Cerebral Cortex, Vol. 10, No. 9, 899-909,
September 2000
© 2000 Oxford University Press
GABA Receptor Antagonists Modulate Postmitotic Cell Migration in Slice Cultures of Embryonic Rat Cortex
Laboratory of Neurophysiology, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Recent studies indicate that GABA acts as a chemoattractant during rat cortical histogenesis. In vivo, GABA localizes in appropriate locations for a chemoattractant, along migratory routes and near target destinations for migrating cortical neurons. In vitro, GABA induces dissociated embryonic cortical neurons to migrate. Here, embryonic rat cortical slices were cultured in the presence or absence of GABA receptor (GABA-R) antagonists to assess GABA's effects on neuronal migration in situ. Gestational day 18 (E18) cortical slices were incubated overnight in bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU)-containing medium to label ventricular zone (vz) cells as they underwent terminal mitosis. The slices were then cultured in BrdU-free medium with or without GABA-R antagonists. In control slices, most BrdU+ cells were observed in the cortical plate (cp) after 48 h. In contrast, cultures maintained in either saclofen (a GABAB-R antagonist) or picrotoxin (a GABAA/C-R antagonist) had few BrdU-labeled cp cells. However, the effects of the two antagonists were distinct. In the picrotoxin-treated slices, nearly half of all BrdU+ cells remained in the vz and subventricular zone (svz), whereas saclofen treatment resulted in an accumulation of BrdU+ cells in the intermediate zone (iz). Bicuculline, a GABAA-R antagonist, did not block, but rather enhanced migration of BrdU+ cells into the cp. These results provide evidence that picrotoxin-sensitive receptors promote the migration of vz/svz cells into the iz, while saclofen-sensitive receptors signal cells to migrate into the cp. Thus, as cortical cells differentiate, changing receptor expression appears to modulate migratory responses to GABA.
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