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  • Title: Activation of group I mGluRs increases spontaneous IPSC frequency in rat frontal cortex.
    Author: Chu Z, Hablitz JJ.
    Journal: J Neurophysiol; 1998 Aug; 80(2):621-7. PubMed ID: 9705455.
    Abstract:
    The effect of metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) activation on inhibitory synaptic transmission was examined by using whole cell patch-clamp recordings. Spontaneous (s) and miniature (m) inhibitory postsynaptic currents (IPSCs) were recorded from visually identified layer II/III pyramidal neurons in rat neocortex in vitro. Excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) were blocked by using bath application of 20 microM D(-)2-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acid and 10 microM 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione. In the presence of 1S,3R-1-aminocyclopentane-1,3-dicarboxylic acid (30-100 microM), Lp4-quisqualate (5 microM), and the group I selective mGluR agonist (S)-3,5-dihydroxyphenylglycine (100 microM), the frequency of sIPSCs was increased. Decay kinetics of sIPSCs were unaffected. No enhancement of mIPSCs was observed. Bath application of group II (2S,3S,4S-alpha-carboxycyclopropyl-glycine; 5 microM) and group III selective mGluR agonists (L-2-amino-4-phosphonobutyric acid; 100 microM) had no detectable effects on the frequency or amplitude of sIPSCs. These findings indicate that activation of group I mGluRs (mGluR1 and/or mGluR5) enhances gamma-aminobutyric acid-mediated synaptic inhibition in layer II/III pyramidal neurons in neocortex. The lack of effect on mIPSCs suggests a presynaptic action via excitation of inhibitory interneurons.
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