α-Synuclein Oligomers Induce Glutamate Release from Astrocytes and Excessive Extrasynaptic NMDAR Activity in Neurons, Thus Contributing to Synapse Loss
Trudler D, Sanz-Blasco S, Eisele Y, Ghatak S, Bodhinathan K, Akhtar M, Lynch W, Piña-Crespo J, Talantova M, Kelly J, Lipton S. α-Synuclein Oligomers Induce Glutamate Release from Astrocytes and Excessive Extrasynaptic NMDAR Activity in Neurons, Thus Contributing to Synapse Loss. Journal Of Neuroscience 2021, 41: 2264-2273. PMID: 33483428, PMCID: PMC8018774, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1871-20.2020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLewy body dementiaExtrasynaptic NMDA receptorsSynaptic damageParkinson's diseaseNeuronal lossLewy bodiesNMDAR activityDisease progressionΑSyn oligomersPotential disease-modifying interventionsNeurodegenerative diseasesΑ-synucleinExtrasynaptic NMDAR activitySynaptic NMDAR activityDisease-modifying interventionsPatch-clamp recordingsMajor neuropathological characteristicsSynaptic lossAstrocytic glutamateGlutamate releaseSynapse lossSpine lossExtrasynaptic NMDARsFemale miceHippocampal slices