Enhanced LTP of population spikes in the dentate gyrus of mice haploinsufficient for neurobeachin.
Sci Rep
; 10(1): 16058, 2020 09 29.
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Deletion of the autism candidate molecule neurobeachin (Nbea), a large PH-BEACH-domain containing neuronal protein, has been shown to affect synaptic function by interfering with neurotransmitter receptor targeting and dendritic spine formation. Previous analysis of mice lacking one allele of the Nbea gene identified impaired spatial learning and memory in addition to altered autism-related behaviours. However, no functional data from living heterozygous Nbea mice (Nbea+/-) are available to corroborate the behavioural phenotype. Here, we explored the consequences of Nbea haploinsufficiency on excitation/inhibition balance and synaptic plasticity in the intact hippocampal dentate gyrus of Nbea+/- animals in vivo by electrophysiological recordings. Based on field potential recordings, we show that Nbea+/- mice display enhanced LTP of the granule cell population spike, but no differences in basal synaptic transmission, synapse numbers, short-term plasticity, or network inhibition. These data indicate that Nbea haploinsufficiency causes remarkably specific alterations to granule cell excitability in vivo, which may contribute to the behavioural abnormalities in Nbea+/- mice and to related symptoms in patients.
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Proteínas Portadoras
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Potenciación a Largo Plazo
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Proteínas del Tejido Nervioso
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Animals
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Humans
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Male
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En
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Sci Rep
Año:
2020
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Article
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Alemania
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Reino Unido