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. 1997 May 1;500(Pt 3):739–749. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1997.sp022055

GABAB receptor-mediated inhibition of spontaneous inhibitory synaptic currents in rat midbrain culture.

J Rohrbacher 1, W Jarolimek 1, A Lewen 1, U Misgeld 1
PMCID: PMC1159421  PMID: 9161988

Abstract

1. Tight-seal, whole-cell recording was used to study GABAB receptor-mediated inhibition of spontaneous inhibitory synaptic currents in cultured rat midbrain neurones. 2. Spontaneous miniature inhibitory postsynaptic currents (mIPSCs) were recorded in tetrodotoxin (TTX), Cd2+ and Ba2+. (R)-(-)-baclofen reduced the frequency of mIPSCs through a presynaptic mechanism. The EC50 for this effect was 7 microM. It was antagonized by the GABAB receptor antagonist CGP55845A (0.5 microM). 3. In pertussis toxin (PTX)-treated cultures, some GABAB receptor-mediated reduction of the frequency of mIPSCs persisted. In contrast, PTX treatment totally abolished inhibition of miniature excitatory postsynaptic currents (mEPSCs). 4. In PTX-treated cultures, a saturating concentration of (R)-(-)-baclofen inhibited action potential-generated IPSCs but no EPSCs. 5. PTX treatment abolished the (R)-(-)-baclofen-mediated inhibition of high voltage-activated somatic Ca2+ currents and of spontaneous IPSCs depending on presynaptic Ca2+ entry. 6. We conclude that cellular mechanisms underlying GABAB receptor-mediated inhibition of mIPSCs contribute to auto-inhibition of GABA release.

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