ÿþIn both converse look cases, however, membrane potential was below the reversal potential for Na (see Methods for details). Under these conditions, if a fraction of postsynaptic current is mediated by cation-selective ASICs, it would be expected that the block of ASICs will decrease the inward current, but increase the outward ones.5b (novel blocker of ASICs) suppresses inward GABAergic currents in  HEPES 2' solution. In the same series of experiments during each sweep evoked PSCs were recorded below their reversal potential as inward currents ( a ), and above the reversal potential, as outward ones ( b ) - see Methods for details.

In control, absolute amplitudes of inward and outward currents (mean ± S.D) in this series of experiments were: -196.3 ± 92.6 pA; 193.1 ± 119.6 pAA non-selective blocker of ASICs amiloride suppresses inward GABAergic currents. In the same series of experiments during each sweep evoked PSCs (2 PSCSs with 100 ms interval) were recorded below converse all star their reversal potential as inward currents ( a ), and above the reversal potential, as outward ones ( b ), see Methods for details. Superimposed traces of original current traces (averages of 10 sequential PSCs) before (solid lines) and after (dotted lines) amiloride (25 ¼M) application are shown on the right panel, summary converse all stars graphs ( n = 5) are shown on the left panel.

On the other hand, direct involvement of ASICs in PSCs generation documented for lateral amygdala neurons [ 5 ], does not seemingly occur in hippocampal neurons [ 6 , 36 ]. Our results tend to agree with the latter observations. Indeed, under our experimental conditions, if a substantial fraction of synaptic current is mediated by ASICs, a decrease in the net inward current, and an increase in the net outward current would be expected once ASICs are blocked. While in the presence of ASIC antagonists we did observe a decrease of the converse off white inward currents and a small decrease in the outward currents.

Since suramin (500 ¼M) does not affect ASIC currents in hippocampal neurons [ 24 ] the above results also indicate that relative contribution of  synaptic' ASIC current is much smaller than 9 %. At the same time, the relative magnitude of the effects produced by ASIC blockers on synaptic currents recorded in the absence of bicuculline is about 20-30 %. These results, taken together, strongly support our point that the suppressing effect of the ASICs blockers on GABAergic transmission is due, predominantly to a modulatory mechanism. Additionally, we would like to mention that absolute amplitude of proton-mediated synaptic currents in amygdala is about 7-10 pA [ 5 ].

Indeed, this should be expected if the effect of 5b on inward PSCS in the absence of bicuculline is due to crosstalk between ASICs and GABA A -receptors, because the crosstalk in isolated neurons was blocked by antagonists of GABA A -receptors- receptors bicuculline and picrotoxin [ 10 ].Within the framework of this assumption, differential effects of the ASICs antagonists on inward and outward PSCs which we observed in our experiments would indicate that this interaction is voltage-dependent. In this regard, possibility to alter GABA-currents decay by changing voltage [ 37 , 38 ] and off white converse activation of ASICs [ 11 ] may be not just a coincidence.

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