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Antiepileptic medication induces homeostatic synaptic plasticity in pyramidal neurons of the adult human neocortex

ABSTRACT: Homeostatic synaptic plasticity serves to maintain neuronal function within a dynamic range, compensating for perturbations in network activity. While coordinated structural and functional changes at synaptic sites play a crucial role in adaptive processes, the specific regulatory mechanisms and biological relevance of homeostatic plasticity in the human brain warrant further investigation. In this study, we investigated the effects of neural network silencing, achieved through pharmacological inhibition of voltage-gated sodium channels or glutamatergic neurotransmission – common targets of antiepileptic medication – on functional and structural properties of murine and human cortical tissue. Using mouse entorhino-hippocampal tissue cultures, acute slices of adult mice, and human brain tissue, we characterize homeostatic synaptic plasticity across models, brain regions, and species. Our findings demonstrate local homeostatic synaptic plasticity in the adult human neocortex, highlighting the potential effects of antiepileptic medication in brain regions unaffected by the primary diseases, which might represent a mechanism for neuropsychiatric effects linked to these medications and increased seizure susceptibility upon discontinuation of antiepileptic medication.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE244095 | GEO | 2023/09/29

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Neuronal networks are subject to fluctuations in both the magnitude and frequency of inputs, requiring plasticity mechanisms to stabilize network activity. Homeostatic synaptic scaling is a form of synaptic plasticity that adjusts the strength of neuronal connections up or down in response to large changes in input. Although homeostatic plasticity requires changes in gene expression, there is only limited data describing the molecular changes associated with homeostatic scaling, focusing mostly on the expression mechanisms involving glutamate receptors. The fact that neuronal networks can be scaled up (in response to reduced activity) or down (in response to enhanced activity) provides a unique opportunity to examine the molecular and proteomic response to opposite ends of the phenotypic spectrum of synaptic plasticity. Here we first demonstrate that homeostatic scaling required protein synthesis. We then examined the plasticity-induced changes in the newly-synthesized neuronal proteome of neurons to identify the landscape of proteomic changes that contribute to opposing forms of homeostatic plasticity. Cultured rat hippocampal neurons (21 DIV) underwent homeostatic upscaling or downscaling (treatments with TTX and Bicucculine, respectively). We used BONCAT (BioOrthogonal Non-Canonical Amino acid Tagging) to metabolically label, capture and identify newly-synthesized proteins, detecting and analysing 5940 newly-synthesized proteins using liquid chromatography-coupled tandem mass spectrometry and label-free quantitation. Neither up- or down-scaling produced changes in the number of different proteins translated. Rather, our findings indicate that synaptic up- and down-scaling elicit opposing translational regulation of several molecular pathways, producing targeted adjustments in the neuronal proteome. We detected ~ 300 differentially regulated proteins involved in neurite outgrowth, reorganization of nerve terminals, axon guidance and targeting, neurotransmitter transport, filopodia assembly, excitatory synapses and glutamate receptor complexes. These proteins include well-characterized mediators of synaptic plasticity, e.g. the ionotropic glutamate receptor complex that is down-regulated during down-scaling and coordinately upregulated during upscaling. We also identified differentially regulated proteins that in addition to their regulation in homeostatic plasticity, are also associated with multiple diseases and disorders, including intellectual disability, schizophrenia, epilepsy, and Parkinson’s disease.

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Antiepileptic medication induces homeostatic synaptic plasticity in pyramidal neurons of the adult human neocortex

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