Expression of functional GABAA receptors in cholecystokinin-secreting gut neuroendocrine murine STC-1 cells

The Journal of Physiology
G GlassmeierH Scherubl

Abstract

1. Gastrointestinal neuroendocrine (NE) cells synthesize, store and secrete gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). Recently, an autocrine-paracrine function of GABA has been proposed for secretion from NE cells. 2. To search for functional GABAA receptors in NE gut cells, we performed whole-cell and perforated-patch-clamp studies in the intestinal cholecystokinin (CCK)-secreting NE cell line STC-1. 3. Application of GABA evoked currents in STC-1 cells. These effects were mimicked by muscimol, an agonist of GABAA receptors, and blocked by picrotoxin or bicuculline, antagonists of GABAA receptors. The GABA- or muscimol-activated currents reversed near 0 mV, which under the recording conditions used was consistent with the activation of the GABAA receptor-Cl- channel complex. 4. In contrast to the effect on most neurons, GABA as well as muscimol led to a (reversible) depolarization of the membrane potential of STC-1 cells. Membrane depolarization in turn activated voltage-gated Ca2+ channels and increased intracellular Ca2+ concentrations in STC-1 cells. 5. In accordance with the observed membrane depolarization and activation of voltage-gated Ca2+ channels, both GABA and muscimol stimulated Ca2+-dependent CCK release. In contrast, bicuc...Continue Reading

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