Long-term depression of presynaptic release from the readily releasable vesicle pool induced by NMDA receptor-dependent retrograde nitric oxide

Patric K. Stanton, Jochen Winterer, Christopher P. Bailey, Andreas Kyrozis, Ivan Raginov, Gregor Laube, Rüdiger W. Veh, Can Q. Nguyen, Wolfgang Müller

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Abstract

Postsynaptic alterations are currently believed to be able to fully account for NMDA-receptor-dependent long-term depression (LTD) and long-term potentiation of synaptic strength, although there is also evidence supporting changes in presynaptic release. Using dual-photon laser scan microscopy of N-(3-triethylammoniumpropyl)-4-(4-(dibutylamino)styryl) pyridinium dibromide (FM1-43) to directly visualize presynaptic vesicular release at Schaffer collateral-CA1 excitatory synapses in hippocampal slices, we demonstrate reduced vesicular release associated with LTD. Selective loading, byhypertonic shock, of the readily releasable vesicle pool (RRP) showed that LTD of release is a selective modification of release from the RRP. Presynaptic LTD of RRP release required activation of NMDA receptors, production and extracellular diffusion of the intercellular messenger NO, and activation of cGMP-dependent protein kinase.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)5936-5944
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Neuroscience
Volume23
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1 2003

Keywords

  • CA1
  • CGMP
  • Hippocampus
  • Long-term depression
  • Nitric oxide
  • PKG
  • Presynaptic
  • Readily releasable vesicle pool
  • Schaffer collateral
  • Transmitter release

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Neuroscience

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