Cl⁻ homeodynamics in gap junction-coupled astrocytic networks on activation of GABAergic synapses.
Cl⁻ homeodynamics in gap junction-coupled astrocytic networks on activation of GABAergic synapses.
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10.1113/jphysiol.2013.257162
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2013-08-15
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Fukuda A
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Egawa K;Yamada J;Furukawa T;Yanagawa Y;Fukuda A
The electrophysiological properties and functional role of GABAergic signal transmission from neurons to the gap junction-coupled astrocytic network are still unclear. GABA-induced astrocytic Cl− flux has been hypothesized to affect the driving force for GABAergic transmission by modulating [Cl−]o. Thus, revealing the properties of GABA-mediated astrocytic responses will deepen our understanding of GABAergic signal transmission. Here, we analysed the Cl− dynamics of neurons and astrocytes in CA1 hippocampal GABAergic tripartite synapses, using Cl− imaging during GABA application, and whole cell recordings from interneuron–astrocyte pairs in the stratum lacunosum-moleculare. Astrocytic [Cl−]i was adjusted to physiological conditions (40 mm). Although GABA application evoked bidirectional Cl− flux via GABAA receptors and mouse GABA transporter 4 (mGAT4) in CA1 astrocytes, a train of interneuron firing induced only GABAA receptor-mediated inward currents in an adjacent astrocyte. A GAT1 inhibitor increased the interneuron firing-induced currents and induced bicuculline-insensitive, mGAT4 inhibitor-sensitive currents, suggesting that synaptic spillover of GABA predominantly induced the astrocytic Cl− efflux because GABAA receptors are localized near the synaptic clefts. This GABA-induced Cl− efflux was accompanied by Cl− siphoning via the gap junctions of the astrocytic network because gap junction inhibitors significantly reduced the interneuron firing-induced currents. Thus, Cl− efflux from astrocytes is homeostatically maintained within astrocytic networks. A gap junction inhibitor enhanced the activity-dependent depolarizing shifts of reversal potential of neuronal IPSCs evoked by repetitive stimulation to GABAergic synapses. These results suggest that Cl− conductance within the astrocytic network may contribute to maintaining GABAergic synaptic transmission by regulating [Cl−]o.
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