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ArticlePLoS biology2015

Membrane-derived phospholipids control synaptic neurotransmission and plasticity.

Victoria García-Morales, Fernando Montero, David González-Forero, Guillermo Rodríguez-Bey, Laura Gómez-Pérez, María Jesús Medialdea-Wandossell, Germán Domínguez-Vías, José Manuel García-Verdugo, Bernardo Moreno-López

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Article in PLoS biology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.

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50 citing papers in PubMed, 80 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Victoria García-MoralesGrupo de Neurodegeneración y Neuroreparación (GRUNEDERE), Área de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain.
Fernando MonteroGrupo de Neurodegeneración y Neuroreparación (GRUNEDERE), Área de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain.
David González-ForeroGrupo de Neurodegeneración y Neuroreparación (GRUNEDERE), Área de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain.
Guillermo Rodríguez-BeyGrupo de Neurodegeneración y Neuroreparación (GRUNEDERE), Área de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain.
Laura Gómez-PérezGrupo de Neurodegeneración y Neuroreparación (GRUNEDERE), Área de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain.
María Jesús Medialdea-WandossellGrupo de Neurodegeneración y Neuroreparación (GRUNEDERE), Área de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain; Salus Infirmorum, Universidad de Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain.
Germán Domínguez-VíasGrupo de Neurodegeneración y Neuroreparación (GRUNEDERE), Área de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain.
José Manuel García-VerdugoCentro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, CIBERNED, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Bernardo Moreno-LópezGrupo de Neurodegeneración y Neuroreparación (GRUNEDERE), Área de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain.
Universidad de Cádiz · ESCentro de Investigacion Principe Felipe · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synaptic communication is a dynamic process that is key to the regulation of neuronal excitability and information processing in the brain. To date, however, the molecular signals controlling synaptic dynamics have been poorly understood. Membrane-derived bioactive phospholipids are potential candidates to control short-term tuning of synaptic signaling, a plastic event essential for information processing at both the cellular and neuronal network levels in the brain. Here, we showed that phospholipids affect excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmission by different degrees, loci, and mechanisms of action. Signaling triggered by lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) evoked rapid and reversible depression of excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic currents. At excitatory synapses, LPA-induced depression depended on LPA1/Gαi/o-protein/phospholipase C/myosin light chain kinase cascade at the presynaptic site. LPA increased myosin light chain phosphorylation, which is known to trigger actomyosin contraction, and reduced the number of synaptic vesicles docked to active zones in excitatory boutons. At inhibitory synapses, postsynaptic LPA signaling led to dephosphorylation, and internalization of the GABAAγ2 subunit through the LPA1/Gα12/13-protein/RhoA/Rho kinase/calcineurin pathway. However, LPA-induced depression of GABAergic transmission was correlated with an endocytosis-independent reduction of GABAA receptors, possibly by GABAAγ2 dephosphorylation and subsequent increased lateral diffusion. Furthermore, endogenous LPA signaling, mainly via LPA1, mediated activity-dependent inhibitory depression in a model of experimental synaptic plasticity. Finally, LPA signaling, most likely restraining the excitatory drive incoming to motoneurons, regulated performance of motor output commands, a basic brain processing task. We propose that lysophospholipids serve as potential local messengers that tune synaptic strength to precedent activity of the neuron.

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Neuronal PlasticitySynaptic TransmissionAnimalsCalcineurinFemaleLysophospholipidsMaleMiceMotor NeuronsPatch-Clamp TechniquesPregnancyRats, WistarReceptors, GABA-ArhoA GTP-Binding Proteinrho-Associated KinasesSynapsesCalcineurinlysophosphatidic acidLysophospholipidsReceptors, GABA-ArhoA GTP-Binding Proteinrho-Associated Kinases

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PMID25996636
PMCPMC4440815
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