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The role of GABA in the regulation of GnRH neurons

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Watanabe, Miho, Fukuda, Atsuo, Nabekura, Junichi·2014·Frontiers in Neuroscience
DOI 10.3389/fnins.2014.00387PMC PMC4246667
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Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons form the final common pathway for the central regulation of reproduction. Gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA) has long been implicated as one of the major players in the regulation of GnRH neurons. Although GABA is typically an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mature adult central nervous system, most mature GnRH neurons show the unusual characteristic of being excited by GABA. While many reports have provided much insight into the contribution of GABA to the activity of GnRH neurons, the precise physiological role of the excitatory action of GABA on GnRH neurons remains elusive. This brief review presents the current knowledge of the role of GABA signaling in GnRH neuronal activity. We also discuss the modulation of GABA signaling by neurotransmitters and neuromodulators and the functional consequence of GABAergic inputs to GnRH neurons in both the physiology and pathology of reproduction.

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Figure 1 Excitatory action of GABA on rat GnRH neurons. (A) Representative [Ca2+]i response to 100 μM GABA. Most GnRH neurons showed [Ca2+]i increase in response to GABA. Some GnRH neurons did not respond to GABA. Some GnRH neurons showed [Ca2+]i decrease in response to GABA. (B) Muscimol (100 μM), a GABAA receptor agonist, increased [Ca2+]i in GnRH neurons. (C) Bicuculline (100 μM), a GABAA receptor antagonist, inhibited the [Ca2+]i increase induced by GABA. (D) GABA-induced [Ca2+]i increase was inhibited in Ca2+-free solution. (E) Bumetanide (100 μM), a blocker of NKCC1, reduced the GABA-induced [Ca2+]i increase. Muscimol and GABA were applied as indicated with horizontal bars. Bicuculline, Ca2+-free solution, and bumetanide were applied as indicated with open bars (Originally published in Watanabe et al., 2009a).
Figure 1 Excitatory action of GABA on rat GnRH neurons. (A) Representative [Ca2+]i response to 100 μM GABA. Most GnRH neurons showed [Ca2+]i increase in response to GABA. Some GnRH neurons did not respond to GABA. Some GnRH neurons showed [Ca2+]i decrease in response to GABA. (B) Muscimol (100 μM), a GABAA receptor agonist, increased [Ca2+]i in GnRH neurons. (C) Bicuculline (100 μM), a GABAA receptor antagonist, inhibited the [Ca2+]i increase induced by GABA. (D) GABA-induced [Ca2+]i increase was inhibited in Ca2+-free solution. (E) Bumetanide (100 μM), a blocker of NKCC1, reduced the GABA-induced [Ca2+]i increase. Muscimol and GABA were applied as indicated with horizontal bars. Bicuculline, Ca2+-free solution, and bumetanide were applied as indicated with open bars (Originally published in Watanabe et al., 2009a).CC BY · PubMed Central
Figure 2 The intracellular Cl− concentration determines the polarity of GABA response. The GABA action is excitatory in immature neurons because [Cl−]i is high, owing to high levels of the Na+-K+-2Cl− cotransporter (NKCC1), which mediates inward transport of Cl−, and to low levels of the K+-Cl− cotransporter (KCC2), which excludes Cl− from the cell. In most neurons, the GABA response switches from excitation to inhibition during early postnatal development, due to the developmental decrease of the NKCC1 and increase of the KCC2. However, even in the mature neurons, neuronal damage down regulates the KCC2 and elevated Cl− concentration shifts GABA response from hyperpolarization to depolarization, occasionally excitation. Most GnRH neurons show the unusual characteristic of being excited by GABA in the adult brain.
Figure 2 The intracellular Cl− concentration determines the polarity of GABA response. The GABA action is excitatory in immature neurons because [Cl−]i is high, owing to high levels of the Na+-K+-2Cl− cotransporter (NKCC1), which mediates inward transport of Cl−, and to low levels of the K+-Cl− cotransporter (KCC2), which excludes Cl− from the cell. In most neurons, the GABA response switches from excitation to inhibition during early postnatal development, due to the developmental decrease of the NKCC1 and increase of the KCC2. However, even in the mature neurons, neuronal damage down regulates the KCC2 and elevated Cl− concentration shifts GABA response from hyperpolarization to depolarization, occasionally excitation. Most GnRH neurons show the unusual characteristic of being excited by GABA in the adult brain.CC BY · PubMed Central

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Authors
Watanabe, M., Fukuda, A., & Nabekura, J.
Affiliations
  • Hamamatsu University (JP)
  • The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI (JP)
Corresponding author
Watanabe, Miho
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Frontiers in Neuroscience
Publisher
Frontiers Media SA
Published
2014-11-28
Volume
8
Pages
387-387
ISSN
1662-453X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3389/fnins.2014.00387
PMC
PMC4246667
OpenAlex
W2135581544
Cited by
140
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111
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1.63
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journal article
Language
en
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cc-by
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Funders
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (26670512, 25460312, 25293052)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Reproductive Biology and Fertility
Keywords
GABA, GnRH neurons, GABAergic inhibition, neuroendocrine regulation of reproduction, neurotransmitter modulation, neuromodulators, GABA receptors, reproductive physiology, reproductive disorders

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