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ArticleThe Journal of physiology2013

Acute inhibition of diacylglycerol lipase blocks endocannabinoid-mediated retrograde signalling: evidence for on-demand biosynthesis of 2-arachidonoylglycerol.

Yuki Hashimotodani, Takako Ohno-Shosaku, Asami Tanimura, Yoshihiro Kita, Yoshikazu Sano, Takao Shimizu, Vincenzo Di Marzo, Masanobu Kano

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Article in The Journal of physiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yuki HashimotodaniM. Kano: Department of Neurophysiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan. mkano-tky@m.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
Takako Ohno-Shosaku
Asami Tanimura
Yoshihiro Kita
Yoshikazu Sano
Takao Shimizu
Vincenzo Di Marzo
Masanobu Kano
The University of Tokyo · JPKanazawa University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The endocannabinoid (eCB) 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) produced by diacylglycerol lipase α (DGLα) is one of the best-characterized retrograde messengers at central synapses. It has been thought that 2-AG is produced 'on demand' upon activation of postsynaptic neurons. However, recent studies propose that 2-AG is pre-synthesized by DGLα and stored in neurons, and that 2-AG is released from such 'pre-formed pools' without the participation of DGLα. To address whether the 2-AG source for retrograde signalling is the on-demand biosynthesis by DGLα or the mobilization from pre-formed pools, we examined the effects of acute pharmacological inhibition of DGL by a novel potent DGL inhibitor, OMDM-188, on retrograde eCB signalling triggered by Ca(2+) elevation, Gq/11 protein-coupled receptor activation or synergy of these two stimuli in postsynaptic neurons. We found that pretreatment for 1 h with OMDM-188 effectively blocked depolarization-induced suppression of inhibition (DSI), a purely Ca(2+)-dependent form of eCB signalling, in slices from the hippocampus, striatum and cerebellum. We also found that at parallel fibre-Purkinje cell synapses in the cerebellum OMDM-188 abolished synaptically induced retrograde eCB signalling, which is known to be caused by the synergy of postsynaptic Ca(2+) elevation and group I metabotropic glutamate receptor (I-mGluR) activation. Moreover, brief OMDM-188 treatments for several minutes were sufficient to suppress both DSI and the I-mGluR-induced retrograde eCB signalling in cultured hippocampal neurons. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that 2-AG for synaptic retrograde signalling is supplied as a result of on-demand biosynthesis by DGLα rather than mobilization from presumptive pre-formed pools.

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Synaptic TransmissionAnimalsArachidonic AcidsBrainCalciumEndocannabinoidsGlyceridesGTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11IsoleucineLactonesLipoprotein LipaseMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPurkinje CellsReceptors, Metabotropic GlutamateSynapsesArachidonic AcidsCalciumEndocannabinoidsGlyceridesglyceryl 2-arachidonateGTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11IsoleucineLactonesLipoprotein LipaseN-formyl-isoleucine-1-((3-hexyl-4-oxo-2-oxetanyl)methyl)dodecyl esterReceptors, Metabotropic Glutamate

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PMID23858009
PMCPMC3800453
OpenAlexW2153064917

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