Changes in mIPSCs and sIPSCs after kainate treatment: evidence for loss of inhibitory input to dentate granule cells and possible compensatory responses.
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How inhibition is altered after status epilepticus and the role of inhibition during epileptogenesis remain unsettled issues. The present study examined acute (4-7 days) and chronic (>3 mo) changes of GABA(A) receptor-mediated inhibitory synaptic input to dentate granule cells after kainate-induced status epilepticus. Whole cell patch-clamp techniques were used to record spontaneous and miniature inhibitory postsynaptic currents (sIPSCs and mIPSCs) in the presence of 6,7-dinitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione and dl-2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acid to block glutamatergic excitatory synaptic transmission. In both groups, mean sIPSC frequency of dentate granule cells from the saline- and kainate-treated rats was not significantly different. However, mIPSC frequency from the kainate-treated rats of both groups was approximately 30% lower than that of the respective saline controls. The mean amplitude of sIPSCs and mIPSCs from kainate-treated rats was not reduced in either the acute or chronic groups. The mean 10-90% rise time of IPSCs was not altered in kainate-treated rats, but the decay time constant was slightly longer than in controls, and the charge transfer 4-7 days after kainate treatment was significantly larger. The similar reduction of mIPSC frequency (i.e., approximately 30%) in the two groups of kainate-treated rats suggests a decreased inhibitory input to dentate granule cells (presumably due to a partial loss of inhibitory interneurons that innervate them) without recovery during epileptogenesis. The lack of effect on sIPSC frequency and the decreased mIPSC frequency in both groups suggests a possible compensatory increase in firing rate of interneurons, which may involve a hypothetical reduction of inhibitory input to the remaining interneurons.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of neurophysiology
دوره 94 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005