Neurokinin-1 receptor activation in globus pallidus

Lei Chen; Qiao-Ling Cui; Wing-Ho Yung

doi:10.3389/neuro.23.002.2009

Neurokinin-1 receptor activation in globus pallidus

Lei Chen
, Qiao-Ling Cui
, Wing-Ho Yung^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The undecapeptide substance P has been demonstrated to modulate neuronal activity in a number of brain regions by acting on neurokinin-1 receptors. Anatomical studies revealed a moderate level of neurokinin-1 receptor in rat globus pallidus. To determine the electrophysiological effects of neurokinin-1 receptor activation in globus pallidus, whole-cell patch-clamp recordings were performed in the present study. Under current-clamp recordings, neurokinin-1 receptor agonist, [Sar9, Met(O₂)11] substance P (SM-SP) at 1 μM, depolarized globus pallidus neurons and increased their firing rate. Consistently, SM-SP induced an inward current under voltage-clamp recording. The depolarization evoked by SM-SP persisted in the presence of tetrodotoxin, glutamate and GABA receptor antagonists, indicating its direct postsynaptic effects. The neurokinin-1 receptor antagonist, SR140333B, could block SM-SP-induced depolarization. Further experiments showed that suppression of potassium conductance was the predominant ionic mechanism of SM-SP-induced depolarization. To determine if neurokinin-1 receptor activation exerts any effects on GABAergic and glutamatergic neurotransmission, the action of SM-SP on synaptic currents was studied. SM-SP significantly increased the frequency of spontaneous inhibitory postsynaptic currents, but only induced a transient increase in the frequency of miniature inhibitory postsynaptic currents. No change was observed in both spontaneous and miniature excitatory postsynaptic currents. Based on the direct excitatory effects of SM-SP on pallidal neurons, we hypothesize that neurokinin-1 receptor activation in globus pallidus may be involved in the beneficial effect of substance P in Parkinson's disease. © 2009 Chen, Cui and Yung.

Original language	English
Article number	58
Journal	Frontiers in Neuroscience
Volume	1
Issue number	OCT
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/neuro.23.002.2009
Publication status	Published - 2009
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This work was supported by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (CUHK 4175/02M) to W.H. Yung, the grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China (30870800, 30670664), Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (Y2006C18), the Ministry of Education of China (200810650002) and the Bureau of Science and Technology of Qingdao (08-2-1-2-nsh) to L. Chen.

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Globus pallidus
Neurokinin-1 receptor
Substance P

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