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Abstract
Long-term potentiation in the CA1 region of the hippocampus is the most extensively studied model of activity-dependent synaptic plasticity in the mammalian brain. Its induction normally involves activation of postsynaptic N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors, which are thought to control the occurrence of long-term potentiation at individual synapses. Recent work in the hippocampus indicates that NMDA receptor activation does not necessarily lead to induction of long-term potentiation but instead may elicit a repertoire of distinct forms of synaptic plasticity including short-term potentiation or long-term depression. Furthermore, mechanisms exist such that the induction of long-term potentiation can be inhibited by modest activation of NMDA receptors. Experimental results are beginning to clarify the mechanistic relationships between these different phenomena, although much remains unknown. Whatever their underlying mechanisms, these additional forms of NMDA-receptor-dependent synaptic plasticity confer increased flexibility to neural circuits involved in information processing and storage.
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- R C Malenka
- Dept of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco 94143
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Betz H, Schuster C, Ultsch A, Schmitt B. Molecular biology of ionotropic glutamate receptors in Drosophila melanogaster. Trends Pharmacol Sci 1993; 14:428-31. [PMID: 8122317 DOI: 10.1016/0165-6147(93)90177-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- H Betz
- Abteilung Neurochemie, Max-Planck-Institut für Hirnforschung, Frankfurt, Germany
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Bellinger FP, Madamba S, Siggins GR. Interleukin 1 beta inhibits synaptic strength and long-term potentiation in the rat CA1 hippocampus. Brain Res 1993; 628:227-34. [PMID: 8313151 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(93)90959-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 301] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Cytokines such as interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) are released in the nervous system following inflammation or infection. Recently, IL-1 beta was shown to enhance synaptic inhibitory mechanisms. We therefore investigated the effect of IL-1 beta superfusion on long-term potentiation (LTP), the cellular model of memory and learning, evoked in the CA1 region by tetanic stimulation of the stratum radiatum in the rat hippocampal slice. IL-1 beta (150 pM-1.5 nM) superfused 10 min before tetanic stimulation significantly reduced LTP of the slope of the population excitatory postsynaptic potential (pEPSP) and the population spike (PS) amplitude in CA1 in a concentration-dependent manner. IL-1 beta (1.5 nM) applied for 10 min 1 h before tetanus significantly inhibited LTP of the PS amplitude and pEPSP slope and reduced pEPSP and PS values before tetanus as well, although the PS returned to control values before tetanus. Heat-inactivated IL-1 beta had no effect on pre-tetanus pEPSP or PS values or the induction of LTP. These data demonstrate that IL-1 beta modulates synaptic potentials and reduces LTP. These findings have important implications for the role of IL-1 beta in neuronal disorders following infection, perhaps best exemplified by HIV-1-associated dementia.
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- F P Bellinger
- Department of Neuropharmacology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037
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Schneggenburger R, Tempia F, Konnerth A. Glutamate- and AMPA-mediated calcium influx through glutamate receptor channels in medial septal neurons. Neuropharmacology 1993; 32:1221-8. [PMID: 7509048 DOI: 10.1016/0028-3908(93)90016-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The Ca(2+)-fraction of the ion current flowing through glutamate receptor channels activated either by glutamate or by AMPA was determined in forebrain neurons of the rat medial septum. By combining whole-cell patch-clamp and fura-2 fluorometric measurements we found that, at negative membrane potentials and at an extracellular free Ca(2+)-concentration of 1.6 mM, the Ca(2+)-fraction of the current activated by glutamate is 5.7%. A pharmacological analysis of responses produced by ionophoretically-released glutamate demonstrated a large contribution of NMDA-receptors but a small contribution of AMPA/kainate receptors to these responses. Interestingly, also AMPA-mediated currents were associated with significant changes in Ca(2+)-sensitive fluorescence. The fractional Ca2+ current of AMPA-induced responses was 1.2 +/- 0.4% (n = 5).
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- R Schneggenburger
- I. Physiologisches Institut, Universität des Saarlandes, Homburg, Germany
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Frenguelli BG, Potier B, Slater NT, Alford S, Collingridge GL. Metabotropic glutamate receptors and calcium signalling in dendrites of hippocampal CA1 neurones. Neuropharmacology 1993; 32:1229-37. [PMID: 7906405 DOI: 10.1016/0028-3908(93)90017-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We have combined patch-clamp recording with confocal microscopy to investigate how the synaptic activation of metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) may participate in the modulation of intracellular free calcium (Ca2+) in the dendrites of single CA1 pyramidal neurones, within hippocampal slices. Tetanic stimulation (100 Hz, 1 sec) of the Schaffer collateral-commissural pathway led to a transient rise in Ca2+ in the dendrites of neurones voltage- clamped at -35 mV, as determined using the fluorescent indicator fluo-3. The specific mGluR antagonist (+)-alpha-methyl-4-carboxyphenylglycine (MCPG), applied at a concentration of 250 or 500 microM, reduced the size of the Ca2+ transient whilst either producing a small reduction or, more commonly, having no effect on the synaptic current evoked by the tetanus. These data suggest that the synaptic activation of mGluRs can contribute to Ca2+ signalling in hippocampal neurones.
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- B G Frenguelli
- Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, U.K
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Seidenbecher T, Balschun D, Vogel D, Reymann KG. Neuronal transmission of hippocampal CA1 neurones is modulated by corticotropin-like intermediate lobe peptide [CLIP; ACTH(18-39)]. Peptides 1993; 14:1221-4. [PMID: 8134304 DOI: 10.1016/0196-9781(93)90179-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Abstract
The study was conducted to test whether CLIP [ACTH(18-39)] influences the neuronal transmission and the induction of long-term potentiation (LTP) in the hippocampus. The population spike was recorded in the hippocampal CA1 region of freely moving rats before and after intracerebroventricular (ICV) administration of CLIP in comparison to ACTH and saline (controls). After infusion of CLIP, the population spike amplitude (PSA) rose to about 200% of baseline values. After reaching this level, it was impossible to induce a further increase of PSA by tetanization. However, if the stimulus intensity was reduced to a new baseline level, electrically induced LTP could be observed. There were no significant changes after infusion of ACTH. Our results indicate that the ICV administration of CLIP leads to an enhancement of excitability in the hippocampal CA1 region, which might be independent of LTP.
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Lester DS, Bramham CR. Persistent, membrane-associated protein kinase C: from model membranes to synaptic long-term potentiation. Cell Signal 1993; 5:695-708. [PMID: 8130074 DOI: 10.1016/0898-6568(93)90031-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- D S Lester
- Neural Systems Section, NINDS, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Lederer R, Radeke E, Mondadori C. Facilitation of social learning by treatment with an NMDA receptor antagonist. BEHAVIORAL AND NEURAL BIOLOGY 1993; 60:220-4. [PMID: 7905261 DOI: 10.1016/0163-1047(93)90409-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A single oral treatment with 0.3 mg/kg of the competitive NMDA receptor blocker CGP 37 849 improved the retention performance of rats in a social memory paradigm. The effect disappeared with increasing doses: at 1 mg/kg a positive trend could still be observed; at 3 mg/kg no effect whatever was detectable.
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- R Lederer
- Pharma Research Department, Ciba Ltd., Basel, Switzerland
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Artola A, Singer W. Long-term depression of excitatory synaptic transmission and its relationship to long-term potentiation. Trends Neurosci 1993; 16:480-7. [PMID: 7507622 DOI: 10.1016/0166-2236(93)90081-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 520] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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In many brain areas, including the cerebellar cortex, neocortex, hippocampus, striatum and nucleus accumbens, brief activation of an excitatory pathway can produce long-term depression (LTD) of synaptic transmission. In most preparations, induction of LTD has been shown to require a minimum level of postsynaptic depolarization and a rise in the intracellular Ca2+ concentration [Ca2+]i in the postsynaptic neurone. Thus, induction conditions resemble those described for the initiation of associative long-term potentiation (LTP). However, data from structures susceptible to both LTD and LTP suggest that a stronger depolarization and a greater increase in [Ca2+]i are required to induce LTP than to initiate LTD. The source of Ca2+ appears to be less critical for the differential induction of LTP and LTD than the amplitude of the Ca2+ surge, since the activation of voltage- and ligand-gated Ca2+ conductances as well as the release from intracellular stores have all been shown to contribute to both LTD and LTP induction. LTD is induceable even at inactive synapses if [Ca2+]i is raised to the appropriate level by antidromic or heterosynaptic activation, or by raising the extracellular Ca2+ concentration [Ca2+]o. These conditions suggest a rule (called here the ABS rule) for activity-dependent synaptic modifications that differs from the classical Hebb rule and that can account for both homosynaptic LTD and LTP as well as for heterosynaptic competition and associativity.
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- A Artola
- Max-Planck Institut für Hirnforschung, Frankfurt, Germany
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Abstract
Nitric oxide is a novel signalling molecule in the brain and a potent activator of the cyclic GMP-synthesising enzyme, soluble guanylate cyclase. To determine if stimulation of cyclic GMP formation is a widespread mechanism of nitric oxide signal transduction, we have compared the distribution of the nitric oxide-generating enzyme (nitric oxide synthase) with that of nitric oxide-stimulated cyclic GMP accumulation, throughout the rat brain. The former was done using NADPH diaphorase histochemistry and the latter by cyclic GMP immunohistochemistry following perfusion of the nitric oxide donor, nitroprusside, in vivo. At a gross level, there was generally a good match when the two were compared in adjacent sections. Although the relative staining intensity varied from area to area, in no grey matter region did we observe cyclic GMP accumulation in the absence of nitric oxide synthase staining. In detail, the locations were complementary rather than identical. In some areas, nitric oxide synthase was found in postsynaptic structures and cyclic GMP accumulation in presynaptic elements and fibres; in others, the locations were reversed. Glial cells and their processes also accumulated cyclic GMP in the cerebellum. The results suggest that soluble guanylate cyclase is a major nitric oxide "receptor" throughout the brain. They also support the hypothesis that nitric oxide generated therein primarily functions as a mediator of cell-cell signaling rather than as a conventional second messenger acting within the cells in which it is produced. The types of communication subserved by nitric oxide appear to be extraordinarily diverse.
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- E Southam
- Department of Physiology, University of Liverpool, U.K
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Williams JH, Li YG, Nayak A, Errington ML, Murphy KP, Bliss TV. The suppression of long-term potentiation in rat hippocampus by inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase is temperature and age dependent. Neuron 1993; 11:877-84. [PMID: 7694601 DOI: 10.1016/0896-6273(93)90117-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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At room temperature (23 degrees C-25 degrees C), the induction of long-term potentiation (LTP) in area CA1 of slices from young male Sprague-Dawley rats was depressed by preincubation with the nitric oxide synthase inhibitors NG-nitro-L-arginine (L-NA, 100 microM) and NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 100 microM). The D isomers were ineffective under the same conditions. Hemoglobin (20 microM) reduced but did not completely block LTP. Neither L-NA (at concentrations up to 1 mM) nor hemoglobin (20 microM) had any significant effect on LTP in slices from adult rats at room temperature, or in young rats at 29 degrees C-30 degrees C. These results suggest that nitric oxide is unlikely to play a role in the induction of LTP under physiological conditions.
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- J H Williams
- Division of Neurophysiology and Neuropharmacology, National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, England
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Vorobjev VS, Sharonova IN, Walsh IB, Haas HL. Histamine potentiates N-methyl-D-aspartate responses in acutely isolated hippocampal neurons. Neuron 1993; 11:837-44. [PMID: 8240807 DOI: 10.1016/0896-6273(93)90113-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-evoked currents were recorded from acutely isolated rat hippocampal neurons, using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique and a rapid perfusion system. Histamine, at concentrations from 0.5 to 100 microM, reversibly enhanced NMDA currents by up to 50%. The effect cannot be ascribed to activation of the known histamine receptors (H1, H2, H3) but is occluded by spermine. These results suggest an interaction of histamine with the polyamine-binding site on the NMDA receptor complex. This modulatory action could allow the histaminergic system to determine time and loci of NMDA receptor-mediated events, such as memory formation according to behavioral state.
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- V S Vorobjev
- Institute of Physiology II, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany
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Perkel DJ, Petrozzino JJ, Nicoll RA, Connor JA. The role of Ca2+ entry via synaptically activated NMDA receptors in the induction of long-term potentiation. Neuron 1993; 11:817-23. [PMID: 7902109 DOI: 10.1016/0896-6273(93)90111-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Influx of Ca2+ through the NMDA subtype of glutamate receptor is widely accepted as a trigger for many forms of neural plasticity. However, direct support for this model has been elusive, since indirect activation of dendritic voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channels is difficult to exclude. We have optically measured synaptically induced changes in cytoplasmic free Ca2+ concentration in pyramidal cell dendrites in hippocampal slices. Steady postsynaptic depolarization to the synaptic reversal potential eliminated the effect of voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channels. Under these conditions, synaptically induced Ca2+ transients were observed, which were blocked by the NMDA receptor antagonist APV. In addition, the magnitude of LTP was diminished when induced with the postsynaptic membrane held at progressively more positive potentials. LTP could be completely suppressed at potentials near +100 mV. These results provide important experimental support for a role for Ca2+ influx through NMDA receptors in synaptic plasticity.
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- D J Perkel
- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0450
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Smirnova T, Laroche S, Errington ML, Hicks AA, Bliss TV, Mallet J. Transsynaptic expression of a presynaptic glutamate receptor during hippocampal long-term potentiation. Science 1993; 262:433-6. [PMID: 8105538 DOI: 10.1126/science.8105538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Repetitive activation of excitatory synapses in the hippocampus produces a persistent enhancement of synaptic efficiency known as long-term potentiation (LTP). In anesthetized and in freely moving rats, the induction of LTP in the perforant path led to a transient increase in the amount of messenger RNA (mRNA) coding for a presynaptic glutamate receptor (GR33) in dentate granule cells. The amount of GR33 mRNA was increased for at least 5 hours after the induction of LTP but was indistinguishable from control values 1 day after induction. The N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist 2-aminophosphonovalerate prevented the induction of both LTP and the increase in GR33 mRNA. The amount of GR33 protein was increased in the mossy fiber terminal zone of dentate granule cells 5 hours after the induction of LTP. These results suggest that the induction of LTP in synapses at one stage in a neural network may lead to modification in synaptic function at the next stage in the network.
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- T Smirnova
- Laboratoire de génétique moléculaire de la neurotransmission et des processus neurodégénératifs, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Oye I, Frøynes W, Gløersen G, Nafstad I. Altered behaviour in the progeny of rats exposed to ketamine, a N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor blocker. PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY 1993; 73:240-2. [PMID: 8295853 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0773.1993.tb01571.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- I Oye
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oslo School of Medicine, Norway
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Dragunow M, Beilharz E, Mason B, Lawlor P, Abraham W, Gluckman P. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression after long-term potentiation. Neurosci Lett 1993; 160:232-6. [PMID: 8247360 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(93)90420-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Long-term potentiation (LTP) of perforant-path dentate granule cell synapses, in awake rats, was followed by a time-dependent expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) mRNA in dentate granule cells. This BDNF expression was blocked by the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) antagonist dizocilpine maleate (MK-801), which also blocked LTP induction, and by sodium pentobarbital, which shortens LTP persistence. These results suggest that BDNF may participate in the NMDA-receptor mediated cascade of events that result in LTP stabilization.
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- M Dragunow
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Auckland Medical School, New Zealand
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Böhme GA, Bon C, Lemaire M, Reibaud M, Piot O, Stutzmann JM, Doble A, Blanchard JC. Altered synaptic plasticity and memory formation in nitric oxide synthase inhibitor-treated rats. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1993; 90:9191-4. [PMID: 7692445 PMCID: PMC47528 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.19.9191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 243] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Nitric oxide (NO) is a messenger molecule that is produced in the brain from the metabolism of L-arginine to L-citrulline. Growing evidence suggests a physiological role for NO in long-term potentiation (LTP). Since LTP is a form of synaptic plasticity thought to be involved in learning and memory, we have tested whether inhibition of endogenous NO production affects memory capacities of rats. We found that the NO synthase [L-arginine, NADPH:oxygen oxidoreductase (nitric oxide-forming), EC 1.14.13.39] inhibitor N omega-nitro-L-arginine, at doses blocking LTP in hippocampal slices, impairs spatial learning in a radial arm maze and olfactory memory in a social recognition test. In contrast, N omega-nitro-L-arginine left shock-avoidance learning unaffected. These results indicate that NO is involved in some but not all forms of memory and further support the existence of a causal link between LTP and spatial learning.
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- G A Böhme
- Rhône-Poulenc Rorer S.A., Centre de Recherches de Vitry-Alfortville, Vitry-Sur-Seine, France
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Geinisman Y, deToledo-Morrell L, Morrell F, Heller RE, Rossi M, Parshall RF. Structural synaptic correlate of long-term potentiation: formation of axospinous synapses with multiple, completely partitioned transmission zones. Hippocampus 1993; 3:435-45. [PMID: 8269035 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.450030405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Abstract
Synapses were analyzed in the middle molecular layer (MML) and inner molecular layer (IML) of the rat dentate gyrus following the induction of long-term potentiation (LTP) by high-frequency stimulation of the medial perforant path carried out on each of 4 consecutive days. Potentiated animals were sacrificed 1 hour after the fourth high frequency stimulation. Stimulated but not potentiated and implanted but not stimulated animals served as controls. Using the stereological disector technique, unbiased estimates of the number of synapses per postsynaptic neuron were differentially obtained for various subtypes of axospinous junctions: For atypical (giant) nonperforated synapses with a continuous postsynaptic density (PSD), and for perforated ones distinguished by (1) a fenestrated PSD and focal spine partition, (2) a horseshoe-shaped PSD and sectional spine partition, (3) a segmented PSD and complete spine partition(s), and (4) a fenestrated, (5) horseshoe-shaped, or (6) segmented PSD without a spine partition. The major finding of this study is that the induction of LTP in the rat dentate gyrus is followed by a significant and marked increase in the number of only those perforated axospinous synapses that have multiple, completely partitioned transmission zones. No other synaptic subtype exhibits such a change as a result of LTP induction. Moreover, this structural alteration is limited to the terminal synaptic field of activated axons (MML) and does not involve an immediately adjacent one (IML) that was not directly activated by potentiating stimulation. The observed highly selective modification of synaptic connectivity involving only one particular synaptic subtype in the potentiated synaptic field may represent a structural substrate of the long-lasting enhancement of synaptic responses that characterizes LTP.
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- Y Geinisman
- Department of CMS Biology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611
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Duman RS, Terwilliger RZ, Nestler EJ. Alterations in nitric oxide-stimulated endogenous ADP-ribosylation associated with long-term potentiation in rat hippocampus. J Neurochem 1993; 61:1542-5. [PMID: 8377004 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1993.tb13652.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
Abstract
The present study examines the possible involvement of nitric oxide (NO)-stimulated endogenous ADP-ribosylation in long-term potentiation (LTP). LTP was induced in hippocampal slices by stimulation of Schaffer collateral inputs to the CA1 pyramidal neurons. Basal and sodium nitroprusside (SNP), which generates NO, stimulation of endogenous ADP-ribosylation was then studied in CA1 subfields isolated from the slices. Control slices received no treatment or were tetanized in the presence of aminophosphonovaleric acid, an NMDA receptor antagonist that blocks the development of LTP. SNP-stimulated ADP-ribosylation of endogenous proteins was reduced by 40-70% in LTP slices relative to control slices. LTP was also associated with a small but significant reduction in basal ADP-ribosylation activity. The results demonstrate that the induction of LTP is associated with regulation of endogenous ADP-ribosylation and suggest a role for this type of covalent modification in some aspect of LTP.
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- R S Duman
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06508
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Holler T, Cappel E, Klein J, Löffelholz K. Glutamate activates phospholipase D in hippocampal slices of newborn and adult rats. J Neurochem 1993; 61:1569-72. [PMID: 8104235 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1993.tb13659.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Abstract
Phospholipase D (PLD) is activated by many neurotransmitters in a novel signal transduction pathway. In the present work, PLD activity was studied comparatively in hippocampal slices of newborn and adult rats. Basal PLD activity in adult rats was almost three times higher than in newborn rats. In newborn rats, L-glutamate and 1S,3R-1-aminocyclopentane-1,3-dicarboxylic acid (1S,3R-ACPD) time- and concentration-dependently enhanced the formation of [3H]phosphatidylpropanol ([3H]PP) and of [3H]phosphatidic acid in the presence of 2% propanol. N-Methyl-D-aspartate and kainate (both 1 mM) caused small, but significant increases (approximately 50%), whereas alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionate (100 microM) was ineffective. Maximally effective concentrations of glutamate (1 mM) and of 1S,3R-ACPD (300 microM) increased the PLD activity to almost 300% of basal activity; the EC50 values were 199 and 47 microM, respectively. Glutamate receptor antagonists, such as DL-2-amino-3-phosphonopropionic acid (AP3), DL-2-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acid, and kynurenate (all 1 mM) did not inhibit the glutamate-evoked increase of PP formation. In slices of adult rats, the response to 1S,3R-ACPD was significant, but small, whereas glutamate was effective only in the presence of the glutamate uptake inhibitor L-aspartate-beta-hydroxamate. It is concluded that glutamate activates PLD in rat hippocampus through an AP3-resistant metabotropic receptor. This effect is subject to ontogenetic development, with one important factor being glutamate uptake.
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- T Holler
- Pharmakologisches Institut, Universität Mainz, F.R.G
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Doyère V, Burette F, Negro CR, Laroche S. Long-term potentiation of hippocampal afferents and efferents to prefrontal cortex: implications for associative learning. Neuropsychologia 1993; 31:1031-53. [PMID: 8290021 DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(93)90031-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Abstract
It has been proposed that the physical substrate of memory resides in alterations of the strengths or weights of modifiable synaptic connections. In recent years, the hypothesis that the mechanisms underlying a particular form of synaptic plasticity, known as long-term potentiation, or LTP, are activated during learning and may actually subserve the formation of associative memories, has gained much empirical support. This paper reviews experimental studies suggesting that changes in synapse physiology and chemistry are involved in the formation of neural associative representation in hippocampal networks during classical conditioning. Recent experiments investigating LTP and learning-induced synaptic changes at hippocampal outputs to the prefrontal cortex are reported. The results provide a working framework within which the dynamics of information storage in hippocampal and prefrontal cortical networks is profiled.
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- V Doyère
- Laboratoire de Neurobiologie de l'Apprentissage et de la Mémoire, CNRS-URA 1491, Université de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
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Nakamura F, Kuno M, Gotani H, Matsuura S. Enhancement of monosynaptic excitatory postsynaptic potentials by glutamate in frog spinal motoneurons. Brain Res 1993; 622:307-10. [PMID: 7902191 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(93)90835-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We analyzed glutamate-induced enhancement of the amplitude of monosynaptic excitatory postsynaptic potentials evoked by stimulation of the lateral column fibers (LC-EPSPs) on lumbar motoneurons in the frog spinal cord. Low concentrations (0.1-0.3 mM) of glutamate, which produced small depolarization, often enhanced EPSP associated with inhibition of a paired pulse facilitation and increased occurrence of spontaneous EPSPs. With 1 mM glutamate, transient enhancement of EPSP was seen in some cells during the early phase or prior to large depolarization, even when input conductance was increased. Transient or sustained enhancement of EPSP was occasionally seen with N-methyl-D-aspartate, kainate and quisqualate, but not with L-2-amino-4-phosphonobutyrate. The results suggest that glutamate enhanced release of excitatory transmitters at low concentrations that apparently did not affect the postsynaptic membrane.
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- F Nakamura
- Department of Physiology, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan
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Affiliation(s)
- J H Schwartz
- Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY 10032
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Steele RJ, Stewart MG. 7-Chlorokynurenate, an antagonist of the glycine binding site on the NMDA receptor, inhibits memory formation in day-old chicks (Gallus domesticus). BEHAVIORAL AND NEURAL BIOLOGY 1993; 60:89-92. [PMID: 8117242 DOI: 10.1016/0163-1047(93)90145-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Unilateral intracranial injection into the left intermediate and medial hyperstriatum ventrale of 100 mumol.liter-1 7-chlorokynurenate, a highly selective antagonist of the glycine site on the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor, prevents acquisition of memory for one-trial passive avoidance training in day-old chicks, in which the aversive stimulus is an unpleasant tasting substance, methyl anthranilate. Injections were given 30 min pretraining and the chicks were tested 30 min or 1 or 3 h post-training. Unilateral injections into the left intermediate and medial hyperstriatum ventrale were found to significantly block memory acquisition when birds were tested at all three time points, but unilateral injections in the right intermediate and medial hyperstriatum ventrale had no significant effect. Bilateral injections did not significantly increase the memory block. Injections of 7-chlorokynurenate given 5 min post-training failed to produce amnesia for the avoidance task when chicks were tested either 30 min or 1 h after training.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Association Learning/drug effects
- Association Learning/physiology
- Avoidance Learning/drug effects
- Avoidance Learning/physiology
- Brain Mapping
- Chickens
- Conditioning, Classical/drug effects
- Conditioning, Classical/physiology
- Dominance, Cerebral/drug effects
- Dominance, Cerebral/physiology
- Injections
- Kynurenic Acid/analogs & derivatives
- Kynurenic Acid/pharmacology
- Long-Term Potentiation/drug effects
- Long-Term Potentiation/physiology
- Mental Recall/drug effects
- Mental Recall/physiology
- Neuronal Plasticity/drug effects
- Neuronal Plasticity/physiology
- Receptors, Glycine/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Glycine/physiology
- Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/physiology
- Retention, Psychology/drug effects
- Retention, Psychology/physiology
- Taste/drug effects
- Taste/physiology
- Visual Cortex/drug effects
- Visual Cortex/physiology
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Affiliation(s)
- R J Steele
- Brain and Behaviour Research Group, Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
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Abstract
Removal of glutamate from the synaptic cleft is an essential component of the transmission process at glutamatergic synapses. This requirement is fulfilled by transporters that have a high affinity for glutamate and exhibit a unique coupling to Na+, K+ and OH- ions. Independently, three groups have succeeded in cloning cDNAs encoding high-affinity Na(+)-dependent glutamate transporters. These transporters are structurally distinct from previously characterized neurotransmitter transporters and show sequence identity with prokaryotic glutamate and dicarboxylate transporters. In addition, they exhibit significant differences in their structure, function and tissue distribution. This review compares and contrasts these differences, and incorporates into the existing body of knowledge these new breakthroughs.
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- Y Kanai
- Dept of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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Alford S, Frenguelli BG, Schofield JG, Collingridge GL. Characterization of Ca2+ signals induced in hippocampal CA1 neurones by the synaptic activation of NMDA receptors. J Physiol 1993; 469:693-716. [PMID: 8271224 PMCID: PMC1143895 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1993.sp019838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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1. A combination of confocal microscopy, whole-cell patch-clamp recording, intracellular dialysis and pharmacological techniques have been employed to study Ca2+ signalling in CA1 pyramidal neurones, within rat hippocampal slices. 2. In the soma of CA1 neurones, depolarizing steps applied through the patch-pipette resulted in transient increases in the fluorescence emitted by the Ca2+ indicator fluo-3. The intensity of the fluorescence transients was proportional to the magnitude of the Ca2+ currents recorded through the pipette. Both the somatic fluorescence transients and the voltage-activated Ca2+ currents ran down in parallel over a period of between approximately 15-45 min. The fluorescence transients were considered, therefore, to be caused by increases in cytosolic free Ca2+. 3. Under current-clamp conditions, high-frequency (tetanic) stimulation (100 Hz, 1 s) of the Schaffer collateral-commissural pathway led to compound excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) and somatic Ca2+ transients. The somatic Ca2+ transients were sensitive to the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist D-2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoate (AP5; 100 microM). These transients, but not the EPSPs, disappeared with a time course similar to that of the run-down of voltage-gated Ca2+ currents. Tetanus-induced somatic Ca2+ transients could not be elicited under voltage-clamp conditions. 4. Fluorescence images were obtained from the dendrites of CA1 pyramidal neurones starting at least 30 min after obtaining whole-cell access to the neurone. Measurements were obtained only after voltage-gated Ca2+ channel activity had run down completely. 5. Tetanic stimulation of the Schaffer collateral-commissural pathway resulted in compound EPSPs and excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs), under current- and voltage-clamp, respectively. In both cases, these were invariably associated with dendritic Ca2+ transients. In cells voltage-clamped at -35 mV, the fluorescent signal increased on average 2-fold during the tetanus and decayed to baseline values with a half-time (t1/2) of approximately 5 s. 6. The alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionate (AMPA) receptor antagonist, 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (CNQX; 10 microM) partially reduced the tetanus-induced EPSC without affecting the Ca2+ transients. In contrast, AP5, which also depressed the EPSC, substantially reduced or eliminated the Ca2+ transients. 7. In normal (i.e. 1 mM Mg(2+)-containing) medium, NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic currents displayed the typical region of negative slope conductance in the peak I-V relationship (between -90 and -35 mV). The dendritic tetanus-induced Ca2+ transients also displayed a similar anomalous voltage dependence, decreasing in size from -35 to -90 mV.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- S Alford
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol
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Bell IR, Schwartz GE, Peterson JM, Amend D, Stini WA. Possible time-dependent sensitization to xenobiotics: self-reported illness from chemical odors, foods, and opiate drugs in an older adult population. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 1993; 48:315-27. [PMID: 8215596 DOI: 10.1080/00039896.1993.9936720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The present paper summarizes key features of time-dependent sensitization (TDS) in neuropharmacology (progressive amplification of behavioral, neuronal, endocrine, and/or immune responses to repeated intermittent exposures to an environmental agent or cross-sensitizing agents) as a possible model for cacosmia (subjective sense of feeling ill from low levels of environmental chemical odors) in nonindustrial and industrial populations; and extends previous cacosmia research in nonpatient populations to an elderly sample. This study examined the symptom and psychological profiles of 263 older adults (aged 60-90 y, 71% women, 29% men); 57% reported that at least one chemical and 17% reported that at least four of five chemicals (pesticide, automobile exhaust, paint, new carpet, perfume) made them feel ill. Cacosmia ratings correlated weakly and negatively with age (r = -0.19, p = .001) over the whole sample. Cacosmia correlated significantly with self-reported illness from foods that may mobilize or generate opioid peptides (wheat, dairy, eggs) (r = 0.32, p < .0001) and with illness from opiate drugs (r = 0.23, p < .0001). When the sample was divided into four cells on the basis of above-versus below-median total chemical-induced illness score (CI) and total food-induced illness score (FI), the high CI and high FI, high CI only, and high FI only groups had more frequent indigestion, and the high CI group had more frequent difficulty concentrating than the groups below median for illness from both chemicals and foods (NOILL), even after covarying for age and anxiety. The most cacosmic subjects noted higher prevalence of physician-diagnosed allergies and irritable bowel than did noncacosmic subjects. In contrast with previous young adult cohort studies, the older illness groups did not differ with regard to sex distribution, depression, shyness, or repressive defensiveness. When considered with prior surveys of young adults, the present findings are consistent with the presence of previously established, time-dependent sensitization to multiple xenobiotic agents in susceptible individuals for whom psychological variables do not explain the symptom of cacosmia. If cacosmia is a symptom of TDS, then the neuropharmacology literature suggests the possibility of excitatory amino acid, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, dopaminergic, and/or opioid involvement. Prospective studies with objective measures testing the possible induction of TDS to specific chemicals are indicated.
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- I R Bell
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona, Tucson
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Role of the large extracellular domain of metabotropic glutamate receptors in agonist selectivity determination. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)36519-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Abstract
The dependence of NMDA receptor-dependent LTP on postsynaptic depolarization and increases in postsynaptic calcium, coupled with evidence supporting presynaptically mediated increases in transmitter release accompanying LTP, suggest that a retrograde transsynaptic messenger participates in the synaptic enhancement. Although many questions remain unanswered, the available evidence suggests a role for NO as such a messenger in certain LTP paradigms. It is unclear, however, whether NO contributes to LTP under differing experimental conditions and whether other messengers, acting in concert with or independent of NO, contribute to a retrograde signalling system. Furthermore, the conditions under which NMDA receptor activation, postsynaptic calcium increases and NO contribute to synaptic enhancement, synaptic depression and excitotoxic neuronal injury need to be clarified. Furthermore, efforts aimed at clarifying the molecular targets of NO must remain a priority of this line of research.
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- C F Zorumski
- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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Riedel G, Reymann K. An antagonist of the metabotropic glutamate receptor prevents LTP in the dentate gyrus of freely moving rats. Neuropharmacology 1993; 32:929-31. [PMID: 8232793 DOI: 10.1016/0028-3908(93)90149-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The effect of the competitive metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonist (RS)-alpha-methyl-4-carboxyphenylglycine (MCPG) on long-term potentiation (LTP) in the dentate gyrus was studied in freely moving rats. Intracerebroventricular infusion of MCPG (0.0208 mg) 30 min prior to tetanic stimulation reduced the duration of LTP of the population spike amplitude to 2-3 hr. MCPG itself was without effect on the basal responses evoked by test stimuli. These results provide the first evidence for the requirement of activation of metabotropic glutamate receptors for the induction and maintenance of LTP at perforant path/dentate gyrus synapses in freely moving animals.
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- G Riedel
- Department of Neurophysiology, Institute of Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany
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Mulkey RM, Herron CE, Malenka RC. An essential role for protein phosphatases in hippocampal long-term depression. Science 1993; 261:1051-5. [PMID: 8394601 DOI: 10.1126/science.8394601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 520] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
Abstract
The effectiveness of long-term potentiation (LTP) as a mechanism for information storage would be severely limited if processes that decrease synaptic strength did not also exist. In area CA1 of the rat hippocampus, prolonged periods of low-frequency afferent stimulation elicit a long-term depression (LTD) that is specific to the stimulated input. The induction of LTD was blocked by the extracellular application of okadaic acid or calyculin A, two inhibitors of protein phosphatases 1 and 2A. The loading of CA1 cells with microcystin LR, a membrane-impermeable protein phosphatase inhibitor, or calmodulin antagonists also blocked or attenuated LTD. The application of calyculin A after the induction of LTD reversed the synaptic depression, suggesting that phosphatase activity is required for the maintenance of LTD. These findings indicate that the synaptic activation of protein phosphatases plays an important role in the regulation of synaptic transmission.
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- R M Mulkey
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0984
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Craig CG, White TD. NMDA-evoked adenosine release from rat cortex does not require the intermediate formation of nitric oxide. Neurosci Lett 1993; 158:167-9. [PMID: 8233091 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(93)90255-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Abstract
Excitatory amino acids (EAAs) such as glutamate release the inhibitory neuromodulator adenosine from superfused rat cortical slices through the activation of both NMDA and non-NMDA EAA receptors. This study investigated the possibility that NMDA-evoked adenosine release may involve the intermediate formation of nitric oxide (NO). However, sodium nitroprusside did not evoke the release of adenosine, L-arginine did not augment and L-Nv-nitroarginine did not diminish NMDA-evoked adenosine release. It appears, therefore, that NMDA-evoked NO formation does not play a role in NMDA-evoked adenosine release in the cortex.
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- C G Craig
- Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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Vener AV, Aksenova MV, Burbaeva GS. Drastic reduction of the zinc- and magnesium-stimulated protein tyrosine kinase activities in Alzheimer's disease hippocampus. FEBS Lett 1993; 328:6-8. [PMID: 7688325 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(93)80953-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Tyrosine phosphorylation of proteins from postmortem hippocampi of five Alzheimer's disease and five control cases have been compared. It was found that addition of Zn2+ or Mg2+ to membrane fractions of control hippocampi caused the phosphorylation of 32-, 40-, 55-, 60-, 80- and 100-kDa proteins or 43-, 55-, 60- and 90-KdA proteins, respectively. The phosphorylation of all these proteins is shown to be drastically reduced in Alzheimer's disease hippocampi. Vanadate, an inhibitor of protein tyrosine phosphatases, had no influence on the level of protein phosphorylation. Western blot analysis did not reveal any differences in the anti-phosphotyrosine immunoreactive membrane proteins from Alzheimer's disease and control hippocampi. Tyrosine kinase activity of immunoprecipitated p60c-src from Alzheimer's disease and control hippocampi were the same. In conclusion, the Zn(2+)- and Mg(2+)-stimulated tyrosine kinase activities, distinct from activity of p60c-src, are decreased in Alzheimer's disease hippocampus.
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- A V Vener
- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Russian Federation
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Affiliation(s)
- C F Stevens
- The Salk Institute, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Yamagata K, Andreasson KI, Kaufmann WE, Barnes CA, Worley PF. Expression of a mitogen-inducible cyclooxygenase in brain neurons: regulation by synaptic activity and glucocorticoids. Neuron 1993; 11:371-86. [PMID: 8352945 DOI: 10.1016/0896-6273(93)90192-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 889] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
Abstract
Prostaglandins play important and diverse roles in the CNS. The first step in prostaglandin synthesis involves enzymatic oxidation of arachidonic acid, which is catalyzed by prostaglandin H(PGH) synthase, also referred to as cyclooxygenase. We have cloned an inducible form of this enzyme from rat brain that is nearly identical to a murine, mitogen-inducible cyclooxygenase identified from fibroblasts. Our studies indicate that this gene, here termed COX-2, is expressed throughout the forebrain in discrete populations of neurons and is enriched in the cortex and hippocampus. Neuronal expression is rapidly and transiently induced by seizures or NMDA-dependent synaptic activity. No expression is detected in glia or vascular endothelial cells. Basal expression of COX-2 appears to be regulated by natural synaptic activity in the developing and adult brain. Both basal and induced expression of COX-2 are inhibited by glucocorticoids, consistent with COX-2 regulation in peripheral tissues. Our studies indicate that COX-2 expression may be important in regulating prostaglandin signaling in brain. The marked inducibility in neurons by synaptic stimuli suggests a role in activity-dependent plasticity.
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- K Yamagata
- Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205-2185
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Olpe HR, Wörner W, Ferrat T. Stimulation parameters determine role of GABAB receptors in long-term potentiation. EXPERIENTIA 1993; 49:542-6. [PMID: 8392943 DOI: 10.1007/bf01955159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Blockade of GABAB receptors was reported to improve cognitive performance in mammals. The physiological basis of this effect is poorly understood. We investigated the effect of the GABAB receptor antagonist CGP 35348 on long-term potentiation (LTP) in the CA1 area of the hippocampus in vitro and in vivo. In vitro the effect of CGP 35348 on LTP, induced either by two non-primed tetanic stimulations or by two primed bursts of stimuli, was investigated. In the presence of 1 mM CGP 35348 LTP was significantly facilitated following two non-primed tetanic trains, but was impaired following two primed burst stimulations. In vivo LTP was induced by applying non-primed trains of stimuli of increasing duration to the Schaffer collateral/commissural fibers. The potentiation of the population spike recorded in CA1 was significantly facilitated by CGP 35348 (100 mg/kg i.v.). In conclusion these findings demonstrate that the GABAB antagonist CGP 35348 facilitates LTP in vitro and in vivo if induced by non-primed tetanic stimulation. In vitro, the mode of stimulation determines the effect of the GABAB antagonist on LTP.
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- H R Olpe
- Research and Development Department, Ciba-Geigy Ltd., Basel, Switzerland
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Fordyce DE, Wehner JM. Effects of aging on spatial learning and hippocampal protein kinase C in mice. Neurobiol Aging 1993; 14:309-17. [PMID: 8367012 DOI: 10.1016/0197-4580(93)90116-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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C57BL/6Nia and F1(B6xD2)Nia mice were tested on the Morris water maze task for 5 days followed by 12 days of testing on the place learning-set task (8 trials/day with each task). Mice were tested at 3, 14, and 25 months of age. C57 mice, 25 months of age, were significantly impaired in both the Morris and place learning-set task probe trial performance compared to mice 3 months of age (p < 0.05). These aged C57 mice also demonstrated a significant reduction in membrane-bound hippocampal protein kinase C (PKC) activity (p < 0.05) with no significant change in cytosolic PKC activity. F1 mice, however, showed no effect of age on probe trial performance on the spatial learning tasks. In addition, in a comparison of C57 and F1 mice within each age group, F1 mice demonstrated superior learning performance which was accompanied by a significant elevation in PKC activity (p < 0.05). Spatial learning performance of both strains significantly correlated with membrane-bound PKC activity (p < 0.01). These data provide additional support for our previous hypothesis of an involvement of hippocampal PKC activity in spatial learning and suggest that the amount of membrane-bound PKC activity may be a determinant of age-related decline in spatial learning.
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- D E Fordyce
- Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder 80309-0447
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Tingley WG, Roche KW, Thompson AK, Huganir RL. Regulation of NMDA receptor phosphorylation by alternative splicing of the C-terminal domain. Nature 1993; 364:70-3. [PMID: 8316301 DOI: 10.1038/364070a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 341] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The NMDA (N-methyl D-aspartate) receptors in the brain play a critical role in synaptic plasticity, synaptogenesis and excitotoxicity. Molecular cloning has demonstrated that NMDA receptors consist of several homologous subunits (NMDAR1, 2A-2D). A variety of studies have suggested that protein phosphorylation of NMDA receptors may regulate their function and play a role in many forms of synaptic plasticity such as long-term potentiation. We have examined the phosphorylation of the NMDA receptor subunit NMDAR1 (NR1) by protein kinase C (PKC) in cells transiently expressing recombinant NR1 and in primary cultures of cortical neurons. PKC phosphorylation occurs on several distinct sites on the NR1 subunit. Most of these sites are contained within a single alternatively spliced exon in the C-terminal domain, which has previously been proposed to be on the extracellular side of the membrane. These results demonstrate that alternative splicing of the NR1 messenger RNA regulates its phosphorylation by PKC, and that mRNA splicing is a novel mechanism for regulating the sensitivity of glutamate receptors to protein phosphorylation. These results also provide evidence that the C-terminal domain of the NR1 protein is located intracellularly, suggesting that the proposed transmembrane topology model for glutamate receptors may be incorrect.
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- W G Tingley
- Department of Neuroscience, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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Schneggenburger R, Zhou Z, Konnerth A, Neher E. Fractional contribution of calcium to the cation current through glutamate receptor channels. Neuron 1993; 11:133-43. [PMID: 7687849 DOI: 10.1016/0896-6273(93)90277-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 241] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The Ca2+ fraction of the ion current flowing through glutamatergic NMDA and AMPA/kainate receptor channels was determined in forebrain neurons of the medial septum. The neurons were overloaded with the Ca2+ indicator dye fura-2 (1 mM) via the recording patch pipettes. This approach allowed the direct determination of the Ca2+ influx from changes in the Ca(2+)-sensitive fura-2 fluorescence. We found that, at negative membrane potentials and at an extracellular free Ca2+ concentration of 1.6 mM, the Ca2+ fraction of the current through the NMDA receptor channels is only 6.8%, about 2-fold lower than previously estimated from reversal potential measurements. Interestingly, a quite high fractional Ca2+ current of 1.4% was determined for the linearly conducting AMPA/kainate receptor channels found in these neurons.
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- R Schneggenburger
- I. Physiologisches Institut, Universität des Saarlandes, Homburg Federal Republic of Germany
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Nedivi E, Hevroni D, Naot D, Israeli D, Citri Y. Numerous candidate plasticity-related genes revealed by differential cDNA cloning. Nature 1993; 363:718-22. [PMID: 8515813 DOI: 10.1038/363718a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 395] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Plasticity is a property of the nervous system that allows it to modify its response to an altered input. This capacity for change suggests that there are molecular mechanisms in neurons that can couple stimuli to long-term alterations in phenotype. Neuronal excitation elicits rapid transcriptional activation of several immediate-early genes, for example c-fos, c-jun and zif268. Many immediate-early genes encode transcription factors that control expression of downstream genes whose products are believed to bring about long-term plastic changes. Here we use a highly sensitive differential complementary DNA cloning procedure to identify genes that may participate in long-term plasticity. We cloned 52 cDNAs of genes induced by the glutamate analogue kainate in the hippocampus dentate gyrus. The number of these candidate plasticity-related genes (CPGs) is estimated to be 500-1,000. One of the cloned CPGs (16C8), encoding a protease inhibitor, is induced by a stimulus producing long-term potentiation and during dentate gyrus development; a second, cpg1, is dependent on activation of the NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptor for induction and encodes a new small, dentate-gyrus-specific protein. Seventeen of the cloned CPGs encode known proteins, including six suggesting that strong neuronal activation leads to de novo synthesis of vesicular and other synaptic components.
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- E Nedivi
- Department of Hormone Research, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Hughes PJ, Michell RH. Novel inositol containing phospholipids and phosphates: their synthesis and possible new roles in cellular signalling. Curr Opin Neurobiol 1993; 3:383-400. [PMID: 8369629 DOI: 10.1016/0959-4388(93)90132-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Details of the widely employed PtdIns(4,5)P2 hydrolysis receptor-stimulated signalling pathway continue to be elucidated rapidly. However, it has recently become apparent that numerous other inositol lipids and phosphates are widespread and are likely to have important cellular functions. In this review, we focus particularly on three rapidly progressing areas: the synthesis and possible functions of 3-phosphorylated inositol lipids, particularly phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate; the roles of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate and inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate in coordinating intracellular Ca2+ mobilization and Ca2+ influx in stimulated cells; and the metabolism and possible functions of other inositol polyphosphates and of inositol polyphosphate pyrophosphates.
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- P J Hughes
- School of Biochemistry, University of Birmingham, UK
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Williams J, Errington M, Li YG, Lynch M, Bliss T. The search for retrograde messengers in long-term potentiation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s1044-5765(05)80048-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Clark K, Randall A, Bortolotto Z, Bashir Z, Collingridge G. Mechanisms involved in hippocampal LTP: implications for retrograde messengers. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s1044-5765(05)80052-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Asaoka Y, Yoshida K, Sasaki Y, Nishizuka Y. Potential role of phospholipase A2 in HL-60 cell differentiation to macrophages induced by protein kinase C activation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1993; 90:4917-21. [PMID: 8099446 PMCID: PMC46624 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.11.4917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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2-Lysophosphatidylcholine and cis-unsaturated fatty acids such as linoleic and linolenic acids, which are the products of the hydrolysis of phosphatidylcholine catalyzed by phospholipase A2 (EC 3.1.1.4), significantly potentiate the differentiation of HL-60 cells to macrophages that is induced by either a membrane-permeant diacylglycerol or a phorbol ester. The cell differentiation was assayed by measuring the expression of CD11b, one of the cell surface markers of macrophages, and also by the appearance of phagocytic activity. Snake venom phospholipase A2 added directly to the cells is also active for this potentiation. Neither lysophosphatidylcholine, fatty acid, nor phospholipase A2 is active unless a membrane-permeant diacylglycerol or a phorbol ester is present. The results presented provide further evidence that activation of phospholipase A2 may be intimately related to the signal transduction pathway through protein kinase C.
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- Y Asaoka
- Biosignal Research Center, Kobe University, Japan
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Tsumoto T. Long-term depression in cerebral cortex: a possible substrate of "forgetting" that should not be forgotten. Neurosci Res 1993; 16:263-70. [PMID: 8394553 DOI: 10.1016/0168-0102(93)90036-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- T Tsumoto
- Department of Neurophysiology, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Japan
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- R C Malenka
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco 94143
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Raymond LA, Blackstone CD, Huganir RL. Phosphorylation of amino acid neurotransmitter receptors in synaptic plasticity. Trends Neurosci 1993; 16:147-53. [PMID: 7682348 DOI: 10.1016/0166-2236(93)90123-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
Abstract
The precise regulation of synaptic efficacy in the mammalian central nervous system is fundamental for learning, memory, motor control and sensory processing, as well as synaptogenesis. Currently, the molecular mechanisms underlying synaptic plasticity involved in these crucial processes are topics of intense investigation. The modulation of neurotransmitter receptors has received considerable attention, since these receptors mediate signal transduction at the postsynaptic membranes of chemical synapses. Over the past several years, evidence has suggested that protein phosphorylation of neurotransmitter receptors is a common mechanism for the regulation of receptor function. In this reaction, protein kinases catalyse the transfer of a highly charged phosphate moiety from ATP to serine, threonine or tyrosine residues of a neurotransmitter receptor, thereby altering the charge and/or conformation of the receptor and regulating its function. Phosphorylation of neurotransmitter receptors is reversible, can occur rapidly, and might result in prolonged changes in receptor function. Thus, this modification might play an important role in both short- and long-term changes in synaptic transmission.
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- L A Raymond
- Dept of Neurology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205
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