Neurosteroid Modulation of GABA IPSCs is Phosphorylation Dependent

Overview

Journal J Neurosci

Specialty Neurology

Date 2000 Apr 25

PMID 10777770

Citations 55

Authors

A Fancsik

D M Linn

J G Tasker

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Abstract

The neurosteroid 3alpha-hydroxy-5alpha-pregnan-20-one (allopregnanolone) facilitates GABA(A) receptor-mediated ionic currents via allosteric modulation of the GABA(A) receptor. Accordingly, allopregnanolone caused an increase in the slow decay time constant of spontaneous GABA-mediated IPSCs in magnocellular neurons recorded in hypothalamic slices. The allopregnanolone effect on IPSCs was inhibited by a G-protein antagonist as well as by blocking protein kinase C and, to a lesser extent, cAMP-dependent protein kinase activities. G-protein and protein kinase C activation in the absence of the neurosteroid had no effect on spontaneous IPSCs but enhanced the effect of subsequent allopregnanolone application. These findings together suggest that the neurosteroid modulation of GABA-mediated IPSCs requires G-protein and protein kinase activation, although not via a separate G-protein-coupled steroid receptor.

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