Exocytosis of ATP from astrocytes modulates phasic and tonic inhibition in the neocortex.
Exocytosis of ATP from astrocytes modulates phasic and tonic inhibition in the neocortex.
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DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.1001747
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发表时间:
2014-01
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影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
Pankratov Y
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作者:
Lalo U;Palygin O;Rasooli-Nejad S;Andrew J;Haydon PG;Pankratov Y
Astrocytes secrete ATP by exocytosis from synaptic-like vesicles, activating neuronal P2X receptors, which contribute to postsynaptic GABA receptor down-regulation, ultimately mediating the communication between astrocytes and neurons required for brain function. Communication between neuronal and glial cells is important for many brain functions. Astrocytes can modulate synaptic strength via Ca2+-stimulated release of various gliotransmitters, including glutamate and ATP. A physiological role of ATP release from astrocytes was suggested by its contribution to glial Ca2+-waves and purinergic modulation of neuronal activity and sleep homeostasis. The mechanisms underlying release of gliotransmitters remain uncertain, and exocytosis is the most intriguing and debated pathway. We investigated release of ATP from acutely dissociated cortical astrocytes using “sniff-cell” approach and demonstrated that release is vesicular in nature and can be triggered by elevation of intracellular Ca2+ via metabotropic and ionotropic receptors or direct UV-uncaging. The exocytosis of ATP from neocortical astrocytes occurred in the millisecond time scale contrasting with much slower nonvesicular release of gliotransmitters via Best1 and TREK-1 channels, reported recently in hippocampus. Furthermore, we discovered that elevation of cytosolic Ca2+ in cortical astrocytes triggered the release of ATP that directly activated quantal purinergic currents in the pyramidal neurons. The glia-driven burst of purinergic currents in neurons was followed by significant attenuation of both synaptic and tonic inhibition. The Ca2+-entry through the neuronal P2X purinoreceptors led to phosphorylation-dependent down-regulation of GABAA receptors. The negative purinergic modulation of postsynaptic GABA receptors was accompanied by small presynaptic enhancement of GABA release. Glia-driven purinergic modulation of inhibitory transmission was not observed in neurons when astrocytes expressed dn-SNARE to impair exocytosis. The astrocyte-driven purinergic currents and glia-driven modulation of GABA receptors were significantly reduced in the P2X4 KO mice. Our data provide a key evidence to support the physiological importance of exocytosis of ATP from astrocytes in the neocortex. Brain function depends on the interaction between two major types of cells: neurons transmitting electrical signals and glial cells, which control cerebral circulation and neuronal homeostasis. There is a growing evidence of the participation of astrocytes in regulating neuronal excitability and synaptic plasticity via the release of “gliotransmitters,” which include glutamate and ATP. The importance of ATP release from astrocytes was suggested by studies that demonstrated its contribution to neuronal activity and sleep homeostasis via modulation of known “purinergic” receptors. But the mechanisms underlying gliotransmitter release and the physiological significance of direct glia-to-neuron communication remain unknown and intensively debated. Here, we investigate the release of ATP from astrocytes of brain neocortex and demonstrate that astrocytes can release ATP by Ca2+-dependent exocytosis, most likely from synaptic-like microvesicles. We also find that vesicular release of ATP from astrocytes can directly activate excitatory signaling in the neighboring neurons, operating through purinergic P2X receptors. We saw that activation of these P2X receptors by astrocyte-driven ATP down-regulated the inhibitory synaptic signaling in the neocortical neurons. Our results imply that exocytosis of gliotransmitters is important for the communication between astrocytes and neurons in the neocortex.
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4.7
作者:
Frenguelli BG;Wigmore G;Llaudet E;Dale N
通讯作者:
Dale N
DOI:
10.1126/science.1190721
发表时间:
2010-07-30
期刊:
Science (New York, N.Y.)
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Dale, Nicholas
影响因子:
3.8
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通讯作者:
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