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Butcher, JB, Sims, RE, Ngum, NM, Bazzari, AH, Jenkins, SI, King, M, Hill, EJ, Nagel, DA, Fox, K, Parri, HR and Glazewski, S (2022) A requirement for astrocyte IP3R2 signaling for whisker experience-dependent depression and homeostatic upregulation in the mouse barrel cortex. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 16. 905285 - ?. ISSN 1662-5102
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Abstract
Changes to sensory experience result in plasticity of synapses in the cortex. This experience-dependent plasticity (EDP) is a fundamental property of the brain. Yet, while much is known about neuronal roles in EDP, very little is known about the role of astrocytes. To address this issue, we used the well-described mouse whiskers-to-barrel cortex system, which expresses a number of forms of EDP. We found that all-whisker deprivation induced characteristic experience-dependent Hebbian depression (EDHD) followed by homeostatic upregulation in L2/3 barrel cortex of wild type mice. However, these changes were not seen in mutant animals (IP3R2-/-) that lack the astrocyte-expressed IP3 receptor subtype. A separate paradigm, the single-whisker experience, induced potentiation of whisker-induced response in both wild-type (WT) mice and IP3R2-/- mice. Recordings in ex vivo barrel cortex slices reflected the in vivo results so that long-term depression (LTD) could not be elicited in slices from IP3R2-/- mice, but long-term potentiation (LTP) could. Interestingly, 1 Hz stimulation inducing LTD in WT paradoxically resulted in NMDAR-dependent LTP in slices from IP3R2-/- animals. The LTD to LTP switch was mimicked by acute buffering astrocytic [Ca2+] i in WT slices. Both WT LTD and IP3R2-/- 1 Hz LTP were mediated by non-ionotropic NMDAR signaling, but only WT LTD was P38 MAPK dependent, indicating an underlying mechanistic switch. These results demonstrate a critical role for astrocytic [Ca2+] i in several EDP mechanisms in neocortex.
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Additional Information: | © 2022 Butcher, Sims, Ngum, Bazzari, Jenkins, King, Hill, Nagel, Fox, Parri and Glazewski. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology |
Divisions: | Faculty of Natural Sciences > School of Life Sciences |
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Depositing User: | Symplectic |
Date Deposited: | 06 Oct 2022 14:29 |
Last Modified: | 06 Oct 2022 14:29 |
URI: | https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/11506 |