Postnatal Maturation of Glutamatergic Inputs onto Rat Jaw-closing and Jaw-opening Motoneurons.
NMDA receptor
feeding behavior
mastication
non-NMDA receptor
postnatal development
suckling
Journal
Neuroscience
ISSN: 1873-7544
Titre abrégé: Neuroscience
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7605074
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 01 2022
01 01 2022
Historique:
received:
24
06
2021
revised:
15
10
2021
accepted:
03
11
2021
pubmed:
16
11
2021
medline:
20
1
2022
entrez:
15
11
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Motoneurons that innervate the jaw-closing and jaw-opening muscles play a critical role in oro-facial behaviors, including mastication, suckling, and swallowing. These motoneurons can alter their physiological properties through the postnatal period during which feeding behavior shifts from suckling to mastication; however, the functional synaptic properties of developmental changes in these neurons remain unknown. Thus, we explored the postnatal changes in glutamatergic synaptic transmission onto the motoneurons that innervate the jaw-closing and jaw-opening musculatures during early postnatal development in rats. We measured miniature excitatory postsynaptic currents (mEPSCs) mediated by non-NMDA receptors (non-NMDA mEPSCs) and NMDA receptors in the masseter and digastric motoneurons. The amplitude, frequency, and rise time of non-NMDA mEPSCs remained unchanged among postnatal day (P)2-5, P9-12, and P14-17 age groups in masseter motoneurons, whereas the decay time dramatically decreased with age. The properties of the NMDA mEPSCs were more predominant at P2-5 masseter motoneurons, followed by reduction as neurons matured. The decay time of NMDA mEPSCs of masseter motoneurons also shortened remarkably across development. Furthermore, the proportion of NMDA/non-NMDA EPSCs induced in response to the electrical stimulation of the supratrigeminal region was quite high in P2-5 masseter motoneurons, and then decreased toward P14-17. In contrast to masseter motoneurons, digastric motoneurons showed unchanged properties in non-NMDA and NMDA EPSCs throughout postnatal development. Our results suggest that the developmental patterns of non-NMDA and NMDA receptor-mediated inputs vary among jaw-closing and jaw-opening motoneurons, possibly related to distinct roles of respective motoneurons in postnatal development of feeding behavior.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34780923
pii: S0306-4522(21)00575-3
doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2021.11.016
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
42-55Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of interest The authors declare that they have no potential conflicts of interest.