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Nongenomic Glucocorticoid Suppression of a Postsynaptic Potassium Current via Emergent Autocrine Endocannabinoid Signaling in Hypothalamic Neuroendocrine Cells following Chronic Dehydration
Glucocorticoids rapidly stimulate endocannabinoid synthesis and modulation of synaptic transmission in hypothalamic neuroendocrine cells via a nongenomic signaling mechanism. The endocannabinoid actions are synapse-constrained by astrocyte restriction of extracellular spatial domains. Exogenous cann...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5617081/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28966975 http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0216-17.2017 |
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author | Wu, Ning Tasker, Jeffrey G. |
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description | Glucocorticoids rapidly stimulate endocannabinoid synthesis and modulation of synaptic transmission in hypothalamic neuroendocrine cells via a nongenomic signaling mechanism. The endocannabinoid actions are synapse-constrained by astrocyte restriction of extracellular spatial domains. Exogenous cannabinoids have been shown to modulate postsynaptic potassium currents, including the A-type potassium current (I(A)), in different cell types. The activity of magnocellular neuroendocrine cells is shaped by a prominent I(A). We tested for a rapid glucocorticoid modulation of the postsynaptic I(K) and I(A) in magnocellular neuroendocrine cells of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) using whole-cell recordings in rat brain slices. Application of the synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone (Dex) had no rapid effect on the I(K) or I(A) amplitude, voltage dependence, or kinetics in magnocellular neurons in slices from untreated rats. In magnocellular neurons from salt-loaded rats, however, Dex application caused a rapid suppression of the I(A) and a depolarizing shift in I(A) voltage dependence. Exogenously applied endocannabinoids mimicked the rapid Dex modulation of the I(A), and CB1 receptor antagonists and agonists blocked and occluded the Dex-induced changes in the I(A), respectively, suggesting an endocannabinoid dependence of the rapid glucocorticoid effect. Preincubation of control slices in a gliotoxin resulted in the partial recapitulation of the glucocorticoid-induced rapid suppression of the I(A). These findings demonstrate a glucocorticoid suppression of the postsynaptic I(A) in PVN magnocellular neurons via an autocrine endocannabinoid-dependent mechanism following chronic dehydration, and suggest a possible role for astrocytes in the control of the autocrine endocannabinoid actions. |
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spelling | pubmed-56170812017-09-29 Nongenomic Glucocorticoid Suppression of a Postsynaptic Potassium Current via Emergent Autocrine Endocannabinoid Signaling in Hypothalamic Neuroendocrine Cells following Chronic Dehydration Wu, Ning Tasker, Jeffrey G. eNeuro New Research Glucocorticoids rapidly stimulate endocannabinoid synthesis and modulation of synaptic transmission in hypothalamic neuroendocrine cells via a nongenomic signaling mechanism. The endocannabinoid actions are synapse-constrained by astrocyte restriction of extracellular spatial domains. Exogenous cannabinoids have been shown to modulate postsynaptic potassium currents, including the A-type potassium current (I(A)), in different cell types. The activity of magnocellular neuroendocrine cells is shaped by a prominent I(A). We tested for a rapid glucocorticoid modulation of the postsynaptic I(K) and I(A) in magnocellular neuroendocrine cells of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) using whole-cell recordings in rat brain slices. Application of the synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone (Dex) had no rapid effect on the I(K) or I(A) amplitude, voltage dependence, or kinetics in magnocellular neurons in slices from untreated rats. In magnocellular neurons from salt-loaded rats, however, Dex application caused a rapid suppression of the I(A) and a depolarizing shift in I(A) voltage dependence. Exogenously applied endocannabinoids mimicked the rapid Dex modulation of the I(A), and CB1 receptor antagonists and agonists blocked and occluded the Dex-induced changes in the I(A), respectively, suggesting an endocannabinoid dependence of the rapid glucocorticoid effect. Preincubation of control slices in a gliotoxin resulted in the partial recapitulation of the glucocorticoid-induced rapid suppression of the I(A). These findings demonstrate a glucocorticoid suppression of the postsynaptic I(A) in PVN magnocellular neurons via an autocrine endocannabinoid-dependent mechanism following chronic dehydration, and suggest a possible role for astrocytes in the control of the autocrine endocannabinoid actions. Society for Neuroscience 2017-09-19 /pmc/articles/PMC5617081/ /pubmed/28966975 http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0216-17.2017 Text en Copyright © 2017 Wu and Tasker http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed. |
spellingShingle | New Research Wu, Ning Tasker, Jeffrey G. Nongenomic Glucocorticoid Suppression of a Postsynaptic Potassium Current via Emergent Autocrine Endocannabinoid Signaling in Hypothalamic Neuroendocrine Cells following Chronic Dehydration |
title | Nongenomic Glucocorticoid Suppression of a Postsynaptic Potassium Current via Emergent Autocrine Endocannabinoid Signaling in Hypothalamic Neuroendocrine Cells following Chronic Dehydration |
title_full | Nongenomic Glucocorticoid Suppression of a Postsynaptic Potassium Current via Emergent Autocrine Endocannabinoid Signaling in Hypothalamic Neuroendocrine Cells following Chronic Dehydration |
title_fullStr | Nongenomic Glucocorticoid Suppression of a Postsynaptic Potassium Current via Emergent Autocrine Endocannabinoid Signaling in Hypothalamic Neuroendocrine Cells following Chronic Dehydration |
title_full_unstemmed | Nongenomic Glucocorticoid Suppression of a Postsynaptic Potassium Current via Emergent Autocrine Endocannabinoid Signaling in Hypothalamic Neuroendocrine Cells following Chronic Dehydration |
title_short | Nongenomic Glucocorticoid Suppression of a Postsynaptic Potassium Current via Emergent Autocrine Endocannabinoid Signaling in Hypothalamic Neuroendocrine Cells following Chronic Dehydration |
title_sort | nongenomic glucocorticoid suppression of a postsynaptic potassium current via emergent autocrine endocannabinoid signaling in hypothalamic neuroendocrine cells following chronic dehydration |
topic | New Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5617081/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28966975 http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0216-17.2017 |
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