title: Intrinsic factors involved in the depression of neuronal activity induced by temperature increase in rat hippocampal neurons.
abstract: The intrinsic factors involved in the temperature-dependent impairment of neuronal activity in hippocampal CA2-CA1 regions were investigated using optical recording techniques. At 32 degrees C, stimulation of the Schaffer collaterals in the hippocampal CA2 region evoked depolarizing optical responses that spread toward the CA1 region. The optical response was characterized by fast and slow components that were mainly related to the presynaptic action potentials and excitatory postsynaptic response, respectively. The increase of the temperature to 38 degrees C was associated with a reversible depression of the neuronal activity in the hippocampal brain preparations. The depression of neuronal activity was irreversible when the temperature was increased to 40 degrees C. In the presence of 22 mM glucose, the depression of the neuronal activity at 38 degrees C was significantly attenuated. Pyruvate (22 mM), but not lactate (22 mM), also improved the depression of neuronal activity induced by the temperature increase. Adenosine (200 microM) strongly depressed the excitatory postsynaptic response, but not presynaptic action potentials. 8-Cyclopentyl-1,3-dimethylxanthine (8-CPT) (10 microM), an adenosine A1 receptor blocker, attenuated the adenosine-induced depression of the excitatory postsynaptic response. 8-CPT (10 microM) prevented the impairment of the excitatory postsynaptic response induced by the increase of the temperature to 38 degrees C. In contrast, the depression of presynaptic action potential at 38 degrees C was not prevented by 8-CPT (10 microM). N omega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), a nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor, and methylcobalamin (10 microM), a vitamin B12 analogue, attenuated the inhibition of pre- and postsynaptic activities induced by the increase of the temperature to 38 degrees C. Glibenclamide, a KATP channel blocker, did not protect neuronal activity from the effects of the increase of the temperature. These results suggest that the heat-induced depression of neuronal activity is mediated by multiple factors, such as impairment of energy metabolism and increase in extracellular adenosine and nitric oxide (NO) levels in hippocampal neurons.
authors.affiliation: Kurume University Graduate School of Medicine, Departments of Pediatrics and Child Health, and Physiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan. eaac1210@mb.infoweb.ne.jp
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takeya
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D005905:Glyburide / Q000494:pharmacology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology*; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester / Q000494:pharmacology; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D019289:Pyruvic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013696:Temperature; D014805:Vitamin B 12 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D019344:Lactic Acid; D019289:Pyruvic Acid; C019476:mecobalamin; D005947:Glucose; D000241:Adenosine; D014805:Vitamin B 12; D005905:Glyburide; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester