Abstract:
:The distribution of group I metabotropic glutamate receptors in rat hippocampal cells in culture was examined by calcium imaging and immunocytochemistry. To distinguish different cell types in the culture, the effects of t-ACPD ((1S,3R)-1-aminocyclopentane-1,3-dicarboxylic acid) and of NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) were examined. About 40% of the cultured cells showed either a transient increase or a sustained or oscillatory increase in the intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) during t-ACPD administration, while about 60% of the cells showed a sustained [Ca(2+)](i) increase in response to NMDA. Cells that showed an oscillatory [Ca(2+)](i) change during t-ACPD administration did not respond to NMDA administration, while cells that showed a sustained [Ca(2+)](i) increase during NMDA administration did not show any oscillatory response to t-ACPD. After pharmacological examination using those two agonists, the cultured cells were subjected to immunocytochemistry using anti-GFAP and ant-MAP-2 antibodies to distinguish, respectively, astrocytes and neurons. All cells responding to NMDA with a sustained [Ca(2+)](i) increase were MAP-2-positive, whereas all cells showing either oscillatory or sustained [Ca(2+)](i) increase in response to t-ACPD were GFAP-positive. The present results show that, in these cultures, group I metabotropic glutamate receptors are mainly expressed on glial cells and contribute to dynamic [Ca(2+)](i) changes in astrocytes.
journal_name
J Pharmacol Scijournal_title
Journal of pharmacological sciencesauthors
Yoshida Y,Matsumoto N,Tsuchiya R,Morita M,Miyakawa H,Kudo Ydoi
10.1254/jphs.92.245subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2003-07-01 00:00:00pages
245-51issue
3eissn
1347-8613issn
1347-8648journal_volume
92pub_type
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