1. TRPC channels regulate Ca2+-signaling and short-term plasticity of fast glutamatergic synapses.
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Schwarz, Yvonne, Oleinikov, Katharina, Schindeldecker, Barbara, Wyatt, Amanda, Weißgerber, Petra, Flockerzi, Veit, Boehm, Ulrich, Freichel, Marc, and Bruns, Dieter
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NEUROPLASTICITY , *FLUORESCENT proteins , *SYNAPSES , *TRP channels , *PHYSICAL sciences , *NERVOUS system - Abstract
Transient receptor potential (TRP) proteins form Ca2+-permeable, nonselective cation channels, but their role in neuronal Ca2+ homeostasis is elusive. In the present paper, we show that TRPC channels potently regulate synaptic plasticity by changing the presynaptic Ca2+-homeostasis of hippocampal neurons. Specifically, loss of TRPC1/C4/C5 channels decreases basal-evoked secretion, decreases the pool size of readily releasable vesicles, and accelerates synaptic depression during high-frequency stimulation (HFS). In contrast, primary TRPC5 channel-expressing neurons, identified by a novel TRPC5–τ-green fluorescent protein (τGFP) knockin mouse line, show strong short-term enhancement (STE) of synaptic signaling during HFS, indicating a key role of TRPC5 in short-term plasticity. Lentiviral expression of either TRPC1 or TRPC5 turns classic synaptic depression of wild-type neurons into STE, demonstrating that TRPCs are instrumental in regulating synaptic plasticity. Presynaptic Ca2+ imaging shows that TRPC activity strongly boosts synaptic Ca2+ dynamics, showing that TRPC channels provide an additional presynaptic Ca2+ entry pathway, which efficiently regulates synaptic strength and plasticity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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