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NATURE NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 10, Issue 2, Pages 196-205Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nn1839
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- NIDCD NIH HHS [DC04274] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK067248] Funding Source: Medline
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The excitability of CNS presynaptic terminals after a tetanic burst of action potentials is important for synaptic plasticity. The mechanisms that regulate excitability, however, are not well understood. Using direct recordings from the rat calyx of Held terminal, we found that a fast Na+/K+-ATPase (NKA)-mediated post-tetanic hyperpolarization ( PTH) controls the probability and precision of subsequent firing. Notably, increasing the concentration of internal Ca2+ buffers or decreasing Ca2+ influx led to larger PTH amplitudes, indicating that an increase in [Ca2+](i) regulates PTH via inhibition of NKAs. The characterization for the first time of a presynaptic NKA pump current, combined with immunofluorescence staining, identified the alpha 3-NKA isoform on calyx terminals. Accordingly, the increased ability of the calyx to faithfully fire during a high-frequency train as it matures is paralleled by a larger expression of alpha 3-NKA during development. We propose that this newly discovered Ca2+ dependence of PTH is important in the post-burst excitability of nerve terminals.
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