title: D-2-amino-5-phosphonovaleate blocks induction of long-term depression of the NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic component in rat hippocampus.
abstract: The long-term depression (LTD) of pharmacologically isolated N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-mediated excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSPNMDA) was studied in an in vitro slice preparation of rat hippocampus. Intracellular recordings were made from CA1 pyramidal cells in the presence of 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (CNQX, 10 microM) and picrotoxin (50 microM) which block non-NMDA and GABAA receptors, respectively. Low frequency (1 Hz) synaptic stimulation caused a transient decrease in the amplitude of EPSPNMDA that usually restored to its control level within 15 min after the stimulation. However, pairing of low frequency synaptic stimulation with postsynaptic depolarization induced an LTD of EPSPNMDA. The ESPNMDA LTD could be blocked by D-2-amino-5-phosphonovaleate (D-APV, 20 microM) suggesting that the induction of LTD requires an increase in postsynaptic Ca2+, at least in part, due to synaptic activation of NMDA receptors during concomitant postsynaptic depolarization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Gean
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D015763:2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018750:6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D010852:Picrotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D017966:Pyramidal Cells / Q000187:drug effects; D011810:Quinoxalines / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000187:drug effects*; D013569:Synapses / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D015763:2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate; D018750:6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione; D002118:Calcium; D010852:Picrotoxin; D011810:Quinoxalines; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate