title: Pharmacological differentiation of the effects of co-activation of beta-adrenergic and metabotropic glutamate receptors in rat hippocampus.
abstract: Activation of metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) can potentiate the cAMP response elicited by activation of beta-adrenergic receptors (beta ARs) in the hippocampus. We have shown that co-activation of mGluRs and beta ARs induces both an acute depression of excitatory synaptic transmission and a long-lasting excitation of CA1 pyramidal cells. However, these studies were performed using a non-selective mGluR agonist. We have now used subtype selective mGluR agonists, and report that while the acute depression of transmission exhibits a pharmacology consistent with mediation by this mGluR subtype, the lasting excitation of CA1 pyramidal cells may be mediated by an interaction between beta ARs and mGluRs that are coupled to phosphoinositide hydrolysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Gereau
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Winder
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Conn
mesh_terms: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D003521:Cyclopropanes / Q000494:pharmacology; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D005998:Glycine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D017966:Pyramidal Cells / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000187:drug effects*; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate / Q000819:agonists* / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D012118:Resorcinols / Q000494:pharmacology; D013569:Synapses / Q000187:drug effects; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D003521:Cyclopropanes; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate; D012118:Resorcinols; C082313:2-(2,3-dicarboxycyclopropyl)glycine; C079215:3,5-dihydroxyphenylglycine; D007545:Isoproterenol; D005998:Glycine