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- Title
Ca<sup>2+</sup>-Permeable AMPARs Mediate Glutamatergic Transmission and Excitotoxic Damage at the Hair Cell Ribbon Synapse.
- Authors
Sebe, Joy Y.; Cho, Soyoun; Sheets, Lavinia; Rutherford, Mark A.; von Gersdorff, Henrique; Raible, David W.
- Abstract
We report functional and structural evidence for GluA2-lacking Ca2+-permeable AMPARs (CP-AMPARs) at the mature hair cell ribbon synapse. By using the methodological advantages of three species (of either sex), we demonstrate that CP-AMPARs are present at the hair cell synapse in an evolutionarily conserved manner. Via a combination of in vivo electrophysiological and Ca2+ imaging approaches in the larval zebrafish, we show that hair cell stimulation leads to robust Ca2+ influx into afferent terminals. Prolonged application of AMP A caused loss of afferent terminal responsiveness, whereas blocking CP-AMPARs protects terminals from excitotoxic swelling. Immunohistochemical analysis of AM PAR subunits in mature rat cochlea show regions within synapses lacking the GluA2 subunit. Paired recordings from adult bullfrog auditory synapses demonstrate that CP-AMPARs mediate a major component of glutamatergic transmission. Together, our results support the importance of CP-AMPARs in mediating transmission at the hair cell ribbon synapse. Further, excess Ca2+ entry via CP-AMPARs may underlie afferent terminal damage following excitotoxic challenge, suggesting that limiting Ca2+ levels in the afferent terminal may protect against cochlear synaptopathy associated with hearing loss.
- Subjects
CALCIUM compounds; HAIR cells; SYNAPSES; EXCITATORY amino acid agents; METHODOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Neuroscience, 2017, Vol 37, Issue 25, p6162
- ISSN
0270-6474
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3644-16.2017