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The neurotoxin 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+) alters hippocampal excitatory synaptic transmission by modulation of the GABAergic system

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Title
The neurotoxin 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+) alters hippocampal excitatory synaptic transmission by modulation of the GABAergic system
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Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, August 2015
DOI 10.3389/fncel.2015.00299
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YuYing Huang, JunFang Chen, Ying Chen, YingHan Zhuang, Mu Sun, Thomas Behnisch

Abstract

The neurotoxin 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) induces Parkinson's disease-like symptoms following administration to mice, monkeys, and humans. A common view is that MPTP is metabolized to 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium ion (MPP(+)) to induce its neurodegenerative effects on dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra (SN). Moreover, the hippocampus contains dopaminergic fibers, which are projecting from the ventral tegmental area, SN and pars compacta and contain the whole machinery required for dopamine synthesis making them sensitive to MPTP and MPP(+). Here, we present data showing that acute bath-application of MPP(+) elicited a dose-dependent facilitation followed by a depression of synaptic transmission of hippocampal Schaffer collaterals-CA1 synapses in mice. The effects of MPP(+) were not mediated by D1/D5- and D2-like receptor activation. Inhibition of the dopamine transporters did not prevent but increased the depression of excitatory post-synaptic field potentials. In the search for a possible mechanism, we observed that MPP(+) reduced the appearance of polyspikes in population spikes recorded in str. pyramidale and increased the frequency of miniature inhibitory post-synaptic currents. The acute effect of MPP(+) on synaptic transmission was attenuated by co-application of a GABAA receptor antagonist. Taking these data together, we suggest that MPP(+) affects hippocampal synaptic transmission by enhancing some aspects of the hippocampal GABAergic system.

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Country Count As %
Austria 1 4%
Unknown 22 96%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 6 26%
Student > Bachelor 3 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 13%
Other 2 9%
Student > Master 1 4%
Other 1 4%
Unknown 7 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Neuroscience 7 30%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 13%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 3 13%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 4%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 7 30%
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