Metabotropic action of postsynaptic kainate receptors triggers hippocampal LTP

Petrovic, Milos, Viana da Silva, Silvia, Clement, James P., Vyklicky, Ladislav, Mulle, Christophe, Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Inmaculada M. and Henley, Jeremy M. (2017) Metabotropic action of postsynaptic kainate receptors triggers hippocampal LTP. Nature Neuroscience, 20 . pp. 529-539. ISSN 1097-6256

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Abstract

Long-term potentiation (LTP) in the rat hippocampus is the most extensively studied cellular model for learning and memory. Induction of classical LTP involves an NMDA receptor- and calcium-dependent increase in functional synaptic AMPA receptors mediated by enhanced recycling of internalized AMPA receptors back to the postsynaptic membrane. Here we report a novel, physiologically relevant NMDA receptor-independent mechanism that drives increased AMPA receptor recycling and LTP. This pathway requires the metabotropic action of kainate receptors and activation of G-protein, protein kinase C and phospholipase C. Like classical LTP, kainate receptor-dependent LTP recruits recycling endosomes to spines, enhances synaptic recycling of AMPA receptors to increase their surface expression and elicits structural changes in spines, including increased growth and maturation. These data reveal a new and previously unsuspected role for postsynaptic kainate receptors in the induction of functional and structural plasticity in the hippocampus.


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