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- Title
Dialysis delivery of an adenosine A<sub>2A</sub> agonist into the pontine reticular formation of C57BL/6J mouse increases pontine acetylcholine release and sleep.
- Authors
Coleman, Christal G.; Baghdoyan, Helen A.; Lydic, Ralph
- Abstract
In vivo microdialysis in C57BL/6J (B6) mouse was used to test the hypothesis that activating adenosine A2A receptors in the pontine reticular formation (PRF) increases acetylcholine (ACh) release and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Eight concentrations of the adenosine A2A receptor agonist 2- p-(2-carboxyethyl)phenethylamino-5′-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine hydrochloride (CGS 21680; CGS) were delivered to the PRF and ACh in the PRF was quantified. ACh release was significantly increased by dialysis with 3 μm CGS and significantly decreased by dialysis with 10 and 100 μm CGS. Co-administration of the adenosine A2A receptor antagonist 4-(2-[7-amino-2-(2-furyl)[1,2,4]triazolo[2,3-a][1,3,5]triazin-5-ylamino]ethyl)phenol (ZM 241385; 30 nm) blocked the CGS-induced increase in ACh release. In a second series of experiments, CGS (3 μm) was delivered by dialysis to the PRF for 2 h while recording sleep and wakefulness. CGS significantly decreased time in wakefulness (−51% in h 1; −54% in h 2), increased time in non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep (90% in h 1; 151% in h 2), and increased both time in REM sleep (331% in h 2) and the number of REM sleep episodes (488% in h 2). The enhancement of REM sleep is consistent with the interpretation that adenosine A2A receptors in the PRF of the B6 mouse contribute to REM sleep regulation, in part, by increasing ACh release in the PRF. A2A receptor activation may promote NREM sleep via GABAergic inhibition of arousal promoting neurons in the PRF.
- Publication
Journal of Neurochemistry, 2006, Vol 96, Issue 6, p1750
- ISSN
0022-3042
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.03700.x