期刊
GLIA
卷 56, 期 15, 页码 1648-1663出版社
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/glia.20717
关键词
linear astrocyte; outward rectifying glia; NMDA; GABA; glial syncytium
资金
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
- FRSQ
In the hippocampus, the NMDA receptor is thought to be an important glutamate receptor involved in synaptic plasticity and in memory processes. Until recently, NMDA receptors have been considered solely as neuronal components, but some evidence suggests that glial cells in the hippocampus, and in particular astrocytes, also could be activated by NMDA applications. On the basis of their shape and electrophysiological properties (linear and rectified IN curve), we describe two different populations of glial cells from GFAP-GFP transgenic mice that are activated differentially by NMDA. We found that linear glial cells were depolarized by NMDA that was not dependent on Ca(2+) rise but partially involved a Ca(2+) entry. Additionally, NMDA-induced depolarization of linear glial cells involved both a TTX-independent pathway likely through a direct activation, and a TTX-dependent pathway that required neuronal activity. The NMDA-induced depolarization in these cells was in part due to the activation of glutamate transporters and GABA(B) receptors. Furthermore, TTX-dependent NMDA-induced activation regulates the level of gap junction coupling between linear glial cells. In contrast, NMDA-induced depolarization in outward rectifying cells do not require a Ca(2+) rise but are mediated directly by Ca(2+) entry and are independent of glutamate transporters, GABA(B) and GABA(A) receptors. Our findings reveal that NMDA differentially activates hippocampal glial cells and the glial network through heterogeneous mechanisms in a cell-type specific manner. (C) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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