title: The effect of excitatory aminoacids on GABA release from mediobasal hypothalamus of female rats.
abstract: The purpose of the present study was to examine the in vitro effect of L-glutamate and its agonists on basal and potassium-evoked GABA release from incubated mediobasal hypothalamus (MBH) of intact, ovariectomized (OVX) and OVX-estrogenized female rats. L-glutamate (100 microM) decreased evoked GABA release from MBH of intact female rats in diestrus. NMDA and quisqualate (10 and 100 microM) modified neither basal nor evoked hypothalamic GABA release of intact rats. However, kainate (10 and 100 microM) decreased hypothalamic basal and evoked GABA release of intact rats. Kainate induced no changes in basal or in evoked GABA release from hypothalami of OVX rats, but decreased GABA release in chronically estrogenized rats. DNQX (6,7-dinitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione), a non-NMDA receptor antagonist, failed to affect GABA release but blocked the inhibitory effect of kainate. The kainate effect was not Mg2+-sensitive and was not inhibited by D-AP5 (D(-)-2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acid), an NMDA-specific receptor antagonist. Kainate induced no changes in nitric oxide synthase activity in MBH of either intact or estrogenized rats. These data indicate that kainate decreases GABA release from MBH of female rats through a non-NMDA receptor subtype, and provide evidence to support the view that kainate-mediated decrease of the hypothalamic GABAergic tone is affected by estrogens.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigaciones en Reproducción, Facultad de Medicina, Buenos Aires, Argentina. milasaga@impsat1.com.ar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lasaga
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Laurentiis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pampillo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pisera
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: del Carmen Díaz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Theas
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Duvilanski
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seilicovich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D004031:Diestrus; D004343:Drug Implants; D004958:Estradiol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D018846:Excitatory Amino Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D007395:Interneurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D007608:Kainic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D016202:N-Methylaspartate / Q000494:pharmacology; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000378:metabolism; D010052:Ovariectomy; D011810:Quinoxalines / Q000494:pharmacology; D016318:Quisqualic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004343:Drug Implants; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D018846:Excitatory Amino Acids; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011810:Quinoxalines; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D004958:Estradiol; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; C056723:FG 9041; D016202:N-Methylaspartate; D016318:Quisqualic Acid; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D007608:Kainic Acid