title: Modulatory action of PACAP27 on NMDA receptor channel activity in cultured chick cortical neurons.
abstract: The modulatory effect of PACAP27 on NMDA receptor channel activity in cultured chick cortical neurons was investigated using the outside-out recording mode of the patch clamp technique. Channel opening frequency elicited by 20 microM NMDA, or 20 microM NMDA plus 1 microM glycine, was potentiated in the presence of 100 nM PACAP27 and inhibited with 1000 nM PACAP27. These effects were reversible on washout and reduced when glycine concentration was increased to 10 microM, but were not affected by the PACAP antagonist PACAP6-27 (1 microM) or the GTP inhibitor GDP-beta-S (100 microM). It is suggested that PACAP27 may exert its modulatory action on NMDA receptor channel activity through the glycine site(s).
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6907, Australia.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Madsen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D002642:Chick Embryo; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000187:drug effects*; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D051219:Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007473:Ion Channels; D009479:Neuropeptides; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D051219:Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate