title: Parallel decrease in omega-conotoxin-sensitive transmission and dopamine-induced inhibition at the striatal synapse of developing rats.
abstract: Whole-cell patch-clamp recordings of GABAergic IPSCs were made from cholinergic interneurones in slices of striatum from developing rats aged 21-60 days postnatal. In addition, the Ca(2+) channel subtypes involved in synaptic transmission, as well as dopamine (DA)-induced presynaptic inhibition, were investigated pharmacologically with development by bath application of Ca(2+) channel blockers and DA receptor agonists. The IPSC amplitude was reduced by omega-conotoxin GVIA (omega-CgTX) or omega-agatoxin TK (omega-Aga-TK) across the whole age range, suggesting that multiple types of Ca(2+) channels mediate transmission of the synapse. The IPSC fraction reduced by omega-CgTX significantly decreased, whereas that reduced by omega-Aga-TK remained unchanged with development. DA or quinpirole, a D(2)-like receptor agonist, presynaptically reduced the IPSC amplitude throughout development. The DA-induced inhibition decreased with age in parallel with the decrease in N-type Ca(2+) channels. DA showed no further inhibition of IPSCs after the inhibitory effect of omega-CgTX had reached steady state throughout development. These results demonstrate that there is a functional link between presynaptic N-type Ca(2+) channels and D(2)-like DA receptors at inhibitory synapses in the striatum. They also demonstrate that the suppression of GABAergic transmission by D(2)-like receptors is mediated by modulation of N-type Ca(2+) channels and decreases in parallel with the developmental decline in the contribution of N-type Ca(2+) channels to exocytosis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cerebral Structure, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan. tmomi@nips.ac.jp
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Momiyama
mesh_terms: D060848:Agatoxins; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002799:Cholinergic Fibers / Q000502:physiology; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000502:physiology*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018491:Dopamine Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D007395:Interneurons / Q000502:physiology; D009433:Neural Inhibition / Q000502:physiology; D019257:Quinpirole / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D013111:Spider Venoms / Q000494:pharmacology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects*; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000502:physiology; D020866:omega-Conotoxin GVIA / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D060848:Agatoxins; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D018491:Dopamine Agonists; D013111:Spider Venoms; C083855:omega-agatoxin-Aa4b; D019257:Quinpirole; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D020866:omega-Conotoxin GVIA; D004298:Dopamine