title: AMPA receptor activation induces GABA release from neurons migrating tangentially in the intermediate zone of embryonic rat neocortex.
abstract: In the intermediate zone of the embryonic rodent neocortex, neurons migrating tangentially from the basal ganglia express both functional amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid (AMPA) receptors and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). To test the hypothesis of GABA release triggered by AMPA receptor activation, we used whole-hemisphere cultures prepared from rat embryos (day 15). We observed a marked decrease in the number of detectable GABA-positive cells in the intermediate zone after exposure to T-AMPA. This effect was blocked by coapplying GYKI 53655, an AMPA receptor antagonist. The decrease in GABA immunolabelling induced by T-AMPA did not require extracellular calcium. In contrast, it was abolished after sodium substitution by choline, or after coapplication of nipecotic acid, a GABA transporter inhibitor. Exposure to high potassium reduced the number of detectable GABA-positive cells. These results are compatible with carrier-mediated GABA release consecutive to sodium influx. GABA released from neurons migrating tangentially in the intermediate zone after AMPA receptor activation may influence neighbouring elements including radially migrating postmitotic neurons, proliferating progenitors and possibly the tangential cells themselves.
authors.affiliation: EPHE Quantitative Cell Biology/INSERM U336/EMI 0012, University Montpellier 2, France.
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Poluch
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: König
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000172:deficiency; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus; D050485:GABA Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D019579:Neocortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology* / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009557:Nipecotic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D027361:Organic Anion Transporters; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018091:Receptors, AMPA / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D018350:alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D050485:GABA Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D009557:Nipecotic Acids; D027361:Organic Anion Transporters; D018091:Receptors, AMPA; C030278:nipecotic acid; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D018350:alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium