title: Acute Ca(2+)-dependent desensitization of 5-HT(1A) receptors is mediated by activation of protein kinase A (PKA) in rat serotonergic neurons.
abstract: This report investigates acute changes in the sensitivity of 5-HT(1A) receptors in dorsal raphe (dr) neurons in response to elevated serotonin. DR neurons were isolated from adult rats and measurements of inhibition of Ca(2+) current by 5-HT were obtained using the whole cell patch clamp technique. During a 10-min application of 5-HT (with normal [Ca(2+)](i) approximately 100 nM) a desensitization occurred. The response to 20 nM 5-HT decreased by 66% relative to control and remained depressed for about 30 min. When the internal [Ca(2+)] was buffered to <1 nM only a weak transient desensitization occurred that was surmountable with higher [5-HT]. Adenylyl cyclase activation with forskolin mimicked the desensitization and selective inhibition of protein kinase A (PKA), but not protein kinase C (PKC), partially antagonized the desensitization induced by 5-HT. To measure the activity of PKA and phosphatase enzymes, dr slices were incubated with the selective agonist dipropyl-5-carboxamidotryptamine (DP-5-CT, 1 microM) for 10 min and the phosphorylation of the PKA substrate Kemptide was followed using ATP-gamma(32)P. DP-5-CT inhibited the cAMP stimulated maximal activity of PKA but raised basal PKA activity, thus increasing the percentage of PKA in the active state (activity ratio), an effect that was prevented by the selective 5-HT(1A) antagonist WAY100635. DP-5-CT also caused a significant inhibition of phosphatase activity. These data support a model in the dr where 5-HT(1A)-receptor stimulation of PKA promotes phosphorylation of a target and phosphatase inhibition leading to heterologous desensitization. The effect would be expected to have physiological consequences for 5-HT-mediated inhibitory post synaptic potentials and the Ca(2+) component of the action potentials of dr neurons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Box 29, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203-2098, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Bergold
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Penington
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology*; D020013:Calcium Signaling; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D053444:Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potentials / Q000187:drug effects*; D052998:Microcystins / Q000494:pharmacology; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000378:metabolism; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational / Q000187:drug effects; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011903:Raphe Nuclei / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D044282:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1A / Q000502:physiology*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000502:physiology*; D014363:Tryptamines / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D052998:Microcystins; D009842:Oligopeptides; D010879:Piperazines; D011725:Pyridines; D014363:Tryptamines; D044282:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1A; D012701:Serotonin; C037642:kemptide; C090413:N-(2-(4-(2-methoxyphenyl)-1-piperazinyl)ethyl)-N-(2-pyridinyl)cyclohexanecarboxamide; C055895:N,N-dipropylcarboxamidotryptamine; C078588:microcystin; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D002118:Calcium