Neurokinins released by capsaicin-responsive (C-R) dorsal root ganglia neurons (DRG) may control firing in these neurons by an autofeedback mechanism. Here we used patch clamp techniques to examine the effects of neurokinins on firing properties of dissociated DRG neurons of male rats. In C-R neurons that generated only a few action potentials (APs, termed phasic) in response to long depolarizing current pulses (600 ms), substance P (SP, 0.5 microM) lowered the AP threshold by 11.0+/-0.3 mV and increased firing from 1.1+/-0.7 APs to 5.2+/-0.6 APs. In C-R tonic neurons that fire multiple APs, SP elicited smaller changes in AP threshold (6.0+/-0.1 mV reduction) and the number of APs (11+/-1 vs. 9+/-1 in control). The effects of SP were similar to the effect of heteropodatoxin II (0.05 microM) or low concentrations of 4-aminopyridine (50 microM) that block A-type K(+) currents. A selective NK(2) agonist, [betaAla(8)]-neurokinin A (4-10) (0.5 microM), mimicked the effects of SP. The effects of SP in C-R phasic neurons were fully reversed by an NK(2) receptor antagonist (MEN10376, 0.5 microM) but only partially by a protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor (bisindolylmaleimide, 0.5 microM). An NK(3)-selective agonist ([MePhe(7)]-neurokinin B, 0.5 microM), an NK(1)-selective agonist ([Sar(9), Met(11)]-substance P, 0.5 microM) or activation of PKC with phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate (0.5 microM) did not change firing. Our data suggest that the excitability of C-R phasic afferent neurons is increased by activation of NK(2) receptors and intracellular signaling mediated only in part by PKC
Keywords : Action Potentials,analogs & derivatives,Animals,antagonists & inhibitors,Capsaicin,cytology,drug effects,Electric Stimulation,Enzyme Activation,Ganglia,Spinal,Intracellular Membranes,Male,metabolism,Neurokinin A,Neurons,Neurons,Afferent,Patch-Clamp Techniques,Peptide Fragments,pharmacology,physiology,Potassium Channel Blockers,Potassium Channels,Protein Kinase C,Protein Kinase Inhibitors,Rats,Receptors,Neurokinin-2,Signal Transduction,Substance P,Tachykinins,, Enhance,Excitability,Capsaicinresponsive,Drg, exhale pilates london
Date of Publication : 2007 May
Authors : Sculptoreanu A;de Groat WC;
Organisation : University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, E1304 Biomedical Science Tower, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. ads5@pitt.edu
Journal of Publication : Exp Neurol
Pubmed Link : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17362934
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