Katharine Dobson
Caffeine modulates vesicle release and recovery at cerebellar parallel fibre terminals, independently of calcium and cyclic AMP signalling
Dobson, Katharine; Jackson, Claire; Balakrishna, Saju; Bellamy, Tomas C.
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Abstract
Background
Cerebellar parallel fibres release glutamate at both the synaptic active zone and at extrasynaptic sites—a process known as ectopic release. These sites exhibit different short-term and long-term plasticity, the basis of which is incompletely understood but depends on the efficiency of vesicle release and recycling. To investigate whether release of calcium from internal stores contributes to these differences in plasticity, we tested the effects of the ryanodine receptor agonist caffeine on both synaptic and ectopic transmission.
Methods
Whole cell patch clamp recordings from Purkinje neurons and Bergmann glia were carried out in transverse cerebellar slices from juvenile (P16-20) Wistar rats.
Key Results
Caffeine caused complex changes in transmission at both synaptic and ectopic sites. The amplitude of postsynaptic currents in Purkinje neurons and extrasynaptic currents in Bergmann glia were increased 2-fold and 4-fold respectively, but paired pulse ratio was substantially reduced, reversing the short-term facilitation observed under control conditions. Caffeine treatment also caused synaptic sites to depress during 1 Hz stimulation, consistent with inhibition of the usual mechanisms for replenishing vesicles at the active zone. Unexpectedly, pharmacological intervention at known targets for caffeine—intracellular calcium release, and cAMP signalling—had no impact on these effects.
Conclusions
We conclude that caffeine increases release probability and inhibits vesicle recovery at parallel fibre synapses, independently of known pharmacological targets. This complex effect would lead to potentiation of transmission at fibres firing at low frequencies, but depression of transmission at high frequency connections.
Citation
Dobson, K., Jackson, C., Balakrishna, S., & Bellamy, T. C. (2015). Caffeine modulates vesicle release and recovery at cerebellar parallel fibre terminals, independently of calcium and cyclic AMP signalling. PLoS ONE, 10(5), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0125974
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 27, 2015 |
Publication Date | May 1, 2015 |
Deposit Date | Sep 28, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 29, 2019 |
Journal | PLoS ONE |
Electronic ISSN | 1932-6203 |
Publisher | Public Library of Science |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 10 |
Issue | 5 |
Article Number | e0125974 |
Pages | 1-23 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0125974 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1103218 |
Publisher URL | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0125974 |
PMID | 25933382 |
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