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J Neurophysiol (October 11, 2006). doi:10.1152/jn.00146.2006
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Submitted on February 12, 2006
Accepted on October 9, 2006

Persistent Enhancement of Neuron-Glia Signaling Mediated by Increased Extracellular K+ Accompanying Long-Term Synaptic Potentiation

Woo-ping Ge1 and Shumin Duan2*

1 Institute of Neuroscience and Key Laboratory of Neurobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China; Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
2 Institute of Neuroscience and Key Laboratory of Neurobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: shumin{at}ion.ac.cn.

Neuron-glia signaling is important for neural development and functions. This signaling may be regulated by neuronal activity and undergo modification similar to long-term potentiation (LTP) of neuronal synapses, a hallmark of neuronal plasticity. We found that tetanic stimulation of Schaffer collaterals (Sc) in the hippocampus that induced LTP in neurons also resulted in LTP-like persistent elevation of Sc-evoked slow depolarization in perisynaptic astrocytes. The elevated slow depolarization in astrocytes was abolished by NMDA receptor antagonist and K+ channel inhibitors, but not by Ca2+ chelator BAPTA loaded in the recorded astrocytes, suggesting involvement of an increased extracellular K+ accumulation accompanying LTP of neuronal synapses. The increased K+ accumulation and astrocyte depolarization following LTP induction may reduce the efficiency of glial glutamate transporters, which may contribute to the enhanced synaptic efficacy. The neuronal activity-induced persistent enhancement of neuron-glia signaling may thus have important physiological relevance.




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