title: Neuropeptide Y inhibits glutamate release and long-term potentiation in rat dentate gyrus.
abstract: The effect of intracerebroventricular injection of neuropeptide Y (NPY) was assessed on LTP in dentate gyrus. We report that NPY attenuated LTP and inhibited KCl-induced glutamate release in synaptosomes prepared from dentate gyrus. Activity of the stress-activated kinase, c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) in synaptosomes was increased by incubation with NPY or following intracerebroventricular injection. Activation of JNK might underlie the inhibitory effect of NPY on LTP.
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D019167:Appetite Stimulants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D018891:Dentate Gyrus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D017774:Long-Term Potentiation / Q000187:drug effects*; D048670:MAP Kinase Kinase 4; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013569:Synapses / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology