Han Victor Z, Zhang Yueping, Bell Curtis C, Hansel Christian
Neurological Sciences Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon 97006, USA.
J Neurosci. 2007 Dec 5;27(49):13499-512. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2613-07.2007.
Climbing fiber (CF)-evoked calcium transients play a key role in plasticity at parallel fiber (PF) to Purkinje cell synapses in the mammalian cerebellum. Whereas PF activation alone causes long-term potentiation (LTP), coactivation of the heterosynaptic CF input, which evokes large dendritic calcium transients, induces long-term depression (LTD). This unique type of heterosynaptic interaction is a hallmark feature of synaptic plasticity in mammalian Purkinje cells. Purkinje cells in the cerebellum of mormyrid electric fish are characterized by a different architecture of their dendritic trees and by a more pronounced separation of CF and PF synaptic contact sites. We therefore examined the conditions for bidirectional plasticity at PF synapses onto Purkinje cells in the mormyrid cerebellum in vitro. PF stimulation at elevated frequencies induces LTP, whereas LTD results from PF stimulation at enhanced intensities and depends on dendritic calcium influx and metabotropic glutamate receptor type 1 activation. LTD can also be observed after pairing of low intensity PF stimulation with CF stimulation. Using a combination of whole-cell patch-clamp recordings and fluorometric calcium imaging, we characterized calcium transients in Purkinje cell dendrites. CF activation elicits calcium transients not only within the CF input territory (smooth proximal dendrites) but also within the PF input territory (spiny palisade dendrites). Paired PF and CF activation elicits larger calcium transients than stimulation of either input alone. A major source for dendritic calcium signaling is provided by P/Q-type calcium channels. Our data show that despite the spatial separation between the two inputs CF activity facilitates LTD induction at PF synapses.
攀爬纤维(CF)诱发的钙瞬变在哺乳动物小脑平行纤维(PF)与浦肯野细胞突触的可塑性中起关键作用。单独激活PF会引起长时程增强(LTP),而异突触CF输入的共同激活会诱发大的树突状钙瞬变,从而诱导长时程抑制(LTD)。这种独特的异突触相互作用是哺乳动物浦肯野细胞突触可塑性的标志性特征。象鼻鱼电鱼小脑的浦肯野细胞具有不同的树突结构,并且CF和PF突触接触位点的分离更为明显。因此,我们在体外研究了象鼻鱼小脑浦肯野细胞PF突触双向可塑性的条件。高频刺激PF会诱导LTP,而LTD则是由增强强度的PF刺激引起的,并且依赖于树突状钙内流和代谢型谷氨酸受体1的激活。在低强度PF刺激与CF刺激配对后也可以观察到LTD。通过结合全细胞膜片钳记录和荧光钙成像,我们对浦肯野细胞树突中的钙瞬变进行了表征。CF激活不仅在CF输入区域(平滑的近端树突)内引发钙瞬变,而且在PF输入区域(多刺的栅栏状树突)内引发钙瞬变。PF和CF的配对激活比单独刺激任何一种输入引发的钙瞬变更大。树突状钙信号的主要来源是P/Q型钙通道。我们的数据表明,尽管两个输入之间存在空间分离,但CF活动仍有助于PF突触处LTD的诱导。