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The Journal of Neuroscience, November 1, 2006, 26(44):11295-11303; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1794-06.2006

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An Acute Effect of Neuregulin 1 to Suppress 7-Containing Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Hippocampal Interneurons

Qing Chang and Gerald D. Fischbach

Department of Pharmacology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032

Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Gerald D. Fischbach, Department of Pharmacology, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032. Email: gdf{at}columbia.edux

We examined rapid effects of neuregulin (NRG) on nicotinic acetylcholine (ACh) receptors in interneurons located in the stratum radiatum of the hippocampus. Two types of response were detected by whole-cell recordings after brief pulses of ACh. One type was a rapidly rising and falling (monophasic) current that was blocked by methyllycaconitine. The other type was a similar fast response followed by a more slowly rising and falling current. The slow component of the biphasic response was resistant to methyllycaconitine. Perfusion or local application with NRG 1 rapidly decreased fast inward ACh currents. NRG 1 had no effect on slow responses. NRG 1 suppression was abolished by the ErbB tyrosine kinase inhibitor PD 158780 (4-[(3-bromophenyl) amino]-6-(methylamino)-pyrido[3,4-d]pyridimine). The NRG 1 effect was also inhibited by phalloidin and cytochalasin D. Furthermore, NRG 1 decreased the number of surface Alexa Fluor 488 -bungarotoxin binding sites. We believe that the NRG 1-induced inhibition of ACh currents is because of receptor internalization trigged by protein tyrosine phosphorylation. Significantly, fast nicotinic EPSCs evoked in the presence of muscarinic, ionotropic glutamate, and GABA receptors antagonists were also reduced by NRG 1. Thus, short-term as well as long-term effects of NRG must be taken into consideration in studies of ACh receptor-mediated synaptic efficacy in the CNS.

Key words: neuregulin; ErbB receptor; nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; hippocampus; interneurons; synaptic transmission

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Received April 27, 2006; revised Sept. 15, 2006; accepted Sept. 15, 2006.

Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Gerald D. Fischbach, Department of Pharmacology, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032. Email: gdf{at}columbia.edux

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