SPERMINE DEPRESSES NMDA, K/AMPA AND GABA(A)-MEDIATED SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION IN THE RAT HIPPOCAMPAL SLICE PREPARATION

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作者
DISCENNA, PG [1 ]
FERCHMIN, PA [1 ]
ETEROVIC, VA [1 ]
TEYLER, TJ [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CENT CARIBE,COLL MED,DEPT BIOCHEM,BAYAMON,PR 00960
关键词
CAI; HIPPOCAMPUS; N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; POLYAMINE; SPERMINE;
D O I
10.1016/0006-8993(94)91335-8
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
The effects of spermine, an endogenous polyamine, were examined in area CA1 of the rat hippocampal slice preparation. Spermine, at low millimolar concentrations, rapidly and potently depressed NMDA and K/AMPA-mediated population EPSPs, and GABA-mediated monosynaptic population IPSPs. These effects contrast with its well-known potentiation of NMDA currents at lower concentrations. Our results raise the possibility that the large intracellular stores of spermine that are released after various neural insults could act as an endogenous neuroprotective mechanism by:limiting excessive calcium entry.
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