MODULATORY EFFECTS OF NMDA ON PHOSPHOINOSITIDE RESPONSES EVOKED BY THE METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE-RECEPTOR AGONIST 1S,3R-ACPD IN NEONATAL RAT CEREBRAL-CORTEX
Raj. Challiss et al., MODULATORY EFFECTS OF NMDA ON PHOSPHOINOSITIDE RESPONSES EVOKED BY THE METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE-RECEPTOR AGONIST 1S,3R-ACPD IN NEONATAL RAT CEREBRAL-CORTEX, British Journal of Pharmacology, 112(1), 1994, pp. 231-239
1 The effect of NMDA-receptor stimulation on phosphoinositide signalli
ng in response to the metabotropic glutamate receptor agonist 1-aminoc
yclopentane-1S,3R-dicarboxylic acid (1S,3R-ACPD) has been examined in
neonatal rat cerebral cortex slices. 2 Total H-3-inositol phosphate
(H-3-InsP(x)) accumulation, in the presence of 5mM LiCl, in H-3-in
ositol pre-labelled slices was concentration-dependently increased by
1S,3R-ACPD (EC(50) 16.6 mu M) and, at a maximally effective concentrat
ion, 1S,3R-ACPD (300 mu M) increased H-3-InsP(x), accumulation by 12
.8 fold over basal values. 3 H-3-InsP(x) accumulation stimulated by
1S,1R-ACPD was enhanced by low concentrations of NMDA (3-30 mu M), but
not by higher concentrations (> 30 mu M). H-3-InsP(x) accumulations
stimulated by 1S,3R-ACPD in the absence or presence of 10 mu M NMDA w
ere linear with time, at least over the 15 min period examined; howeve
r, in the presence of 100 mu M NMDA the initial enhancement of 1S,3R-A
CPD-stimulated phosphoinositide hydrolysis progressively decreased wit
h time. 4 In the presence of a maximal enhancing concentration of NMDA
(10 mu M), the response to 1S,3R-ACPD (300 mu M) was increased 1.9 fo
ld and the EC(50) for agonist-stimulated 3H-InsP, accumulation decre
ased about 4 fold. The enhanced response to the metabotropic agonist w
as concentration-dependently inhibited by competitive and uncompetitiv
e antagonists of NMDA-receptor activation. 5 1S,3R-ACPD also stimulate
d inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (Ins(1,4,5)P,) mass accumulation with a
n initial peak response (5-6 fold over basal) at 15 s decaying to a sm
aller (2 fold), but persistent elevated accumulation (1-10 min). 6 Co-
addition of 10 or 100 mu M NMDA enhanced the initial peak Ins(1,4,5)P-
3 response to 1S,3R-ACPD. However, the enhancing effect was only maint
ained over 10 min in the presence of 10 mu M NMDA, whilst in contrast,
100 mu M NMDA ceased to cause a significant enhancement of the metabo
tropic response by 5 min and completely suppressed 1S,3R-ACPD-stimulat
ed Ins(1,4,5)P-3 accumulation at 10 min. 7 Both basal and 1S,3R-ACPD-s
timulated Zns(1,4,5)P-3 accumulations were reduced when slices were in
cubated in nominally Ca2+-free medium. Under these conditions only a c
oncentration-dependent enhancement of the response was observed (EC(50
) for NMDA facilitation of 1S,3R-ACPD-stimulated Ins(1,4,5)P-3 accumul
ation of 32 mu M). 8 These experiments have revealed that at low conce
ntrations, NMDA can dramatically potentiate 1S,3R-ACPD-stimulated phos
phoinositide hydrolysis, probably by a Ca2+-dependent facilitation of
agonist-stimulated phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C activity.
Higher concentrations of NMDA result in time-dependent inhibition of
the metabotropic agonist-stimulated response. We believe the former ef
fect could be fundamental in glutamate receptor 'cross-talk', whereas
the latter may reflect a Ca2+-dependent neurotoxic effect of NMDA on t
he neonatal cerebral cortex slices.