title: Integrin alpha3beta1 suppresses long-term potentiation at inhibitory synapses on the cerebellar Purkinje neuron.
abstract: At the GABAergic synapses between inhibitory interneurons and a Purkinje neuron (PN) in the cerebellum, the postsynaptic depolarization induces the long-term potentiation (called rebound potentiation; RP) of GABAA receptor responsiveness. Here, we show that integrins, a type of cell-adhesion molecules, are involved in the regulation of RP. Integrin activation by Mn2+ impaired the RP induction of GABA responsiveness and mIPSCs in PNs, which was abolished by the function blocking antibody against either integrin alpha3 or beta1 subunit, but not by that against alpha5 or alphaV subunit. Furthermore, overexpression of integrin alpha3 subunit in a PN by itself impaired the RP induction. We also show that Src-family of protein tyrosine kinases mediated the suppressive effect of integrin activity on the RP induction. Thus, the integrin/Src pathway negatively regulates the induction of long-term plasticity at inhibitory synapses on a cerebellar PN.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
authors.forename: Shin-ya
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
authors.forename: Tomoo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D000906:Antibodies / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002525:Cerebellar Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D039201:Integrin alpha3beta1 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D017774:Long-Term Potentiation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D008274:Magnesium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D009433:Neural Inhibition / Q000502:physiology*; D021122:Protein Subunits / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D011689:Purkinje Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D013569:Synapses / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D019061:src-Family Kinases / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D039201:Integrin alpha3beta1; D021122:Protein Subunits; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D019061:src-Family Kinases; D008274:Magnesium