title: Phospholipase A2 activation is not required for long-term synaptic depression.
abstract: Low-frequency synaptic stimulation evokes long-term depression of synaptic strength. One hypothesis is that modification of AMPA receptors by phospholipase A2 causes long-term depression. A previous study reported bromophenacylbromide, a completely nonselective phospholipase A2 inhibitor, blocked long-term depression at Schaffer collateral-CA1 synapses in hippocampus. In contrast, I show here that 3-(4-octadecyl)-benzoylacrylic acid (OBAA), a much more potent and selective inhibitor of low and high molecular weight phospholipase A2, does not block long-term depression at these same synapses, indicating that phospholipase A2 is not necessary for modifications causing long-term depression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461-1602, USA.
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Stanton
mesh_terms: D000179:Acrylates / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001565:Benzoates / Q000494:pharmacology; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013569:Synapses / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000179:Acrylates; D001565:Benzoates; C069438:3-(4-octadecyl)benzoylacrylic acid; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054467:Phospholipases A2