後期期LTPの維持には,PKA依存のAMPA受容体合成の増加が伴います
A Nayak1, D J Zastrow, R Lickteig
1Neuroscience Program, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262, USA.
Nature
|August 26, 1998
まとめ
記憶に不可欠な後期LTPは,シナプス前遺伝子転写を必要としません. 代わりに,PKA依存の転写によって駆動されるAMPA受容体合成を含むポストシナプスメカニズムが,この重要な形態のシナプス可塑性を維持します.
科学分野:
- 神経科学は神経科学である.
- シナプスの可塑性
背景:
- 長期増強 (LTP) は,学習と記憶の重要なメカニズムです.
- 後期期LTP (刺激後3〜5時間) は,転写,タンパク質合成,タンパク質キナーゼA (PKA) に依存する.
- 末期LTPにおけるプレシナプス対ポストシナプス遺伝子転写の役割は不明である.
研究 の 目的:
- 末期LTPを維持するために,シナプス前遺伝子転写が必要かどうかを調査する.
- 末期LTP維持に関わるポストシナプスメカニズムを解明する.
主な方法:
- ネズミのヒポカンパのCA1ミニスライスを利用し,プレシナプス細胞体が除去されました.
- LTP誘導後のAMPA受容体のサブユニット合成を調査した.
- PKAと転写阻害剤がAMPA受容体合成に及ぼす影響を調べました.
主要な成果:
- プレシナプス細胞体が欠けていたミニスライスでLTPが誘発され,プレシナプス細胞体の転写は必要ないことが示されました.
- AMPA受容体のサブユニット合成は,LTP誘導の3時間後に有意に増加しました.
- PKAおよび転写の阻害剤は,AMPA受容体合成のこの増加を阻害しました.
結論:
- 前シナプス遺伝子の転写は,後期期LTPを維持するために不可欠ではありません.
- PKA依存遺伝子の転写によって調節されるAMPA受容体合成の増加を含むポストシナプスメカニズムが,後期期LTP維持の基礎となっている.
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