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An intracellular motif of P2X 3 receptors is required for functional cross‐talk with GABA A receptors in nociceptive DRG neurons
Author(s) -
Toulmé Estelle,
Blais Dominique,
Léger Claire,
Landry Marc,
Garret Maurice,
Séguéla Philippe,
BouéGrabot Eric
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of neurochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.75
H-Index - 229
eISSN - 1471-4159
pISSN - 0022-3042
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.04640.x
Subject(s) - ionotropic effect , gabaa receptor , receptor , neuroscience , class c gpcr , cys loop receptors , gabaa rho receptor , homomeric , ion channel linked receptors , intracellular , biology , postsynaptic potential , microbiology and biotechnology , neurotransmission , ion channel , inhibitory postsynaptic potential , protein subunit , chemistry , glutamate receptor , metabotropic receptor , biochemistry , acetylcholine receptor , metabotropic glutamate receptor , nicotinic acetylcholine receptor , gene
Functional cross‐talk between structurally unrelated P2X ATP receptors and members of the ‘cys‐loop’ receptor‐channel superfamily represents a recently‐discovered mechanism for rapid modulation of information processing. The extent and the mechanism of the inhibitory cross‐talks between these two classes of ionotropic receptors remain poorly understood, however. Both ionic and molecular coupling were proposed to explain cross‐inhibition between P2X subtypes and GABA A receptors, suggesting a P2X subunit‐dependent mechanism. We show here that cross‐inhibition between neuronal P2X 3 or P2X 2+3 and GABA A receptors does not depend on chloride and calcium ions. We identified an intracellular QST 386–388 motif in P2X 3 subunits which is required for the functional coupling with GABA A receptors. Moreover the cross‐inhibition between native P2X 3 and GABA receptors in cultured rat dorsal root ganglia (DRG) neurons is abolished by infusion of a peptide containing the QST motif as well as by viral expression of the main intracellular loop of GABA A β3 subunits. We provide evidence that P2X 3 and GABA A receptors are colocalized in the soma and central processes of nociceptive DRG neurons, suggesting that specific intracellular P2X 3 ‐GABA A subunit interactions underlie a pre‐synaptic cross‐talk that might contribute to the regulation of sensory synaptic transmission in the spinal cord.