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. 1997 Oct 1;504(Pt 1):113–126. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1997.113bf.x

Inhibition of spontaneous EPSCs and IPSCs by presynaptic GABAB receptors on rat supraoptic magnocellular neurons.

N Kabashima 1, I Shibuya 1, N Ibrahim 1, Y Ueta 1, H Yamashita 1
PMCID: PMC1159941  PMID: 9350623

Abstract

1. The function of presynaptic GABA receptors in the regulation of transmitter release in supraoptic nucleus (SON) magnocellular neurons was investigated by recording spontaneous postsynaptic currents from rat magnocellular SON neurons in a slice preparation (150 microns thick, 1.8 mm in diameter) using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique. 2. Both the spontaneous EPSCs and IPSCs were TTX resistant. The EPSCs were abolished by 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (CNQX), whereas the IPSCs were abolished by picrotoxin, suggesting that the EPSCs and IPSCs are synaptic inputs from glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons, respectively. 3. The selective GABAB agonist, baclofen, reduced the frequency of both the EPSCs and IPSCs without affecting the amplitude. The time constant of the decay phase of both the EPSCs and IPSCs remained unchanged after baclofen application. 4. The reduction of the frequency of the synaptic currents by baclofen was dose dependent (10 nM to 100 microM) and the EC50 values were 5.8 and 8.5 microM for the EPSCs and IPSCs, respectively. 5. The effect of baclofen (10 microM) was antagonized by the selective GABAB antagonist, 2-hydroxy-saclofen (2OH-saclofen), at 300 microM. 6. When given alone, 2OH-saclofen (100 microM) increased the frequency of both the EPSCs and IPSCs without affecting their amplitude, suggesting that endogenously released GABA in the slice acts on presynaptic GABAB receptors. 7. The GABAA agonist, muscimol, reduced the frequency of EPSCs, and picrotoxin increased the frequency of the EPSCs, suggesting that GABAA receptors also participate in the presynaptic inhibition of glutamate release. 8. Taken together, these data suggest that GABAB receptors are present on the presynaptic terminals of both GABA and glutamate neurons in the SON, and that these presynaptic GABAB receptors play an important role in the regulation of the neuronal activity in SON magnocellular neurons.

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