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Pharmacological actions of peptides and indoleamines on turtle retinal ganglion cells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2009

Alan R. Adolph
Alan R. Adolph
Affiliation:
Eye Research Institute, Boston
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Abstract

In the turtle retina the peptides met-enkephalin (metENK), somatostatin (SS), neurotensin (NT), and the indoleamine serotonin (5-HT) modulate ganglion cell (GC) activity. The predominant action of the peptides is excitatory, generally enhancing spontaneous firing and light-evoked activity. In contrast, 5-HT usually inhibits these GC activities. MetENK has both direct synaptic input onto GC and indirect action possibly via a GABA inhibitory interneuron. The metENK actions appear mediated via a mu-opiate receptor; morphine and D-ala-metENK-amide (DALA), a stable analog of metENK, are agonists. Naloxone antagonizes the actions of metENK and its agonists. DALA occasionally inhibits GC. This inhibition is antagonized by picrotoxin, while concurrent excitatory action on GC is enhanced. DALA enhances GC response at high spatial frequencies; naloxone attenuates it. The enhancement by DALA suggests a narrowed receptive-field (RF) center, possibly due to changes in a GABA-mediated inhibitory surround. 5-HT inhibitory actions are also mediated via direct and indirect synaptic pathways. 5-methoxy-dimethyl-tryptamine and methoxy-phenyl-piperazine are agonists of 5-HT action. They are both specific 5-HT1 agonists. LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) and cyproheptadine, which act on 5-HT2 receptors, antagonize 5-HT actions in this retina. Strychnine enhances GC activity, probably by antagonizing glycine-mediated inhibitory inputs. It does not block the inhibitory action of 5-HT, which suggests that the indirect 5-HT inhibition is not mediated via a glycinergic interneurone. 5-HT suppresses directional selectivity (DS) and attenuates high spatial frequencies in some GC. This may be mediated via inhibition of GABAergic amacrines subserving DS and the RF inhibitory surround.

Keywords

Ganglion cellsPeptidesIndoleaminesGABASpatial tuning
Type
Research Articles
Information
Visual Neuroscience , Volume 3 , Issue 5 , November 1989 , pp. 411 - 423
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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