Enrico Cherubini Correlated network activity in the developing hippocampus: role in synaptogenesis SPACE PHYSICS and BIOLOGY Dubna, December 19-23, 2010
The construction of the brain relies on genetic and environmental determinants nature and nurture While nature provides a set of genes that control the general organization of the brain, nurture ensures that genetically built neuronal circuits adapt to the environment Learning constitutes an adaptive process involving experience-or activity-dependent mechanisms regulating several developmental steps, including synapses formation and elimination
Correlated neuronal activity constitutes a hallmark of developmental networks
Giant depolarizing potentials (GDPs)
Immature EEG (30 weeks post-conception) «tracé discontinu» Dreyfus-Brisac et al. 1976
GDPs are generated by the synergistic action of glutamate and GABA
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GABA depolarizes and excites tagged neurons by an outwardly directed flux of chloride
GABA A -mediated postsynaptic responses at P2 (perforated patch) Tyzio et al. Epilepsia 48 Suppl 5:96-105, 2007
GABA A -mediated postsynaptic responses at P15 Tyzio et al. Epilepsia 48 Suppl 5:96-105, 2007
Changes in chloride homeostasis modify synaptic signaling by GABA Cl - Cl - Cl - Cl - Cl - Depolarization Hyperpolarization E Cl V m V m E Cl
Developmental regulation of Cl - homeostasis in neurons immature neurons mature neurons NKCC KCC2
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GDPs emerge when synaptic trafficking and cell firing exceed a certain frequency threshold
GDPs are typically preceded by an increased number of spontaneous synaptic events Safiulina et al. Mol. Neurobiol. In press
Burst firing is controlled by axo-somatic INaP and IM Beck and Yaari, 2008
Intrinsic bursting activity in neonatal and juvenile neurons
Low expression of Kv7/M channels in immature neurons
Low expression of IM in immature hippocampal neurons
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Dye-coupled hilar interneurons Strata et al. J. Neurosci. 17, 1435-1446, 1997
GDPs act as coincident detectors to enhance synaptic efficacy at GABAergic and glutamatergic synapses
Pairing GDPs with Schaffer collateral stimulation A B Mohajerani et al. PNAS 104:13176 13181, 2007
Pairing GDPs with Schaffer collateral stimulation induces a persistent increase in synaptic efficacy Mohajerani et al. PNAS 104:13176 13181, 2007
300 200 100 0 * pairing no pairing Amplitude (%) GPSCs amplitude
Pairing-induced potentiation is prevented when calcium in the postsynaptic cell is chelated with BAPTA Kasyanov et al. PNAS 101, 3967-3972, 2004
BDNF mimics the effects of pairing on synaptic potentiation
BDNF-induced increase in synaptic strength is dependent on the activation of Trk B receptors localized on presynaptic neurons. K252a in the pipette K252a in the bath Mohajerani et al. PNAS 104: 13176 13181
Pairing-induced increase in frequency of sepscs requires the activation of TrkB receptors by BDNF
Pairing-induced increase in synaptic efficacy requires the activation of the ERK pathway Mohajerani et al. PNAS 104: 13176 13181
Pairing-induced increase in synaptic efficacy requires the activation of the ERK pathway pairing no pairing U0126 Mohajerani et al. PNAS 104: 13176 13181
Overview of the signal transduction pathway involving BDNF TrkB TrkB VSCCs Ca 2+ BDNF Ca 2+ VSCCs Ca 2+
TrkB TrkB VSCCs Ca 2+ BDNF Ca 2+ VSCCs Ca 2+
GDPs are network driven events generated by the interplay between glutamate and GABA, which early in development, depolarizes and excites targeted cells GDPs are generated when synaptic trafficking and cell firing reach a certain threshold Pairing GDPs with stimulation of afferent inputs persistently enhances synaptic efficacy at both GABAergic and glutamatergic synapses GDPs render the immature hippocampus more prone to seizures
International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Ita Elena Avignone Sonia Bolea Alexander Kasyanov Majid Mohajerani Victoria Safiulina Sudhir Sivakumaran Fabrizio Strata Institute of Higher Nervous Activity, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia Leon Voronin
Synchronous activity in the subiculum of epileptic patients Cohen et al. Science 298, 1418-1421, 2002
Interictal events recorded on the EEG are very similar to those recorded in vitro
GABA depolarizes targeted cells Cohen et al. Science 298, 1418-1421, 2002
GABA released from MF terminals depolarizes principal cells EGPSCs Control: -47 mv Bume: -71 mv Sivakumaran et al. J. Neurosci. 29: 2637-2647, 2009
Pairing GDPs with mossy fibers Kasyanov et al. PNAS 101, 3967-3972, 2004
The pairing procedure persistently enhances synaptic efficacy at low probability MF-CA3 synapses Kasyanov et al. PNAS 101, 3967-3972, 2004
The pairing procedure switches on presynaptically silent synapses Kasyanov et al. PNAS 101, 3967-3972, 2004
Developmental changes in the effect of synaptic activation of GABA-A receptors with MUA Tyzio et al. Epilepsia 48 Suppl 5:96-105, 2007
Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy subiculum pyramidal neurons
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GABA released from GABAergic interneurons drives principal cells Mohajerani & Cherubini, Eur. J. Neurosci. 22: 107-118, 2005