Interhemispheric cortical long-term potentiation in the auditory cortex requires heterosynaptic activation of entorhinal projection

Xiao Li*, Ling He, Xiaohan Hu, Fengwen Huang, Xue Wang, Mengying Chen, Ezra Ginn Yoon, Stephen Temitayo Bello, Tao Chen, Xi Chen, Peng Tang, Congping Chen, Jianan Qu, Jufang He*

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Abstract

Long-term potentiation (LTP), which underlies learning and memory, can be induced by high-frequency electrical stimulation (HFS or HFES) and is thought to occur at the synapses of efferent projection. Here, the contralateral connectivity in mice auditory cortex was investigated to reveal the fundamental corticocortical connection properties. After HFES, plasticity was not observed at the terminal synapses at the recording site. The optogenetic HFS at the recording site of the interhemispheric cortical projections could not induce LTP, but HFES at the recording site could induce the interhemispheric cortical LTP. Our subsequent results uncovered that it is the cholecystokinin (CCK) released from the entorhino-neocortical pathway induced by HEFS that modulates the neuroplasticity of the afferent projections, including interhemispheric auditory cortical afferents. Our study illustrates a heterosynaptic mechanism as the basis for cortical plasticity. This regulation might contribute new spots for the understanding and treatment of neurological disorders. © 2023 The Authors.
Original languageEnglish
Article number106542
JournaliScience
Volume26
Issue number4
Online published31 Mar 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Apr 2023

Funding

Hong Kong Research Grants Council, General Research Fund: 11101215M, 11103220M, 11101818M, 11102417M, 11101521M (GRF, JFH); Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Collaborative Research Fund: C1014-15g, C7048-16g (CRF, JFH); Innovation and Technology Fund: MRP/053/18X, MRP/101/17X, GHP_075_19GD (ITF, JFH); Health and Medical Research Fund: 08194106, 03141196, 06172456, 09203656 (HMRF, XL,XC, JFH); National Natural Science Foundation of China: 31671102 (NSFC, JFH); Key Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province, 2018B030340001 (XL).

Research Keywords

  • Cellular neuroscience
  • Physiology
  • Sensory neuroscience

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