title: 5-hydroxytryptamine1B receptors block the GABAB synaptic potential in rat dopamine neurons.
abstract: Intracellular recordings were made from presumed dopamine-containing neurons in slices cut from the midbrain of the rat. Focal electrical stimulation produced a hyperpolarizing synaptic potential that was reduced by 75-95% by the GABAB-receptor antagonist 2-hydroxysaclofen (300 microM). 5-HT (3-100 microM) reduced the amplitude of the GABAB synaptic potential by 20-74%, with a 50% reduction at 10 microM, but did not reduce the amplitude of synaptic potentials mediated by GABAA receptors. 5-HT acted presynaptically because hyperpolarizations produced by exogenously administered GABA (1 mM) in picrotoxin (100 microM) were not affected by 5-HT (30 microM). (+/-)-Cyanopindolol (100 nM), a 5-HT1B antagonist, blocked the effect of 5-HT (10 microM); spiperone (1 microM), which is an antagonist at 5-HT1A and 5-HT2 receptors, had no effect. The amplitude of the GABAB synaptic potential was reduced by the 5-HT1B receptor agonists 1-[3-(trifluoromethyl)-phenyl]-piperazine (300 nM) and 7-trifluoromethyl-4-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinoxaline (1 microM), but not by the 5-HT1A agonist N,N-dipropyl-5-carboxamidotryptamine (1 microM) or the 5-HT2 agonist (+/-)-1-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodophenyl)-2-amino-propane (10 microM). We conclude that 5-HT activates presynaptic 5-HT1B receptors that inhibit the release of GABA onto GABAB but not GABAA receptors.
authors.affiliation: Vollum Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201.
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Mercuri
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: North
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D004594:Electrophysiology; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000502:physiology*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000502:physiology; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology*; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D012701:Serotonin; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D004298:Dopamine