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The Journal of Neuroscience, May 19, 2004, 24(20):4865-4874; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0403-04.2004
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Group I Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors Inhibit GABA Release at Interneuron-Purkinje Cell Synapses through Endocannabinoid Production
Micaela Galante * and
Marco A. Diana *
Laboratoire de Physiologie Cérébrale, Université Paris 5, 75006 Paris, France
Actions of endocannabinoids in the cerebellum can be demonstrated following distinct stimulation protocols in Purkinje cells. First, depolarization-induced elevations of intracellular Ca2+ lead to the suppression of neurotransmitter release from both inhibitory and excitatory afferents. In another case, postsynaptic group I metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) trigger a strong inhibition of the glutamatergic inputs from parallel and climbing fibers. Both pathways involve endocannabinoids retrogradely acting on type 1 cannabinoid receptors (CB1Rs) at presynaptic terminals. Here, we show that group I mGluR activation also depresses GABAergic transmission at the synapses between molecular layer interneurons and Purkinje cells. Using paired recordings, we found that application of the group I mGluR agonist (RS)-3,5-dihydroxyphenylglycine reduced the evoked IPSCs in Purkinje cells. This effect was independent of postsynaptic Ca2+ increases and was completely blocked by a CB1R antagonist.
Experiments performed with the GTP-analogues GDP- S and GTP- S provided evidence that endocannabinoids released after G-protein activation can also inhibit GABAergic inputs onto nearby, unstimulated Purkinje cells. Block of the enzymes DAG lipase or phospholipase C reduced the group I mGluR-dependent inhibition, suggesting that 2-arachidonyl glycerol could act as retrograde messenger. Finally, group I mGluR activation by brief bursts of activity of the parallel fibers induced a short-lived depression of spontaneous IPSCs via presynaptic CB1Rs. Our results reveal a mechanism with potential physiological importance, by which glutamatergic synapses induce an endocannabinoid-mediated inhibition of the GABAergic inputs onto Purkinje cells.
Key words: endocannabinoids; group I metabotropic glutamate receptors; 2-arachidonyl glycerol; 2-AG; GABAergic transmission; paired recordings; cerebellar Purkinje cell
Received Dec 27, 2003;
revised April 14, 2004;
accepted April 14, 2004.
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