title: Tyrosine dephosphorylation underlies DHPG-induced LTD.
abstract: A form of long-term depression (LTD) of synaptic transmission can be induced by bath application of the group I metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptor agonist (RS)-3,5-dihydroxyphenylglycine (DHPG). The mechanisms responsible for the induction and expression of DHPG-induced LTD in the CA1 region of the hippocampus are currently the subject of intense investigation. Here we show that two protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) inhibitors (10 microM lavendustin A or 30 microM genistein) have little effect on DHPG-induced LTD. In contrast two protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) inhibitors (1 mM orthovanadate or 15 microM phenyl-arsine oxide) significantly inhibited DHPG-induced LTD. These data suggest that DHPG-induced LTD involves activation of a protein tyrosine phosphatase.
authors.affiliation: MRC Centre for Synaptic Plasticity, Department of Anatomy, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK. P.R.Moult@bris.ac.uk
authors.forename: Peter R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Moult
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schnabel
authors.forename: Ian C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Kilpatrick
authors.forename: Zafar I
authors.initials: ZI
authors.lastname: Bashir
authors.forename: Graham L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Collingridge
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005998:Glycine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D036881:Long-Term Synaptic Depression / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012118:Resorcinols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012118:Resorcinols; D014443:Tyrosine; C079215:3,5-dihydroxyphenylglycine; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; D005998:Glycine