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The Journal of Neuroscience, August 1, 1999, 19(15):6257-6266
Contributions of Residual Calcium to Fast Synaptic Transmission
Chinfei Chen and Wade G. Regehr Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Fast neurotransmitter release is driven by high calcium (10-100 µM) near open channels (Calocal), followed by a much smaller (<1 µM), longer-lasting residual calcium (Cares). The most prominent component of release, phasic release, lasts several milliseconds and is thought to be triggered by Calocal. A transient tail of release then continues over the next 20 msec at 1-10% of peak rates. This transient component of release, which we refer to as TR, is poorly understood, and there is conflicting evidence regarding the role of Calocal and Cares in its generation. We used optical methods to monitor Cares and whole-cell voltage-clamp recordings to study TR at synapses between granule cells and stellate cells in rat cerebellar slices. After stimulation the probability of release is elevated greatly, peaking at 500 µsec and then slowly declining to prestimulus levels after tens of milliseconds. After speeding the decay of Cares levels with EGTA, release is confined to a 3 msec interval, and TR is eliminated. Thus, we find that Cares accounts for a transient tail of release on the millisecond time scale that helps to shape the average synaptic current and accounts for at least 20% of the synaptic charge in the 20 msec interval after stimulation. Cares-dependent TR is likely to contribute significantly to fast synaptic transmission under physiological conditions, particularly during high-frequency bursts that elevate Cares.
Key words: phasic release; delayed release; synaptic transmission; residual calcium; EPSC time course; cerebellum; granule cell; stellate cell
Copyright © 1999 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/99/19156257-10$05.00/0
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