GALANIN REDUCES RELEASE OF ENDOGENOUS EXCITATORY AMINO-ACIDS IN THE RAT HIPPOCAMPUS

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作者
ZINI, S [1 ]
ROISIN, MP [1 ]
LANGEL, U [1 ]
BARTFAI, T [1 ]
BENARI, Y [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV STOCKHOLM,ARRHENIUS LAB,DEPT BIOCHEM,S-10691 STOCKHOLM,SWEDEN
来源
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY-MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY SECTION | 1993年 / 245卷 / 01期
关键词
AMINO ACID RELEASE; ATP-SENSITIVE K+ CHANNELS; GALANIN; GLIBENCLAMIDE; HIPPOCAMPUS (RAT);
D O I
10.1016/0922-4106(93)90162-3
中图分类号
R9 [药学];
学科分类号
1007 ;
摘要
Galanin is a 29-amino acid peptide widely distributed in the central nervous system where it modulates the release of several neurotransmitters and neurohormones. Because previous data had postulated that galanin could inhibit the release of excitatory amino acids and protect hippocampal neurons against anoxia, we have investigated the effect of galanin on the release of endogenous glutamate and aspartate evoked by potassium. depolarization in rat hippocampal slices. Galanin, added to a concentration of 0.3 muM, produced a 50-60% reduction in the release of endogenous glutamate and aspartate as evoked by 40 mM K+. This effect was concentration-dependent with half-maximal effective galanin concentrations (EC50) of 1.7 and 5.9 nM for glutamate and aspartate, respectively. Such an effect was found to occur preferentially in the ventral rather than in the dorsal region of the hippocampus. The inhibitory effect of galanin on the K+-evoked release of excitatory amino acids was reversed by the specific galanin antagonist M-15 (0.3 muM), and by the ATP-sensitive potassium channel blocker glibenclamide (10 muM). Furthermore, M-15 alone increased the basal and the K+-evoked release of glutamate and aspartate from hippocampal slices. It is concluded that galanin exerts a tonic inhibition of excitatory glutamate/aspartate neurotransmission in the rat ventral hippocampus. The efficacy of glibenclamide in antagonizing the effect of galanin suggests the involvement of ATP-sensitive or -insensitive potassium channels in such a regulation.
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