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Figure 5 | Molecular Brain

Figure 5

From: HINT1 protein cooperates with cannabinoid 1 receptor to negatively regulate glutamate NMDA receptor activity

Figure 5

The absence of HINT1 increases NMDAR-mediated NO production and zinc mobilization in response to NMDA. Coronal mouse frontal cortex slices from WT and HINT1-/- mice were preloaded with Newport Green diacetate, and fluorescent images were obtained using a 10 × 0.4 HC PL APO objective (excitation, 488; emission, 498–520). The cortical regions studied are indicated as A, B or C, and the data shown were obtained 30 min post-treatment. NMDA was used at the concentrations indicated in the inset, and images for 1 μM and 3 μM are shown. Morphine and WIN55,212-2 were used at 3 μM. The NMDAR antagonist MK801 was used at 3 μM, and the NOS inhibitor L-NNA was used at 10 μM. For each treatment, the assays for wild-type (WT) and HINT1-/- cortical slices were performed during the same run, and the images obtained were color-indexed and presented in pseudocolor [31]. Scale bar = 500 μm. The assay was typically repeated 3 times, and the results were always comparable. Representative images are shown. Inset: Linear regression and 95% confidence intervals of the zinc release promoted by increasing concentrations of NMDA in cortical slices from WT and HINT1-/- mice.

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