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Purinergic modulation of neuronal activity in the rat prepositus hypoglossi nucleus.
European Journal of Neuroscience 2018 October 20
In the nervous system, adenosine 5'-trisphosphate (ATP) functions as a neurotransmitter and binds to ionotropic P2X receptors and metabotropic P2Y receptors. Although ATP receptors are expressed in the prepositus hypoglossi nucleus (PHN), which is a brainstem structure involved in controlling horizontal gaze, it is unclear whether ATP indeed affects the activity of PHN neurons. In this study, we investigated the effects of ATP on spontaneous firing of PHN neurons using whole-cell recordings in rat brainstem slices. Bath application of ATP increased or decreased the spontaneous firing rate of the neurons in a dose-dependent manner, indicating that ATP indeed affects PHN neuronal activity. To clarify the mechanisms of the ATP effects, we investigated the current responses of PHN neurons to a local application of ATP. The ATP application induced a fast inward (FI) current, a slow inward (SI) current, and/or a slow outward (SO) current in the neurons. The agonists of P2X and P2Y receptors induced FI and SI currents, respectively. The SO currents were not induced by the ATP agonists but were induced by adenosine, which may be extracellularly converted from ATP by ectonucleotidases. An antagonist of adenosine P1 (A1 ) receptors abolished the adenosine-induced SO currents and bath application of adenosine decreased the spontaneous firing rate of all PHN neurons tested. These results indicate that PHN neurons express functional purinoceptors and show that the FI, SI, and SO currents were mediated via P2X, P2Y, and A1 receptors, respectively.
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