Species-dependent actions of the Goαb selective adenosine A1 receptor agonist BnOCPA

Hill, Emily; Huang, Xianglin; Del Popolo, Ivana; La Mache, Circe; Lochner, Martin; Ladds, Graham; Frenguelli, Bruno G.; Wall, Mark J. (2 December 2022). Species-dependent actions of the Goαb selective adenosine A1 receptor agonist BnOCPA (bioRxiv). Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 10.1101/2022.12.02.518704

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We have previously reported that in rat hippocampal area CA1, the A1R-selective agonist, BnOCPA, potently inhibited excitatory synaptic transmission but did not cause membrane hyperpolarisation in CA1 pyramidal neurons, as would be expected of A1R agonists. This functional discrimination by BnOCPA may arise from its ability, in cAMP inhibition assays, to selectively activate only Gob out of the six Gαi/o subtypes. This may explain why BnOCPA is a potent analgesic that does not cause sedation or cardiorespiratory depression in the rat. Since many preclinical studies are performed using mice, we have here investigated whether BnOCPA’s functional discrimination extends to the mouse. While the potency of BnOCPA against the inhibition of hippocampal synaptic transmission was comparable between rats and mice, we discovered that low concentrations of BnOCPA hyperpolarised mouse CA1 neurons and reduced both their input resistance and firing rate in an A1R-dependent manner. In interleaved experiments we confirmed our previous observations in the rat that concentrations of BnOCPA equivalent to those tested in the mouse had little or no effect on membrane potential or input resistance. Using NanoBRET binding we established that BnOCPA had similar affinity at the mouse and rat A1Rs, and displayed little difference in G protein coupling, as determined using the TRUPATH assay. Thus, although the mechanism for the loss of BnOCPA functional selectivity between pre- and postsynaptic receptors in the mouse hippocampus is currently unclear, it may stem from differences in expression of the individual G proteins subunits or the coupling to murine K+ channels.

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