La potenciación a largo plazo en el hipocampo es bloqueada por los inhibidores de la tirosina quinasa
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T J O'Dell1, E R Kandel, S G Grant
1Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York 10032.
Nature
|October 10, 1991
Resumen
La actividad de la tirosina quinasa es crucial para inducir la potenciación a largo plazo (LTP) en el hipocampo, un proceso vital para la formación de la memoria. Los inhibidores específicos bloquearon la inducción de LTP, lo que sugiere un papel para las tirosinacinasas en la plasticidad sináptica.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La neurociencia es la neurociencia.
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- La bioquímica es la bioquímica.
Sus antecedentes:
- La potenciación a largo plazo (LTP) en el hipocampo es un mecanismo celular clave que subyace a la formación de la memoria.
- La LTP en la región CA1 requiere una afluencia de calcio dependiente del receptor NMDA y la activación de las serina/treonina quinasas.
- Las proteínas tirosina quinasas son abundantes en el hipocampo, una región involucrada en el aprendizaje y la memoria.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar el requisito potencial de la actividad de la tirosina quinasa en la LTP del hipocampo.
- Para determinar si las tirosinacinasas juegan un papel en la plasticidad sináptica más allá de las serina/treoninacinasas.
Principales métodos:
- Se examinaron cinco inhibidores de la tirosina quinasa por su especificidad contra las tirosina quinasas del hipocampo frente a las serina/treonina quinasas (PKA, PKC, CaMKII).
- Utilizamos lavendustina A y genisteína, identificados como inhibidores específicos, para probar sus efectos en la inducción y el mantenimiento de la LTP.
- Los inhibidores administrados a través de la aplicación en el baño y la inyección postsináptica.
Principales resultados:
- La lavendustina A y la genisteína inhiben selectivamente la actividad de la tirosina quinasa en el hipocampo.
- Estos inhibidores específicos bloquearon la inducción de la LTP, pero no afectaron a la LTP establecida.
- Los inhibidores no tuvieron impacto en la transmisión sináptica normal o en las acciones de los neurotransmisores mediadas por PKA o PKC.
Conclusiones:
- La actividad de la tirosina quinasa se requiere postsinápticamente para la inducción de potenciación a largo plazo en el hipocampo.
- Las tirosinacinasas pueden funcionar dentro de una red de quinasas postsinápticas junto con las serina y las treoninacinasas (CaMKII, PKC) en la plasticidad sináptica.
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