Li Xiao, He Ling, Hu Xiaohan, Huang Fengwen, Wang Xue, Chen Mengying, Yoon Ezra Ginn, Bello Stephen Temitayo, Chen Tao, Chen Xi, Tang Peng, Chen Congping, Qu Jianan, He Jufang
Department of Neuroscience, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.
City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China.
iScience. 2023 Mar 31;26(4):106542. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106542. eCollection 2023 Apr 21.
Long-term potentiation (LTP), which underlies learning and memory, can be induced by high-frequency electrical stimulation (HFS or HFES) and is thought to occur at the synapses of efferent projection. Here, the contralateral connectivity in mice auditory cortex was investigated to reveal the fundamental corticocortical connection properties. After HFES, plasticity was not observed at the terminal synapses at the recording site. The optogenetic HFS at the recording site of the interhemispheric cortical projections could not induce LTP, but HFES at the recording site could induce the interhemispheric cortical LTP. Our subsequent results uncovered that it is the cholecystokinin (CCK) released from the entorhino-neocortical pathway induced by HEFS that modulates the neuroplasticity of the afferent projections, including interhemispheric auditory cortical afferents. Our study illustrates a heterosynaptic mechanism as the basis for cortical plasticity. This regulation might contribute new spots for the understanding and treatment of neurological disorders.
长期增强作用(LTP)是学习和记忆的基础,可由高频电刺激(HFS或HFES)诱导产生,并且被认为发生在传出投射的突触处。在此,研究了小鼠听觉皮层中的对侧连接性,以揭示基本的皮质-皮质连接特性。高频电刺激后,在记录部位的终末突触处未观察到可塑性。在半球间皮质投射的记录部位进行光遗传学高频电刺激不能诱导LTP,但在记录部位进行高频电刺激可诱导半球间皮质LTP。我们随后的结果发现,由高频电刺激诱导的内嗅-新皮质通路释放的胆囊收缩素(CCK)调节传入投射的神经可塑性,包括半球间听觉皮质传入。我们的研究阐明了一种异突触机制作为皮质可塑性的基础。这种调节可能为理解和治疗神经疾病提供新的切入点。