced currents, and both agents reduced K+-evoked, but not ATP-evoked, release. Hence, if voltage-gated Ca2+ channels do not contribute to stimulation-evoked release, ADP fails to exert its inhibitory action. In primary cultures of rat sympathetic neurons, ADP also reduced Ca2+ currents and K+-evoked noradrenaline release, and AR-C69931MX acted again as competitive antagonist with an apparent affinity of 3 nm. These results show that P2Y12 receptors mediate an autoinhibition of transmitter release from PC12 cells and sympathetic neurons through an inhibition of voltage-gated Ca2+ channels.
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- Stefan G Lechner
- Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringerstrasse 13a, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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Peters HC, Hu H, Pongs O, Storm JF, Isbrandt D. Conditional transgenic suppression of M channels in mouse brain reveals functions in neuronal excitability, resonance and behavior. Nat Neurosci 2004; 8:51-60. [PMID: 15608631 DOI: 10.1038/nn1375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 309] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2004] [Accepted: 11/10/2004] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In humans, mutations in the KCNQ2 or KCNQ3 potassium-channel genes are associated with an inherited epilepsy syndrome. We have studied the contribution of KCNQ/M-channels to the control of neuronal excitability by using transgenic mice that conditionally express dominant-negative KCNQ2 subunits in brain. We show that suppression of the neuronal M current in mice is associated with spontaneous seizures, behavioral hyperactivity and morphological changes in the hippocampus. Restriction of transgene expression to defined developmental periods revealed that M-channel activity is critical to the development of normal hippocampal morphology during the first postnatal weeks. Suppression of the M current after this critical period resulted in mice with signs of increased neuronal excitability and deficits in hippocampus-dependent spatial memory. M-current-deficient hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons showed increased excitability, reduced spike-frequency adaptation, attenuated medium afterhyperpolarization and reduced intrinsic subthreshold theta resonance. M channels are thus critical determinants of cellular and neuronal network excitability, postnatal brain development and cognitive performance.
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- H Christian Peters
- Institut für Neurale Signalverarbeitung, Zentrum für Molekulare Neurobiologie Hamburg, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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