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标题：Physiological activation of mGlu5 receptors supports the ion channel function of NMDA receptors in hippocampal LTD induction in vivo
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作者：Kenneth J. O’Riordan ; Neng-Wei Hu ; Michael J. Rowan 等
期刊名称：Scientific Reports
电子版ISSN：2045-2322
出版年度：2018
卷号：8
期号：1
页码：4391
DOI：10.1038/s41598-018-22768-x
语种：English
出版社：Springer Nature
摘要：Synaptic long-term depression (LTD) is believed to underlie critical mnemonic processes in the adult hippocampus. The roles of the metabotropic and ionotropic actions of glutamate in the induction of synaptic LTD by electrical low-frequency stimulation (LFS) in the living adult animal is poorly understood. Here we examined the requirement for metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) and NMDA receptors in LTD induction in anaesthetized adult rats. LTD induction was primarily dependent on NMDA receptors and required the involvement of both the ion channel function and GluN2B subunit of the receptor. Endogenous mGlu5 receptor activation necessitated the local application of relatively high doses of either competitive or non-competitive NMDA receptor antagonists to block LTD induction. Moreover, boosting endogenous glutamate activation of mGlu5 receptors with a positive allosteric modulator lowered the threshold for NMDA receptor-dependent LTD induction by weak LFS. The present data provide support in the living animal that NMDA receptor-dependent LTD is boosted by endogenously released glutamate activation of mGlu5 receptors. Given the predominant perisynaptic location of mGlu5 receptors, the present findings emphasize the need to further evaluate the contribution and mechanisms of these receptors in NMDA receptor-dependent synaptic plasticity in the adult hippocampus in vivo.