Action Potential-Independent Release of Glutamate by Ca2+Entry through Presynaptic P2X Receptors Elicits Postsynaptic Firing in the Brainstem Autonomic Network
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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Action Potential-Independent Release of Glutamate by Ca2+Entry through Presynaptic P2X Receptors Elicits Postsynaptic Firing in the Brainstem Autonomic Network
Contributor:
Shigetomi, Eiji;
Kato, Fusao
Published:
Society for Neuroscience, 2004
Published in:
The Journal of Neuroscience, 24 (2004) 12, Seite 3125-3135
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1523/jneurosci.0090-04.2004
ISSN:
0270-6474;
1529-2401
Origination:
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Description:
P2X receptors are ATP-gated channels permeable to cations including Ca2+. In acute slices containing the nucleus of the solitary tract, in which neuronal ATP release and ATP-elicited physiological responses are demonstratedin vivo, we recorded spontaneous action potential-independent EPSCs [miniature EPSCs (mEPSCs)]. Activation of presynaptic P2X receptors with α,β-methylene ATP (αβmATP) triggered Ca2+-dependent glutamate release that was resistant to blockade of voltage-dependent calcium channels but abolished by P2X receptor antagonists. mEPSCs elicited with αβmATP were of larger amplitude than basal mEPSCs and resulted in postsynaptic firing caused by temporal summation of miniature events. The large-amplitude mEPSCs provoked by αβmATP were likely to result from highly synchronized multivesicular release of glutamate at single release sites. Neither αβmATP nor ATP facilitated GABA release. We conclude that this facilitated release and consequent postsynaptic firing underlie the profound autonomic responses to activation of P2X receptors observedin vivo.