γ‐AMINOBUTYRIC ACID AGONISTS: AN in vitro COMPARISON BETWEEN DEPRESSION OF SPINAL SYNAPTIC ACTIVITY AND DEPOLARIZATION OF SPINAL ROOT FIBRES IN THE RAT
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- 1 December 1980
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Pharmacology
- Vol. 70 (4), 609-615
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-5381.1980.tb09779.x
Abstract
1 Relative molar potencies, of a range of γ-aminobutyrate (GABA)-related agonists, for depolarization of isolated spinal roots have been compared with their potencies for depression of spontaneous synaptic activity, recorded in ventral roots of hemisected spinal cord preparations from 3 to 9-day-old rats. Both effects were sensitive to antagonism by bicuculline. 2 The depolarizing potencies of the series were not parallelled by their depressant potencies. This disparity was shown most strongly by 4,5,6,7-tetrahydroisoxazolo[5,4-c]pyridin-3-ol (THIP) which was 20 times stronger than GABA in depolarizing root fibres and 20 times stronger than GABA in its depressant action and by (+)-cis-3-aminocyclopentane-carboxylic acid (17 times weaker than GABA on root fibres and 42 times stronger than GABA as a depressant). 3 The effect of uptake on these relative potencies is discussed and it is concluded that fibre depolarization and depression are probably mediated by different types of bicuculline-sensitive receptor. 4 The depolarizing potencies of the agonists showed a strong correlation with previously reported data for displacement of labelled GABA from in vitro rat brain membrane preparations (correlation coefficient 0.90, P < 0.001). However, the relative depressant potencies showed no such correlation with binding data (correlation coefficient 0.50, P > 0.05).Keywords
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