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Modulation by adenine nucleotides of epileptiform activity in the CA3 region of rat hippocampal slices
Author(s) -
Ross F M,
Brodie M J,
Stone T W
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
british journal of pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.432
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1476-5381
pISSN - 0007-1188
DOI - 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701586
Subject(s) - ppads , suramin , adenosine , p2 receptor , medicine , endocrinology , chemistry , p2y receptor , adenosine deaminase , adenosine a1 receptor , xanthine , purinergic receptor , excitatory postsynaptic potential , adenosine triphosphate , receptor , biology , adenosine receptor , biochemistry , agonist , enzyme
Hippocampal slices (450 μm) generate epileptiform bursts of an interictal nature when perfused with a zero magnesium medium containing 4‐aminopyridine (50 μ M ). The effect of adenine nucleotides on this activity was investigated. ATP and adenosine depressed this epileptiform activity in a concentration‐dependent manner, with both purines being equipotent at concentrations above 10 μ M . Adenosine deaminase 0.2 u ml −1 , a concentration that annuls the effect of adenosine (50 μ M ), did not significantly alter the depression of activity caused by ATP (50 μ M ). 8‐Cyclopentyl‐1, 3‐dimethylxanthine (CPT), an A 1 receptor antagonist, enhanced the discharge rate significantly and inhibited the depressant effect of both ATP and adenosine such that the net effect of ATP or adenosine plus CPT was excitatory. Several ATP analogues were also tested: α, β‐methyleneATP (α, β‐meATP), 2‐methylthioATP (2‐meSATP) and uridine triphosphate (UTP). Only α, β‐meATP (10 μ M ) produced an increase in the frequency of spontaneous activity which suggests a lack of involvement of P2Y or P2U receptors. Suramin and pyridoxalphosphate‐6‐azophenyl‐2′, 4′‐disulphonic acid (PPADS), P2 receptor antagonists, failed to inhibit the depression produced by ATP (50 μ M ). The excitatory effect of α, β‐meATP (10 μ M ) was inhibited by suramin (50 μ M ) and PPADS (5 μ M ). ATP therefore depresses epileptiform activity in this model in a manner which is not consistent with the activation of known P1 or P2 receptors, suggesting the involvement of a xanthine‐sensitive nucleotide receptor. The results are also indicative of an excitatory P2X receptor existing in the hippocampal CA3 region.British Journal of Pharmacology (1998) 123 , 71–80; doi: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701586