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GABA A  receptor (GABA A R) expression level is inversely correlated with the proliferation rate of astrocytes after stroke or during malignancy of astrocytoma, leading to the hypothesis that GABA A R expression/activation may work as a cell proliferation repressor. A number of vasoactive peptides exhibit the potential to modulate astrocyte proliferation, and the question whether these mechanisms may imply alteration in GABA A R-mediated functions and/or plasma membrane densities is open. The peptide urotensin II (UII) activates a G protein-coupled receptor named UT, and mediates potent vasoconstriction or vasodilation in mammalian vasculature. We have previously demonstrated that UII activates a PLC/PIPs/Ca 2+  transduction pathway,  via  both G q  and G i/o  proteins and stimulates astrocyte proliferation in culture. It was also shown that UT/G q /IP 3  coupling is regulated by the GABA A R in rat cultured astrocytes. Here we report that UT and GABA A R are co-expressed in cerebellar glial cells from rat brain slices, in human native astrocytes and in glioma cell line, and that UII inhibited the GABAergic activity in rat cultured astrocytes. In CHO cell line co-expressing human UT and combinations of GABA A R subunits, UII markedly depressed the GABA current (β 3 γ 2 >α 2 β 3 γ 2 >α 2 β 1 γ 2 ). This effect, characterized by a fast short-term inhibition followed by drastic and irreversible run-down, is not relayed by G proteins. The run-down partially involves Ca 2+  and phosphorylation processes, requires dynamin, and results from GABA A R internalization. Thus, activation of the vasoactive G protein-coupled receptor UT triggers functional inhibition and endocytosis of GABA A R in CHO and human astrocytes,  via  its receptor C-terminus. This UII-induced disappearance of the repressor activity of GABA A R, may play a key role in the initiation of astrocyte proliferation.

Down-Regulation of GABAA Receptor via Promiscuity with the Vasoactive Peptide Urotensin II Receptor. Potential Involvement in Astrocyte Plasticity