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Synapse elimination and learning rules co-regulated by MHC class I H2-Db

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Lee, Hanmi, Brott, Barbara K., Kirkby, Lowry A., Adelson, Jaimie D., Cheng, Sarah, Feller, Marla B., Datwani, Akash, Shatz, Carla J.·2014·Nature

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The formation of precise connections between retina and lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) involves the activity-dependent elimination of some synapses, with strengthening and retention of others. Here we show that the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecule H2-D(b) is necessary and sufficient for synapse elimination in the retinogeniculate system. In mice lacking both H2-K(b) and H2-D(b) (K(b)D(b)(-/-)), despite intact retinal activity and basal synaptic transmission, the developmentally regulated decrease in functional convergence of retinal ganglion cell synaptic inputs to LGN neurons fails and eye-specific layers do not form. Neuronal expression of just H2-D(b) in K(b)D(b)(-/-) mice rescues both synapse elimination and eye-specific segregation despite a compromised immune system. When patterns of stimulation mimicking endogenous retinal waves are used to probe synaptic learning rules at retinogeniculate synapses, long-term potentiation (LTP) is intact but long-term depression (LTD) is impaired in K(b)D(b)(-/-) mice. This change is due to an increase in Ca(2+)-permeable AMPA (α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid) receptors. Restoring H2-D(b) to K(b)D(b)(-/-) neurons renders AMPA receptors Ca(2+) impermeable and rescues LTD. These observations reveal an MHC-class-I-mediated link between developmental synapse pruning and balanced synaptic learning rules enabling both LTD and LTP, and demonstrate a direct requirement for H2-D(b) in functional and structural synapse pruning in CNS neurons.

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Authors
Lee, H., Brott, B. K., Kirkby, L. A., Adelson, J. D., Cheng, S., Feller, M. B., Datwani, A., & Shatz, C. J.
Affiliations
  • Stanford University (US)
  • University of California, Berkeley (US)
  • Sage Bionetworks (US)
Corresponding author
Shatz, Carla J.
Venue
Nature
Published
2014-03-30
Volume
509
Issue
7499
Pages
195-200
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W2050923395
Cited by
228
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49
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14.03
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Nature (publishedVersion)
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  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
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  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH071666, T32MH020016)
  • National Eye Institute (R01 EY-13528, EY02858, R01EY002858, R01EY013528, R37EY002858)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
Keywords
MHC class I, synaptic pruning, retinogeniculate pathway, lateral geniculate nucleus, retinal ganglion cells, eye-specific segregation, long-term potentiation, long-term depression, AMPA receptors, Ca2+-permeable AMPA receptors, synaptic plasticity, visual system development, H-2Kb, immune system
MeSH terms
Animals, Calcium, Geniculate Bodies, H-2 Antigens, Neural Pathways, Synaptic Transmission, Retina, Retinal Ganglion Cells, Synapses, Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate, Long-Term Potentiation, Long-Term Synaptic Depression, Mice, Histocompatibility Antigen H-2D

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