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Motor Learning Requires Purkinje Cell Synaptic Potentiation through Activation of AMPA-Receptor Subunit GluA3

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Gutierrez-Castellanos, Nicolas, Da Silva-Matos, Carla M., Zhou, Kuikui, Canto, Cathrin B., Renner, Maria C., Koene, Linda M.C., Ozyildirim, Ozgecan, Sprengel, Rolf +2 more·2017·Neuron

Abstract

Accumulating evidence indicates that cerebellar long-term potentiation (LTP) is necessary for procedural learning. However, little is known about its underlying molecular mechanisms. Whereas AMPA receptor (AMPAR) subunit rules for synaptic plasticity have been extensively studied in relation to declarative learning, it is unclear whether these rules apply to cerebellum-dependent motor learning. Here we show that LTP at the parallel-fiber-to-Purkinje-cell synapse and adaptation of the vestibulo-ocular reflex depend not on GluA1- but on GluA3-containing AMPARs. In contrast to the classic form of LTP implicated in declarative memory formation, this form of LTP does not require GluA1-AMPAR trafficking but rather requires changes in open-channel probability of GluA3-AMPARs mediated by cAMP signaling and activation of the protein directly activated by cAMP (Epac). We conclude that vestibulo-cerebellar motor learning is the first form of memory acquisition shown to depend on GluA3-dependent synaptic potentiation by increasing single-channel conductance.

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  • Cerebellar LTP does not involve trafficking of GluA3; it relies on an increase in the open-probability of GluA3-containing receptors through a cAMP-dependent pathway.

    “This form of cerebellar LTP does not appear to involve trafficking of GluA3, but rather relies on an increase in the open-probability of GluA3-containing receptors through a cAMP-dependent pathway (Gutierrez-Castellanos et al., 2017).”

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  • LTP in cerebellar Purkinje neurons and cerebellar-dependent adaptation of the vestibulo-ocular reflex both depend on GluA3- but not GluA1-containing AMPARs.

    “Recently, it has been found that LTP in cerebellar Purkinje neurons as well as cerebellar-dependent adaptation of the vestibulo-ocular reflex both depend on GluA3- but not GluA1-containing AMPARs (Gutierrez-Castellanos et al., 2017).”

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Gutierrez-Castellanos, N., Da Silva-Matos, C. M., Zhou, K., Canto, C. B., Renner, M. C., Koene, L. M. C., Ozyildirim, O., Sprengel, R., Kessels, H. W., & De Zeeuw, C. I.
Affiliations
  • Erasmus MC (NL)
  • Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NL)
  • Max Planck Institute for Medical Research (DE)
Corresponding author
Kessels, Helmut W.
Venue
Neuron
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-01
Volume
93
Issue
2
Pages
409-424
ISSN
0896-6273 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2578571546
Cited by
111
References
73
Citations by year
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5.89
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journal article
Language
en
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Funders
  • Dutch Organization for Medical Sciences
  • Life Sciences
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • ERC-adv
  • ERC-POC
  • CEREBNET
  • C7
  • Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
Keywords
motor learning, Purkinje cells, GluA3, AMPA receptor subunits, long-term potentiation, parallel fiber synapses, vestibulo-ocular reflex, cAMP signaling, Epac, synaptic potentiation, cerebellum, procedural learning
MeSH terms
Animals, Cerebellum, Learning, Motor Activity, Purkinje Cells, Long-Term Potentiation, Receptors, AMPA, Mice, Knockout, Patch-Clamp Techniques, Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials, Long-Term Synaptic Depression, Mice, Eye Movement Measurements

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