アストロサイトCa2+によって誘発されるATPの放出は,ミエリン化アクソンの興奮性と伝導速度を調節する
Jonathan Lezmy1, I Lorena Arancibia-Cárcamo1,2, Tania Quintela-López1
1Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
まとめ
脳の白質にあるアストロサイトは,アデノシンを放出することによって,ミエリン化されたアクソン機能を調節する. ニューロンの興奮や信号速度を制御し 脳の情報流に影響します
科学分野:
- 神経科学
- 細胞生物学
- 神経生理学
背景:
- 灰色の物質のシナプスを調節することが知られている.
- ホワイトマターにおけるアストロサイトの機能,特にミエリン化アクソンについては,ほとんど研究されていない.
研究 の 目的:
- 脳の白質におけるミエリン状の軸索の機能を調節するアストロサイトの役割を調査する.
- アストロサイトが軸索刺激性および作用電位伝播に影響を与える分子メカニズムを解明する.
主な方法:
- アクソン初期セグメント (AIS) とランヴィエのノード近くのアストロサイトプロセスにおける細胞内カルシウム濃度 ([Ca2+]i) をモニターするために,ネズミのモデルを使用した.
- アデノシン三酸化物 (ATP) の放出とアデノシンへの変換を研究した.
- アストロサイトシグナル伝達に反応するA2a受容体とHCN2チャネルの活性化を調べた.
主要な成果:
- AISとRanvierのノード近くの神経細胞内カルシウム ([Ca2+]i) が上昇した.
- このカルシウムの増加はアデノシン三酸化物 (ATP) の放出を引き起こし,アデノシンに変換された.
- アストロサイト由来のアデノシンは,A2a受容体を通して作用し,HCN2チャネルを調節し,AISの興奮性とアクションポテンシャルの伝播速度に影響します.
結論:
- アストロサイトは,アデノシン媒介経路を通じて白質のミエリン化アクソン機能を積極的に調節する.
- アストロサイトシグナル伝達はニューロンの興奮性と白質の情報伝達速度に影響する.
- 覚醒/睡眠やエネルギー欠乏などの生理学的状態の影響を受けたアデノシンレベルの変化は,白質情報流と神経回路機能を調節することができます.
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