Junctophilin-mediated channel crosstalk essential for cerebellar synaptic plasticity
Junctophilin-mediated channel crosstalk essential for cerebellar synaptic plasticity
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DOI:
10.1038/sj.emboj.7601639
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发表时间:
2007-04-04
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影响因子:
11.4
通讯作者:
Takeshima, Hiroshi
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作者:
Kakizawa, Sho;Kishimoto, Yasushi;Takeshima, Hiroshi
Functional crosstalk between cell-surface and intracellular ion channels plays important roles in excitable cells and is structurally supported by junctophilins (JPs) in muscle cells. Here, we report a novel form of channel crosstalk in cerebellar Purkinje cells (PCs). The generation of slow afterhyperpolarization (sAHP) following complex spikes in PCs required ryanodine receptor (RyR)-mediated Ca2+ induced Ca2+ release and the subsequent opening of small-conductance Ca2+ activated K+ (SK) channels in somatodendritic regions. Despite the normal expression levels of these channels, sAHP was abolished in PCs from mutant mice lacking neural JP subtypes (JP-DKO), and this defect was restored by exogenously expressing JPs or enhancing SK channel activation. The stimulation paradigm for inducing long-term depression (LTD) at parallel fiber-PC synapses adversely established long-term potentiation in the JP-DKO cerebellum, primarily due to the sAHP deficiency. Furthermore, JP-DKO mice exhibited impairments of motor coordination and learning, although normal cerebellar histology was retained. Therefore, JPs support the Ca2+-mediated communication between voltage-gated Ca2+ channels, RyRs and SK channels, which modulates the excitability of PCs and is fundamental to cerebellar LTD and motor functions.