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NATURE NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 8, Issue 9, Pages 1179-1187Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nn1522
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- NINDS NIH HHS [R01 NS042189, NS042189, NS048256, R01 NS048256] Funding Source: Medline
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In the postnatal subventricular zone ( SVZ), local cues or signaling molecules released from neuroblasts limit the proliferation of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)-expressing progenitors thought to be stem cells. However, signals between SVZ cells have not been identified. We show that depolarization of neuroblasts induces nonsynaptic SNARE-independent GABA(A) receptor currents in GFAP-expressing cells, the time course of which depends on GABA uptake in acute mouse slices. We found that GABA(A) receptors are tonically activated in GFAP-expressing cells, consistent with the presence of spontaneous depolarizations in neuroblasts that are sufficient to induce GABA release. These data demonstrate the existence of nonsynaptic GABAergic signaling between neuroblasts and GFAP-expressing cells. Furthermore, we show that GABA(A) receptor activation in GFAP-expressing cells limits their progression through the cell cycle. Thus, as GFAP-expressing cells generate neuroblasts, GABA released from neuroblasts provides a feedback mechanism to control the proliferation of GFAP-expressing progenitors by activating GABA(A) receptors.
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