Activation of V1a vasopressin receptors excite subicular pyramidal neurons by activating TRPV1 and depressing GIRK channels

Lei, Saobo; Hu, Binqi; Rezagholizadeh, Neda

doi:10.1016/j.neuropharm.2021.108565

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“…In addition, AVP is also known to increase the excitability of neurons directly via V 1a receptors as initially shown in neonatal neurons of the facial nucleus in the brainstem (Raggenbass et al, 1991). Recent data also show a direct increase in neuronal excitability by AVP via suppression of K + -channels in the hippocampal formation including subiculum (Lei et al, 2021), CA1 (Hu et al, 2022) and dentate gyrus (Lei et al, 2022) as well as in the medial aspect of the central amygdala (Boyle et al, 2021). V 1a receptors are coupled to Gα q/11 proteins activating phospholipase C β (PLC β ), which hydrolyses phosphatidylinositol 4-5-biphosphate (PIP 2 ) to inositol triphosphate (IP 3 ) and diacylglycerol (DAG).…”

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Arginine vasopressin activates serotonergic neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus during neonatal developmentin vitroandin vivo

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Kokinovic,

Teppola

et al. 2024

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Birth stress is a strong risk factor for psychiatric disorders and associated with an exaggerated release of the stress hormone arginine vasopressin (AVP) into circulation and in the brain. While it has been shown that AVP promotes firing of GABAergic interneurons leading to suppression of spontaneous perinatal hippocampal network events that suggest a protective function, its effect on developing subcortical networks is not known. Here we tested the effect of AVP on the neonatal dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT, serotonin) system, since early 5-HT homeostasis is critical for the development of cortical brain regions and emotional behaviors. Using in vitro electrophysiological recording techniques, we show that AVP strongly excites neonatal 5-HT neurons via V1A receptors by increasing their excitatory synaptic inputs. Accordingly, AVP also promotes action potential firing through a combination of its effect on glutamatergic synaptic transmission and a direct effect on the excitability of 5-HT neurons. Our in vivo single unit recordings of identified neonatal 5-HT neurons under light urethane anaesthesia revealed two major firing patterns of neonatal 5-HT neurons, tonic regular firing and low frequency oscillations of regular spike trains. We confirmed that AVP also increases firing activity of putative 5-HT neurons in neonatal DRN in vivo. Finally, we show that neonatal DRN contains a sparse vasopressinergic innervation that is strongly sex dependent and originates exclusively from vasopressinergic cell groups in medial amygdala and bed nucleus of stria terminalis (BNST). Our results show, that in contrast to developing cortical networks where AVP promotes inhibition, AVP can also be strongly excitatory in immature subcortical networks such as the DRN 5-HT system. Hyperactivation of the neonatal 5-HT system by AVP during birth stress may impact its own ongoing functional development as well as affect maturation of cortical target regions, which may increase the risk for psychiatric conditions later on.

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