Wnt signaling mediates experience-related regulation of synapse numbers and 
mossy fiber connectivities in the adult hippocampus

Gogolla, Nadine; Galimberti, I.; Deguchi, Y.; Caroni, P.

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2009.04.022

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Wnt signaling mediates experience-related regulation of synapse numbers and mossy fiber connectivities in the adult hippocampus

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Gogolla, N., Galimberti, I., Deguchi, Y., & Caroni, P. (2009). Wnt signaling mediates experience-related regulation of synapse numbers and mossy fiber connectivities in the adult hippocampus. Neuron, 62(4), 510-525. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2009.04.022.

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We investigated how experience regulates the structure of a defined neuronal circuit in adult mice. Enriched environment (EE) produced a robust and reversible increase in hippocampal stratum lucidum synapse numbers, mossy fiber terminal (LMT) numbers, and spine plus synapse densities at LMTs, whereas a distinct mechanism depending on Rab3a promoted LMT volume growth. In parallel, EE increased postsynaptic CA3 pyramidal neuron Wnt7a/b levels. Inhibiting Writ signaling through locally applied sFRP-1 suppressed the effects of EE on synapse numbers and further reduced synapse numbers in control mice. Wnt7 applied to CA3 mimicked the effects of EE on synapse and LMT numbers. CA3 Wnt7a/b levels were enhanced by excitatory activity and reduced by sFRP-1. Synapse numbers and Wnt7a/b levels peaked in mice aged 6-12 months; a decline in aged mice was reversed by EE. Therefore, behavioral experience specifically regulates adult global stratum lucidum synapse numbers and hippocampal network structure through Writ signaling.