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The Journal of Neuroscience, December 1, 1998, 18(23):9766-9779
Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide Expression and
Modulation of Neuronal Excitability in Guinea Pig Cardiac Ganglia
Karen M.
Braas,
Victor
May,
Susan A.
Harakall,
Jean C.
Hardwick, and
Rodney L.
Parsons
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, The University of Vermont,
College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont 05405
Cardiac output is regulated by the coordinate interactions of
stimulatory sympathetic and inhibitory parasympathetic signals. Intracardiac parasympathetic ganglia are integrative centers of cardiac
regulation, and modulation of the parasympathetic drive on the heart is
accomplished by altering intrinsic cardiac ganglion neuron
excitability. The pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide
(PACAP)/vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) family of peptides
modulates cardiac function, and in guinea pig heart, PACAP appears to
act directly on intrinsic parasympathetic cardiac ganglia neurons
through PACAP-selective receptors. A multidisciplinary project tested
whether cardiac PACAP peptides act through PACAP-selective receptors as
excitatory neuromodulators amplifying the parasympathetic inhibition
from guinea pig cardiac ganglia. The in vivo sources of
regulatory PACAP peptides were localized immunocytochemically to
neuronal fibers and a subpopulation of intrinsic postganglionic cardiac
neurons. RT-PCR confirmed that cardiac ganglia expressed proPACAP
transcripts and have PACAP peptide biosynthetic capabilities. Messenger
RNA encoding PACAP-selective PAC1 receptor isoforms were also present
in cardiac ganglia. Alternative splicing of PAC1 receptor transcripts
produced predominant expression of the very short variant
with neither HIP nor HOP cassettes; lower levels of the PAC1HOP2
receptor mRNA were present. Almost all of the parasympathetic neurons
expressed membrane-associated PAC1 receptor proteins, localized
immunocytochemically, which correlated with the population of cells
that responded physiologically to PACAP peptides. PACAP depolarized
cardiac ganglia neurons and increased neuronal membrane
excitability. The rank order of peptide potency on membrane
excitability in response to depolarizing currents was
PACAP27>PACAP38>VIP. The PACAP-induced increase in excitability was
not a function of membrane depolarization nor was it caused by
alterations in action potential configuration. These results support
roles for PACAP peptides as integrative modulators amplifying, through
PACAP-selective receptors, the parasympathetic cardiac ganglia
inhibition of cardiac output.
Key words:
pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide; vasoactive intestinal peptide; PACAP receptor; cardiac ganglia; parasympathetic ganglia; neuropeptide receptors; autonomic nervous
system
Copyright © 1998 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/98/18239766-14$05.00/0
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