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GIANLUCA LAVANCO

A lactate-dependent shift of glycolysis mediates synaptic and cognitive processes in male mice

  • Authors: Fernández-Moncada, Ignacio; Lavanco, Gianluca; Fundazuri, Unai B.; Bollmohr, Nasrin; Mountadem, Sarah; Dalla Tor, Tommaso; Hachaguer, Pauline; Julio-Kalajzic, Francisca; Gisquet, Doriane; Serrat, Roman; Bellocchio, Luigi; Cannich, Astrid; Fortunato-Marsol, Bérénice; Nasu, Yusuke; Campbell, Robert E.; Drago, Filippo; Cannizzaro, Carla; Ferreira, Guillaume; Bouzier-Sore, Anne-Karine; Pellerin, Luc; Bolaños, Juan P.; Bonvento, Gilles; Barros, L. Felipe; Oliet, Stephane H. R.; Panatier, Aude; Marsicano, Giovanni
  • Publication year: 2024
  • Type: Articolo in rivista
  • OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/649473

Abstract

Astrocytes control brain activity via both metabolic processes and glio- transmission, but the physiological links between these functions are scantly known. Here we show that endogenous activation of astrocyte type-1 canna- binoid (CB1) receptors determines a shift of glycolysis towards the lactate- dependent production of D-serine, thereby gating synaptic and cognitive functions in male mice. Mutant mice lacking the CB1 receptor gene in astro- cytes (GFAP-CB1-KO) are impaired in novel object recognition (NOR) memory. This phenotype is rescued by the gliotransmitter D-serine, by its precursor L- serine, and also by lactate and 3,5-DHBA, an agonist of the lactate receptor HCAR1. Such lactate-dependent effect is abolished when the astrocyte-specific phosphorylated-pathway (PP), which diverts glycolysis towards L-serine synthesis, is blocked. Consistently, lactate and 3,5-DHBA promoted the co- agonist binding site occupancy of CA1 post-synaptic NMDA receptors in hip- pocampal slices in a PP-dependent manner. Thus, a tight cross-talk between astrocytic energy metabolism and gliotransmission determines synaptic and cognitive processes.