Induction of LTP Mechanisms in Dually Innervated Dendritic Spines

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Journal Sci Rep

Specialty Science

Date 2024 Jul 9

PMID 38982271

Authors

Jonathan E Tullis

K Ulrich Bayer

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Abstract

Dendritic spines are the postsynaptic compartments of excitatory synapses, however, a substantial subset of spines additionally receives inhibitory input. In such dually innervated spines (DiSs), excitatory long-term potentiation (LTP) mechanisms are suppressed, but can be enabled by blocking tonic inhibitory GABA receptor signaling. Here we show that LTP mechanisms at DiSs are also enabled by two other excitatory LTP stimuli. In hippocampal neurons, these chemical LTP (cLTP) stimuli induced robust movement of the Ca/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) to DiSs. Such synaptic CaMKII accumulation is an essential LTP mechanism at singly innervated spines (SiSs). Indeed, CaMKII accumulation at DiSs was also accompanied by other readouts for successful LTP induction: spine growth and surface insertion of GluA1. Thus, DiSs are capable of the same LTP mechanisms as SiSs, although induction of these mechanism additionally requires either reduced inhibitory signaling or increased excitatory stimulation. This additional regulation may provide further computational control.

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