期刊
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
卷 36, 期 3, 页码 911-925出版社
SOC NEUROSCIENCE
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1132-15.2016
关键词
caged neurotransmitter; GABA; LSO; MNTB; sound localization; spillover
资金
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders [DC04199, DC013048]
- Kansas University Endowment Association Research Fund [T32 DC011499, F32 DC013207]
Synapses from neurons of the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body (MNTB) onto neurons of the lateral superior olive (LSO) in the auditory brainstem are glycinergic in maturity, but also GABAergic and glutamatergic in development. The role for this neurotransmitter cotransmission is poorly understood. Here we use electrophysiological recordings in brainstem slices from P3-P21 mice to demonstrate that GABA release evoked from MNTB axons can spill over to neighboring MNTB axons and cause excitation by activating GABA(A)R. This spillover excitation generates patterns of staggered neurotransmitter release from different MNTB axons resulting in characteristic doublet postsynaptic currents in LSO neurons. Postembedding immunogold labeling and electron microscopy provide evidence that GABA(A)Rs are localized at MNTB axon terminals. Photolytic uncaging of p-hydroxyphenacyl (pHP) GABA demonstrates backpropagation of GABA(A)R-mediated depolarizations from MNTB axon terminals to the soma, some hundreds of microns away. These somatic depolarizations enhanced somatic excitability by increasing the probability of action potential generation. GABA spillover excitation between MNTB axon terminals may entrain neighboring MNTB neurons, which may play a role in the developmental refinement of the MNTB-LSO pathway. Axonal spillover excitation persisted beyond the second postnatal week, suggesting that this mechanism may play a role in sound localization, by providing new avenues of communication between MNTB neurons via their distal axonal projections.
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