Endocannabinoids in synaptic plasticity and neuroprotection.
Endocannabinoids in synaptic plasticity and neuroprotection.
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10.1177/1073858414524632
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2015-04
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Chen C
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Xu JY;Chen C
Endocannabinoids (eCBs) are endogenous lipid mediators involved in a variety of physiological, pharmacological, and pathological processes. While activation of the eCB system primarily induces inhibitory effects on both GABAergic and glutamatergic synaptic transmission and plasticity through acting on presynaptically-expressed CB1 receptors in the brain, accumulated information suggests that eCB signaling is also capable of facilitating or potentiating excitatory synaptic transmission in the hippocampus. Recent studies show that a long-lasting potentiation of excitatory synaptic transmission at Schaffer collateral (SC)-CA1 synapses is induced by spatiotemporally primed inputs, accompanying with a long-term depression of inhibitory synaptic transmission (I-LTD) in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons. This input-timing-dependent long-lasting synaptic potentiation at SC-CA1 synapses is mediated by 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) signaling triggered by activation of postsynaptic NMDA receptors, group I metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs), and a concurrent rise in intracellular Ca2+. Emerging evidence now also indicates that 2-AG is an important signaling mediator keeping brain homeostasis by exerting its anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective effects in response to harmful insults through CB1/2 receptor-dependent and/or independent mechanisms. Activation of the nuclear receptor protein peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ) apparently is one of the important mechanisms in resolving neuroinflammation and protecting neurons produced by 2-AG signaling. Thus, the information summarized in this review suggests that the role of eCB signaling in maintaining integrity of brain function is greater than what we thought previously.
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DOI:
10.1007/978-3-540-88955-7_6
发表时间:
2009-01-01
期刊:
BEHAVIORAL NEUROBIOLOGY OF THE ENDOCANNABINOID SYSTEM
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作者:
Alger, Bradley E.
通讯作者:
Alger, Bradley E.
影响因子:
15.9
作者:
ALGER, BE;PITLER, TA
通讯作者:
PITLER, TA
影响因子:
25
作者:
Carlson, G;Wang, Y;Alger, BE
通讯作者:
Alger, BE
影响因子:
5.3
作者:
Bender, VA;Bender, KJ;Feldman, DE
通讯作者:
Feldman, DE
影响因子:
2.9
作者:
Bright, John J.;Kanakasabai, Saravanan;Chearwae, Wanida;Chakraborty, Sharmistha
通讯作者:
Chakraborty, Sharmistha