Abstract
The effects of [Gly 8-des-Leu 16- d-Arg 24]-salmon calcitonin (CTA) on spontaneous extracellular activity and the passive membrane properties of rat forebrain neurons were studied in vivo and in vitro. This analogue had negligible ability to lower serum calcium relative to salmon calcitonin (SCT), however, the pattern of neuronal membrane sensitivity to CTA was similar to that produced by SCT and calcitonin gene-related peptide. Depression of extracellularly recorded spontaneous action potential firing rate was the predominant response of neurons to microiontophoretic application of each peptide in vivo. Intracellular recordings from septal neurons suggest that the extracellularly observed inhibitory effects may be due to changes in membrane potential. We conclude that different structure-activity relationships may apply to the pharmacological effects of calcitonin in brain and its serum calcium-lowering action.
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