title: Effects of interleukin-1 beta on neurons in mammalian pelvic ganglia.
abstract: The effects of interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) on the membrane potential and synaptic transmission were examined in neurons of mammalian pelvic ganglia. Bath-application of recombinant human IL-1 beta (6-300 pM) for 10 s-5 min produced a long-lasting hyperpolarization associated with increased input resistance in 11 neurons of rat major pelvic ganglia (MPG). In other 8 neurons, IL-1 beta (300 pM) produced a biphasic response that consists of an initial depolarization followed by a long-lasting hyperpolarization. IL-1 beta 163-171 (10-100 pM), a synthetic nonapeptide analog that contains the active domain of human IL-1 beta, mimicked the effect of IL-1 beta in MPG neurons. gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA, 300 microM) produced a depolarization followed by a hyperpolarization that was blocked by picrotoxin (100 microM). Db-cyclic guanosine monophosphate (db-cyclic GMP, 100 microM) also produced an initial depolarization followed by a long-lasting hyperpolarization. These results suggest that the IL-1 beta-induced biphasic response is mediated by a GABA receptor-cyclic GMP pathway. IL-1 beta and IL-1 beta 163-171 caused an initial facilitation followed by a long-lasting depression of the excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP) in rabbit VPG. The data suggest that IL-1 beta presynaptically depressed the EPSP by reducing the release of acetylcholine (ACh) from the pelvic nerve terminals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan. akasut@med.kurume-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akasu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsurusaki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019706:Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D005724:Ganglia / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D010388:Pelvis / Q000294:innervation; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1