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- Title
Adenosine A<sub>2A</sub> receptors enable the synaptic effects of cannabinoid CB<sub>1</sub> receptors in the rodent striatum.
- Authors
Tebano, Maria Teresa; Martire, Alberto; Chiodi, Valentina; Pepponi, Rita; Ferrante, Antonella; Domenici, Maria Rosaria; Frank, Claudio; Jiang-Fan Chen; Ledent, Catherine; Popoli, Patrizia
- Abstract
Adenosine A2A, cannabinoid CB1 and metabotropic glutamate 5 (mGlu5) receptors are all highly expressed in the striatum. The aim of the present work was to investigate whether, and by which mechanisms, the above receptors interact in the regulation of striatal synaptic transmission. By extracellular field potentials (FPs) recordings in corticostriatal slices, we demonstrated that the ability of the selective type 1 cannabinoid receptor (CB1R) agonist WIN55,212-2 to depress synaptic transmission was prevented by the pharmacological blockade or the genetic inactivation of A2ARs. Such a permissive effect of A2ARs towards CB1Rs does not seem to occur pre-synaptically as the ability of WIN55,212-2 to increase the R2/R1 ratio under a protocol of paired-pulse stimulation was not modified by ZM241385. Furthermore, the effects of WIN55,212-2 were reduced in slices from mice lacking post-synaptic striatal A2ARs. The selective mGlu5R agonist (RS)-2-chloro-5-hydroxyphenylglycine (CHPG) potentiated the synaptic effects of WIN55,212-2, and such a potentiation was abolished by A2AR blockade. Unlike the synaptic effects, the ability of WIN55,212-2 to prevent NMDA-induced toxicity was not influenced by ZM241385. Altogether, these results show that the state of activation of A2ARs regulates the synaptic effects of CB1Rs and that A2ARs may control CB1 effects also indirectly, namely through mGlu5Rs.
- Subjects
ADENOSINES; CANNABINOIDS; GLUTAMIC acid; NEURAL transmission; LABORATORY rodents
- Publication
Journal of Neurochemistry, 2009, Vol 110, Issue 6, p1921
- ISSN
0022-3042
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06282.x