PMID- 29545386 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190204 LR - 20190215 IS - 1549-5485 (Electronic) IS - 1072-0502 (Print) IS - 1072-0502 (Linking) VI - 25 IP - 4 DP - 2018 Apr TI - alpha(2)-Adrenergic receptor activation promotes long-term potentiation at excitatory synapses in the mouse accessory olfactory bulb. PG - 147-157 LID - 10.1101/lm.046391.117 [doi] AB - The formation of mate recognition memory in mice is associated with neural changes at the reciprocal dendrodendritic synapses between glutamatergic mitral cell (MC) projection neurons and GABAergic granule cell (GC) interneurons in the accessory olfactory bulb (AOB). Although noradrenaline (NA) plays a critical role in the formation of the memory, the mechanism by which it exerts this effect remains unclear. Here we used extracellular field potential and whole-cell patch-clamp recordings to assess the actions of bath-applied NA (10 microM) on the glutamatergic transmission and its plasticity at the MC-to-GC synapse in the AOB. Stimulation (400 stimuli) of MC axons at 10 Hz but not at 100 Hz effectively induced N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-dependent long-term potentiation (LTP), which exhibited reversibility. NA paired with subthreshold 10-Hz stimulation (200 stimuli) facilitated the induction of NMDA receptor-dependent LTP via the activation of alpha(2)-adrenergic receptors (ARs). We next examined how NA, acting at alpha(2)-ARs, facilitates LTP induction. In terms of acute actions, NA suppressed GC excitatory postsynaptic current (EPSC) responses to single pulse stimulation of MC axons by reducing glutamate release from MCs via G-protein coupled inhibition of calcium channels. Consequently, NA reduced recurrent inhibition of MCs, resulting in the enhancement of evoked EPSCs and spike fidelity in GCs during the 10-Hz stimulation used to induce LTP. These results suggest that NA, acting at alpha(2)-ARs, facilitates the induction of NMDA receptor-dependent LTP at the MC-to-GC synapse by shifting its threshold through disinhibition of MCs. CI - (c) 2018 Huang et al.; Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. FAU - Huang, Guang-Zhe AU - Huang GZ AD - Department of Physiology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8505, Japan. AD - CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Saitama 332-0012, Japan. FAU - Taniguchi, Mutsuo AU - Taniguchi M AD - Department of Physiology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8505, Japan. AD - CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Saitama 332-0012, Japan. FAU - Zhou, Ye-Bo AU - Zhou YB AD - Department of Physiology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8505, Japan. FAU - Zhang, Jing-Ji AU - Zhang JJ AD - Department of Physiology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8505, Japan. AD - CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Saitama 332-0012, Japan. FAU - Okutani, Fumino AU - Okutani F AD - Department of Physiology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8505, Japan. AD - CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Saitama 332-0012, Japan. FAU - Murata, Yoshihiro AU - Murata Y AD - Department of Physiology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8505, Japan. FAU - Yamaguchi, Masahiro AU - Yamaguchi M AD - Department of Physiology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8505, Japan. FAU - Kaba, Hideto AU - Kaba H AD - Department of Physiology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8505, Japan kabah@kochi-u.ac.jp. AD - CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Saitama 332-0012, Japan. AD - Division of Adaptation Development, Department of Developmental Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20180315 PL - United States TA - Learn Mem JT - Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) JID - 9435678 RN - 0 (Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2) RN - 0 (Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate) RN - 3KX376GY7L (Glutamic Acid) RN - 56-12-2 (gamma-Aminobutyric Acid) SB - IM MH - Action Potentials MH - Animals MH - Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials MH - Glutamic Acid/metabolism MH - Interneurons/physiology MH - *Long-Term Potentiation MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Neurons/*physiology MH - Olfactory Bulb/*physiology MH - Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2/*physiology MH - Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/physiology MH - Synapses/*physiology MH - gamma-Aminobutyric Acid/metabolism PMC - PMC5855524 EDAT- 2018/03/17 06:00 MHDA- 2019/02/05 06:00 PMCR- 2018/04/01 CRDT- 2018/03/17 06:00 PHST- 2017/08/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/01/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/03/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/03/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/02/05 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 25/4/147 [pii] AID - LM046391Hua [pii] AID - 10.1101/lm.046391.117 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Learn Mem. 2018 Mar 15;25(4):147-157. doi: 10.1101/lm.046391.117. 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