title: Stimulation of 5-HT2A receptors on astrocytes in primary culture opens voltage-independent Ca2+ channels.
abstract: Mechanisms underlying the 5-HT2A receptor induction of intracellular Ca2+ mobilization and Ca2+ influx in type I astroglial cells in primary culture from newborn rat cerebral cortex were evaluated. The 5-HT-evoked Ca(2+)-transients, inhibited by the 5-HT2A antagonists ketanserin or 4-(4-fluorobenzoyl)-1-(4-phenylbutyl) piperidine oxalate, consisted of an initial peak caused by inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3)-mediated Ca2+ release from internal stores, and a second sustained part which was due to Ca2+ transport over the plasma membrane. The responses were pertussis toxin-insensitive, suppressed by the phospholipase C inhibitor neomycin and were inhibited by the Ca(2+)-ATPase inhibitor thapsigargin. Furthermore, the responses were inhibited by the IP3 receptor antagonist heparin. When the second sustained part of the 5-HT-evoked response was studied, it was concluded that Ca2+ influx was not a result of opening of voltage operated calcium channels of either L, N or T-type. Instead it appeared that Ca2+ entered the cells through specialized voltage independent Ca2+ channels which were dependent of the IP3 production and subsequent Ca2+ release from internal stores. From this, we conclude that 5-HT opens Ca2+ channels in astrocytes which closely resemble depletion-operated Ca2+ channels (DOCCs).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurobiology, Göteborg University, Sweden.
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Hagberg
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Blomstrand
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nilsson
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tamir
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hansson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000166:cytology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006493:Heparin / Q000494:pharmacology; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000187:drug effects*; D007650:Ketanserin / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D019284:Thapsigargin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D015220:Calcium Channels; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D012701:Serotonin; D019284:Thapsigargin; D006493:Heparin; D007650:Ketanserin; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium