title: Coordination of distinct but interacting rhythmic motor programs by a modulatory projection neuron using different co-transmitters in different ganglia.
abstract: While many neurons are known to contain multiple neurotransmitters, the specific roles played by each co-transmitter within a neuron are often poorly understood. Here, we investigated the roles of the co-transmitters of the pyloric suppressor (PS) neurons, which are located in the stomatogastric nervous system (STNS) of the lobster Homarus americanus. The PS neurons are known to contain histamine; using RT-PCR, we identified a second co-transmitter as the FMRFamide-like peptide crustacean myosuppressin (Crust-MS). The modulatory effects of Crust-MS application on the gastric mill and pyloric patterns, generated in the stomatogastric ganglion (STG), closely resembled those recorded following extracellular PS neuron stimulation. To determine whether histamine plays a role in mediating the effects of the PS neurons in the STG, we bath-applied histamine receptor antagonists to the ganglion. In the presence of the antagonists, the histamine response was blocked, but Crust-MS application and PS stimulation continued to modulate the gastric and pyloric patterns, suggesting that PS effects in the STG are mediated largely by Crust-MS. PS neuron stimulation also excited the oesophageal rhythm, produced in the commissural ganglia (CoGs) of the STNS. Application of histamine, but not Crust-MS, to the CoGs mimicked this effect. Histamine receptor antagonists blocked the ability of both histamine and PS stimulation to excite the oesophageal rhythm, providing strong evidence that the PS neurons use histamine in the CoGs to exert their effects. Overall, our data suggest that the PS neurons differentially utilize their co-transmitters in spatially distinct locations to coordinate the activity of three independent networks.
authors: Department of Biology, Bowdoin College, 6500 College Station, Brunswick, ME 04011, USA.
authors: Molly A
authors: MA
authors: Kwiatkowski
authors: Emily R
authors: ER
authors: Gabranski
authors: Kristen E
authors: KE
authors: Huber
authors: M Christine
authors: MC
authors: Chapline
authors: Andrew E
authors: AE
authors: Christie
authors: Patsy S
authors: PS
authors: Dickinson
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D000818:Animals; D004947:Esophagus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D017952:Ganglia, Invertebrate / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006633:Histamine Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D008121:Nephropidae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009420:Nervous System / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D010507:Periodicity; D011708:Pylorus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D006633:Histamine Antagonists; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D010455:Peptides; D006632:Histamine
keywords: FMRFamide; histamine; myosuppressin; neuromodulation; pyloric suppressor neuron; stomatogastric nervous system
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