Intracellular Ca(2+) and Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent kinase II mediate acute potentiation of neurotransmitter release by neurotrophin-3 |
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Authors: | He X Yang F Xie Z Lu B |
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Institution: | Unit on Synapse Development and Plasticity, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. |
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Abstract: | Neurotrophins have been shown to acutely modulate synaptic transmission in a variety of systems, but the underlying signaling mechanisms remain unclear. Here we provide evidence for an unusual mechanism that mediates synaptic potentiation at the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) induced by neurotrophin-3 (NT3), using Xenopus nerve-muscle co-culture. Unlike brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), which requires Ca(2+) influx for its acute effect, NT3 rapidly enhances spontaneous transmitter release at the developing NMJ even when Ca(2+) influx is completely blocked, suggesting that the NT3 effect is independent of extracellular Ca(2+). Depletion of intracellular Ca(2+) stores, or blockade of inositol 1, 4, 5-trisphosphate (IP3) or ryanodine receptors, prevents the NT3-induced synaptic potentiation. Blockade of IP3 receptors can not prevent BDNF-induced potentiation, suggesting that BDNF and NT3 use different mechanisms to potentiate transmitter release. Inhibition of Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent kinase II (CaMKII) completely blocks the acute effect of NT3. Furthermore, the NT3-induced potentiation requires a continuous activation of CaMKII, because application of the CaMKII inhibitor KN62 reverses the previously established NT3 effect. Thus, NT3 potentiates neurotransmitter secretion by stimulating Ca(2+) release from intracellular stores through IP3 and/or ryanodine receptors, leading to an activation of CaMKII. |
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Keywords: | ryanodine receptors inositol 1 4 5-trisphosphate receptors acetylcholine neuromuscular junction synaptic transmission |
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