期刊
CEREBRAL CORTEX
卷 24, 期 1, 页码 67-80出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs284
关键词
adenosine; brain-derived neurotrophic factor; GABA; homeostasis; transgenic mice
资金
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT)
- EU [COST B-30]
- Epilepsy Research UK PhD studentship
- NIH [R01-NS061844, R01 NS065957]
- Ministero della Salute, PRIN
Extracellular adenosine, a key regulator of neuronal excitability, is metabolized by astrocyte-based enzyme adenosine kinase (ADK). We hypothesized that ADK might be an upstream regulator of adenosine-based homeostatic brain functions by simultaneously affecting several downstream pathways. We therefore studied the relationship between ADK expression, levels of extracellular adenosine, synaptic transmission, intrinsic excitability, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)-dependent synaptic actions in transgenic mice underexpressing or overexpressing ADK. We demonstrate that ADK: 1) Critically influences the basal tone of adenosine, evaluated by microelectrode adenosine biosensors, and its release following stimulation; 2) determines the degree of tonic adenosine-dependent synaptic inhibition, which correlates with differential plasticity at hippocampal synapses with low release probability; 3) modulates the age-dependent effects of BDNF on hippocampal synaptic transmission, an action dependent upon co-activation of adenosine A(2A) receptors; and 4) influences GABA(A) receptor-mediated currents in CA3 pyramidal neurons. We conclude that ADK provides important upstream regulation of adenosine-based homeostatic function of the brain and that this mechanism is necessary and permissive to synaptic actions of adenosine acting on multiple pathways. These mechanistic studies support previous therapeutic studies and implicate ADK as a promising therapeutic target for upstream control of multiple neuronal signaling pathways crucial for a variety of neurological disorders.
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