アクソン初期セグメントの活動に依存した移転は,神経刺激性を微調整する
Matthew S Grubb1, Juan Burrone
1MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King's College London, 4th Floor, New Hunt's House, Guy's Campus, London SE1 1UL, UK. matthew.grubb@kcl.ac.uk
Nature
|June 15, 2010
まとめ
ニューロンは,電気的活動に反応して,その軸索初期セグメント (AIS) の位置を変えることができます. この活動に依存する可塑性は,電圧誘導カルシウムチャネルを含むため,神経の興奮性を微調整する可能性があります.
科学分野:
- 神経科学は神経科学である.
- 細胞生物学 細胞生物学
- 電気生理学 電気生理学
背景:
- アクソン初期セグメント (AIS) は,ニューロンにおけるアクションポテンシャル開始に極めて重要です.
- AISの位置はニューロンタイプによって変化し,情報処理に影響を与えます.
- 個々のニューロンにおけるAISの位置を制御する要因は,ほとんど不明である.
研究 の 目的:
- ニューロンの電気的活動がAISの位置を変更できるかどうかを調査する.
- 活動に依存するAISポジショニングの基礎となるメカニズムを特定する.
- AISの位置の変化がニューロンの興奮性に影響するかどうかを判断する.
主な方法:
- 分離した海馬の培養物を利用した.
- 高レベルの細胞外カリウムを用いた慢性去極化を適用した.
- チャネルロドプシン-2.2によるライトエミッティングダイオード (LED) フォト刺激が採用されました.
- 測定されたAISコンポーネントの動きとアクションポテンシャル,発火値.
主要な成果:
- 慢性的な脱極化は,ナトリウムチャネルを含むAISの構成要素をソマから17μmまで移動させた.
- AISの位置変更は逆行性であり,T型および/またはL型カルシウムチャネル活性化に依存していた.
- バスト光刺激は,通常の刺激とは異なり,ディスタルAISシフトを誘発した.
- 変更されたAISのポジションは,アクションポテンシャルの急上昇値の変化と相関しています.
結論:
- ニューロンの電気的活動レベルとパターンは,AISの位置を動的に調節する.
- この活動に依存する可塑性は,ニューロンの興奮性を微調整するための新しいメカニズムを提供します.
- 発見は,以前は認識されなかった神経細胞における細胞下構造的可塑性の形態を示唆している.
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