The effects of suramin and pyridoxal-phosphate-6-azophenyl-2',4'-disulfonic acid (PPADS) on glutamatergic synaptic transmission were studied on dorsal horn lamina II neurons of rat spinal cord slice preparation and cultured dorsal horn neurons. Suramin at 100 mu M significantly suppressed the amplitude of the evoked excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) by 33%, miniature EPSC (mEPSC) amplitude was decreased by 46% and the mEPSC frequency also decreased by 41%. PPADS at 50 mu M had little effect on either the evoked EPSCs or mEPSCs. The lack of effect of PPADS on glutamatergic synaptic transmission suggests that the effect of suramin is less likely to be mediated by P-2x receptors. When whole-cell (+/-)-alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid (AMPA) currents evoked by glutamate were examined, both suramin and PPADS showed no inhibition of peak amplitude. However, the onset of glutamate-evoked whole-cell currents became significantly slowed by suramin but not by PPADS. The suppression of synaptic transmission by suramin may be due, in part, to the slowed onset of glutamate-evoked AMPA currents. These results suggest that the analgesic effects of suramin shown in cancer patients and animal pain models may not be solely due to its antagonism to purinoceptors. PPADS is probably a more suitable antagonist for the study of synaptic P2(x) receptor function at excitatory synapses mediated by AMPA receptors. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

Effects of the P-2-purinoceptor antagonists suramin and pyridoxalphosphate-6-azophenyl-2 ',4 '-disulfonic acid on glutamatergic synaptic transmission in rat dorsal horn neurons of the spinal cord / Jgg, Gu; Bardoni, Rita; Magherini, Pier Cosimo; Ab, Mcdermott. - In: NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS. - ISSN 0304-3940. - ELETTRONICO. - 253:(1998), pp. 167-170. [10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00632-6]

Effects of the P-2-purinoceptor antagonists suramin and pyridoxalphosphate-6-azophenyl-2 ',4 '-disulfonic acid on glutamatergic synaptic transmission in rat dorsal horn neurons of the spinal cord

BARDONI, Rita;MAGHERINI, Pier Cosimo;
1998

Abstract

The effects of suramin and pyridoxal-phosphate-6-azophenyl-2',4'-disulfonic acid (PPADS) on glutamatergic synaptic transmission were studied on dorsal horn lamina II neurons of rat spinal cord slice preparation and cultured dorsal horn neurons. Suramin at 100 mu M significantly suppressed the amplitude of the evoked excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) by 33%, miniature EPSC (mEPSC) amplitude was decreased by 46% and the mEPSC frequency also decreased by 41%. PPADS at 50 mu M had little effect on either the evoked EPSCs or mEPSCs. The lack of effect of PPADS on glutamatergic synaptic transmission suggests that the effect of suramin is less likely to be mediated by P-2x receptors. When whole-cell (+/-)-alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid (AMPA) currents evoked by glutamate were examined, both suramin and PPADS showed no inhibition of peak amplitude. However, the onset of glutamate-evoked whole-cell currents became significantly slowed by suramin but not by PPADS. The suppression of synaptic transmission by suramin may be due, in part, to the slowed onset of glutamate-evoked AMPA currents. These results suggest that the analgesic effects of suramin shown in cancer patients and animal pain models may not be solely due to its antagonism to purinoceptors. PPADS is probably a more suitable antagonist for the study of synaptic P2(x) receptor function at excitatory synapses mediated by AMPA receptors. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Effects of the P-2-purinoceptor antagonists suramin and pyridoxalphosphate-6-azophenyl-2 ',4 '-disulfonic acid on glutamatergic synaptic transmission in rat dorsal horn neurons of the spinal cord / Jgg, Gu; Bardoni, Rita; Magherini, Pier Cosimo; Ab, Mcdermott. - In: NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS. - ISSN 0304-3940. - ELETTRONICO. - 253:(1998), pp. 167-170. [10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00632-6]
Jgg, Gu; Bardoni, Rita; Magherini, Pier Cosimo; Ab, Mcdermott
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