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Volume 17, Number 14,
Issue of July 15, 1997
pp. 5366-5379
Copyright ©1997 Society for Neuroscience
A Long-Lasting Calcium-Activated Nonselective Cationic
Current Is Generated by Synaptic Stimulation or Exogenous
Activation of Group I Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors in
CA1 Pyramidal Neurons
Received Feb. 18, 1997; revised April 16, 1997; accepted April 24, 1997.
Patrice Congar,
Xavier Leinekugel,
Yehezkel Ben-Ari, and
Valérie Crépel
Université René Descartes and Institut National de la
Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 29, 75674 Paris Cedex 14, France
We have shown previously that a selective metabotropic
glutamate receptor (mGluR) agonist,
1S,3R-1-aminocyclo-pentane-1,3-dicarboxylate (1S,3R-ACPD), evokes an inward current in
CA1 pyramidal neurons of rat hippocampal slices in the presence of
K+ channel blockers ().
This current has been characterized as a
Ca2+-activated nonselective cationic (CAN) current.
Using whole-cell patch-clamp recordings and intracellular dialysis, we
now have identified the mGluR subtype and the mechanisms underlying the CAN current (ICAN) and report for the
first time the presence of a synaptic ICAN
in the mammalian CNS. First, we have shown pharmacologically that
activation of ICAN by
1S,3R-ACPD involves the group I mGluRs
(and not the groups II and III) and a G-protein-dependent process. We
also report that ICAN is modulated by the
divalent cations (Mg2+, Cd2+, and
Zn2+). Second, we have isolated a slow synaptic
inward current evoked by a high-frequency stimulation in the presence
of K+ channel blockers, ionotropic glutamate, and
GABAA receptor antagonists. This current shows similar
properties to the exogenously evoked ICAN:
its reversal potential is close to the reversal potential of the
1S,3R-ACPD-evoked
ICAN, and it is G-protein- and
Ca2+-dependent. Because the amplitude and duration
of ICAN increased in the presence of a
glutamate uptake blocker, we suggest that this synaptic current is
generated via the activation of mGluRs. We propose that the synaptic
ICAN, activated by a brief tetanic stimulation and leading to a long-lasting inward current, may be
involved in neuronal plasticity and synchronized network-driven oscillations.
Key words:
Ca2+-activated nonselective cationic
current;
slow synaptic inward current;
postsynaptic mGluRs;
intracellular perfusion;
whole-cell voltage clamp;
CA1 pyramidal
neurons;
hippocampus
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