在长期神经元可塑性期间,突触和刺激特定的局部翻译
Dan Ohtan Wang1, Sang Mok Kim, Yali Zhao
1Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), BSRB 390B, 615 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1737, USA.
概括
突触的局部翻译对长期记忆和突触可塑性至关重要. 这项研究表明,调节局部翻译发生在Aplysia的长期促进过程中,特别是在刺激的突触上.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
背景情况:
- 长期记忆和突触可塑性取决于基因表达的变化.
- 这些变化可能是个别突触的特征,表明局部化的分子机制.
- 传递 RNA (mRNA) 在突触的定位和翻译是这种突触特异性的关键.
研究的目的:
- 在长期可塑性期间,在突触处直接可视化和描述局部翻译.
- 调查突触特异翻译的条件和要求.
- 了解局部翻译在建立突触特异性的作用.
主要方法:
- 使用活细胞显微镜与可光转换的光蛋白翻译记者.
- 研究了阿普利西亚的感觉运动突触.
- 在长期促进和长期抑郁期间监控报告员翻译.
主要成果:
- 在长期促进过程中,局部翻译在突触上直接可视化.
- 记者翻译需要多个血清应用,并且仅限于刺激的突触.
- 翻译是转录和刺激特定的,在促进过程中发生,而不是抑郁.
- 局部翻译需要一个化学突触和后突触信号.
结论:
- 高度调节的局部翻译发生在长期可塑性期间的突触.
- 这个过程是突触特异的,并且依赖于跨突触信号.
- 局部翻译是建立长期记忆形成中的突触特异性的关键机制.
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