title: Molecular dissection of hippocampal theta-burst pairing potentiation.
abstract: Long-term potentiation (LTP) of synaptic efficacy in the hippocampus is frequently induced by tetanic stimulation of presynaptic afferents or by pairing low frequency stimulation with postsynaptic depolarization. Adult (P42) GluR-A(-/-) mice largely lack these forms of LTP. LTP in wt mice can also be induced by coincident pre- and postsynaptic action potentials, where an initial rapid component is expressed but a substantial fraction of the potentiation develops with a delayed time course. We report here that this stimulation protocol, delivered at theta frequency (5 Hz), induces LTP in GluR-A(-/-) mice in which the initial component is substantially reduced. The remaining GluR-A independent component differs from the initial component in that its expression develops over time after induction and its induction is differentially dependent on postsynaptic intracellular Ca(2+) buffering. Thus, in adult mice, theta-burst pairing evokes two forms of synaptic potentiation that are induced simultaneously but whose expression levels vary inversely with time. The two components of synaptic potentiation could be relevant for different forms of information storage that are dependent on hippocampal synaptic transmission such as spatial reference and working memory.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Zellphysiologie and Molekulare Neurobiologie, Max-Planck Institut für medizinische Forschung, Jahnstrasse 29, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. dax@sun0.MPimF-Heidelberg.mpg.de
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Hoffman
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sprengel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sakmann
mesh_terms: D015763:2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D017774:Long-Term Potentiation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D021122:Protein Subunits; D018091:Receptors, AMPA / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology; D013826:Theta Rhythm / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D015763:2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D021122:Protein Subunits; D018091:Receptors, AMPA; C025603:1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid