PMID- 32685762 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200928 IS - 2451-8301 (Electronic) IS - 2451-8301 (Linking) VI - 9 DP - 2020 Dec TI - Osmotic perception of GABAergic synaptic transmission in the supraoptic nucleus of rats. PG - 58-64 LID - 10.1016/j.ibror.2020.06.007 [doi] AB - Extracellular osmolality plays a crucial role in controlling the activation of neurons. Hypertonic stimulation modulates glutamatergic inputs to the supraoptic nucleus (SON) magnocellular neurosecretory cells (MNCs) putative vasopressin (VP) neurons through capsaicin-insensitive transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV) 1 channels on the presynaptic terminals. However, it remains unclear whether osmotic stimulation modulates GABAergic inputs to VP-secreting neurons within punched-out slices containing only the SON and the perinuclear zone. To answer this question, we studied the effects of various osmotic conditions on the miniature GABAergic postsynaptic currents (mGPSCs) using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique on rat SON putative VP-secreting neurons in small slice preparations. We revealed that incubation in hypertonic solution for 2 h reduced both the frequency and amplitude of the mGPSCs to the SON putative VP neurons, whereas the mGPSCs were unaffected when the external osmolality was changed from isotonic to hypotonic. Of interest, we found that changing from a hypertonic to hypotonic environment increased the frequency of the mGPSCs. This effect was independent of TRPV4. We hypothesize that two coordinated mechanisms may play an important role in the regulation of a wide range of physiological functions of VP.: 1) the modulation of GABA(A) receptor properties by brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)-induced tyrosine kinase B receptor-mediated signaling under hypertonic conditions, and 2) cell swelling-induced activation of whole-cell anion currents under hypotonic conditions. CI - (c) 2020 The Author(s). FAU - Ohbuchi, Toyoaki AU - Ohbuchi T AD - Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan. AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan. FAU - Saito, Takeshi AU - Saito T AD - Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan. AD - Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan. FAU - Yokoyama, Toru AU - Yokoyama T AD - Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan. FAU - Hashimoto, Hirofumi AU - Hashimoto H AD - Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan. FAU - Maruyama, Takashi AU - Maruyama T AD - Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan. FAU - Suzuki, Hideaki AU - Suzuki H AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan. FAU - Ueta, Yoichi AU - Ueta Y AD - Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200702 PL - England TA - IBRO Rep JT - IBRO reports JID - 101691215 PMC - PMC7355382 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Hypertonic condition OT - Hypotonic stimulation OT - Miniature GABAergic postsynaptic currents (mGPSCs) OT - Supraoptic nucleus OT - Vasopressin neuron OT - Whole-cell patch-clamp EDAT- 2020/07/21 06:00 MHDA- 2020/07/21 06:01 PMCR- 2020/07/02 CRDT- 2020/07/21 06:00 PHST- 2020/05/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/06/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/07/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/07/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/07/21 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/07/02 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S2451-8301(20)30022-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ibror.2020.06.007 [doi] PST - epublish SO - IBRO Rep. 2020 Jul 2;9:58-64. doi: 10.1016/j.ibror.2020.06.007. eCollection 2020 Dec.