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Paired Pulse Depression in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons Is Due to a Presynaptic Mechanism Independent of GABA, Autoreceptor Activation The Journal of Neuroscience, March 1994, 74(3): 1775-l 788 Paired Pulse Depression in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons Is Due to a Presynaptic Mechanism Independent of GABA, Autoreceptor Activation Karen S. Wilcoxi,a and Marc A. Dichter* ‘Department of Physiology and *Departments of Neurology and Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, and Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19104 Most rapid synaptic inhibition in the vertebrate forebrain is Under physiological conditions, synaptic inhibition in the mam- mediated by GABA acting via GABA, and GABA, postsyn- malian CNS is very labile and a downregulation of inhibitory aptic receptors. GABAergic neurotransmission exhibits fre- neurotransmissionappears to be critical for the development of quency-dependent modulation; sequential inhibitory post- someforms of synaptic plasticity, such as that occurring during synaptic currents (IPSCs) evoked with interstimulus intervals long-term potentiation. In addition, and perhaps even more between 25 msec and 4 set routinely result in the attenuation significantly, activity-dependent disinhibition is also associated of the amplitude of the second IPSC. This form of synaptic with the generation and spread of epileptic seizure activity plasticity is known as paired pulse depression (PPD). The (Dichter and Ayala, 1987). Therefore, an understanding of the mechanism of PPD is presently unknown and the experi- basic principles of inhibitory plasticity is vital to the under- ments performed in this study were designed to determine standing of both physiological and pathological synaptic plas- directly the location of the mechanism of PPD in hippocampal ticity in the CNS. neurons maintained in low-density tissue culture. Evoked Paired pulsedepression (PPD) of GABAergic inhibitory post- IPSCs were recorded between pairs of cultured neurons synaptic currents (IPSCs) is a robust example of synaptic plas- grown in relative isolation that were simultaneously being ticity in the mammalian CNS; depressionof the amplitude of recorded with the whole-cell, patch-clamp technique. It was a second IPSC can be seen for up to 4 set following a single therefore possible to measure miniature IPSCs (mlPSCs) stimulus (Deisz and Prince, 1989; Davies et al., 1990; Yoon originating from the same synapses that were being stim- and Rothman, 1991; Mott et al., 1993). The mechanism un- ulated to evoke release. PPD occurred routinely in this sys- derlying suchPPD at inhibitory synapsesin the CNS is currently tem, but the amplitudes of mlPSCs following IPSCs were unknown, although several presynaptic and postsynaptic mech- unchanged. These results indicate that a presynaptic mech- anisms have been hypothesized to play a role in a similar form anism mediates PPD. The inability of GABA, receptor an- of disinhibition that occurs as a result of trains of presynaptic tagonists to block PPD revealed that this form of presynaptic stimulation. Postsynaptic mechanismsthat could explain the plasticity was not due to autoinhibition of transmitter release decreasein inhibition following rapid repetitive stimulation, via activation of presynaptic GABA, receptors. However, ma- and, by analogy, the decreaseseen in PPD, include (1) a decrease nipulations that significantly lowered the probability of re- in the driving force due to intracellular accumulation of Cll and lease of neurotransmitter during the first action potential of extracellular accumulation of K+ (McCarren and Alger, 1985; a trial (e.g., lower calcium or baclofen) prevented the de- Thompson and Gahwiler, 1989a,b), (2) a desensitization of the velopment of PPD. These results indicate that, under base- GABA, receptor (Ben-Ari et al., 1979; Alger, 1991) and (3) line conditions, the quanta1 content for IPSCs is relatively modulation of the conductance of the GABA, receptor due to large for a single action potential, but the quanta1 content the co-release of various neuroactive modulators such as so- rapidly decreases, such that subsequent action potentials matostatin, a peptide that hasbeen shown to decreasethe post- consistently result in much smaller IPSCs for periods as long synaptic responseto evoked releaseof GABA (Delfs and Dich- as 4 sec. ter, 1983; Scharfman and Schwartzkroin, 1989). [Key words: IPSC, miniature IPSC, paired pulse depres- There are at least two presynaptic mechanismsthat could sion, tissue culture, patch clamp, GABA] mediate the decreasein current amplitude seen during PPD. The first hypothesis suggeststhat the decreasedamplitude of the secondIPSC occursdue to a transient decreasein the quanta1 content (m) of releasedneurotransmitter (Korn et al., 1984). Received Apr. 27, 1993; revised Sept. 2. 1993; accepted Sept. 13, 1993. We thank Drs. Donald Faber and Michael Seizer for critical review of an earlier This decreasein m could be due to a wide variety of mecha- version of the manuscript, Dr. Jeff Buchhalter for help in the development of the nisms, such as a lack of available neurotransmitter vesiclesthat culture system, and Ms. Kay Cherian for preparation and maintenance of the are biochemically prepared to be secreted (Greengard et al., tissue cultures. This work was supported by NS24260 (M.A.D.). Correspondence should be addressed to Marc A. Dichter, M.D., Ph.D., De- 1993), or a decreasein the number of “empty” active zones to partment of Neurology, Graduate Hospital, 19th and Lombard Streets, Philadel- which vesicles can fuse and subsequently secrete neurotrans- phia, PA 19146. mitters into the synaptic cleft, or a decreasein the probability sPresent address: Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19 104. of releasefor available vesiclesof neurotransmitter. Presently, Copyright 0 1994 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/94/141775-14$05.00/O the most widely accepted hypothesis for the decreasedampli- 1776 Wilcox and Dichter - Paired Pulse Depression tude of IPSCs following both repetitive and paired stimulation by recording in conditions that decreasedthe probability of is a presynaptic mechanism that is the result of autoinhibition releaseof neurotransmitter during the first action potential. of GABA release due to the activation of presynaptic GABA, Materials and Methods receptors (Deisz and Prince, 1989; Davies et al., 1990, 1991; Otis and Mody, 1992; Mott et al., 1993). The autoinhibition of Tissue culture. Primary dissociated cultures were prepared from em- bryonic rat hippocampias previouslydescribed, although some mod- subsequent GABA release would then occur as a result of one ifications of the method were incorporated (Buchhalter and Dichter, of two possible mechanisms through which GABA, receptors 1991). Pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats were narcotized with CO, and are thought to work: (1) GABA, activation would decrease cal- killed by cervical dislocation. The embryos, gestational day 1 S-20, were cium currents at the terminal and therefore decrease the amount removed, the brains rapidly extracted and hippocampi dissected under microscopic visualization. The hippocampi were incubated for 40 min of neurotransmitter released via CaZ+ -dependent neurotrans- in a 10% Dulbecco’s Minimum Essential Medium (DMEM) solution mitter release (Dolphin and Scott, 1987; Scholz and Miller, containing0.027% trypsin at 37°C.The hippocampiwere then thor- 199 1), or (2) GABA, activation would cause a G-protein-linked oughly washed in HEPES-buffered saline (HBS) and placed in a medium increase in a potassium conductance that would hyperpolarize containingDMEM, supplementedwith 10%Hyclone calf serum,10% the terminal (Gahwiler and Brown, 1985; Bormann, 1988). Ham’s F12 containing glutamine, and 50 U/ml penicillin-streptomycin (Sigma). The cells were triturated with a Pasteur pipette, and plated The goal of the work described here has been to perform onto poly+lysine (Peninsula Labs)-coated glass coverslips in 35 mm experiments that directly determine the location of the mech- petri dishes at concentrations ranging- - from 35,000 to 150.000 viable anism underlying simple frequency-dependent decreases in in- neurons per milliliter. Some cultures were plated directly onto poly-L- hibitory neurotransmission. In order to determine if the mech- lysinexoated plastic petri dishes (35 mm). The cultures were maintained in a humidified incubator at 37°C with 7% CO,. After l-5 d, the medium anism underlying PPD is located at a presynaptic or postsynaptic was partially replaced with one containing a high external potassium location, the whole-cell, patch-clamp technique was used to concentration (20 mM) to enhance survival and the petri dishes were evoke monosynaptic IPSCs between isolated pairs of hippocam- placed in a closed, humidified container in the incubator to prevent pal neurons in very low-density cultures. Very few preparations evaporation. Cultures were fed once a week with one or two drops of of the mammalian CNS allow for the routine electrophysiolog- the high [K+],, medium (Mattson and Kater, 1989). In some cases, neurons were plated on a confluent layer of embryonic glia obtained ical recording between monosynaptically connected pairs of from rat cerebral cortex. In these cases, the medium was not replaced neurons in the absence of polysynaptic circuits. However, in the with one containing high [K+], and the culture was fed three times a low-density cultures, it is possible to patch clamp both the pre- week by replacing 0.5 ml of medium with fresh medium. There were synaptic and postsynaptic neuron of a pair and therefore have no detectable differences
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