Properties and sex-specific differences of GABAA receptors in neurons expressing gamma1 subunit mRNA in the preoptic area of the rat.

Abstract:

:Gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA) receptors expressed within the medial preoptic area (mPOA) are known to play a critical role in regulating sexual and neuroendocrine functions. In the rat brain, high levels of expression of the gamma1 subunit mRNA of the GABAA receptor are restricted to a limited number of regions that mediate sexual behaviors, including the mPOA. The biophysical and pharmacological profiles of native gamma1-containing receptors in neurons are unknown. Here, we have characterized the properties of GABAA receptor-mediated spontaneous inhibitory postsynaptic currents (sIPSCs) and currents elicited by fast perfusion of GABA to isolated mPOA neurons of juvenile male and female rats. No significant sex-specific differences were evident in the mean peak amplitude, distribution of event amplitudes, kinetics of current decay, or the frequency of sIPSCs. The profile of modulation of sIPSCs by diazepam, beta-CCM and zolpidem, allosteric modulators that act at the benzodiazepine (BZ) site of the GABAA receptor, support the assertion that mPOA neurons of both sexes express functional gamma1-containing receptors. The ability of zolpidem to modulate both sIPSC amplitude and currents elicited by rapid perfusion of GABA to mPOA neurons differed significantly between the sexes. Zolpidem reversibly induced negative modulation of currents in mPOA neurons isolated from male rats, but had no effect in mPOA neurons from female rats. Concentration-response analysis of responses in neurons acutely isolated from male rats indicated an IC50 of 58 nM with maximal decreases of approximately 50% of control peak current amplitude. In situ hybridization analysis demonstrated that levels of the gamma1 subunit mRNA are significantly higher in mPOA neurons from male than female rats. No significant sex-specific differences were detected in the levels of alpha1, alpha2, or alpha5 mRNAs. These results suggest that native gamma1-containing receptors are expressed in primary neurons of the mPOA and that sex-specific differences in the expression of this subunit may contribute to sexual dimorphism in GABAA receptor modulation by compounds acting at the BZ site.

journal_name

J Neurophysiol

authors

Nett ST,Jorge-Rivera JC,Myers M,Clark AS,Henderson LP

doi

10.1152/jn.1999.81.1.192

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1999-01-01 00:00:00

pages

192-203

issue

1

eissn

0022-3077

issn

1522-1598

journal_volume

81

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