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BDNF occludes GABA B receptor‐mediated inhibition of GABA release in rat hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons
Author(s) -
Mizoguchi Yoshito,
Kitamura Akihiko,
Wake Hiroaki,
Ishibashi Hitoshi,
Watanabe Miho,
Nishimaki Takuya,
Nabekura Junichi
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
european journal of neuroscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.346
H-Index - 206
eISSN - 1460-9568
pISSN - 0953-816X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05092.x
Subject(s) - hippocampal formation , tropomyosin receptor kinase b , neuroscience , gabaergic , chemistry , neurotrophic factors , brain derived neurotrophic factor , gabab receptor , autoreceptor , inhibitory postsynaptic potential , hippocampus , gaba receptor , pyramidal cell , gabaa receptor , receptor , biology , agonist , biochemistry
During the development of the rat hippocampus, both γ‐aminobutyric acid (GABA) B autoreceptors and brain‐derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) play important roles in the formation of GABAergic synapses as well as in the GABA A receptor‐mediated transmissions. While a number of studies have reported rapid effects of BDNF on GABA A receptor‐mediated responses, the interactions between GABA B autoreceptors and BDNF are less clear. Using conventional whole‐cell patch‐clamp recordings, we demonstrated here that BDNF significantly occludes baclofen‐induced suppression of GABA A receptor‐mediated transmissions in each of the preparations including hippocampal slices prepared from P14 rats, hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons isolated from P14 and P21 rats, and cultured hippocampal pyramidal neurons. This effect of BDNF was rapid and reversible, and was mediated via the activation of presynaptic TrkB receptor tyrosine kinases, and subsequent activation of phospholipase C and protein kinase C. On the contrary, in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons isolated from P7 rats, BDNF failed to occlude the GABA B receptor‐mediated inhibition of GABA release. Thus, the ability of BDNF to occlude the GABA B receptor‐mediated inhibition of GABA release develops between P7 and P14. This demonstrates a novel aspect of the effects of BDNF on inhibitory transmissions in rat hippocampus, which may have some functional roles in the induction of developmental plasticity and/or pathophysiology of epilepsy.