title: 5-HT inhibits lateral entorhinal cortical neurons of the rat in vitro by activation of potassium channel-coupled 5-HT1A receptors.
abstract: Serotonin (1-40 microM) reduced input resistance by 20.6 +/- 6% and hyperpolarized stellate and pyramidal neurons of layers two and three of the lateral entorhinal cortex. 5-Carboxamidotryptamine, a 5-HT1 agonist, and the selective 5-HT1A agonist 8-hydroxy-dipropylaminotetralin mimicked the action of serotonin. The reversal potential of 5-HT-mediated hyperpolarizations was sensitive to the extracellular K+ concentration, indicating a potassium conductance change. Serotonin treatment suppressed excitatory amino acid-mediated synaptic potentials (by 48%, Kd = 6.9 microM) and responses to exogenously applied glutamate (70.1 +/- 17% of control, n = 7), but did not alter paired-pulse facilitation, indicating a postsynaptic site of action. Intracellular application of QX-314, a blocker of potassium conductance, significantly reduced depression of synaptic potentials by 5-HT agonists. In cells filled with QX-314, responses to exogenously applied glutamate were not reduced by serotonin or 5-carboxamidotryptamine application. These results indicate that the observed conductance increase associated with 5-HT application accounts for most if not all of the observed depressant effects of 5-HT1A agonists on excitatory amino acid-mediated neurotransmission.
authors.affiliation: Physiologisches Institut II, Heinrich-Heine Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Grünschlag
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Stevens
mesh_terms: D015763:2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate / Q000494:pharmacology; D018750:6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione / Q000494:pharmacology; D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D004594:Electrophysiology; D018728:Entorhinal Cortex / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D019706:Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D008239:Lysine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D008297:Male; D009433:Neural Inhibition / Q000187:drug effects*; D009474:Neurons / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D019580:Perforant Pathway / Q000187:drug effects; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000819:agonists / Q000378:metabolism*; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism*; D044263:Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT1; D012701:Serotonin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D013565:Sympatholytics / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D015221:Potassium Channels; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D044263:Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT1; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists; D013565:Sympatholytics; C012647:QX-314; D012701:Serotonin; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D018750:6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione; D015763:2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate; D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin; C047087:5-carboxamidotryptamine; D008012:Lidocaine; D011433:Propranolol; C013411:biocytin; D008239:Lysine; D011188:Potassium