Co-release of GABA does not occur at glycinergic synapses onto lumbar motoneurons in juvenile mice

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Mirko eMoroni¹  Niall John Moore¹  Gardave Singh Bhumbra¹  Marco eBeato¹ 

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关键词: Glycine;    Spinal Cord;    GABA;    motoneuron;    Mouse;    patch clamp;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fncel.2012.00008

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The fast inhibitory neurotransmitters glycine and GABA are co-localised in synaptic terminals of inhibitory interneurons in the spinal cord and co-released onto lumbar motoneurons in neonatal rats. We performed whole cell voltage-clamp experiments on spinal cord preparations obtained from juvenile (P8 - 14) mice to determine whether inhibitory currents exhibited GABAergic components in motoneurons of animals of weight-bearing age. Subsequently we established whether or not GABA is co-released at glycinergic synapses onto motoneurons by determining if it conferred modulatory effects on the kinetics of glycinergic currents.Exponential fitting analysis showed that evoked and miniature inhibitory post-synaptic currents (IPSCs) were best-fitted with a single decay time constant. Responses recorded from connected interneuron-motoneuron pairs showed no effect of a benzodiazepine or a GABAA receptor antagonist. Similarly IPSCs evoked by extracellular stimulation and miniature IPSCs were not affected by either agent, indicating the absence of co-detection. Experimental manipulation of the relative content of pre-synaptic GABA and glycine conferred no effect on post-synaptic responses. It is thus unlikely that GABA is co-released in biologically relevant amounts at glycinergic synapses onto lumbar motoneurons in mice of this age.

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