Astrocytes modulate neural network activity by Ca²+-dependent uptake of extracellular K+.
Astrocytes modulate neural network activity by Ca²+-dependent uptake of extracellular K+.
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DOI:
10.1126/scisignal.2002334
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发表时间:
2012-04-03
影响因子:
7.3
通讯作者:
Nedergaard M
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Wang F;Smith NA;Xu Q;Fujita T;Baba A;Matsuda T;Takano T;Bekar L;Nedergaard M
Astrocytes are electrically nonexcitable cells that display increases in cytosolic calcium ion (Ca2+) in response to various neurotransmitters and neuromodulators. However, the physiological role of astrocytic Ca2+ signaling remains controversial. We show here that astrocytic Ca2+ signaling ex vivo and in vivo stimulated the Na+,K+-ATPase (Na+- and K+-dependent adenosine triphosphatase), leading to a transient decrease in the extracellular potassium ion (K+) concentration. This in turn led to neuronal hyperpolarization and suppressed baseline excitatory synaptic activity, detected as a reduced frequency of excitatory postsynaptic currents. Synaptic failures decreased in parallel, leading to an increase in synaptic fidelity. The net result was that astrocytes, through active uptake of K+, improved the signal-to-noise ratio of synaptic transmission. Active control of the extracellular K+ concentration thus provides astrocytes with a simple yet powerful mechanism to rapidly modulate network activity.
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影响因子:
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ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
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