Cannabinoid CB1 receptors in rat medial prefrontal cortex are colocalized with calbindin- but not parvalbumin- and calretinin-positive GABA-ergic neurons.
Journal Title: Pharmacological Reports - Year 2009, Vol 61, Issue 6
Abstract
In the present study, we investigate putative localization of cannabinoid receptors 1 (CB1) protein on a population of cortical gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) - positive interneurons characterized by expression of calcium-binding proteins in rat medial prefrontal cortex (MPC). Parvalbumin (PARV)/calretinin (CALR)- and calbindin (CALB)-positive neurons form two distinct populations of GABA-ergic interneurons that comprise the axo-somatic/axo-axonic and axo-dendritic inhibitory systems of pyramidal cells. It has been found that CB1 receptor-positive cells are randomly distributed across the rat MPC. All spotted neurons that were positive for CB1 receptors were positive for GABA; however, the number of GABA-positive cells drastically exceeded the number of CB1 receptor-positive neurons. Subsequent experiments with double-labelling of CB1 receptors with PARV and CALR revealed no colocalization. CALB-positive neurons (e.g., double bouquet and bipolar cells) display colocalization: the degree of colocalization among CB1 receptor-positive cells reached 18%. The appearance of CB1 receptors in double bouquet and bipolar neurons indicates that CB1 receptors may control the activity of pyramidal neurons from presynaptic sites in axo-dendritic synapses formed on apical and basilar dendrites of pyramidal neurons, as is characteristic for CALB-positive cortical interneurons. The phenotype of GABA- and CB1 receptor-positive but CALB-negative neurons may represent a population of inhibitory neurons that allow axo-somatic control of information flow, governed by principal neurons of the MPC.
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Krzysztof Wędzony, Agnieszka Chocyk
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