title: Role for cAMP and protein phosphatase in the presynaptic expression of mouse hippocampal mossy fibre depotentiation.
abstract: Long-term potentiation (LTP) at the hippocampal mossy fibre-CA3 synapses can be reversed (depotentiated) by long trains of low-frequency stimulation (LFS). In the present study, we showed that this depotentiation is triggered by a presynaptic group II metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR), which reduces cytosolic cAMP level, leading to a reversal of cellular processes responsible for mossy fibre LTP expression. Furthermore, we found that both the presynaptic activity-induced elevation of Ca(2+) and the activation of protein phosphatase (PP) activity are required for the induction of depotentiation. Thus, we conclude that mossy fibre depotentiation is expressed presynaptically through the activation of both presynaptic mGluR- and PP-coupled signalling cascades, and that the bidirectional long-term plasticity at the mossy fibre-CA3 synapses is likely to be regulated by presynaptic Ca(2+)-dependent processes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chiung-Chun
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Yea-Lin
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ying-Ching
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Kuei-Sen
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Hsu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D003521:Cyclopropanes / Q000494:pharmacology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D019706:Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D005998:Glycine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D017774:Long-Term Potentiation / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D019599:Mossy Fibers, Hippocampal / Q000201:enzymology*; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000378:metabolism*; D017729:Presynaptic Terminals / Q000201:enzymology*; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D003521:Cyclopropanes; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate; C082313:2-(2,3-dicarboxycyclopropyl)glycine; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D005998:Glycine