title: Platelet-derived growth factor receptor-induced feed-forward inhibition of excitatory transmission between hippocampal pyramidal neurons.
abstract: Growth factor receptors provide a major mechanism for the activation of the nonreceptor tyrosine kinase c-Src, and this kinase in turn up-regulates the activity of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors in CA1 hippocampal neurons (1). Unexpectedly, applications of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-BB to cultured and isolated CA1 hippocampal neurons depressed NMDA-evoked currents. The PDGF-induced depression was blocked by a PDGF-selective tyrosine kinase inhibitor, by a selective inhibitor of phospholipase C-gamma, and by blocking the intracellular release of Ca(2+). Inhibitors of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) also eliminated the PDGF-induced depression, whereas a phosphodiesterase inhibitor enhanced it. The NMDA receptor-mediated component of excitatory synaptic currents was also inhibited by PDGF, and this inhibition was prevented by co-application of a PKA inhibitor. Src inhibitors also prevented this depression. In recordings from inside-out patches, the catalytic fragment of PKA did not itself alter NMDA single channel activity, but it blocked the up-regulation of these channels by a Src activator peptide. Thus, PDGF receptors depress NMDA channels through a Ca(2+)- and PKA-dependent inhibition of their modulation by c-Src.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: W Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Z G
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Orser
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Valenzuela
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: MacDonald
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000077214:Becaplermin; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000494:pharmacology; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D004963:Estrenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D006493:Heparin / Q000494:pharmacology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology*; D006706:Homeostasis; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D016202:N-Methylaspartate / Q000494:pharmacology; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology; D051966:Phospholipase C gamma; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; D017966:Pyramidal Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011760:Pyrrolidinones / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D004963:Estrenes; D007527:Isoenzymes; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; D011725:Pyridines; D011760:Pyrrolidinones; C100376:WIN 41662; C060229:1-(6-((3-methoxyestra-1,3,5(10)-trien-17-yl)amino)hexyl)-1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione; C074854:U 73343; D000077214:Becaplermin; D016202:N-Methylaspartate; D006493:Heparin; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D051966:Phospholipase C gamma; D002118:Calcium