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      Serotonin reduces the hyperpolarization-activated current (Ih) in ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons: involvement of 5-HT2 receptors and protein kinase C.

      Journal of Neurophysiology
      Animals, Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Cation Channels, Dopamine, pharmacology, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Enzyme Activators, Hyperpolarization-Activated Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channels, Ion Channels, antagonists & inhibitors, physiology, Male, Neurons, drug effects, Potassium Channels, Protein Kinase C, Rats, Rats, Inbred F344, Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT2, Serotonin, Serotonin 5-HT2 Receptor Agonists, Ventral Tegmental Area

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          Dopaminergic neurons of the ventral tegmental area (VTA) have been implicated in the rewarding properties of drugs of abuse and in the etiology of schizophrenia; serotonin modulation of these neurons may play a role in these phenomena. Whole cell patch-in-the-slice recording in rat brain slices was used to investigate modulation of the hyperpolarization-activated cationic current Ih by serotonin in these neurons. Serotonin (50-500 microM) reduced the amplitude of Ih in a concentration-dependent manner; this effect was reversible after prolonged washout of serotonin. This effect was mimicked by the 5-HT2 agonist alpha-methylserotonin (25 microM) and reversed by the 5-HT2 antagonist ketanserin (25 microM). Serotonin reduced the maximal Ih current and conductance (measured at -130 mV) and caused a negative shift in the voltage dependence of Ih activation. The serotonin-induced reduction in Ih amplitude was antagonized by intracellular administration of the nonspecific protein kinase inhibitor H-7 (75 microM) and the selective protein kinase C inhibitor chelerythrine (25 microM). The protein kinase C activator phorbol 12, 13 diacetate (PDA, 2 microM) reduced Ih amplitude; when PDA and serotonin were applied together, the effect on Ih was less than additive. These data support the conclusion that serotonin reduces Ih in dopaminergic VTA neurons by acting at serotonin 5-HT2 receptors, which activate protein kinase C. This reduction of Ih may be physiologically important, as the selective inhibitor of Ih, ZD7288, significantly increased dopamine inhibition of firing rate of dopaminergic VTA neurons, an effect that we previously demonstrated with serotonin.

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