缺乏突触结合蛋白会改变雄性小鼠海马苔藓纤维的突触前可塑性。
The Lack of Synapsin Alters Presynaptic Plasticity at Hippocampal Mossy Fibers in Male Mice.
机构信息
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin 10117, Germany.
NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin 10117, Germany.
出版信息
eNeuro. 2024 Jul 3;11(7). doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0330-23.2024. Print 2024 Jul.
Synapsins are highly abundant presynaptic proteins that play a crucial role in neurotransmission and plasticity via the clustering of synaptic vesicles. The synapsin III isoform is usually downregulated after development, but in hippocampal mossy fiber boutons, it persists in adulthood. Mossy fiber boutons express presynaptic forms of short- and long-term plasticity, which are thought to underlie different forms of learning. Previous research on synapsins at this synapse focused on synapsin isoforms I and II. Thus, a complete picture regarding the role of synapsins in mossy fiber plasticity is still missing. Here, we investigated presynaptic plasticity at hippocampal mossy fiber boutons by combining electrophysiological field recordings and transmission electron microscopy in a mouse model lacking all synapsin isoforms. We found decreased short-term plasticity, i.e., decreased facilitation and post-tetanic potentiation, but increased long-term potentiation in male synapsin triple knock-out (KO) mice. At the ultrastructural level, we observed more dispersed vesicles and a higher density of active zones in mossy fiber boutons from KO animals. Our results indicate that all synapsin isoforms are required for fine regulation of short- and long-term presynaptic plasticity at the mossy fiber synapse.
突触结合蛋白是高度丰富的突触前蛋白,通过突触小泡的聚集在神经传递和可塑性中发挥关键作用。突触结合蛋白 III 同工型通常在发育后下调,但在海马苔藓纤维末梢中,它在成年期仍然存在。苔藓纤维末梢表达短期和长期可塑性的突触前形式,这些形式被认为是不同形式学习的基础。以前在这个突触上对突触结合蛋白的研究集中在突触结合蛋白 I 和 II 同工型上。因此,关于突触结合蛋白在苔藓纤维可塑性中的作用的完整图片仍然缺失。在这里,我们通过在缺乏所有突触结合蛋白同工型的小鼠模型中结合电生理学场记录和透射电子显微镜研究了海马苔藓纤维末梢的突触前可塑性。我们发现,雄性突触结合蛋白三敲除 (KO) 小鼠的短期可塑性降低,即易化和强直后增强减少,但长时程增强增加。在超微结构水平上,我们观察到 KO 动物的苔藓纤维末梢中的囊泡更加分散,活性区密度更高。我们的结果表明,所有突触结合蛋白同工型都需要精细调节苔藓纤维突触的短期和长期突触前可塑性。