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Npas4 recruits CCK basket cell synapses and enhances cannabinoid-sensitive inhibition in the mouse hippocampus

  1. Andrea L Hartzell
  2. Kelly M Martyniuk
  3. G Stefano Brigidi
  4. Daniel Heinz
  5. Nathalie A Djaja
  6. Anja Payne
  7. Brenda L Bloodgood  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of California, San Diego, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35927
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  1. Andrea L Hartzell
  2. Kelly M Martyniuk
  3. G Stefano Brigidi
  4. Daniel Heinz
  5. Nathalie A Djaja
  6. Anja Payne
  7. Brenda L Bloodgood
(2018)
Npas4 recruits CCK basket cell synapses and enhances cannabinoid-sensitive inhibition in the mouse hippocampus
eLife 7:e35927.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35927
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Abstract

Experience-dependent expression of immediate-early gene transcription factors (IEG-TFs) can transiently change the transcriptome of active neurons and initiate persistent changes in cellular function. However, the impact of IEG-TFs on circuit connectivity and function is poorly understood. We investigate the specificity with which the IEG-TF NPAS4 governs experience-dependent changes in inhibitory synaptic input onto CA1 pyramidal neurons (PNs). We show that novel sensory experience selectively enhances somatic inhibition mediated by cholecystokinin-expressing basket cells (CCKBCs) in an NPAS4-dependent manner. NPAS4 specifically increases the number of synapses made onto PNs by individual CCKBCs without altering synaptic properties. Additionally, we find that sensory experience-driven NPAS4 expression enhances depolarization-induced suppression of inhibition (DSI), a short-term form of cannabinoid-mediated plasticity expressed at CCKBC synapses. Our results indicate that CCKBC inputs are a major target of the NPAS4-dependent transcriptional program in PNs and that NPAS4 is an important regulator of plasticity mediated by endogenous cannabinoids.

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  1. Andrea L Hartzell

    University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, United States
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  2. Kelly M Martyniuk

    University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, United States
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  3. G Stefano Brigidi

    University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, United States
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  4. Daniel Heinz

    University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, United States
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  5. Nathalie A Djaja

    University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, United States
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  6. Anja Payne

    University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, United States
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  7. Brenda L Bloodgood

    University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, United States
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Funding

Pew Charitable Trusts (28631)

  • Brenda L Bloodgood

Kinship Foundation (14-SSP-184)

  • Brenda L Bloodgood

Whitehall Foundation (2013-12-88)

  • Brenda L Bloodgood

National Science Foundation (2013154395)

  • Andrea L Hartzell

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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  1. Laura Colgin, The University of Texas at Austin, Center for Learning and Memory, United States

Ethics

Animal experimentation: This study was performed in strict accordance with the recommendations and guidance provided by the Research Compliance and Integrity Program and the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) at UC San Diego. All of the animals were handled according to the approved IACUC protocol, S12254, of UC San Diego. All surgeries and euthanasia were performed under deep isoflurane anesthesia, and every effort was made to minimize suffering.

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  1. Received: February 14, 2018
  2. Accepted: July 19, 2018
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: July 27, 2018 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: August 22, 2018 (version 2)

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© 2018, Hartzell et al.

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  1. Andrea L Hartzell
  2. Kelly M Martyniuk
  3. G Stefano Brigidi
  4. Daniel Heinz
  5. Nathalie A Djaja
  6. Anja Payne
  7. Brenda L Bloodgood
(2018)
Npas4 recruits CCK basket cell synapses and enhances cannabinoid-sensitive inhibition in the mouse hippocampus
eLife 7:e35927.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35927

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