PMID: 11314673Apr 21, 2001Paper

Transmembrane signaling through phospholipase C in cortical and hippocampal membranes of psychogenetically selected rat lines

Psychopharmacology
J SallésR M Escorihuela

Abstract

One of the major pathways for neurotransmitter signaling involves phosphoinositide-specific and G-protein-dependent phospholipase C-beta (PLC-beta), which stimulates the formation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate and diacylglycerol. Serotonergic and muscarinic-cholinergic signals in the brain are largely mediated through the hydrolysis of phosphoinositides by PLC. The aim of the experiments reported here was to explore the potential differences in neurotransmitter receptor coupling to PLC in Roman high-avoidance (RHA)/Verh and Roman low-avoidance (RLA)/Verh rats, by examining the changes in agonist (carbachol, 5-methyltryptamine)-stimulated phosphoinositide hydrolysis in hippocampal and cortical membranes derived from the two rat lines. To investigate changes in receptor and G-protein coupling to PLC in the brains of these two psychogenetically selected rat lines, which differ in their emotional profiles/learning abilities, we examined GTPgammaS-, agonist (carbachol, 5-methyltryptamine)-, and calcium-stimulated phosphoinositide hydrolysis in cortical and hippocampal membranes of RHA/Verh and RLA/Verh rats. The results indicated that calcium-induced increase in PLC activity was larger in the cortex and hippocampus of RHA/Ver rats...Continue Reading

Citations

Aug 14, 2008·The Journal of Comparative Neurology·Laura Saenz del BurgoJoan Salles
Apr 15, 2006·Journal of Neuroscience Research·Iñigo Ruiz de AzúaJoan Sallés
Oct 8, 2013·Behavioural Brain Research·Sira Díaz-MoránAlberto Fernández-Teruel

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