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标题：Predominant Role of Serotonin at the Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Synapse with Redundant Monoaminergic Modulation
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作者：Katsunori Kobayashi ; Yasunori Mikahara ; Yuka Murata 等
期刊名称：iScience
印刷版ISSN：2589-0042
出版年度：2020
卷号：23
期号：4
页码：1-28
DOI：10.1016/j.isci.2020.101025
语种：English
出版社：Elsevier
摘要：SummaryThe hippocampal mossy fiber (MF) synapse has been implicated in the pathophysiology and treatment of psychiatric disorders. Alterations of dopaminergic and serotonergic modulations at this synapse are candidate mechanisms underlying antidepressant and other related treatments. However, these monoaminergic modulations share the intracellular signaling pathway at the MF synapse, which implies redundancy in their functions. We here show that endogenous monoamines can potentiate MF synaptic transmission in mouse hippocampal slices by activating the serotonin 5-HT4receptor. Dopamine receptors were not effectively activated by endogenous agonists, suggesting that the dopaminergic modulation is latent. Electroconvulsive treatment enhanced the 5-HT4receptor-mediated serotonergic synaptic potentiation specifically at the MF synapse, increased the hippocampal serotonin content, and produced an anxiolytic-like behavioral effect in a 5-HT4receptor-dependent manner. These results suggest that serotonin plays a predominant role in monoaminergic modulations at the MF synapse. Augmentation of this serotonergic modulation may mediate anxiolytic effects of electroconvulsive treatment.Graphical AbstractDisplay OmittedHighlights•Exogenous serotonin and dopamine potentiate hippocampal mossy fiber synapse•An endogenous monoamine causing synaptic potentiation is serotonin, but not dopamine•ECT enhances serotonergic synaptic modulation mediated by 5-HT4receptor•ECT causes anxiolytic-like behavioral effects in a 5-HT4receptor-dependent mannerPhysiology; Neuroscience; Neuroanatomy; Behavioral Neuroscience