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Woo, Junsung; Jang, Minwoo Wendy; Lee, Jaekwang; Koh, Wuhyun; Mikoshiba, Katsuhiko; Lee, C. Justin
The Journal of physiology, 10/2020, Volume: 598, Issue: 20Journal Article
Key points Neuronal activity causes astrocytic volume change via K+ uptake through TREK‐1 containing two‐pore domain potassium channels. The volume transient is terminated by Cl− efflux through the Ca2+‐activated anion channel BEST1. The source of the Ca2+ required to open BEST1 appears to be the stretch‐activated TRPA1 channel. Intense neuronal activity is synaptically coupled with a physical change in astrocytes via volume transients. The brain volume changes dynamically and transiently upon intense neuronal activity through a tight regulation of ion concentrations and water movement across the plasma membrane of astrocytes. We have recently demonstrated that an intense neuronal activity and subsequent astrocytic AQP4‐dependent volume transient are critical for synaptic plasticity and memory. We have also pharmacologically demonstrated a functional coupling between synaptic activity and the astrocytic volume transient. However, the precise molecular mechanisms of how intense neuronal activity and the astrocytic volume transient are coupled remain unclear. Here we utilized an intrinsic optical signal imaging technique combined with fluorescence imaging using ion sensitive dyes and molecular probes and electrophysiology to investigate the detailed molecular mechanisms in genetically modified mice. We report that a brief synaptic activity induced by a train stimulation (20 Hz, 1 s) causes a prolonged astrocytic volume transient (80 s) via K+ uptake through TREK‐1 containing two‐pore domain potassium (K2P) channels, but not Kir4.1 or NKCC1. This volume change is terminated by Cl− efflux through the Ca2+‐activated anion channel BEST1, but not the volume‐regulated anion channel TTYH. The source of the Ca2+ required to open BEST1 appears to be the stretch‐activated TRPA1 channel in astrocytes, but not IP3R2. In summary, our study identifies several important astrocytic ion channels (AQP4, TREK‐1, BEST1, TRPA1) as the key molecules leading to the neuronal activity‐dependent volume transient in astrocytes. Our findings reveal new molecular and cellular mechanisms for the synaptic coupling of intense neuronal activity with a physical change in astrocytes via volume transients. Key points Neuronal activity causes astrocytic volume change via K+ uptake through TREK‐1 containing two‐pore domain potassium channels. The volume transient is terminated by Cl− efflux through the Ca2+‐activated anion channel BEST1. The source of the Ca2+ required to open BEST1 appears to be the stretch‐activated TRPA1 channel. Intense neuronal activity is synaptically coupled with a physical change in astrocytes via volume transients.
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