title: Gender-dependent regulation of G-protein-gated inwardly rectifying potassium current in dorsal raphe neurons in knock-out mice devoid of the 5-hydroxytryptamine transporter.
abstract: Agonists at G-protein-coupled receptors in neurons of the dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) of knock-out mice devoid of the serotonin transporter (5-HTT(-/-)) exhibit lower efficacy to inhibit cellular discharge than in wild-type counterparts. Using patch-clamp whole-cell recordings, we found that a G-protein-gated inwardly rectifying potassium (GIRK) current is involved in the inhibition of spike discharge induced by 5-HT1A agonists (5-carboxamidotryptamine (5-CT) and (+/-)-2-dipropylamino-8-hydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene hydrobromide (8-OH-DPAT); 50 nM-30 microM) in both wild-type and 5-HTT(-/-) female and male mice. These effects were mimicked by 5'-guanylyl-imido-diphosphate (Gpp(NH)p; 400 microM) dialysis into cells with differences between genders. The 5-HTT(-/-) knock-out mutation reduced the current density induced by Gpp(NH)p in females but not in males. These data suggest that the decreased response of 5-HT1A receptors to agonists in 5-HTT(-/-) mutants reflects notably alteration in the coupling between G-proteins and GIRK channels in females but not in males. Accordingly, gender differences in central 5-HT neurotransmission appear to depend-at least in part-on sex-related variations in corresponding receptor-G protein signaling mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: UMR 677, INSERM/UPMC, NeuroPsychoPharmacologie, Faculté de Médecine Pierre et Marie Curie, Site Pitié-Salpêtrière, 91 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75634 Paris Cedex 13, France.
authors.forename: Alexandre Julien Châu
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Loucif
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bonnavion
authors.forename: Béatrice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Macri
authors.forename: Jean-Louis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Golmard
authors.forename: Claudette
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boni
authors.forename: Maxette
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Melfort
authors.forename: Grégoire
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Leonard
authors.forename: Klaus-Peter
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Lesch
authors.forename: Joëlle
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Adrien
authors.forename: Thierry Didier
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Jacquin
mesh_terms: D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D051676:G Protein-Coupled Inwardly-Rectifying Potassium Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D006165:Guanylyl Imidodiphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009474:Neurons / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011903:Raphe Nuclei / Q000166:cytology*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D018490:Serotonin Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D050486:Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000172:deficiency*; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D051676:G Protein-Coupled Inwardly-Rectifying Potassium Channels; D010879:Piperazines; D011725:Pyridines; D018490:Serotonin Agents; D050486:Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D012701:Serotonin; D006165:Guanylyl Imidodiphosphate; C090413:N-(2-(4-(2-methoxyphenyl)-1-piperazinyl)ethyl)-N-(2-pyridinyl)cyclohexanecarboxamide; D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin; C047087:5-carboxamidotryptamine