In the present study we characterize the optimal experimental conditions under which to investigate the cholinergic regulation of endogenous electrically evoked γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) release from guinea pig cortical slices. Superfusion with the neuronal GABA reuptake inhibitor, SKF89976A (10 μM) caused cortical GABA release to be linearly correlated with the frequency of electrical stimulation (5, 10, 20 Hz). Electrically evoked GABA release (10 Hz) was tetrodotoxin-sensitive and Ca2+-dependent and was under GABAB autoreceptor control. Under these experimental conditions, acetylcholine (0.1–10 μM) and physostigmine (30 μM) decreased the electrically evoked GABA release while the M2 receptor antagonist AFDX-116 (0.01–0.1 μM) counteracted these effects. Similar results were also observed in a cortical synaptosomal preparation stimulated with K+ (10 mM). These findings demonstrate an inhibitory cholinergic regulation of electrically evoked GABA release via M2 receptors located on cortical GABAergic terminals.

Inhibitory cholinergic control of endogenous GABA release from electrically stimulated cortical slices and K(+)-depolarized synaptosomes

FERRARO, Luca Nicola;BEANI, Lorenzo;BIANCHI, Clementina;TANGANELLI, Sergio
1997

Abstract

In the present study we characterize the optimal experimental conditions under which to investigate the cholinergic regulation of endogenous electrically evoked γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) release from guinea pig cortical slices. Superfusion with the neuronal GABA reuptake inhibitor, SKF89976A (10 μM) caused cortical GABA release to be linearly correlated with the frequency of electrical stimulation (5, 10, 20 Hz). Electrically evoked GABA release (10 Hz) was tetrodotoxin-sensitive and Ca2+-dependent and was under GABAB autoreceptor control. Under these experimental conditions, acetylcholine (0.1–10 μM) and physostigmine (30 μM) decreased the electrically evoked GABA release while the M2 receptor antagonist AFDX-116 (0.01–0.1 μM) counteracted these effects. Similar results were also observed in a cortical synaptosomal preparation stimulated with K+ (10 mM). These findings demonstrate an inhibitory cholinergic regulation of electrically evoked GABA release via M2 receptors located on cortical GABAergic terminals.
1997
Ferraro, Luca Nicola; Beani, Lorenzo; Bianchi, Clementina; Tanganelli, Sergio
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