期刊
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
卷 36, 期 17, 页码 4888-4894出版社
SOC NEUROSCIENCE
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4204-15.2016
关键词
two-photon; Angelman syndrome; dendritic spine; E6AP; Ube3a; visual cortex
资金
- Angelman Syndrome Foundation
- Simons Foundation [SFARI 274426, SCGB 325407SS]
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) [R01NS085093, R01MH093372, R01EY024294, DC002524, T32HD040127]
- Whitehall Foundation
- Klingenstein Foundation
- National Science Foundation [1450824]
- Autism Speaks
- Autism Science Foundation
- NIH [P30NS045892, U54HD079124]
- Div Of Biological Infrastructure
- Direct For Biological Sciences [1450824] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Dendritic spines are a morphological feature of the majority of excitatory synapses in the mammalian neocortex and are motile structures with shapes and lifetimes that change throughout development. Proper cortical development and function, including cortical contributions to learning and memory formation, require appropriate experience-dependent dendritic spine remodeling. Dendritic spine abnormalities have been reported for many neurodevelopmental disorders, including Angelman syndrome (AS), which is caused by the loss of the maternally inherited UBE3A allele (encoding ubiquitin protein ligase E3A). Prior studies revealed that UBE3A protein loss leads to reductions in dendritic spine density and diminished excitatory synaptic transmission. However, the decrease in spine density could come from either a reduction in spine formation or an increase in spine elimination. Here, we used acute and longitudinal in vivo two-photon microscopy to investigate developmental and experience-dependent changes in the numbers, dynamics, and morphology of layer 5 pyramidal neuron apical dendritic spines in the primary visual cortex of control and AS model mice (Ube3a(m-/p+) mice). We found that neurons in AS model mice undergo a greater elimination of dendritic spines than wild-type mice during the end of the first postnatal month. However, when raised in darkness, spine density and dynamics were indistinguishable between control and AS model mice, which indicates that decreased spine density in AS model mice reflects impaired experience-driven spine maintenance. Our data thus demonstrate an experience-dependent anatomical substrate by which the loss of UBE3A reduces dendritic spine density and disrupts cortical circuitry.
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