PMID- 22159127 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120202 LR - 20220309 IS - 1529-2401 (Electronic) IS - 0270-6474 (Print) IS - 0270-6474 (Linking) VI - 31 IP - 49 DP - 2011 Dec 7 TI - Astrocyte calcium signaling transforms cholinergic modulation to cortical plasticity in vivo. PG - 18155-65 LID - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5289-11.2011 [doi] AB - Global brain state dynamics regulate plasticity in local cortical circuits, but the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms are unclear. Here, we demonstrate that astrocyte Ca(2+) signaling provides a critical bridge between cholinergic activation, associated with attention and vigilance states, and somatosensory plasticity in mouse barrel cortex in vivo. We investigated first whether a combined stimulation of mouse whiskers and the nucleus basalis of Meynert (NBM), the principal source of cholinergic innervation to the cortex, leads to enhanced whisker-evoked local field potential. This plasticity is dependent on muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChR) and N-methyl-d-aspartic acid receptors (NMDARs). During the induction of this synaptic plasticity, we find that astrocytic [Ca(2+)](i) is pronouncedly elevated, which is blocked by mAChR antagonists. The elevation of astrocytic [Ca(2+)](i) is crucial in this type of synaptic plasticity, as the plasticity could not be induced in inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor type 2 knock-out (IP(3)R2-KO) mice, in which astrocytic [Ca(2+)](i) surges are diminished. Moreover, NBM stimulation led to a significant increase in the extracellular concentration of the NMDAR coagonist d-serine in wild-type mice when compared to IP(3)R2-KO mice. Finally, plasticity in IP(3)R2-KO mice could be rescued by externally supplying d-serine. Our data present coherent lines of in vivo evidence for astrocytic involvement in cortical plasticity. These findings suggest an unexpected role of astrocytes as a gate for cholinergic plasticity in the cortex. FAU - Takata, Norio AU - Takata N AD - Laboratory for Neuron Glia Circuit and Laboratory for Developmental Neurobiology, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan. FAU - Mishima, Tsuneko AU - Mishima T FAU - Hisatsune, Chihiro AU - Hisatsune C FAU - Nagai, Terumi AU - Nagai T FAU - Ebisui, Etsuko AU - Ebisui E FAU - Mikoshiba, Katsuhiko AU - Mikoshiba K FAU - Hirase, Hajime AU - Hirase H LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Neurosci JT - The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience JID - 8102140 RN - 0 (Aniline Compounds) RN - 0 (Cholinergic Agents) RN - 0 (Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists) RN - 0 (Fluoresceins) RN - 0 (Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors) RN - 0 (Muscarinic Antagonists) RN - 0 (Nerve Growth Factors) RN - 0 (Oregon green 488 BAPTA-1) RN - 0 (Piperazines) RN - 0 (S100 Calcium Binding Protein beta Subunit) RN - 0 (S100 Proteins) RN - 0 (SR1001) RN - 0 (Sulfonamides) RN - 0 (Thiazoles) RN - 452VLY9402 (Serine) RN - 7C0697DR9I (Atropine) RN - 98Y1I8ZD4M (3-(2-carboxypiperazin-4-yl)propyl-1-phosphonic acid) RN - N9YNS0M02X (Acetylcholine) SB - IM EIN - J Neurosci. 2012 Aug 29;32(35):12303 MH - Acetylcholine/pharmacology MH - Action Potentials/drug effects/genetics MH - Afferent Pathways/physiology MH - Aniline Compounds/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Astrocytes/drug effects/*physiology MH - Atropine/pharmacology MH - Basal Nucleus of Meynert/*physiology MH - Calcium Signaling/drug effects/genetics/*physiology MH - Cholinergic Agents/*metabolism MH - Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid MH - Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory/drug effects/genetics MH - Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists/pharmacology MH - Fluoresceins/metabolism MH - Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors/deficiency MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Microdialysis/methods MH - Muscarinic Antagonists/pharmacology MH - Nerve Growth Factors/metabolism MH - Neuronal Plasticity/drug effects/genetics/*physiology MH - Neurons/drug effects/metabolism MH - Physical Stimulation MH - Piperazines/pharmacology MH - S100 Calcium Binding Protein beta Subunit MH - S100 Proteins/metabolism MH - Serine/pharmacology MH - Somatosensory Cortex/drug effects/*physiology MH - Sulfonamides/metabolism MH - Thiazoles/metabolism MH - Vibrissae/innervation PMC - PMC6634158 EDAT- 2011/12/14 06:00 MHDA- 2012/02/03 06:00 PMCR- 2012/06/07 CRDT- 2011/12/14 06:00 PHST- 2011/12/14 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/12/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/02/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/06/07 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 31/49/18155 [pii] AID - 3743451 [pii] AID - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5289-11.2011 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurosci. 2011 Dec 7;31(49):18155-65. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5289-11.2011.