Activation of alpha(2)-adrenoceptors causes inhibition of calcium channels but does not modulate inwardly-rectifying K+ channels in caudal raphe neurons

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Li, YW [1 ]
Bayliss, DA [1 ]
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[1] UNIV VIRGINIA,DEPT PHARMACOL,CHARLOTTESVILLE,VA 22908
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rat; serotonin; N-type; P/Q-type; GIRK; G protein;
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Many neurotransmitter receptors that interact with pertussis toxin-sensitive G proteins, including the alpha(2)-adrenergic receptor, can modulate both voltage-dependent calcium channels and G protein-coupled inwardly-rectifying K+ channels, Serotonergic neurons of the medulla oblongata (nucleus raphe obscurus and nucleus raphe pallidus), which provide a major projection to sympathetic and motor output systems, receive a catecholaminergic input and express alpha(2)-adrenergic receptors. Therefore, we tested the effects of norepinephrine on voltage-dependent calcium channels and G protein-coupled inwardly-rectifying K+ channels in neonatal raphe neurons using whole-cell recording in a brainstem slice preparation. Calcium channel currents were inhibited by norepinephrine in the majority of raphe neurons rested (88%) and in all identified tryptophan hydroxylase-immunoreactive (i.e. serotonergic) neurons. When tested in the same neurons, the magnitude of calcium current inhibition by norepinephrine (similar to 25%) was less than that induced by 5-hydroxytryptamine (similar to 50%). The norepinephrine-induced calcium current inhibition was mediated by alpha(2)-adrenergic receptors; it was mimicked by UK 14304, an alpha(2)-adrenergic receptor agonist and blocked by idazoxan, an alpha(2)-adrenergic receptor antagonist, but not affected by prazosin or propanolol (alpha(1) and beta adrenergic antagonists, respectively). Calcium current inhibition by norepinephrine was essentially eliminated following application of omega-Conotoxin GVIA and omega-Agatoxin IVA, indicating that norepinephrine modulated N- and P/Q-type calcium channels predominantly. Calcium current inhibition by norepinephrine was voltage-dependent and mediated by pertussis toxin-sensitive G proteins. Thus, as expected, alpha(2)-adrenergic receptor activation inhibited N- and P/Q-type calcium currents in medullary raphe neurons via pertussis toxin-sensitive G proteins. In parallel experiments, however, we found that norepinephrine had no effect on G protein-coupled inwardly/rectifying K+ channels in any raphe neurons rested, despite the robust activation of those channels in the same neurons by 5-hydroxytryptamine. Together, these data indicate that alpha(2)-adrenergic receptors can modulate N- and P/Q-type calcium channels in caudal medullary raphe neurons but do not couple to the G protein-coupled inwardly-rectifying K+ channels which are also present in those cells. This is in contrast to the effect of 5-hydroxytryptamine(1A) receptor activation in caudal raphe neurons, and indicates a degree of specificity in the signalling by different pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein-coupled receptors to voltage-dependent calcium channels and G protein-coupled inwardly-rectifying K+ channels even within the same cell system. (C) 1997 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.
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