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The Journal of Neuroscience, November 1, 2000, 20(21):7914-7921

Slow Desensitization Regulates the Availability of Synaptic GABAA Receptors

Linda S. Overstreet1, Mathew V. Jones2, and Gary L. Westbrook1

1 Vollum Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon 97201, and 2 Department of Physiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706

At central synapses, a large and fast spike of neurotransmitter efficiently activates postsynaptic receptors. However, low concentrations of transmitter can escape the cleft and activate presynaptic and postsynaptic receptors. We report here that low concentrations of GABA reduce IPSCs in hippocampal neurons by preferentially desensitizing rather than opening GABAA channels. GABA transporter blockade also caused desensitization by locally elevating GABA to ~1 µM. Recovery of the IPSC required several seconds, mimicking recovery of the channel from slow desensitization. These results indicate that low levels of GABA can regulate the amplitude of IPSCs by producing a slow form of receptor desensitization. Accumulation of channels in this absorbing state allows GABAA receptors to detect even a few molecules of GABA in the synaptic cleft.

Key words: synaptic inhibition; desensitization; mIPSC; hippocampus; GABA transporters; ligand-gated ion channel; uptake blocker; postsynaptic


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