Developmental nicotine exposure alters glycinergic neurotransmission to hypoglossal motoneurons in neonatal rats

Journal of Neurophysiology
Lila B WollmanRalph F Fregosi

Abstract

We tested the hypothesis that nicotine exposure in utero and after birth [developmental nicotine exposure (DNE)] disrupts development of glycinergic synaptic transmission to hypoglossal motoneurons (XIIMNs). Glycinergic spontaneous and miniature inhibitory postsynaptic currents (sIPSC/mIPSC) were recorded from XIIMNs in brain stem slices from 1- to 5-day-old rat pups of either sex, under baseline conditions and following stimulation of nicotinic acetylcholine (ACh) receptors with nicotine (i.e., an acute nicotine challenge). Under baseline conditions, there were no significant effects of DNE on the amplitude or frequency of either sIPSCs or mIPSCs. In addition, DNE did not alter the magnitude of the whole cell current evoked by bath application of glycine, consistent with an absence of change in postsynaptic glycine-mediated conductance. An acute nicotine challenge (bath application of 0.5 μM nicotine) increased sIPSC frequency in the DNE cells, but not control cells. In contrast, nicotine challenge did not change mIPSC frequency in either control or DNE cells. In addition, there were no significant changes in the amplitude of either sIPSCs or mIPSCs in response to nicotine challenge. The increased frequency of sIPSCs in respon...Continue Reading

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