title: Opposite effects of interleukin-2 and interleukin-4 on GABA-induced inward currents of dialysed Lymnaea neurons.
abstract: 1. The effects of interleukin-2 (rhIL-2) and interleukin-4 (rhIL-4) were investigated on gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-induced inward currents on isolated, identified neurons of Lymnaea stagnalis L. (Mollusca, Gastropoda) by using a concentration clamp technique. 2. It was shown that the interleukins modified the GABA-induced inward current in an opposite direction: rhIL-2 (2-100 U/ml) decreased the peak value of IGABA in a dose-dependent manner, whereas rhIL-4 (0.2-100 U/ml), on the contrary, potentiated it. Both types of modulation were partially or fully reversible. 3. The reversal potential of IGABA was not shifted by these cytokines. 4. The time-to-peak value and inactivation time constant of the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-induced current was decreased by rhIL-4. The modulatory effect of rhIL-4 was eliminated after conjugation of this cytokine with its antibody. 5. It appears that cytokines could play a role in regulating the neural excitability through GABA-erg mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Balaton Limnological Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Siences, Tihany, Hungary.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: S-Rózsa
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Rubakhin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szücs
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Stefano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000494:pharmacology; D008195:Lymnaea / Q000502:physiology*; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007376:Interleukin-2; D015847:Interleukin-4; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid