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Synaptic maturation of the Xenopus retinotectal system: effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor on synapse ultrastructure.
Nikolakopoulou AM, Meynard MM, Marshak S, Cohen-Cory S.
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Synaptogenesis is a dynamic process that involves structural changes in developing axons and dendrites as synapses form and mature. The visual system of Xenopus laevis has been used as a model to study dynamic changes in axons and dendrites as synapses form in the living brain and the molecular mechanisms that control these processes. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) contributes to the establishment and refinement of visual connectivity by modulating retinal ganglion cell (RGC) axon arborization and presynaptic differentiation. Here, we have analyzed the ultrastructural organization of the Xenopus retinotectal system to understand better the maturation of this synaptic circuit and the relation between synapse ultrastructure and the structural changes in connectivity that take place in response to BDNF. Expression of yellow fluorescent protein (YFP) followed by preembedding immunoelectron microscopy was used to identify RGC axons specifically in living tadpoles. Injection of recombinant BDNF was used to alter endogenous BDNF levels acutely in the optic tectum. Our studies reveal a rapid transition from a relatively immature synaptic circuit in which retinotectal synapses are formed on developing filopodial-like processes to a circuit in which RGCaxon terminals establish synapses with dendritic shafts and spines. Moreover, our studies reveal that BDNF treatment increases the number of spine synapses and docked vesicle number at YFP-identified synaptic sites within 24 hours of treatment. These fine structural changes at retinotectal synapses are consistent with the role that BDNF plays in the functional maturation of synaptic circuits and with dynamic, rapid changes in synaptic connectivity during development.
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