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Astrocytes mediate in vivo cholinergic-induced synaptic plasticity.


ABSTRACT: Long-term potentiation (LTP) of synaptic transmission represents the cellular basis of learning and memory. Astrocytes have been shown to regulate synaptic transmission and plasticity. However, their involvement in specific physiological processes that induce LTP in vivo remains unknown. Here we show that in vivo cholinergic activity evoked by sensory stimulation or electrical stimulation of the septal nucleus increases Ca²? in hippocampal astrocytes and induces LTP of CA3-CA1 synapses, which requires cholinergic muscarinic (mAChR) and metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) activation. Stimulation of cholinergic pathways in hippocampal slices evokes astrocyte Ca²? elevations, postsynaptic depolarizations of CA1 pyramidal neurons, and LTP of transmitter release at single CA3-CA1 synapses. Like in vivo, these effects are mediated by mAChRs, and this cholinergic-induced LTP (c-LTP) also involves mGluR activation. Astrocyte Ca²? elevations and LTP are absent in IP?R2 knock-out mice. Downregulating astrocyte Ca²? signal by loading astrocytes with BAPTA or GDP?S also prevents LTP, which is restored by simultaneous astrocyte Ca²? uncaging and postsynaptic depolarization. Therefore, cholinergic-induced LTP requires astrocyte Ca²? elevations, which stimulate astrocyte glutamate release that activates mGluRs. The cholinergic-induced LTP results from the temporal coincidence of the postsynaptic activity and the astrocyte Ca²? signal simultaneously evoked by cholinergic activity. Therefore, the astrocyte Ca²? signal is necessary for cholinergic-induced synaptic plasticity, indicating that astrocytes are directly involved in brain storage information.

SUBMITTER: Navarrete M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3279365 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Astrocytes mediate in vivo cholinergic-induced synaptic plasticity.

Navarrete Marta M   Perea Gertrudis G   Fernandez de Sevilla David D   Gómez-Gonzalo Marta M   Núñez Angel A   Martín Eduardo D ED   Araque Alfonso A  

PLoS biology 20120214 2


Long-term potentiation (LTP) of synaptic transmission represents the cellular basis of learning and memory. Astrocytes have been shown to regulate synaptic transmission and plasticity. However, their involvement in specific physiological processes that induce LTP in vivo remains unknown. Here we show that in vivo cholinergic activity evoked by sensory stimulation or electrical stimulation of the septal nucleus increases Ca²⁺ in hippocampal astrocytes and induces LTP of CA3-CA1 synapses, which re  ...[more]

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