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Szabo ST, Machado-Vieira R, Yuan P, Wang Y, Wei Y, Falke C, Cirelli C, Tononi G, Manji HK, Du J. Glutamate receptors as targets of protein kinase C in the pathophysiology and treatment of animal models of mania. Neuropharmacology 2008; 56:47-55. [PMID: 18789340 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2008.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2008] [Revised: 08/01/2008] [Accepted: 08/07/2008] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Considerable biochemical evidence suggests that the protein kinase C (PKC) signaling cascade may be a convergent point for the actions of anti-manic agents, and that excessive PKC activation can disrupt prefrontal cortical regulation of thinking and behavior. To date, however, brain protein targets of PKC's anti-manic effects have not been fully identified. Here we showed that PKC activity was enhanced in the prefrontal cortex of animals treated with the psychostimulant amphetamine. Phosphorylation of MARCKS, a marker of PKC activity, was increased in the prefrontal cortex of animals treated with the psychostimulant amphetamine, as well as in sleep-deprived animals (another animal model of mania), but decreased in lithium-treated animals. The antidepressant imipramine, which shows pro-manic properties in patients with bipolar disorder (BPD), also enhanced phospho-MARCKS in prefrontal cortex in vivo. We further explored the functional targets of PKC in mania-associated behaviors. Neurogranin is a brain-specific, postsynaptically located PKC substrate. PKC phosphorylation of neurogranin was robustly increased by pro-manic manipulations and decreased by anti-manic agents. PKC phosphorylation of the NMDA receptor site GluN1S896 and the AMPA receptor site GluA1T840 was also enhanced in the prefrontal cortex of animals treated with the antidepressant imipramine, as well as in behaviorally sleep-deprived animals, in striking contrast to the reduced activity seen in lithium-treated animals. These results suggest that PKC may play an important role in regulating NMDA and AMPA receptor functions. The biochemical profile of the PKC pathway thus encompasses both pro- and anti-manic effects on behavior. These results suggest that PKC modulators or their intracellular targets may ultimately represent novel avenues for the development of new therapeutics for mood disorders.
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- Steven T Szabo
- Laboratory of Molecular Pathophysiology, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Building 35, 1C912, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Mao LM, Liu XY, Zhang GC, Chu XP, Fibuch EE, Wang LS, Liu Z, Wang JQ. Phosphorylation of group I metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR1/5) in vitro and in vivo. Neuropharmacology 2008; 55:403-8. [PMID: 18585398 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2008.05.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2008] [Revised: 05/28/2008] [Accepted: 05/30/2008] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Group I metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR1 and mGluR5 subtypes) are densely expressed in mammalian brain. They are actively involved in the regulation of normal cellular activity and synaptic plasticity, and are frequently linked to the pathogenesis of various mental illnesses. Like ionotropic glutamate receptors, group I mGluRs are subject to the regulation by protein phosphorylation. Accumulative data demonstrate sufficient phosphorylation of the intracellular mGluR1/5 domains at specific serine/threonine sites by protein kinase C in heterologous cells or neurons, which serves as an important mechanism for regulating the receptor signaling and desensitization. Emerging evidence also shows the significant involvements of G protein-coupled receptor kinases, Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II, tyrosine kinases, and protein phosphatases in controlling the phosphorylation status of group I mGluRs. This review analyzes the recent data concerning group I mGluR phosphorylation and the phosphorylation-dependent regulation of group I mGluR function. Future research directions in this area with newly available high throughput and proteomic approaches are also discussed in the end.
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- Li-Min Mao
- Department of Basic Medical Science, School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA
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Kim CH, Lee J, Lee JY, Roche KW. Metabotropic glutamate receptors: phosphorylation and receptor signaling. J Neurosci Res 2008; 86:1-10. [PMID: 17663464 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) play important roles in neurotransmission, neuronal development, synaptic plasticity, and neurological disorders. Recent studies have revealed a sophisticated interplay between mGluRs and protein kinases: activation of mGluRs regulates the activity of a number of kinases, and direct phosphorylation of mGluRs affects receptor signaling, trafficking, and desensitization. Here we review the emerging literature on mGluR phosphorylation, signaling, and synaptic function.
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- Chul Hoon Kim
- Department of Pharmacology, Brain Research Institute, Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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- Eric A Johnson
- Department of Bacteriology, Food Research Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
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Francotte P, de Tullio P, Pirotte B. Novel dipyrazoles acting as glutamate modulators. Expert Opin Ther Pat 2007. [DOI: 10.1517/13543776.17.12.1489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Jepson JEC, Reenan RA. RNA editing in regulating gene expression in the brain. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2007; 1779:459-70. [PMID: 18086576 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2007.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2007] [Accepted: 11/13/2007] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Adenosine to inosine RNA editing, catalyzed by Adenosine Deaminases Acting on RNA (ADARs), represents an evolutionary conserved post-transcriptional mechanism which harnesses RNA structures to produce proteins that are not literally encoded in the genome. The species-specific alteration of functionally important residues in a multitude of neuronal ion channels and pre-synaptic proteins through RNA editing has been shown to have profound importance for normal nervous system function in a wide range of invertebrate and vertebrate model organisms. ADARs have also been shown to regulate neuronal gene expression through a remarkable variety of disparate processes, including modulation of the RNAi pathway, the creation of alternative splice sites, and the abolition of stop codons. In addition, ADARs have recently been revealed to have a novel role in the primate lineage: the widespread editing of Alu elements, which comprise approximately 10% of the human genome. Thus, as well as enabling the cell-specific regulation of RNAi and selfish genetic elements, the unshackling of the proteome from the constraints of the genome through RNA editing may have been fundamental to the evolution of complex behavior.
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- James E C Jepson
- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, SFH Life Sciences Building, Brown University, 185 Meeting Street, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
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Tyrosine phosphorylation sites in ephrinB2 are required for hippocampal long-term potentiation but not long-term depression. J Neurosci 2007; 27:11279-88. [PMID: 17942722 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3393-07.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Long-lasting changes in synaptic function are thought to be the cellular basis for learning and memory and for activity-dependent plasticity during development. Long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD) are two opposing forms of synaptic plasticity that help fine tune neural connections and possibly serve to store information in the brain. Eph receptor tyrosine kinases and their transmembrane ligands, the ephrinBs, have essential roles in certain forms of synaptic plasticity. At the CA3-CA1 hippocampal synapse, EphB2 and EphA4 receptors are critically involved in long-term plasticity independent of their cytoplasmic domains, suggesting that ephrinBs are the active signaling partners. In cell-based assays, ephrinB reverse signaling was previously shown to involve phosphotyrosine-dependent and postsynaptic density-95/Discs large/zona occludens-1 (PDZ) domain interaction-dependent pathways. Which reverse signaling mode is required at hippocampal synapses is unknown. To address this question, we used knock-in mice expressing mutant isoforms of ephrinB2 that are deficient in specific aspects of reverse signaling. Our analysis revealed that tyrosine phosphorylation sites in ephrinB2 are required to mediate normal hippocampal LTP, but not for LTD. Conversely, ephrinB2 lacking the C-terminal PDZ interaction site, but competent to undergo tyrosine phosphorylation, cannot mediate either form of long-term plasticity. Our results provide the first evidence for phosphotyrosine-dependent ephrinB reverse signaling in a neuronal network and for differential ephrinB2 reverse signaling in two forms of synaptic plasticity.
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Chen BS, Roche KW. Regulation of NMDA receptors by phosphorylation. Neuropharmacology 2007; 53:362-8. [PMID: 17644144 PMCID: PMC2001266 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2007.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 305] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2007] [Accepted: 05/21/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors are critical for neuronal development and synaptic plasticity. The molecular mechanisms underlying the synaptic localization and functional regulation of NMDA receptors have been the subject of extensive studies. In particular, phosphorylation has emerged as a fundamental mechanism that regulates NMDA receptor trafficking and can alter the channel properties of NMDA receptors. Here we summarize recent advances in the characterization of NMDA receptor phosphorylation, emphasizing subunit-specific phosphorylation, which differentially controls the trafficking and surface expression of NMDA receptors.
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- Bo-Shiun Chen
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Liu L, Wang C, Ni X, Sun J. A rapid inhibition of NMDA receptor current by corticosterone in cultured hippocampal neurons. Neurosci Lett 2007; 420:245-50. [PMID: 17540506 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2007] [Revised: 05/01/2007] [Accepted: 05/02/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The stress level of corticosterone (CORT) may enhance the vulnerability of neurons to insult by increasing N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor activity. In this study, we present data showing that CORT could exert an inhibitory effect on NMDA currents in cultured neonatal hippocampal neurons. Extracellular application of 0.1,1,10 and 100 microM CORT significantly reduced the inward current evoked by co-application of NMDA (100 microM). Extracellular application of a membrane-impermeable CORT-BSA (10 microM) maintained the CORT effect. RU38486 (10 microM) failed to block the CORT (1 microM) inhibitory effect. Additionally, intracellular application of CORT (10 microM) showing the lack of effectiveness indicated that a non-genomic mechanism mediated the CORT suppression on NMDA receptors in hippocampal neurons. Furthermore, to elevate the activity of protein kinase A by intracellular 8-Br-cAMP maintained the suppressive effect of CORT on NMDA current. Intracellular blockade of protein kinase A by Rp-cAMP (10 microM) or staurosporine (50 nM) reduced NMDA currents and abolished CORT depression of NMDA currents. These data indicated that NMDA current itself is dependent on protein kinase A (PKA) activity and CORT depression of the current could be PKA-dependent at the same time. The rapid inhibitory effect of the stress level CORT on NMDA current might suggest a protective mechanism for neurons exposed to a transient increase in glucocorticoids.
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- Ling Liu
- Department of Physiology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, and Department of Neurology, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing 210002, People's Republic of China
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Rossbach ULW, Steensland P, Nyberg F, Le Grevès P. Nandrolone-induced hippocampal phosphorylation of NMDA receptor subunits and ERKs. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 357:1028-33. [PMID: 17451646 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.04.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2007] [Accepted: 04/08/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The age-related decline in gonadal steroids is associated with changes in mood and memory function. It appears that normal physiological concentrations of the steroids are required for adequate synaptic plasticity. However, the effects of high levels of androgens subsequent to misuse of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) are largely unknown. In this study, rats were given i.m. nandrolone as a single dose or daily for 14 days and the effects on synaptic components in hippocampal synaptoneurosomes were measured 24h after the last injection. Western blot analysis revealed that a single injection of AAS increased phosphorylation of the NMDA receptor subunits NR2A and NR2B and ERK1/2, while the levels of phosphorylated CaMKIIalpha were unaltered. No changes were seen in other synaptic proteins tested, i.e., BDNF, Arc, TUC-4, and beta-tubulin III. Daily administration of nandrolone for 2 weeks did not affect the content of any of the proteins tested. From this in vivo study, it is concluded that important synaptic components respond to a single high dose of nandrolone, an effect that may influence synapse function.
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- Uwe L W Rossbach
- Department of Pharmaceutical Bioscience, Division of Biological Research on Drug Dependence, Uppsala University, BMC, Box 591, S-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
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