RRC ID 43501
Author Fujikawa H, Kanno T, Nagata T, Nishizaki T.
Title The phosphodiesterase III inhibitor olprinone inhibits hippocampal glutamate release via a cGMP/PKG pathway.
Journal Neurosci Lett
Abstract Olprinone, an inhibitor of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase III, inhibited an increase in intracellular Ca(2+) concentrations for acutely dissociated rat hippocampal pyramidal neurons induced by extracellular high K(+) (35 mM) depolarization. Olprinone (100 microM) significantly reduced spontaneous glutamate release from rat hippocampal slices. Furthermore, olprinone significantly decreased the rate of alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid (AMPA) receptor-mediated miniature excitatory postsynaptic currents (AMPA-mEPSCs) monitored from CA1 pyramidal neurons of rat hippocampal slices, and the effect was blocked by KT5823, an inhibitor of protein kinase G (PKG), but not by H-89, an inhibitor of protein kinase A (PKA). In the PKA assay using PC-12 cells, olprinone did not activate PKA. Taken together, the results of the present study show that olprinone attenuates intracellular Ca(2+) rise through voltage-sensitive Ca(2+) channels and inhibits presynaptic glutamate release via a cGMP/PKG pathway.
Volume 448(2)
Pages 208-11
Published 2008-12-26
DOI 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.10.079
PII S0304-3940(08)01490-0
PMID 18983890
MeSH Animals Calcium / metabolism Carbazoles / pharmacology Cyclic GMP / metabolism* Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / antagonists & inhibitors Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / metabolism* Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials / drug effects Glutamic Acid / metabolism* Hippocampus / drug effects* Hippocampus / metabolism Imidazoles / pharmacology* In Vitro Techniques Isoquinolines / pharmacology Male Membrane Potentials / physiology Phosphodiesterase 3 Inhibitors Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors / pharmacology* Potassium / metabolism Protein Kinase Inhibitors / pharmacology Pyramidal Cells / drug effects Pyramidal Cells / metabolism Pyridones / pharmacology* Rats Rats, Wistar Receptors, AMPA / metabolism Signal Transduction* / drug effects Sulfonamides / pharmacology
IF 2.274
Times Cited 9
WOS Category NEUROSCIENCES
Resource
Human and Animal Cells PC-12(RCB0009)