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The inhibitory input to mouse cerebellar Purkinje cells is reciprocally modulated by Bergmann glial P2Y1 and AMPA receptor signaling
Author(s) -
Rudolph Ramona,
Jahn Hannah M.,
Courjaret Raphael,
Messemer Nanette,
Kirchhoff Frank,
Deitmer Joachim W.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
glia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.954
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1098-1136
pISSN - 0894-1491
DOI - 10.1002/glia.22999
Subject(s) - ampa receptor , biology , neuroscience , glutamate receptor , purkinje cell , long term depression , metabotropic glutamate receptor , glutamatergic , metabotropic receptor , cerebellum , receptor , inhibitory postsynaptic potential , silent synapse , cerebellar cortex , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry
Synaptic transmission has been shown to be modulated by glial functions, but the modes of specific glial action may vary in different neural circuits. We have tested the hypothesis, if Bergmann GLIA (BG) are involved in shaping neuronal communication in the mouse cerebellar cortex, using acutely isolated cerebellar slices of wild‐type (WT) and of glia‐specific receptor knockout mice. Activation of P2Y1 receptors by ADP (100 µM) or glutamatergic receptors by AMPA (0.3 µM) resulted in a robust, reversible and repeatable rise of evoked inhibitory input in Purkinje cells by 80% and 150%, respectively. The ADP‐induced response was suppressed by prior application of AMPA, and the AMPA‐induced response was suppressed by prior application of ADP. Genetic deletion or pharmacological blockade of either receptor restored the response to the other receptor agonist. Both ADP and AMPA responses were sensitive to Rose Bengal, which blocks vesicular glutamate uptake, and to the NMDA receptor antagonist D‐AP5. Our results provide strong evidence that activation of both ADP and AMPA receptors, located on BGs, results in the release of glutamate, which in turn activates inhibitory interneurons via NMDA‐type glutamate receptors. This infers that BG cells, by means of metabotropic signaling via their AMPA and P2Y1 receptors, which mutually suppress each other, would interdependently contribute to the fine‐tuning of Purkinje cell activity in the cerebellar cortex. GLIA 2016. GLIA 2016;64:1265–1280

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