Adenylate cyclase in striatal cholinergic interneurons regulates acetylcholine release.
Fractional [3H]ACH efflux from dissociated rat striata tested whether tonic inhibition prevents stimulation of acetylcholine (ACH) release by adenylate cyclase. Forskolin stimulated release from the dissociated cells (threshold at 300 nM; EC50 > or = 1 MicroM). Release was also stimulated by 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine and was additive with forskolin. The 1,9-dideoxy forskolin analog that lacks cyclase-stimulating activity was ineffective. Thus, stimulation of adenylate cyclase within striatal cholinergic interneurons increases ACH secretion but is tonically inhibited by endogenous striatal transmitters. Disinhibition of the excitatory cyclase by denervation of striatal cholinergic interneurons in situ could contribute to supersensitivity without receptor upregulation.
Department of Neurology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22908, USA. isl@virginia.edu
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D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000378:metabolism*; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D005576:Colforsin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D007395:Interneurons / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D010275:Parasympathetic Nervous System / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats
D005576:Colforsin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D000109:Acetylcholine; C047983:1,9-dideoxyforskolin; D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine