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The Journal of Neuroscience, May 15, 2002, 22(10):3864-3872
Presynaptic Cannabinoid Sensitivity Is a Major Determinant
of Depolarization-Induced Retrograde Suppression at
Hippocampal Synapses
Takako
Ohno-Shosaku1,
Hiroshi
Tsubokawa2,
Ichiro
Mizushima1,
Norihide
Yoneda1,
Andreas
Zimmer3, and
Masanobu
Kano1
1 Department of Cellular Neurophysiology, Graduate
School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan, 2 National Institute for Physiological Sciences,
Okazaki 444-8585, Japan, and 3 Department of Psychiatry,
University of Bonn, 53105 Bonn, Germany
Recent studies have clarified that endogenous cannabinoids
(endocannabinoids) are released from depolarized postsynaptic neurons in a Ca2+-dependent manner and act retrogradely on
presynaptic cannabinoid receptors to suppress inhibitory or excitatory
neurotransmitter release. This type of modulation has been found in the
hippocampus and cerebellum and was called depolarization-induced
suppression of inhibition (DSI) or excitation (DSE). In this study, we
quantitatively examined the effects of postsynaptic depolarization and
a cannabinoid agonist on excitatory and inhibitory synapses in rat
hippocampal slices and cultures. We found that both DSE and DSI can be
induced, but DSE was much less prominent than DSI. For the induction of DSE, the necessary duration of depolarization was longer than for DSI.
The magnitude of DSE was much smaller than that of DSI. To explore the
reasons for these differences, we tested the sensitivity of EPSCs and
IPSCs to a cannabinoid agonist, WIN55,212-2, in hippocampal cultures.
IPSCs were dichotomized into two distinct populations, one with a high
sensitivity to WIN55,212-2 (50% block at 2 nM) and the
other with no sensitivity. In contrast, EPSCs were homogeneous and
exhibited a low sensitivity to WIN55,212-2 (50% block at 60 nM). We estimated that the 5 sec depolarization elevated
the local endocannabinoid concentration to a level equivalent to
several nanomoles of WIN55,212-2. Using CB1 knock-out mice, we verified that both DSI and DSE were mediated by the cannabinoid CB1 receptor. These results indicate that presynaptic cannabinoid sensitivity is a
major factor that determines the extent of DSI and DSE.
Key words:
excitatory transmission; inhibitory transmission; hippocampus; retrograde signal; synaptic modulation; cannabinoid
receptor
Copyright © 2002 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/02/22103864-09$05.00/0
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