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The Journal of Neuroscience, July 15, 1998, 18(14):5366-5373
Type 1 Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor Is Required for
Induction of Long-Term Depression in Cerebellar Purkinje Neurons
Takafumi
Inoue1,
Kunio
Kato2,
Kazuhisa
Kohda1, and
Katsuhiko
Mikoshiba1, 2, 3
1 Department of Molecular Neurobiology, The Institute
of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo-108, Japan,
2 Mikoshiba Calciosignal Net Project, Exploratory Research
for Advanced Technology (ERATO), Japan Science and Technology
Corporation (JST), Tokyo-153, Japan, and 3 Developmental
Neurobiology Laboratory, Brain Science Institute, The Institute of
Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Wako-shi, Saitama, Japan
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ABSTRACT |
The inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (InsP3R) is an
intracellular Ca2+ channel that releases
Ca2+ from internal Ca2+ stores in
response to InsP3. Although InsP3R is highly expressed in various
regions of the mammalian brain, the functional role of this receptor
has not been clarified. We show here that cerebellar slices prepared
from mice with a disrupted InsP3R type 1 gene, which is predominantly
expressed in Purkinje cells, completely lack long-term depression
(LTD), a model of synaptic plasticity in the cerebellum. Moreover, a
specific antibody against InsP3R1, introduced into wild-type Purkinje
cells through patch pipettes, blocked the induction of LTD. These data
indicate that, in addition to Ca2+ influx through
Ca2+ channels on the plasma membrane,
Ca2+ release from InsP3R plays an essential role in
the induction of LTD, suggesting a physiological importance for InsP3R
in Purkinje cells.
Key words:
type 1 inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor; long-term
depression; cerebellar Purkinje neuron; synaptic plasticity; brain
slice; patch recording; caged-InsP3
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INTRODUCTION |
Type 1 inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate
receptor (InsP3R1) is highly expressed in cerebellar Purkinje cells
(Furuichi et al., 1989 , 1993 ). Ca2+ release by this
receptor has been detected in situ (Llano et al., 1991 ;
Vranesic et al., 1991 ; Khodakhah and Ogden, 1993 ). In the Purkinje
cell, the intracellular Ca2+ concentration
([Ca2+]i) is dynamically increased by excitatory
synaptic stimulation or by artificial depolarization. However, the
source of the transient Ca2+ has been assigned to
voltage-gated Ca2+ channels (VGCCs) that are
enriched on the plasma membrane of Purkinje cells (Tank et al., 1988 ;
Lev-Ram et al., 1992 ; Miyakawa et al., 1992 ). Despite high levels of
expression, there is little direct evidence for a physiological role
for InsP3R1 in Purkinje cells.
Long-term depression (LTD) at the parallel fiber (PF)-Purkinje cell
synapse is a candidate mechanism for the cellular basis of motor
learning and motor coordination (Ito, 1989 ). LTD is induced by a
conjunctive stimulation of PF and climbing fiber (CF) synapses. The
initial step in the induction is the temporal overlap of the large
elevation of [Ca2+]i caused by depolarization
evoked by CF input and the activation of postsynaptic glutamate
receptors at the PF synapse, including metabotropic glutamate receptors
(mGluRs). Activation of mGluR results in the production of InsP3 and
diacylglycerol. The former opens the InsP3R channel, and the latter
activates protein kinase C (PKC) (Berridge, 1993 ). This signal
transduction cascade is necessary for the induction of LTD, because
inhibition of mGluR (Aiba et al., 1994 ; Conquet et al., 1994 ; Hartell,
1994b ) or PKC (Crepel and Krupa, 1988 ; Hartell, 1994a ; Chen et al.,
1995 ) results in blockade of LTD. This feature is also shared by
another form of LTD expressed in cultured Purkinje cells (culture-LTD)
(Linden and Connor, 1991 ; Shigemoto et al., 1994 ). According to these reports, blockade of the mGluR response is caused by inhibition of PKC
activation. However, it remains unclear whether InsP3R plays a role in
this LTD scheme, mainly because of the lack of specific antagonists to
this receptor.
LTD is blocked by the InsP3R inhibitor heparin and induced by an
increase in InsP3 using caged-InsP3 in slices (Khodakhah and Armstrong,
1997 ) and culture-LTD (Kasono and Hirano, 1995 ). These experiments
suggest that InsP3 is important in LTD. However, heparin may bind
numerous other sites inside the cell, resulting in various nonspecific
effects, including inhibition of PKC (Herbert and Maffrand, 1991 ). In
addition, the caged-InsP3 experiments do not necessarily imply a role
for InsP3R in the LTD mechanism. Thus, the necessity of
Ca2+ release by InsP3R-sensitive intracellular
stores to induce LTD is an unresolved question.
To examine this issue, we developed two strategies to eliminate the
functional expression of InsP3R1. In one, we created a mouse strain
lacking the InsP3R1 gene. In the other, we blocked the function of
wild-type receptors with a specific antibody. The results of these
experiments show that Ca2+ release from
intracellular stores by the InsP3R1 channel is required for the
induction of LTD.
Preliminary observations have been published previously (Inoue and
Mikoshiba, 1997 ).
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MATERIALS AND METHODS |
Animals and preparation of slices. In experiments
with mutant mice, 18- to 23-d-old InsP3R1+/+ and InsP3R1 / animals
(Matsumoto et al., 1996 ) were used, because InsP3R1 / mice do not
survive beyond postnatal day 23. In the antibody experiment, 25- to
50-d-old ddY mice were used, because we observed no LTD in mice younger than 25 d with the induction protocol of combined PF and CF
stimulation (T. Inoue and K. Mikoshiba, unpublished observations).
Transverse or sagittal cerebellar slices, 250 µm thick, were prepared
according to standard procedures using a Vibratome tissue slicer
(DSK-1000, Dosaka EM, Kyoto, Japan). Transverse slices were used in LTD
induction experiments because PFs are not cut in this plane, enabling
more stable recording of PF-mediated EPSPs (PF-EPSP) than in sagittally cut slices. However, sagittally cut slices, in the plane of Purkinje cell dendrites, were preferred for imaging experiments. Two types of
superfusing saline were used: artificial CSF-A (ACSF-A) composed of (in
mM): 125 NaCl, 2.5 KCl, 2 CaCl2, 1 MgSO4, 1.25 NaH2PO4, 26 NaHCO3, and 20 glucose; and ACSF-B composed of
(in mM): 124 NaCl, 5 KCl, 2 CaCl2, 1 MgSO4, 1.25 NaH2PO4,
22 NaHCO3, and 10 glucose. Both solutions were
bubbled with a mixture of 95% O2 and 5%
CO2, and kept at 32-34°C. ACSF-A was used in the
mutant mice experiments and ACSF-B was used in the antibody
experiments. Bicuculline (10 µM) was always added to the
external solution in LTD experiments. In either external solution, LTD
was successfully observed in control experiments using the same
protocol (Inoue and Miloshiba, unpublished observations).
LTD experiments in mutant Purkinje cells. All experiments
were performed using whole-cell patch recording under direct
visualization using a fixed-stage upright microscope (BX50WI; Olympus,
Tokyo, Japan) and an objective lens (40× water immersion, NA 0.80;
Olympus). Borosilicate pipettes (4-5 M ) were used and were filled
with a solution containing (in mM): 70 KCl, 60 K-D-gluconate, 0.5 EGTA, 4 MgCl2, 4 Na-ATP, 0.4 Na-GTP, 30 HEPES, pH 7.3, and 280 mOsm. ACSF-A with 10 µM
bicuculline was used as an external solution. Recordings were made with
an AxoClamp 2A amplifier (Axon Instruments, Foster City, CA) in the
current-clamp mode. For stimulation of PFs, monopolar square pulses
(200 µsec) were applied through a glass pipette filled with the
superfusing saline. The stimulation electrode was placed on the
molecular layer, 100-200 µm from the Purkinje cell. The peak
amplitude of the PF-EPSP was monitored every 5 sec. Although the
stimulus artifact was relatively large, it did not affect the result.
Membrane potentials were held between 65 and 68 mV manually. To
monitor changes in Rm and
Rs, a hyperpolarizing square pulse
(ranging from 100 to 150 pA, 60 msec duration, beginning 20 msec
before the PF stimulus) was applied through the patch pipette. Changes
in Rs were compensated for with a bridge balance
circuit in the amplifier. Experiments in which the EPSP amplitude was
not stable during the 10 min period before pairing were discarded.
Instability was determined if the average in any 2 min period during
the 10 min period exceeded ±5% range of the baseline value (baseline
value was calculated as an average of the 6 min period just before the
pairing). In addition, experiments in which the holding current
exceeded 650 pA were discarded. In accepted experiments,
Rm remained constant (based on the shape of the
hyperpolarizing phase; see Fig. 1A,B, insets). During
the LTD induction periods, the amplifier was switched to voltage-clamp mode (holding potential: 60 mV). LTD was induced by pairing
depolarization of Purkinje cells (200 msec, 60 to 0 mV) with PF
stimulation 240 times at 1 Hz (PF stimulus was delivered 50 msec after
the onset of the depolarization). This protocol was always started 15-20 min after formation of the whole-cell patch.
Electrophysiological data were filtered at 2 kHz, monitored, and stored
on-line at a sampling rate of 10 kHz with an MS-DOS-based computer
(PC-9801VX; NEC, Tokyo, Japan). The data were analyzed on a Macintosh
computer with homemade software (TI WorkBench).
Calcium imaging in mutant cerebellar slices. Sagittally cut
slices were used in ACSF-A. A patch pipette was filled with 400 µM Oregon Green 488 BAPTA-2 (Molecular Probes, Eugene,
OR) and 200 µM 1-(2-nitrophenyl)ethyl (NPE)-caged
inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (caged-InsP3; Molecular Probes) in
internal solution. Fluorescence images (excitation at 470-490 nm;
emission at 515-550 nm) were recorded with a cooled-CCD camera
(PXL-37; Photometrics, Tucson, AZ) through a 60× water-immersion
objective lens (NA 0.90; Olympus). The uncaging illumination for
caged-InsP3 was provided by a pulsed laser source ( = 337 nm, 20 Hz,
10 times) (VSL-337ND Nitrogen Laser; Laser Science, Newton, MA) through
a quartz fiber light guide and the epi-fluorescence port of the upright
microscope. The electrophysiological apparatus, the nitrogen pulse
laser source, and the cooled-CCD camera were all controlled by and the
data were recorded with TI WorkBench software running on a Power
Macintosh 8500 (Apple Computer, Cupertino, CA). Ca2+
transients were recorded by binned-pixel images (binning 10 × 10)
at 12.5 frames/sec. To obtain the fluorescence amplitude
(F) from each region of interest (ROI), pixel values
in each region were averaged and a background level was subtracted from
it. The background value was measured as an averaged value from a
similar ROI in which the measured neuron was not included. The time
course of the fluorescence change was plotted as a ratio,
F/F0. The F value of each frame was
divided by the value of the first frame (F0). The exposure
time and neutral density filter were chosen to ensure that all pixel
values were not saturated.
Ca imaging with antibodies. Experiments were performed as
described in the previous section with the following differences. Transverse cerebellar slices were used in ACSF-B. mAb18A10 (160 µg/ml) or control rat IgG was added to the patch pipette
solution.
Visualization of IgG penetration. Sagittally cut slices were
used in ACSF-B. A patch pipette was filled with 2 mg/ml FITC-conjugated goat IgG in the patch pipette solution. Purkinje cells were
voltage-clamped at 60 mV. Fluorescence images of FITC were taken with
a cooled-CCD camera (PXL-37), with or without a confocal laser scanning
unit (CSU10; Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, Japan).
LTD experiments with antibodies. Experiments were performed
as described in "LTD experiments in mutant Purkinje cells," with the following differences. ACSF-B with 10 µM bicuculline
was used as an external saline. During pairing periods, the CF was
stimulated with an electrode in the granule cell layer in conjunction
with PF stimulation. The Purkinje cell was held in current-clamp mode. Nonspecific rat IgG was purchased from Sigma (St. Louis, MO).
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RESULTS |
LTD was induced by pairing the depolarization of Purkinje cells
with PF stimulation (240 times at 1 Hz) in the InsP3R1-deficient mouse
experiments. LTD induction by pairing CF and PF stimulations was not
used with the mutant mice for two reasons. First, we wanted to avoid
any developmental changes at presynaptic and postsynaptic sites at the
CF synapse; there was a difference in paired pulse depression of
CF-mediated EPSCs in the InsP3R1 / Purkinje cell (Matsumoto et al.,
1996 ). Second, in young wild-type Purkinje cells (younger than 25 d old), LTD was not induced by pairing CF and PF stimuli (4 Hz, 480 times), which is one of the typical LTD-induction protocols (Inoue and
Mikoshiba, unpublished observations). The InsP3R1-deficient mice do not
survive beyond postnatal day 23 (Matsumoto et al., 1996 ). In wild-type
(InsP3R1+/+) Purkinje cells, the amplitude of the PF-EPSP was reduced
to 73.8 ± 16.5% of the control response 30 min after pairing
(mean ± SD; n = 9 from eight animals) (Fig.
1A,C). The initial
slope of PF-EPSPs was also decreased without any significant variation
in latency, in time to peak, and in the input resistance of Purkinje
cells (Fig. 1A, insets). In contrast, in
InsP3R1 / Purkinje cells, the amplitude of the PF response was
100.2 ± 25.9% after the pairing (n = 11 from
seven animals) (Fig. 1B,C) and was significantly different from InsP3R1+/+ animals (p < 0.05;
t test) between 4-40 min after the pairing except at the 36 and 38 min time points. Thus, LTD was not induced in InsP3R1 /
Purkinje cells.

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Figure 1.
Loss of LTD in InsP3R1 / Purkinje cells.
A, Pairing depolarization and PF stimulation (1 Hz, 240 times) induced long-lasting depression of the PF-EPSP amplitude in
control experiments using an InsP3R1+/+ cerebellar slice.
B, LTD was lost in an InsP3R1 / cerebellar slice.
A, B, Insets show an average of 10 consecutive sweeps at
time points indicated. Time course of hyperpolarizing current is also
indicated at the bottom of the left inset
in A. C, Averaged time course of
normalized EPSP amplitude. LTD was not induced in InsP3R1 / mice
( ), whereas LTD was observed in control InsP3R+/+ mice ( ).
Results are presented as mean ± SEM.
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We have shown previously that InsP3R1 is functionally knocked out in
the InsP3R1 / cerebellum using an InsP3-binding assay and an
InsP3-induced Ca2+ release (IICR) assay of microsome
fractions from cerebellum (Matsumoto et al., 1996 ). To confirm these
observations in living Purkinje cells, we performed the IICR assay in
Purkinje cells in slices. Figure
2C shows that an InsP3R1 /
Purkinje cell completely lacked IICR activity induced by release of
caged-InsP3 (n = 5 for InsP3R1 / ; n = 4 for InsP3R1+/+). In contrast, there was no apparent difference in
the time course of depolarization-induced Ca2+
transients in the soma and dendritic regions between InsP3R1 / and
InsP3R1+/+ Purkinje cells (Fig. 2B). This result
indicates that there was no apparent alteration in the plasma membrane
Ca2+ channels and Ca2+ buffering
mechanisms in the mutant mice, at least at a qualitative level.
Ca2+ transients evoked by depolarizations were
stronger at the soma than dendritic regions in both types of Purkinje
cells. Because Ca2+ transients are stronger in
dendritic regions than at somata when Ca spikes occur (Tank et al.,
1988 ; Lev-Ram et al., 1992 ) (Inoue and Mikoshiba, unpublished
observations), and because Ca spikes occur much less frequently in
mouse Purkinje cells at ages when InsP3R / and control mice were
used (18-23 d old) (Inoue and Mikoshiba, unpublished observations), we
infer that the Ca2+ transients observed in Figure
2B were not caused by Ca spikes. The fluorescence was
attenuated in the distal dendrites of InsP3R1+/+ Purkinje cells and at
the soma and dendrites of the InsP3R1 / Purkinje cells (Fig.
2C) after the UV pulses. In the proximal dendrite and soma
of the InsP3R1+/+, this attenuation appeared to be hidden by IICR.
Photo bleaching of the dye by the UV laser pulses, and not cell damage,
was probably the cause of this attenuation, because caged-InsP3-induced
Ca2+ release was observed repeatedly in InsP3R1+/+
Purkinje cells. In addition, depolarization-evoked
Ca2+ transients (Fig. 2B) did not
change after several UV pulses in both types of Purkinje cells. The
attenuation by photo bleaching was not constant in different parts of a
neuron, presumably because of the uneven efficacy of the UV flash. In
particular, the fine dendrites in focus were effectively illuminated,
but the soma was not because not all parts of the thick soma were in
focus. This experiment shows that the InsP3R1 / Purkinje cells were functionally unable to release Ca2+, although there
was no obvious abnormality in the plasma membrane Ca2+ channels and the Ca2+
buffering mechanisms.

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Figure 2.
Calcium imaging shows normal
Ca2+ transients evoked by depolarization and lack of
InsP3-induced Ca2+ release in InsP3R / Purkinje
cells. A, Morphology of InsP3R1+/+ and InsP3R1 /
Purkinje cells. Colored rectangles indicate regions
where time courses of fluorescent changes were plotted. Top
panels show fine structures of dendrites with high spatial
resolution images. Bottom panels show actual images in
which resolution changes in Ca2+ were measured
(binning 10 × 10). Scale bar, 50 µm. B,
Ca2+ transients were evoked by depolarization
pulses. Purkinje cells from InsP3R1+/+ (left) and
InsP3R1 / (right) cerebellum were voltage-clamped at
70 mV and depolarizing pulses ( 70-0 mV, 200 msec, 1 Hz, 8 times)
were applied to the soma. Fluorescence intensities of indicated
rectangles were averaged, corrected for background,
normalized to those from the first frame (resting level), and plotted
in the same color as in A. Current traces are also shown
at the bottom of the plots. Ca2+
transients were observed at proximal (blue) and distal
(green) dendritic regions as well as at the soma
(red). C, Ca2+ release
was induced by photolysis of caged-InsP3 in the InsP3R1+/+ Purkinje
cell (left) by UV laser pulses (purple
band), whereas no increase in [Ca2+]i was
observed in the InsP3R1 / Purkinje cell (right).
Purkinje cells were voltage-clamped at 70 mV; current traces are also
shown at the bottom of the plots. Data from the same
cells are shown in A-C. Calibration bar, 5 sec.
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Several lines of evidence suggest that the observed lack of LTD in
InsP3R1 / Purkinje cells is a direct consequence of the gene
knockout rather than an indirect developmental effect. There was no
difference in the input resistance between the two types of Purkinje
cells (InsP3R1+/+, 180 ± 71 M , n = 17;
InsP3R1 / , 180 ± 57 M , n = 12). In
addition, other electrophysiological characteristics of InsP3R /
Purkinje cells, such as the complex of Na and Ca spikes, paired-pulse
facilitation of PF-EPSC, and pharmacological profiles of the PF and CF
synapses were indistinguishable from wild-type Purkinje cells
(Matsumoto et al., 1996 ). There were no abnormalities in the morphology
of Purkinje cells in InsP3R1 / mice at the light microscopic level
(Matsumoto et al., 1996 ). The expression levels of mGluR1 and mGluR5,
both of which are linked to InsP3 production, were not altered in the
InsP3R1 / cerebellum (E. Nagata, personal communication). These
observations strongly suggest that the lack of LTD in InsP3R1 /
Purkinje cells is a direct result of the lack of the InsP3R1
function.
To further rule out the possibility of an indirect effect of the gene
knockout, we conducted a second set of experiments using the monoclonal
antibody 18A10 (mAb18A10), which is a potent and selective blocker of
InsP3R1 in vitro (Nakade et al., 1991 ), in hamster oocytes
(Miyazaki et al., 1992 ) and in a gastric epithelial cell line (Hamada
et al., 1993 ). We confirmed this activity of mAb18A10 in Purkinje cells
in slices using caged-InsP3. The amplitude of Ca2+
transients induced by releasing caged-InsP3 declined in parallel with
the diffusion of 160 µg/ml mAb18A10 from the patch pipette, whereas
they remained constant in a Purkinje cell loaded with 160 µg/ml of
nonspecific rat IgG (Fig. 3A).
Figure 3B shows the mean normalized changes in fluorescence
at the soma. Five minutes after break-in, the change in fluorescence in
Purkinje cells filled with mAb18A10 was 60% smaller than that with
control IgG. The difference became larger and more significant at 25 and 35 min. Although we could detect Ca2+ transients
in dendritic regions, the signals were too small to be analyzed
quantitatively. Because the inhibitory potency of mAb18A10 depends on
the amount of InsP3 (Nakade et al., 1991 ; Miyazaki et al., 1992 ), and
because the amount of InsP3 produced during synaptic transmission is
not known, the actual extent of inhibition of InsP3R1 by mAb18A10 in
synaptic transmission could vary from the value obtained in this
experiment.

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Figure 3.
An InsP3R1-specific monoclonal antibody
inhibited InsP3-induced Ca2+ release in Purkinje
cells. A, UV illumination (purple
band) evoked InsP3-induced Ca2+ release at
the soma. The amplitude of caged-InsP3-induced Ca2+
transients decreased in a mAb18A10-injected Purkinje cell, whereas it
did not change in a Purkinje cell loaded with control IgG. Traces were
recorded at time points indicated after whole-cell patch recording was
started. Fluorescence intensities were normalized to those from the
first frame after subtraction of background. MAb18A10 and control IgG
diffused into the cells from patch pipettes. Purkinje cells were
voltage-clamped at 70 mV; current traces are also shown at the
bottom of the plots. B, Averaged result
of caged-InsP3-induced Ca2+ release in Purkinje
cells loaded with mAb18A10 ( ) and control IgG ( ). Normalized
changes in fluorescence at the soma were averaged and plotted against
time after whole-cell recording was started. A single
asterisk indicates p < 0.05, and a
double asterisk indicates p < 0.01 (t test). Numbers beside plot marks
indicate number of cells tested.
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To estimate the diffusion time of these IgGs in Purkinje cell
dendrites, we investigated the migration of FITC-conjugated IgG
delivered by patch pipette. Figure
4A shows images
obtained with a confocal unit and a CCD camera, and Figure
4B shows images obtained without a confocal unit.
Confocal imaging removed interference by high background fluorescence
from the surface of the slice attributable to leakage of FITC-labeled
IgG from the patch pipette while approaching the Purkinje cell,
especially at early time points (Fig. 4, compare
A,B). However, longer recordings
were preferentially performed with a conventional CCD imaging system because of lower photobleaching of the fluorescence. The fluorescence intensity at secondary and tertiary dendrites (arrowheads)
was detected as early as 3.5 min (Fig. 4A) and did
not increase much further beyond 15 min after breaking into the cell
(Fig. 4B). These results suggest that IgGs loaded
from patch pipettes can reach dendritic regions within 10-20 min.

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Figure 4.
Penetration of IgG into Purkinje cells from patch
pipette. Purkinje cells were labeled with FITC-labeled goat IgG. The
abscissa indicates the time after break-in. The IgG
reached the secondary and tertiary dendritic regions
(arrowheads) of the Purkinje cell within 3.5 min after
patch formation (A), and the fluorescence
intensity did not increase much more after the 15 min time point. Each
set of images was taken and displayed with the same exposure and
display conditions in A and B. A confocal
laser scanning unit was used in A but was not used in
B. Scale bar, 50 µm.
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Figure 5 shows LTD experiments using
mAb18A10. In this set of experiments, we used pairing of PF and CF
stimuli as the LTD-inducing protocol to more closely approach in
vivo conditions. In control experiments using nonspecific rat IgG
or no IgG, LTD was induced by pairing PF and CF stimulation 480 times
at 4 Hz (Fig. 5A,C). The average normalized amplitude of the
PF-EPSPs was 78.3 ± 16.3% (n = 11 from eight
animals) and 76.6 ± 18.7% (n = 10 from seven animals) 30 min after the pairing in the presence of 160 µg/ml nonspecific rat IgG and no IgG, respectively. In contrast, when 160 µg/ml mAb18A10 was used, no LTD was induced by the same pairing protocol (98.1 ± 21.8%, n = 11 from nine
animals) (Fig. 5B,C). The difference between mAb18A10 and
nonspecific rat IgG was significant (p < 0.05, t test) at all times between 4 and 40 min after the pairing
except at the 10 min time point. The paired stimulation was started
15-20 min after break-in to ensure that the IgG reached the dendritic
region of the Purkinje cell. Neither nonspecific rat IgG nor mAb18A10
altered PF-EPSPs without paired CF stimulation (Fig. 5D).
Thus, 18A10 specifically blocked the induction of LTD, confirming that
functional InsP3R1 is necessary for the induction of LTD.

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Figure 5.
An InsP3R1-specific monoclonal antibody blocked
induction of LTD. A, Paired CF and PF stimulation (4 Hz,
480 times) induced long-lasting depression of the PF-EPSP amplitude in
a control experiment in which nonspecific rat IgG was included in the
patch pipette (160 µg/ml). B, mAb18A10 blocked the
induction of LTD. In insets, the averages of 10 consecutive sweeps obtained at time points indicated are shown.
C, The averaged time course of the normalized EPSP
amplitude, indicating that mAb18A10 (160 µg/ml) blocked induction of
LTD ( ), whereas LTD was induced in the presence of nonspecific rat
IgG (160 µg/ml; ) and without IgG ( ). D, Without
the pairing protocol, the EPSP was stable with mAb18A10 (160 µg/ml;
; n = 8 from 5 animals) and nonspecific rat IgG
(160 µg/ml; ; n = 5 from 4 animals) as well as
without IgG ( ; n = 9 from 9 animals).
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DISCUSSION |
The initial step in the induction of LTD is considered to be the
temporal overlap of the large elevation of [Ca2+]i
caused by the CF input with activation of postsynaptic glutamate receptors at the PF synapse. Although the large
[Ca2+]i increase has been thought to be mediated
through VGCCs opened by the CF-induced depolarization (Tank et al.,
1988 ; Sakurai, 1990 ; Crepel and Jaillard, 1991 ; Konnerth et al., 1992 ;
Lev-Ram et al., 1992 ; Miyakawa et al., 1992 ), our results indicate that the increase in [Ca2+]i caused by the release of
intracellular Ca2+ by InsP3R plays a specific role
in the induction of LTD. Because Ca2+ influx through
VGCCs occurs at the plasma membrane, and because Ca2+ is an intracellular signal with a short-acting
range attributable to intracellular Ca2+ buffers
(Allbritton et al., 1992 ; Kasai and Petersen, 1994 ), Ca2+ released from intracellular pools through
InsP3R may reach different regions than those affected by the
Ca2+ influx mediated through VGCCs. In addition to
spatial differences, the two types of [Ca2+]i
regulatory mechanisms may differ temporally. Thus, InsP3R1 may mediate
spatiotemporal-specific Ca2+ signals that are
essential for the induction of LTD.
IICR could be modulated by the high [Ca2+]i
resulting from Ca2+ influx. The activity of InsP3R1
is sensitive to changes in [Ca2+]i in a biphasic
manner (Bezprozvanny et al., 1991 ). The InsP3R1 channel could be
activated by elevated [Ca2+]i even at the resting
InsP3 concentration, which would boost [Ca2+]i
elevation further. On the other hand, Khodakhah and Ogden (1995) reported that IICR was inhibited by high [Ca2+]i
in the Purkinje cell, suggesting that there could be a negative interaction between [Ca2+]i and the IICR activity.
The details of the [Ca2+]i dynamics during the
pairing stimulation, especially in fine dendritic regions including the
spine, remain to be elucidated.
We reported previously that the activation of ryanodine receptors,
another type of Ca2+ channel located on
intracellular Ca2+ stores, is necessary for the
induction of culture-LTD (Kohda et al., 1995 ). Because ryanodine
receptors are also functionally expressed in Purkinje cells (Ellisman
et al., 1990 ; Kuwajima et al., 1992 ; Llano et al., 1994 ), they could
play a role in the LTD mechanism in slices, simply being triggered by
high [Ca2+]i coming through VGCCs independent of
InsP3R. Alternatively, they could be functioning in concert with
InsP3R; Ca2+ released from InsP3R could stimulate
the ryanodine receptor.
The role of InsP3R in culture LTD remains unclear. Although Kasono and
Hirano (1995) reported that heparin blocked the induction of
culture-LTD, the concentration of heparin in their study (2.5 mg/ml)
was sufficient to inhibit other cellular components, including PKC and
cAMP-dependent protein kinase (Herbert and Maffrand, 1991 ). In
addition, Narasimhan and Linden observed that xestospongin C, a potent
antagonist of InsP3R (Gafni et al., 1997 ), did not block culture-LTD,
whereas heparin did (Narasimhan and Linden, 1997 ; K. Narasimhan and D. Linden, personal communication). These data suggest that InsP3R may not
be needed in the induction of culture-LTD, whereas it is needed in LTD
in slices. In the culture-LTD protocol, Ca2+ influx
through VGCCs, and possibly Ca2+ release from the
ryanodine-sensitive stores, might be sufficient to induce LTD. However,
in the present study in slices, Ca2+ from the
InsP3-operated intracellular store was also necessary for LTD. Other
differences between the culture and slice LTD systems are known (e.g.,
a requirement for nitric oxide) (for review, see Linden, 1994 ).
Relevant to these experiments are differences in the anatomical and
electrical geometry of the dendrites, density and distribution pattern
of VGCCs, and properties of InsP3R. The most important difference may
be whether the phenomenon occurs at a synapse. LTD in slices takes
place at real PF-Purkinje cell synapses, whereas in culture-LTD, PF
stimulation is replaced by artificial glutamate application. Our
results in slices may be more relevant and imply that InsP3R1 may play
an important role in Purkinje cells in vivo.
Hemart et al. (1995) reported that thapsigargin, which inhibits
intracellular Ca2+ release by blocking intracellular
Ca-ATPases, did not block the induction of LTD in slices. In their LTD
induction protocol, PF stimulation (1 Hz) was paired with Ca spike
firing evoked by continuous depolarization for 1 min. The discrepancy
between their observations and the data presented here may be explained
by differences in experimental conditions. During their pairing
protocol, continuous Ca spike firing might keep
[Ca2+]i at a higher level than the protocols used
in this study. Periodic depolarizations for 200 msec at 1 Hz (Fig. 1;
in experiments using mutant mice) would cause less
Ca2+ influx than the continuous depolarization
protocol. In addition, as described previously, the less frequent
occurrence of Ca spikes in young mouse Purkinje cells might lead to
less Ca2+ influx than continuous Ca spike firing. CF
stimuli at 4 Hz (Fig. 5; in experiments using antibodies) would also
load less Ca2+ than the Ca spike-firing protocol,
because the frequency of Ca spike firing induced by current injection
(range, 6-15 Hz) (Llinas and Sugimori, 1980 ; Lev-Ram et al., 1992 )
(Inoue and Mikoshiba, unpublished observations) is considerably higher.
A single CF stimulus would cause a [Ca2+]i
increase similar to that of a single Ca spike (Lev-Ram et al., 1992 ).
Thus, the Ca2+ released by InsP3R1, which was required in
this study, could be supplemented by such a high level of
[Ca2+)i. The induction conditions for LTD used in the
present study appear to be less artificial than the conditions that
Hemart et al. (1995) adopted, because continuous Ca spike bursting for
1 min is unlikely to occur in vivo (Armstrong and Rawson,
1979 ).
In conclusion, our findings clearly demonstrate that intracellular
Ca2+ release through the InsP3R1 channel plays an
essential role in the induction of LTD in Purkinje cells in slices.
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FOOTNOTES |
Received March 19, 1998; revised May 4, 1998; accepted May 6, 1998.
This work was supported by grants from the Ministry of Education,
Science and Culture of Japan (T.I., K.M.). We thank D. Linden and E. Nagata for valuable information; M. Yuzaki, W. N. Ross, F. Crepel,
T. Furuichi, L. G. Sayers, M. Kessler, and A. Arai for critical
reading of this manuscript; H. Miyakawa for valuable discussions; T. Michikawa and A. Takahashi for preparing mAb18A10; and A. Hoshino, W. Saikawa, and M. Saito for technical assistance.
Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Takafumi Inoue, Department of
Molecular Neurobiology, The Institute of Medical Science, The
University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokane-dai, Minato-ku, Tokyo-108, Japan.
Dr. Kohda's present address: Department of Developmental Neurobiology,
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105.
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V. Lev-Ram, S. T. Wong, D. R. Storm, and R. Y. Tsien
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K. Hamada, T. Miyata, K. Mayanagi, J. Hirota, and K. Mikoshiba
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M. D. Bootman, M. J. Berridge, and H. L. Roderick
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M. D. Bootman, P. Lipp, and M. J. Berridge
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L. Karachot, Y. Shirai, R. Vigot, T. Yamamori, and M. Ito
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M. Ito
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T. Inoue, X. Lin, K. A. Kohlmeier, H. T. Orr, H. Y. Zoghbi, and W. N. Ross
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M. SALLESE, L. SALVATORE, E. DURBANO, G. SALA, M. STORTO, T. LAUNEY, F. NICOLETTI, T. KNÖPFEL, and A. DE BLASI
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P. Ronde, J. J Dougherty, and R. A Nichols
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C. S. Leonard, S. R. Rao, and T. Inoue
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S. Fujii, M. Matsumoto, K. Igarashi, H. Kato, and K. Mikoshiba
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L. S. Dove, S.-S. Nahm, D. Murchison, L. C. Abbott, and W. H. Griffith
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M. D. Womack, J. W. Walker, and K. Khodakhah
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D.-O. D. Mak, S. McBride, and J. K. Foskett
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L. S. Haug, V. Jensen, O. Hvalby, S. I. Walaas, and A. C. Ostvold
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S. D. Munger, R. A. Gleeson, H. C. Aldrich, N. C. Rust, B. W. Ache, and R. M. Greenberg
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D. S. Walker, N. J.D. Gower, S. Ly, G. L. Bradley, and H. A. Baylis
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