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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-10-13
pubmed:abstractText
Truncated escape responses characteristic of the zebrafish shocked mutant result from a defective glial glycine transporter (GlyT1). In homozygous GlyT1 mutants, irrigating brain ventricles with glycine-free solution rescues normal swimming. Conversely, elevating brain glycine levels restores motility defects. These experiments are consistent with previous studies that demonstrate regulation of global glycine levels in the CNS as a primary function of GlyT1. As GlyT1 mutants mature, their ability to mount an escape response naturally recovers. To understand the basis of this recovery, we assay synaptic transmission in primary spinal motor neurons by measuring stimulus-evoked postsynaptic potentials. At the peak of the motility defect, inhibitory synaptic potentials are both significantly larger and more prolonged indicating a prominent role for GlyT1 in shaping fast synaptic transmission. However, as GlyT1 mutants naturally regain their ability to swim, the amplitude of inhibitory potentials decreases to below wild-type levels. In parallel with diminishing synaptic potentials, the glycine concentration required to evoke the mutant motility defect increases 61-fold during behavioral recovery. Behavioral recovery is also mirrored by a reduction in the levels of both glycine receptor protein and transcript. These results suggest that increased CNS glycine tolerance and reduced glycine receptor expression in GlyT1 mutants reflect compensatory mechanisms for functional recovery from excess nervous system inhibition.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0022-3077
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
100
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1716-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-5-20
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18715895-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:18715895-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18715895-Axons, pubmed-meshheading:18715895-Behavior, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:18715895-Electroshock, pubmed-meshheading:18715895-Escape Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:18715895-Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:18715895-Glycine, pubmed-meshheading:18715895-Glycine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18715895-Homeostasis, pubmed-meshheading:18715895-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:18715895-Motor Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:18715895-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:18715895-Neuroglia, pubmed-meshheading:18715895-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:18715895-Receptors, Glycine, pubmed-meshheading:18715895-Synapses, pubmed-meshheading:18715895-Synaptic Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:18715895-Zebrafish, pubmed-meshheading:18715895-Zebrafish Proteins
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Synaptic homeostasis in a zebrafish glial glycine transporter mutant.
pubmed:affiliation
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural