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Synaptic Transmission: a New Kind of Dispatch Inhibition View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Elsevier - Publisher Connector Current Biology, Vol. 12, R648–R650, October 1, 2002, ©2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. PII S0960-9822(02)01157-0 Synaptic Transmission: A New Kind of Dispatch Inhibition John M. Bekkers providing the first level of inhibition in the olfactory system. Anatomical studies have suggested that periglomerular cell dendrites both release GABA and Periglomerular cells in the olfactory bulb are the express GABAA receptors [8,9]. Smith and Jahr [3] ‘gatekeepers’ of the olfactory system. A recent study thus set about exploring the synaptic physiology of shows that these cells inhibit themselves by releasing these intriguing interneurons. GABA from their own dendrites. Using standard whole-cell patch clamp techniques in rat brain slices, Smith and Jahr [3] applied brief, depolarizing voltage clamp steps to the periglomeru- The classical view of the brain, originating from the lar cell soma. This protocol elicited GABAA receptor- neuronal doctrine of Cajal, sees the nervous system mediated currents in the same cell. Because peri- as a daisy chain of connected neurons, enabling the glomerular cells are thought to release only GABA [1], orderly passage of information from one neuron to the and because GABA is generally inhibitory (but see next. Over the years this model has been increasingly below), this result could not have occurred by the elaborated as more complex circuit elements have periglomerular cell exciting a recurrent GABAergic been discovered. These elements range from the intermediary. Thus, periglomerular cells must express relatively straightforward, like feedback inhibition, to GABAergic autapses, where an autapse, defined in the downright peculiar — such as the triadic synapses broad functional terms, occurs when neurotransmitter in the thalamus, retina and cerebellum [1]. More is both released and sensed by the same neuron [10]. recently, even the point-to-point nature of synaptic Inhibitory axo-axonic and axo-dendritic autapses transmission has been called into question by evi- have been described in the cerebellum, neocortex dence for extrasynaptic spillover of neurotransmitter and hippocampal cultures [11–14], but the autapses [2]. A new study now adds yet another ingredient to reported by Smith and Jahr [3] belong to a new class, this burgeoning mix of circuit elements. Smith and that of GABAergic dendro-dendritic autapses (Figure Jahr [3] have discovered a novel kind of inhibition 2). This follows from their finding that tetrodotoxin, found in periglomerular cells of the olfactory bulb, in which blocks the sodium-dependent action potentials which the inhibitory neurotransmitter γ-amino butyric required to activate axon-derived autapses, had no acid (GABA) is released from the dendrite and effect on autaptic currents in periglomerular cells. activates GABAA receptors on the dendrite of the Instead, periglomerular autapses only required a de- same neuron. polarizing stimulus to directly open dendritic calcium The olfactory bulb, protruding from the front of the channels and allow calcium influx, triggering exocyto- brain, is like a dedicated thalamus for the olfactory sis of GABA. system (Figure 1). It is the sole recipient of all input What are the physiological consequences of this from the olfactory receptor neurons in the nasal autaptic response? The above experiments were done epithelium, and sends its output direct to the olfactory with a high concentration of chloride in the electrode cortex [1]. Like the thalamus, the olfactory bulb is solution to artificially boost the size of the currents (to much more than a simple relay; it is capable of the about 300 pA, on average). Smith and Jahr [3] repeated sophisticated computations required for the decoding the experiments using gramicidin-perforated patches of odors [4]. The principal neurons in the olfactory to maintain the physiological chloride gradient. They bulb are the mitral and tufted cells, which receive found that the reversal potential for the GABA currents sensory input at synapses on the distal tuft of the was around –50 mV — depolarized relative to the apical dendrite. The apical tufts of 30–50 mitral/tufted resting potential. This means that GABAergic peri- cells are gathered in a spherical structure called the glomerular autapses will depolarize — not hyperpolar- glomerulus, which seems to be a processing unit that ize — the cell under physiological conditions. Never- is roughly analogous to a ‘barrel’ in the barrel cortex theless, Smith and Jahr [3] found that GABA receptor of rodents [1]. activation still inhibited, rather than enhanced, action The excitability of the mitral/tufted cells in the potential firing in the periglomerular cell. This was pre- olfactory bulb can be modulated by GABA-releasing sumed to occur by the well-known phenomenon of interneurons at two locations: in the glomerulus, by ‘shunting’ inhibition, whereby an increase in membrane various types of periglomerular interneuron; and in the conductance is able to short circuit action potentials lateral dendrites, by inhibitory granule cells (Figure 1). [15]. It remains to be seen, however, whether peri- The granule cells have been intensively studied [5–7]. glomerular cell autapses are powerful enough to be The periglomerular cells, in contrast, have remained significant depressors of excitability in vivo. much less scrutinized, despite their distinction of These autapses were found to have other interest- ing properties. First, the transmitter release sites in the Division of Neuroscience, John Curtin School of Medical dendrite seem to be very close to the soma. This Research, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, follows from the finding that the calcium chelator Australia. BAPTA, when added to the electrode solution, could Current Biology R649 Figure 1. Olfactory nerve (from Simplified schematic diagram of the cir- olfactory receptor neurons) cuitry of the mammalian olfactory bulb. Axons are shown as thin lines, dendrites as thick lines. Glomerulus Periglomerular cell Mitral/tufted cell Granule cell Lateral olfactory tract (to olfactory cortex) Current Biology diffuse into the cell and block transmitter release very accident. Dendritic release of neurotransmitter is a rapidly. This fits with the morphology of the peri- remarkably common feature of the olfactory bulb, being glomerular cell, which has a short, bushy dendrite that also present in the granule, mitral and tufted cells [1], arborizes over only 50–100 µm within a glomerulus [1]. and may have fortuitously evolved as a preferred motif Second, the release of GABA is often prolonged. This of this phylogenetically ancient brain structure. is apparent from the ragged, asynchronous appear- Finally, the properties of these autapses per se are ance of many of the responses, particularly following also interesting. Because the presynaptic terminal is longer voltage steps (Figure 2, right). The fact that relatively close to the soma, it is experimentally acces- delayed, miniature synaptic current-like events were sible and may be a valuable model system for studies often seen suggests that high densities of GABA of neurotransmitter release. Thus, periglomerular cells receptors can be present close to the release sites. In might illuminate general principles of neurotransmis- other cases a smoother waveform was seen, suggest- sion, while at the same time reminding us of the variety ing that sometimes the GABA has to diffuse much and complexity of circuits that enable our brains to further to reach the receptors. In general, then, the make sense of the world. architecture of these unusual dendro-dendritic autapses References seems to be less tightly constrained than that of con- 1. Shepherd, G.M. and Greer, C.A. (1998). Olfactory Bulb. In The ventional synapses, perhaps allowing for more func- Synaptic Organization of the Brain, G.M. Shepherd, ed. 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A typical autaptic current from each type, evoked by a brief depolarizing step under somatic voltage clamp, is shown below. The electrode contained a high chloride con- centration, yielding inward GABA currents. Release site GABA GABA receptor cluster 100 pA 100 pA 100 pA 30 ms 30 ms 100 ms Current Biology Dispatch R650 9.
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