The speeding of EPSC kinetics during maturation of a central synapse

The European Journal of Neuroscience
Mark J WallMaria M Usowicz

Abstract

Several factors contribute to the shape of excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) in CNS neurons, among them the kinetics of presynaptic release, transmitter clearance, and the properties and distribution of postsynaptic receptors. The decays of AMPA receptor-mediated EPSCs at rat cerebellar mossy fibre-granule cell (MF-gc) synapses follow a bi-exponential time-course. The fast component dominates the decay, accounting for 84-94% of the peak amplitude. Here we show that both components of decay, and also the risetimes, became faster during postnatal maturation. At adult, but not immature, synapses, the risetimes and decays of evoked multiquantal EPSCs were similar to those of monoquantal miniature (m)EPSCs. The faster risetimes at mature synapses reflected increased synchrony of multivesicular release, whereas the faster decays appeared to reflect changes in the properties of postsynaptic receptors. Inhibition of glutamate uptake was without effect on evoked EPSCs at both ages. Furthermore, after slowing receptor desensitization with cyclothiazide, the EPSCs at mature synapses decayed as slowly as EPSCs at immature synapses, suggesting that faster glutamate clearance does not account for the developmental speeding of EPSC dec...Continue Reading

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