title: Glutamate receptors on the somata of dorsal unpaired median neurons in cockroach, Periplaneta americana, thoracic ganglia.
abstract: Effects of application of glutamate and glutamatergic ligands were studied to characterize the receptors for glutamate present on the soma membrane of the dorsal unpaired median (DUM) neurons in the thoracic ganglia of the cockroach, Periplaneta americana, using the intracellular recording technique. Application of L-glutamate did not block the GABA-response, and application of beta-guanidino-propionic acid, a competitive antagonist for GABA, failed to block the response to L-glutamate. These results indicate that most of L-glutamate action may not be mediated by a GABA-activated channel. To examine glutamate receptor types on the DUM neurons, glutamate receptor agonists were applied. The ionotropic glutamate receptor (iGluR) agonists evoked depolarizations with the following relative rank of order of potency: kainate > AMPA > quisqualate. Metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) agonists also elicited membrane depolarizations or hyperpolarizations associated with an increase in membrane conductance. The mGluR agonists evoked depolarizations or hyperpolarizations with the following relative rank of order: L-CCG-1 > 1S, 3R-ACPD > L-AP4. Depolarization of the same DUM neuron was detected following exposure of kainate and L-CCG-I, suggesting the coexistence of distinct iGluR and mGluR types. A membrane permeable cAMP analog, CPT-cAMP, could not mimic the effect of mGluR agonists. The mGluR selective antagonists, MCCG and MCPG, failed to antagonize the response to mGluR agonists. The involvement of cAMP in the mGluR response was not confirmed in DUM neurons. Although the functional roles of these receptors are unknown, it might be possible then that these extrasynaptic receptors have a modulatory effect on the excitability of the DUM neurons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Ishinomaki Senshu University, Ishinomaki, Miyagi 986-8580, Japan. washio@isenshu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Washio
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004594:Electrophysiology; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D017952:Ganglia, Invertebrate / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000187:drug effects; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010526:Periplaneta / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate / Q000378:metabolism*; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid