PMID- 31316353 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201001 IS - 1662-5102 (Print) IS - 1662-5102 (Electronic) IS - 1662-5102 (Linking) VI - 13 DP - 2019 TI - A Nitric Oxide-Dependent Presynaptic LTP at Glutamatergic Synapses of the PVN Magnocellular Neurosecretory Cells in vitro in Rats. PG - 283 LID - 10.3389/fncel.2019.00283 [doi] LID - 283 AB - The magnocellular neurosecretory cells (MNCs) of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) integrate incoming signals to secrete oxytocin (OT), and vasopressin (VP) from their nerve terminals in the posterior pituitary gland. In the absence of gamma-aminobutyric acid A (GABA(A)) and cannabinoids 1 (CB1) receptor activity, we used whole-cell patch-clamp recording, single-cell reverse transcription-multiplex polymerase chain reaction (SC-RT-mPCR), biocytin histochemistry and pharmacological methods to examine the mechanism of high frequency stimulus (HFS, 100 Hz)-induced long-term potentiation (LTP) at glutamatergic synapses in the PVN MNCs of juvenile male rats. Our results showed that HFS-induced LTP at glutamatergic synapses was accompanied by a decrease in the paired-pulse ratio (PPR) of the PVN MNCs. In these MNCs, HFS-induced LTP persisted in the presence of a group 1 metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR1) antagonist; however, it was abolished by an N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) receptor blocker. Notably, HFS-induced LTP in the PVN MNCs was completely prevented by a nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor. The application of an NO donor not only induced the LTP of excitatory glutamatergic inputs in the PVN MNCs, but also occluded the HFS-induced LTP in these MNCs. Moreover, HFS-induced LTP in the PVN MNCs was also abolished by a specific protein kinase A (PKA) inhibitor, KT5720. SC-RT-mPCR analysis revealed that 64.5% (62/96) of MNCs expressed OT mRNA. Our results indicate that a HFS can induce an NMDA receptor and NO cascades dependent on presynaptic glutamatergic LTP in the PVN MNCs via a PKA signaling pathway. FAU - Zhang, Bin-Bin AU - Zhang BB AD - Key Laboratory of Cellular Function and Pharmacology of Jilin Province, Yanbian University, Yanji, China. AD - Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, College of Medicine, Yanbian University, Yanji, China. FAU - Jin, Hua AU - Jin H AD - Key Laboratory of Cellular Function and Pharmacology of Jilin Province, Yanbian University, Yanji, China. AD - Department of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of Yanbian University, Yanji, China. FAU - Bing, Yan-Hua AU - Bing YH AD - Key Laboratory of Cellular Function and Pharmacology of Jilin Province, Yanbian University, Yanji, China. AD - Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, College of Medicine, Yanbian University, Yanji, China. FAU - Zhang, Xin-Yuan AU - Zhang XY AD - Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, College of Medicine, Yanbian University, Yanji, China. FAU - Chu, Chun-Ping AU - Chu CP AD - Key Laboratory of Cellular Function and Pharmacology of Jilin Province, Yanbian University, Yanji, China. FAU - Li, Yu-Zi AU - Li YZ AD - Key Laboratory of Cellular Function and Pharmacology of Jilin Province, Yanbian University, Yanji, China. AD - Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Yanbian University, Yanji, China. FAU - Qiu, De-Lai AU - Qiu DL AD - Key Laboratory of Cellular Function and Pharmacology of Jilin Province, Yanbian University, Yanji, China. AD - Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, College of Medicine, Yanbian University, Yanji, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190627 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Cell Neurosci JT - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience JID - 101477935 PMC - PMC6610542 OTO - NOTNLM OT - NMDA receptor OT - hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus OT - long-term synaptic plasticity OT - nitric oxide OT - protein kinase A OT - whole-cell recording EDAT- 2019/07/19 06:00 MHDA- 2019/07/19 06:01 PMCR- 2019/01/01 CRDT- 2019/07/19 06:00 PHST- 2019/01/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/06/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/07/19 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/07/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/07/19 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fncel.2019.00283 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Cell Neurosci. 2019 Jun 27;13:283. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2019.00283. eCollection 2019.