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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-4-27
pubmed:abstractText
Reactive astrocytosis develops in many neurologic diseases, including epilepsy. Astrocytotic contributions to pathophysiology are poorly understood. Studies examining this are confounded by comorbidities accompanying reactive astrocytosis. We found that high-titer transduction of astrocytes with enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) via adeno-associated virus induced reactive astrocytosis without altering the intrinsic properties or anatomy of neighboring neurons. We examined the consequences of selective astrocytosis induction on synaptic transmission in mouse CA1 pyramidal neurons. Neurons near eGFP-labeled reactive astrocytes had reduced inhibitory, but not excitatory, synaptic currents. This inhibitory postsynaptic current (IPSC) erosion resulted from a failure of the astrocytic glutamate-glutamine cycle. Reactive astrocytes downregulated expression of glutamine synthetase. Blockade of this enzyme normally induces rapid synaptic GABA depletion. In astrocytotic regions, residual inhibition lost sensitivity to glutamine synthetase blockade, whereas exogenous glutamine administration enhanced IPSCs. Astrocytosis-mediated deficits in inhibition triggered glutamine-reversible hyperexcitability in hippocampal circuits. Thus, reactive astrocytosis could generate local synaptic perturbations, leading to broader functional deficits associated with neurologic disease.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
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pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1546-1726
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
584-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20418874-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:20418874-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20418874-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:20418874-Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:20418874-Astrocytes, pubmed-meshheading:20418874-Bromodeoxyuridine, pubmed-meshheading:20418874-Calcium-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20418874-Electric Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:20418874-GABA Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:20418874-Gliosis, pubmed-meshheading:20418874-Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase, pubmed-meshheading:20418874-Green Fluorescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20418874-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:20418874-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:20418874-Microfilament Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20418874-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20418874-Neural Inhibition, pubmed-meshheading:20418874-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:20418874-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:20418874-Phosphinic Acids, pubmed-meshheading:20418874-Proteoglycans, pubmed-meshheading:20418874-Pyridazines, pubmed-meshheading:20418874-Pyridines, pubmed-meshheading:20418874-Synaptic Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:20418874-Transduction, Genetic
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Selective induction of astrocytic gliosis generates deficits in neuronal inhibition.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Neurology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural