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  • Title: Adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate mediates a 5-hydroxytryptamine-induced response in neonatal rat motoneurones.
    Author: Larkman PM, Kelly JS, Takahashi T.
    Journal: Pflugers Arch; 1995 Sep; 430(5):763-9. PubMed ID: 7478931.
    Abstract:
    5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) is present in nerve fibres descending from the brainstem Raphe nuclei to motoneurones and its release is thought to exert excitatory actions. 5-HT, applied from the outside, directly depolarizes spinal and cranial motoneurones in slices. This action of 5-HT is mediated, in part, by an inwardly rectifying cationic current, Ih. In cardiac cells, an equivalent current, if, has been shown to be directly activated by adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) applied to the inside of the patch membrane. By applying the whole-cell method to thin slices of brainstem and spinal cord, we have shown that intracellularly applied camp and extracellularly applied dibutyryl camp or forskolin mimics the inward current induced by 5-ht. The selective cAMP phosphodiesterase inhibitor, Ro 20-1724, clearly prolonged the 5-HT-induced current. Maximal doses of dibutyryl cAMP or forskolin occluded the 5-HT-induced current. The broad spectrum protein kinase inhibitors 1-(5-isoquinolinesulphonyl)-2-methlypiperazine (H-7) and N-[2-(methylamino)ethyl]-5-isoquinolinesulphonamide (H-8) had no effect on the currents induced by 5-HT and forskolin. From these results, we suggest that activation of 5-HT receptors on the motoneuronal membrane stimulates formation of intracellular cAMP, thereby inducing the inward current, possibly by a direct action on Ih.
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