Activation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors increases the frequency of spontaneous GABAergic IPSCs in rat basolateral amygdala neurons.
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The basolateral amygdala (BLA) is a critical component of the amygdaloid circuit, which is thought to be involved in fear conditioned responses. Using whole cell patch-clamp recording, we found that activation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) leads to an action potential-dependent increase in the frequency of spontaneous GABAergic currents in principal neurons in the BLA. These spontaneous GABAergic currents were abolished by a low-Ca2+/high-Mg2+ bathing solution, suggesting that they are spontaneous inhibitory postsynaptic currents (sIPSCs). Blockade of ionotropic glutamate receptors did not prevent this increased frequency of sIPSCs nor did blockade of alpha7 nAChRs. Among the nAChR agonists tested, cystisine was more effective at increasing the frequency of the sIPSCs than nicotine or 1,1-dimethyl-4-phenyl piperazinium iodide, consistent with a major contribution of beta4 nAChR subunits. The nicotinic antagonist, dihydro-beta-erythroidine, was less effective than d-tubocurarine in blocking the increased sIPSC frequency induced by ACh, suggesting that alpha4-containing nAChR subunits do not play a major role in the ACh-induced increased sIPSC frequency. Although alpha2/3/4/7 and beta2/4 nAChR subunits were found in the BLA by RT-PCR, the agonist and antagonist profiles suggest that the ACh-induced increase in sIPSC frequency involves predominantly alpha3beta4-containing nAChR subunits. Consistent with this, alpha-conotoxin-AuIB, a nAChR antagonist selective for the alpha3beta4 subunit combination, inhibited the ACh-induced increase in the frequency of sIPSCs. The observations suggest that nicotinic activation increases the frequency of sIPSCs in the BLA by acting mainly on alpha3beta4-containing nicotinic receptors on GABAergic neurons and may play an important role in the modulation of synaptic transmission in the amygdala.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of neurophysiology
دوره 94 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005