Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience Cellular Neuroscience at Immature Mossy Fi Bers-ca3 Connections, Activation of Presynaptic Gaba B Receptors by Endogenously Released Gaba Contributes to Synapses Silencing
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience Cellular Neuroscience at Immature Mossy Fi Bers-ca3 Connections, Activation of Presynaptic Gaba B Receptors by Endogenously Released Gaba Contributes to Synapses Silencing
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细胞神经科学前沿 未成熟苔藓纤维 Bers-ca3 连接的细胞神经科学,内源性释放的 Gaba 激活突触前 Gaba B 受体有助于突触沉默
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E. Cherubini
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Victoria F Safi;E. Cherubini
Early in postnatal life correlated GABAergic activity in the hippocampus is thought to play a crucial role in synaptogenesis and in the development of adult neuronal networks. Unlike adulthood, at this developmental stage, mossy fi bers (MF) which are the axons of granule cells, release GABA into CA3 principal cells and interneurons. Here, we tested the hypothesis that at MF-CA3 connections, tonic activation of GABA B autoreceptors by GABA is responsible for the low probability of release and synapse silencing. Blocking GABA B receptors with CGP55845 enhanced the probability of GABA release and switched on silent synapses while the opposite was observed with baclofen. Both these effects were presynaptic and were associated with changes in paired-pulse ratio and coeffi cient of variation. In addition, enhancing the extracellular GABA concentration by repetitive stimulation of MF or by blocking the GABA transporter GAT-1, switched off active synapses, an effect that was prevented by CGP55845. In the presence of CGP55845, stimulation of MF-induced synaptic potentiation. The shift of E GABA from the depolarizing to the hyperpolarizing direction with bumetanide, a blocker of the cation-chloride co-transporter NKCC1, prevented synaptic potentiation and caused synaptic depression, suggesting that the depolarizing action of GABA observed in the presence of CGP55845 is responsible for the potentiating effect. It is proposed that, activation of GABA B receptors by spillover of GABA from MF terminals reduces the probability of release and contributes to synapses silencing. This would act as a fi lter to prevent excessive activation of the auto-associative CA3 network and the emergence of seizures. receptors which are coupled to G i and G o proteins are localized on both pre and postsynaptic membranes (Bettler et al., 2004; Misgeld et al., 1995). Activation of postsynaptic GABA B receptors causes the opening of inwardly rectifying potassium channels (Lüscher et al., 1997) whereas activation of presynaptic GABA B receptors causes a reduction in transmitter release mainly via inhibition of P/Q and N types of voltage-dependent calcium channels (Poncer et al., 1997). While postsynaptic GABA B receptors are developmentally regulated (Cherubini et al., 1998; Gaiarsa et al., 1995), presynap-tic GABA B receptors are present and functional already at birth. It has been shown that they control network activity (McLean et al., 1996) and modulate the amplitude of glutamate-or GABA-mediated postsynaptic currents in CA3 principal cells (Gaiarsa et al., 1995). However, these studies failed in identifying where GABA A-mediated synaptic currents originated from. …
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10.1073/pnas.91.22.10380
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1994-10-25
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11.1
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ALLEN, C;STEVENS, CF
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STEVENS, CF