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JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 30, Issue 3, Pages 876-884Publisher
SOC NEUROSCIENCE
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2986-09.2010
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan [18077006, 20602019]
- University of Occupational and Environmental Health Research
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [18077006, 20602019] Funding Source: KAKEN
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The release of arginine vasopressin (AVP) from the magnocellular neurosecretory cells (MNCs) in the supraoptic nucleus (SON) is crucial for body fluid homeostasis. The MNC activity is modulated by synaptic inputs and humoral factors. A recent study demonstrated that an N-terminal splice variant of the transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1) is essential for osmosensory transduction in the SON. In the present study, we examined the effects of mannitol and angiotensin II on miniature EPSCs (mEPSCs) in the supraoptic MNCs using whole-cell patch-clamp recording in in vitro slice preparation. Mannitol (60 mM) and angiotensin II (0.1 mu M) increased the frequency of mEPSCs without affecting the amplitude. These effects were attenuated by pre-exposure to a nonspecific TRPV channel blocker, ruthenium red (10 mu M) and enhanced by pre-exposure to cannabinoid type1 receptor antagonist, AM251 (2 mu M). Mannitol-induced potentiation of mEPSCs was not attenuated by angiotensin II receptor antagonist, losartan (10 mu M), indicating independent pathways of mannitol and angiotensin II to the TRPV channels. The potentiation of mEPSCs by mannitol was not mimicked by a TRPV1 agonist, capsaicin, and also not attenuated by TRPV1 blockers, capsazepine (10 mu M). PKC was involved in angiotensin II-induced potentiation of mEPSCs. The effects of mannitol and angiotensin II on the supraoptic MNCs in trpv1 knock-out mice were significantly attenuated compared with those in wild-type mice counterparts. The results suggest that hyperosmotic stimulation and angiotensin II independently modulate mEPSCs through capsaicin-insensitive TRPV1 channel in the presynaptic terminals of the SON.
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