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J Neurophysiol 83: 2542-2553, 2000;
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The Journal of Neurophysiology Vol. 83 No. 5 May 2000, pp. 2542-2553
Copyright ©2000 by the American Physiological Society

Short-Term Potentiation of Miniature Excitatory Synaptic Currents Causes Excitation of Supraoptic Neurons

Samuel B. Kombian,1 Michiru Hirasawa,2 Didier Mouginot,3 Xihua Chen,2 and Quentin J. Pittman2

 1Faculty of Pharmacy, Kuwait University, Safat 13110, Kuwait;  2Neuroscience Research Group and Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1; and  3CHUL Research Centre, Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Quebec G1V 4G2, Canada

Kombian, Samuel B., Michiru Hirasawa, Didier Mouginot, Xihua Chen, and Quentin J. Pittman. Short-Term Potentiation of Miniature Excitatory Synaptic Currents Causes Excitation of Supraoptic Neurons. J. Neurophysiol. 83: 2542-2553, 2000. Magnocellular neurons (MCNs) of the hypothalamic supraoptic nucleus (SON) secrete vasopressin and oxytocin. With the use of whole-cell and nystatin-perforated patch recordings of MCNs in current- and voltage-clamp modes, we show that high-frequency stimulation (HFS, 10-200 Hz) of excitatory afferents induces increases in the frequency and amplitude of 2,3-dioxo-6-nitro-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrobenzo(f)quinoxaline-7-sulfonamide (NBQX)-sensitive miniature excitatory postsynaptic currents (mEPSCs) lasting up to 20 min. This synaptic enhancement, referred to as short-term potentiation (STP), could be induced repeatedly; required tetrodotoxin (TTX)-dependent action potentials to initiate, but not to maintain; and was independent of postsynaptic membrane potential, N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors, or retrograde neurohypophyseal neuropeptide release. STP was not accompanied by changes in the conductance of the MCNs or in the responsiveness of the postsynaptic non-NMDA receptors, as revealed by brief application of alpha -amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) and kainate. mEPSCs showed similar rise times before and after HFS and analysis of amplitude distributions of mEPSCs revealed one or more peaks pre-HFS and the appearance of additional peaks post-HFS, which were equidistant from the first peak. STP of mEPSCs was not associated with enhanced evoked responses, but was associated with an NBQX-sensitive increase in spontaneous activity of MCNs. Thus we have identified a particularly long-lasting potentiation of excitatory synapses in the SON, which has a presynaptic locus, is dissociated from changes in evoked release, and which regulates postsynaptic cell excitability.




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