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Mango D, Ledonne A. Updates on the Physiopathology of Group I Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors (mGluRI)-Dependent Long-Term Depression. Cells 2023; 12:1588. [PMID: 37371058 DOI: 10.3390/cells12121588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Revised: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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Group I metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRI), including mGluR1 and mGluR5 subtypes, modulate essential brain functions by affecting neuronal excitability, intracellular calcium dynamics, protein synthesis, dendritic spine formation, and synaptic transmission and plasticity. Nowadays, it is well appreciated that the mGluRI-dependent long-term depression (LTD) of glutamatergic synaptic transmission (mGluRI-LTD) is a key mechanism by which mGluRI shapes connectivity in various cerebral circuitries, directing complex brain functions and behaviors, and that it is deranged in several neurological and psychiatric illnesses, including neurodevelopmental disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, and psychopathologies. Here, we will provide an updated overview of the physiopathology of mGluRI-LTD, by describing mechanisms of induction and regulation by endogenous mGluRI interactors, as well as functional physiological implications and pathological deviations.
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- Dalila Mango
- School of Pharmacy, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy
- Laboratory of Pharmacology of Synaptic Plasticity, European Brain Research Institute, 00161 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy
- Department of Experimental Neuroscience, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, 00143 Rome, Italy
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Bessa-Neto D, Choquet D. Molecular mechanisms of AMPAR reversible stabilization at synapses. Mol Cell Neurosci 2023; 125:103856. [PMID: 37105372 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2023.103856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Revised: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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In the central nervous system, glutamatergic synapses play a central role in the regulation of excitatory neuronal transmission. With the membrane-associated guanylate kinase (MAGUK) family of proteins as their structuring scaffold, glutamatergic receptors serve as the powerhouse of glutamatergic synapses. Glutamatergic receptors can be categorized as metabotropic and ionotropic receptors. The latter are then categorized into N-methyl-d-aspartate, kainate receptors, and α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-isoxazole-propionic acid receptors (AMPARs). Over the past two decades, genetic tagging technology and super-resolution microscopy have been of the utmost importance to unravel how the different receptors are organized at glutamatergic synapses. At the plasma membrane, receptors are highly mobile but show reduced mobility when at synaptic sites. This partial immobilization of receptors at synaptic sites is attributed to the stabilization/anchoring of receptors with the postsynaptic MAGUK proteins and auxiliary proteins, and presynaptic proteins. These partial immobilizations and localization of glutamatergic receptors within the synaptic sites are fundamental for proper basal transmission and synaptic plasticity. Perturbations of the stabilization of glutamatergic receptors are often associated with cognitive deficits. In this review, we describe the proposed mechanisms for synaptic localization and stabilization of AMPARs, the major players of fast excitatory transmission in the central nervous system.
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- Diogo Bessa-Neto
- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience, IINS, UMR 5297, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience, IINS, UMR 5297, F-33000 Bordeaux, France; Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, INSERM, Bordeaux Imaging Center, BIC, UMS 3420, US 4, F-33000 Bordeaux, France.
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Caniceiro AB, Bueschbell B, Schiedel AC, Moreira IS. Class A and C GPCR Dimers in Neurodegenerative Diseases. Curr Neuropharmacol 2022; 20:2081-2141. [PMID: 35339177 PMCID: PMC9886835 DOI: 10.2174/1570159x20666220327221830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Revised: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Neurodegenerative diseases affect over 30 million people worldwide with an ascending trend. Most individuals suffering from these irreversible brain damages belong to the elderly population, with onset between 50 and 60 years. Although the pathophysiology of such diseases is partially known, it remains unclear upon which point a disease turns degenerative. Moreover, current therapeutics can treat some of the symptoms but often have severe side effects and become less effective in long-term treatment. For many neurodegenerative diseases, the involvement of G proteincoupled receptors (GPCRs), which are key players of neuronal transmission and plasticity, has become clearer and holds great promise in elucidating their biological mechanism. With this review, we introduce and summarize class A and class C GPCRs, known to form heterodimers or oligomers to increase their signalling repertoire. Additionally, the examples discussed here were shown to display relevant alterations in brain signalling and had already been associated with the pathophysiology of certain neurodegenerative diseases. Lastly, we classified the heterodimers into two categories of crosstalk, positive or negative, for which there is known evidence.
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- Ana B. Caniceiro
- Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal; ,These authors contributed equally to this work.
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- PhD Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (IIIUC), University of Coimbra, Casa Costa Alemão, 3030-789 Coimbra, Portugal; ,These authors contributed equally to this work.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical & Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Institute, University of Bonn, D-53121 Bonn, Germany;
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- University of Coimbra, Department of Life Sciences, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal; ,Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal,Address correspondence to this author at the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal; E-mail:
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Seo SY, Yang JH, Kim S, Sohn S, Oh JH, Mao L, Wang JQ, Choe ES. Interaction of JNK and mGluR5 in the regulation of psychomotor behaviours after repeated cocaine administration. Addict Biol 2022; 27:e13127. [PMID: 35229936 DOI: 10.1111/adb.13127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Revised: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Activation of protein kinases after cocaine administration controls psychomotor behaviours by interacting with metabotropic receptors in the brain. This study identified how c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) interacts with metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) in vitro and in the caudate and putamen (CPu). The potential role of this interaction in the regulation of psychomotor behaviour was also evaluated after administration of cocaine. Active JNK phosphorylates a threonine residue at position 1055 in the carboxyl terminus (CT) of mGluR5 in vitro. The binding of active JNK to the D-motif within CT2 is necessary for that phosphorylation. Interaction of phosphorylated JNK and mGluR5 occurs in the CPu. Unilateral interference of the interaction decreases the repeated cocaine-induced increases in locomotor activity and conditioned place preference. These findings suggest that activation of JNK has the capability to interact with mGluR5 in the CPu. Phosphorylation of mGluR5 following the JNK-mGluR5 interaction may be responsible for the potentiation of behavioural sensitisation and cocaine-wanting behaviour in response to cocaine administration.
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- Su Yeon Seo
- Department of Biological Sciences Pusan National University Busan South Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences Pusan National University Busan South Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences Pusan National University Busan South Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences Pusan National University Busan South Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences Pusan National University Busan South Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Basic Medical Science University of Missouri–Kansas City Kansas City Missouri USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Basic Medical Science University of Missouri–Kansas City Kansas City Missouri USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences Pusan National University Busan South Korea
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Bockaert J, Perroy J, Ango F. The Complex Formed by Group I Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor (mGluR) and Homer1a Plays a Central Role in Metaplasticity and Homeostatic Synaptic Scaling. J Neurosci 2021; 41:5567-5578. [PMID: 34193623 PMCID: PMC8244974 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0026-21.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2021] [Revised: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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G-protein-coupled receptors can be constitutively activated following physical interaction with intracellular proteins. The first example described was the constitutive activation of Group I metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR: mGluR1,5) following their interaction with Homer1a, an activity-inducible early-termination variant of the scaffolding protein Homer that lacks dimerization capacity (Ango et al., 2001). Homer1a disrupts the links, maintained by the long form of Homer (cross-linking Homers), between mGluR1,5 and the Shank-GKAP-PSD-95-ionotropic glutamate receptor network. Two characteristics of the constitutive activation of the Group I mGluR-Homer1a complex are particularly interesting: (1) it affects a large number of synapses in which Homer1a is upregulated following enhanced, long-lasting neuronal activity; and (2) it mainly depends on Homer1a protein turnover. The constitutively active Group I mGluR-Homer1a complex is involved in the two main forms of non-Hebbian neuronal plasticity: "metaplasticity" and "homeostatic synaptic scaling," which are implicated in a large series of physiological and pathologic processes. Those include non-Hebbian plasticity observed in visual system, synapses modulated by addictive drugs (rewarded synapses), chronically overactivated synaptic networks, normal sleep, and sleep deprivation.
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- Joël Bockaert
- Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Université Montpellier, Center National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, 34094 Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Université Montpellier, Center National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, 34094 Montpellier, France
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- Institut des Neurosciences de Montpellier, Université Montpellier, Center National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, 34295 Montpellier, France
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Ledonne A, Mercuri NB. Insights on the Functional Interaction between Group 1 Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors (mGluRI) and ErbB Receptors. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21217913. [PMID: 33114459 PMCID: PMC7662933 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21217913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2020] [Revised: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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It is well-appreciated that phosphorylation is an essential post-translational mechanism of regulation for several proteins, including group 1 metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRI), mGluR1, and mGluR5 subtypes. While contributions of various serine/threonine protein kinases on mGluRI modulation have been recognized, the functional role of tyrosine kinases (TKs) is less acknowledged. Here, while describing current evidence supporting that mGluRI are targets of TKs, we mainly focus on the modulatory roles of the ErbB tyrosine kinases receptors—activated by the neurotrophic factors neuregulins (NRGs)—on mGluRI function. Available evidence suggests that mGluRI activity is tightly dependent on ErbB signaling, and that ErbB’s modulation profoundly influences mGluRI-dependent effects on neurotransmission, neuronal excitability, synaptic plasticity, and learning and memory processes.
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- Ada Ledonne
- Department of Experimental Neuroscience, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, 00143 Rome, Italy
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-06-50170-3160
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- Department of Experimental Neuroscience, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, 00143 Rome, Italy
- Department of Systems Medicine, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, 00133 Rome, Italy;
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Nanoscale co-organization and coactivation of AMPAR, NMDAR, and mGluR at excitatory synapses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:14503-14511. [PMID: 32513712 PMCID: PMC7321977 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1922563117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The nanoscale co-organization of neurotransmitter receptors facing presynaptic release sites is a fundamental determinant of their coactivation and of synaptic physiology. At excitatory synapses, how endogenous AMPARs, NMDARs, and mGluRs are co-organized inside the synapse and their respective activation during glutamate release are still unclear. Combining single-molecule superresolution microscopy, electrophysiology, and modeling, we determined the average quantity of each glutamate receptor type, their nanoscale organization, and their respective activation. We observed that NMDARs form a unique cluster mainly at the center of the PSD, while AMPARs segregate in clusters surrounding the NMDARs. mGluR5 presents a different organization and is homogenously dispersed at the synaptic surface. From these results, we build a model predicting the synaptic transmission properties of a unitary synapse, allowing better understanding of synaptic physiology.
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Suh YH, Chang K, Roche KW. Metabotropic glutamate receptor trafficking. Mol Cell Neurosci 2018; 91:10-24. [PMID: 29604330 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2018.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2018] [Revised: 03/07/2018] [Accepted: 03/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGlu receptors) are G protein-coupled receptors that bind to the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate and are important in the modulation of neuronal excitability, synaptic transmission, and plasticity in the central nervous system. Trafficking of mGlu receptors in and out of the synaptic plasma membrane is a fundamental mechanism modulating excitatory synaptic function through regulation of receptor abundance, desensitization, and signaling profiles. In this review, we cover the regulatory mechanisms determining surface expression and endocytosis of mGlu receptors, with particular focus on post-translational modifications and receptor-protein interactions. The literature we review broadens our insight into the precise events defining the expression of functional mGlu receptors at synapses, and will likely contribute to the successful development of novel therapeutic targets for a variety of developmental, neurological, and psychiatric disorders.
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- Young Ho Suh
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Neuroscience Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, South Korea.
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- Receptor Biology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Receptor Biology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Effects of the Positive Allosteric Modulator of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5, VU-29, on Impairment of Novel Object Recognition Induced by Acute Ethanol and Ethanol Withdrawal in Rats. Neurotox Res 2018; 33:607-620. [PMID: 29294238 PMCID: PMC5871646 DOI: 10.1007/s12640-017-9857-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2017] [Revised: 12/15/2017] [Accepted: 12/18/2017] [Indexed: 10/29/2022]
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Glutamate is essential for learning and memory processes, and acute and chronic exposures to ethanol (or protracted abstinence) alter glutamatergic transmission. In the current study, we investigated the effects of VU-29, positive allosteric modulator of metabotropic glutamate 5 (mGlu5) receptor, on the acute ethanol- and ethanol withdrawal-induced impairment of novel object recognition (NOR) task in rats. The influence of VU-29 (30 mg/kg) on memory retrieval was measured (a) at 4-h delay after acute ethanol administration, as well as (b) after acute withdrawal (24 and 48 h) of repeated (2.0 g/kg, once daily for 7 days) ethanol administration. Additionally, the effects of VU-29 on expression of mGlu5 and mGlu2 receptor proteins in the hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and striatum were determined 48 h after ethanol withdrawal. Our results indicated that VU-29, given before acute ethanol administration, prevented the ethanol-induced impairments in spatial memory retrieval. Furthermore, VU-29 given before the testing session on the first day of abstinence facilitated NOR performance in ethanol-withdrawn rats at 4- and 24-h delay after administration. Our ELISA results show that VU-29 normalized ethanol withdrawal induced increase in expression of mGlu5 receptor protein in the hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and striatum, as well as expression of mGlu2 receptor protein in the hippocampus. Thus, results from our study indicate that positive modulation of mGlu5 receptor prevented and reversed ethanol-induced memory impairment. Moreover, mGlu5 (hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and striatum) and mGlu2 (hippocampus) receptors play an important role in the ethanol-induced recognition memory impairment induced by ethanol withdrawal.
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mGluR5 Exerts Cell-Autonomous Influences on the Functional and Anatomical Development of Layer IV Cortical Neurons in the Mouse Primary Somatosensory Cortex. J Neurosci 2017; 36:8802-14. [PMID: 27559164 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1224-16.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2016] [Accepted: 06/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Glutamate neurotransmission refines synaptic connections to establish the precise neural circuits underlying sensory processing. Deleting metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) in mice perturbs cortical somatosensory map formation in the primary somatosensory (S1) cortex at both functional and anatomical levels. To examine the cell-autonomous influences of mGluR5 signaling in the morphological and functional development of layer IV spiny stellate glutamatergic neurons receiving sensory input, mGluR5 genetic mosaic mice were generated through in utero electroporation. In the S1 cortex of these mosaic brains, we found that most wild-type neurons were located in barrel rings encircling thalamocortical axon (TCA) clusters while mGluR5 knock-out (KO) neurons were placed in the septal area, the cell-sparse region separating barrels. These KO neurons often displayed a symmetrical dendritic morphology with increased dendritic complexity, in contrast to the polarized pattern of wild-type neurons. The dendritic spine density of mGluR5 KO spiny stellate neurons was significantly higher than in wild-type neurons. Whole-cell electrophysiological recordings detected a significant increase in the frequencies of spontaneous and miniature excitatory postsynaptic events in mGluR5 KO neurons compared with neighboring wild-type neurons. Our mosaic analysis provides strong evidence supporting the cell-autonomous influence of mGluR5 signaling on the functional and anatomical development of cortical glutamatergic neurons. Specifically, mGluR5 is required in cortical glutamatergic neurons for the following processes: (1) the placement of cortical glutamatergic neurons close to TCA clusters; (2) the regulation of dendritic complexity and outgrowth toward TCA clusters; (3) spinogenesis; and (4) tuning of excitatory inputs. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Glutamatergic transmission plays a critical role in cortical circuit formation. Its dysfunction has been proposed as a core factor in the etiology of many neurological diseases. Here we conducted mosaic analysis to reveal the cell-autonomous role of the metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5). We found that mGluR5 is required for several key steps in wiring up the thalamocortical connections to form the cortical somatosensory map. mGluR5-dependent processes during early postnatal brain development affect the following: (1) placement of activity-directed cortical neurons; (2) regulation of polarized dendritic outgrowth toward thalamocortical axons relaying sensory information, (3) synaptogenesis; and (4) development of functional connectivity in spiny stellate neurons. Perturbing mGluR5 expression could lead to abnormal neuronal circuits, which may contribute to neurological and psychiatric disease.
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Kalinowska M, Francesconi A. Group I Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Interacting Proteins: Fine-Tuning Receptor Functions in Health and Disease. Curr Neuropharmacol 2017; 14:494-503. [PMID: 27296642 PMCID: PMC4983749 DOI: 10.2174/1570159x13666150515234434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2015] [Revised: 04/24/2015] [Accepted: 05/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Group I metabotropic glutamate receptors mediate slow excitatory neurotransmission in the central nervous system and are critical to activity-dependent synaptic plasticity, a cellular substrate of learning and memory. Dysregulated receptor signaling is implicated in neuropsychiatric conditions ranging from neurodevelopmental to neurodegenerative disorders. Importantly, group I metabotropic glutamate receptor signaling functions can be modulated by interacting proteins that mediate receptor trafficking, expression and coupling efficiency to signaling effectors. These interactions afford cell- or pathway-specific modulation to fine-tune receptor function, thus representing a potential target for pharmacological interventions in pathological conditions.
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- Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience, Rose F. Kennedy Center, Room 706, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
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Castelli V, Brancato A, Cavallaro A, Lavanco G, Cannizzaro C. Homer2 and Alcohol: A Mutual Interaction. Front Psychiatry 2017; 8:268. [PMID: 29249995 PMCID: PMC5714871 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2017] [Accepted: 11/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The past two decades of data derived from addicted individuals and preclinical animal models of addiction implicate a role for the excitatory glutamatergic transmission within the mesolimbic structures in alcoholism. The cellular localization of the glutamatergic receptor subtypes, as well as their signaling efficiency and function, are highly dependent upon discrete functional constituents of the postsynaptic density, including the Homer family of scaffolding proteins. The consequences of repeated alcohol administration on the expression of the Homer family proteins demonstrate a crucial and active role, particularly for the expression of Homer2 isoform, in regulating alcohol-induced behavioral and cellular neuroplasticity. The interaction between Homer2 and alcohol can be defined as a mutual relation: alcohol consumption enhances the expression of Homer2 protein isoform within the nucleus accumbens and the extended amygdala, cerebral areas where, in turn, Homer2 is able to mediate the development of the "pro-alcoholic" behavioral phenotype, as a consequence of the morpho-functional synaptic adaptations. Such findings are relevant for the detection of the strategic molecular components that prompt alcohol-induced functional and behavioral disarrangement as targets for future innovative treatment options.
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- Valentina Castelli
- Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother and Child Care "G. D'Alessandro", University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother and Child Care "G. D'Alessandro", University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother and Child Care "G. D'Alessandro", University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother and Child Care "G. D'Alessandro", University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother and Child Care "G. D'Alessandro", University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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Lins BR, Howland JG. Effects of the metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 positive allosteric modulator CDPPB on rats tested with the paired associates learning task in touchscreen-equipped operant conditioning chambers. Behav Brain Res 2015; 301:152-60. [PMID: 26721467 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2015.12.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2015] [Revised: 11/30/2015] [Accepted: 12/17/2015] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Effective treatments for the cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia are critically needed. Positive allosteric modulation (PAM) of metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5) is one strategy currently under investigation to improve these symptoms. Examining cognition using touchscreen-equipped operant chambers may increase translation between preclinical and clinical research through analogous behavioral testing paradigms in rodents and humans. We used acute CDPPB (1-30mg/kg) treatment to examine the effects of mGluR5 PAM in the touchscreen paired associates learning (PAL) task using well-trained rats with and without co-administration of acute MK-801 (0.15mg/kg). CDPPB had no consistent effects on task performance when administered alone and failed to reverse the MK-801 induced impairments at any of the examined doses. Overall, the disruptive effects of MK-801 on PAL were consistent with previous research but increasing mGluR5 signaling is not beneficial in the PAL task. Future research should test whether administration of CDPPB during PAL acquisition increases performance.
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- Brittney R Lins
- Department of Physiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5, Canada
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- Department of Physiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5, Canada.
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Song J, Li J, Liu HD, Liu W, Feng Y, Zhou XT, Li JD. Snapin interacts with G-protein coupled receptor PKR2. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2015; 469:501-6. [PMID: 26687946 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.12.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2015] [Accepted: 12/06/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Mutations in Prokineticin receptor 2 (PKR2), a G-protein-coupled receptor, have been identified in patients with Kallmann syndrome and/or idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, characterized by delayed puberty and infertility. In this study, we performed yeast two-hybrid screening by using PKR2 C-terminus (amino acids 333-384) as a bait, and identified Snapin as a novel interaction partner for PKR2. The interaction of Snapin and PKR2 was confirmed in GST pull-down and co-immunoprecipitation studies. We further demonstrated that two α-helix domains in Snapin are required for the interaction. And the interactive motifs of PKR2 were mapped to YFK (343-345) and HWR (351-353), which shared a similar sequence of two aromatic amino acids followed by a basic amino acid. Disruption of Snapin-PKR2 interaction did not affect PKR2 signaling, but increased the ligand-induced degradation, implying a role of Snapin in the trafficking of PKR2.
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- Jian Song
- The State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics and School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China; Department of Otolaryngology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410078, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics and School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics and School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics and School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410078, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics and School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China; Department of Immunology, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China.
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- The State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics and School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
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El-Ansary A, Al-Ayadhi L. GABAergic/glutamatergic imbalance relative to excessive neuroinflammation in autism spectrum disorders. J Neuroinflammation 2014; 11:189. [PMID: 25407263 PMCID: PMC4243332 DOI: 10.1186/s12974-014-0189-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2014] [Accepted: 10/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by three core behavioral domains: social deficits, impaired communication, and repetitive behaviors. Glutamatergic/GABAergic imbalance has been found in various preclinical models of ASD. Additionally, autoimmunity immune dysfunction, and neuroinflammation are also considered as etiological mechanisms of this disorder. This study aimed to elucidate the relationship between glutamatergic/ GABAergic imbalance and neuroinflammation as two recently-discovered autism-related etiological mechanisms. Methods Twenty autistic patients aged 3 to 15 years and 19 age- and gender-matched healthy controls were included in this study. The plasma levels of glutamate, GABA and glutamate/GABA ratio as markers of excitotoxicity together with TNF-α, IL-6, IFN-γ and IFI16 as markers of neuroinflammation were determined in both groups. Results Autistic patients exhibited glutamate excitotoxicity based on a much higher glutamate concentration in the autistic patients than in the control subjects. Unexpectedly higher GABA and lower glutamate/GABA levels were recorded in autistic patients compared to control subjects. TNF-α and IL-6 were significantly lower, whereas IFN-γ and IFI16 were remarkably higher in the autistic patients than in the control subjects. Conclusion Multiple regression analysis revealed associations between reduced GABA level, neuroinflammation and glutamate excitotoxicity. This study indicates that autism is a developmental synaptic disorder showing imbalance in GABAergic and glutamatergic synapses as a consequence of neuroinflammation.
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- Afaf El-Ansary
- Biochemistry Department, Science College, King Saud University, PO box 22452, 11495, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. .,Autism Research and Treatment Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. .,Shaik Al-Amodi Autism Research Chair, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. .,Medicinal Chemistry Department, National Research Center, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt.
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- Autism Research and Treatment Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. .,Shaik Al-Amodi Autism Research Chair, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. .,Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Jong YJI, Sergin I, Purgert CA, O'Malley KL. Location-dependent signaling of the group 1 metabotropic glutamate receptor mGlu5. Mol Pharmacol 2014; 86:774-85. [PMID: 25326002 DOI: 10.1124/mol.114.094763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Although G protein-coupled receptors are primarily known for converting extracellular signals into intracellular responses, some receptors, such as the group 1 metabotropic glutamate receptor, mGlu5, are also localized on intracellular membranes where they can mediate both overlapping and unique signaling effects. Thus, besides "ligand bias," whereby a receptor's signaling modality can shift from G protein dependence to independence, canonical mGlu5 receptor signaling can also be influenced by "location bias" (i.e., the particular membrane and/or cell type from which it signals). Because mGlu5 receptors play important roles in both normal development and in disorders such as Fragile X syndrome, autism, epilepsy, addiction, anxiety, schizophrenia, pain, dyskinesias, and melanoma, a large number of drugs are being developed to allosterically target this receptor. Therefore, it is critical to understand how such drugs might be affecting mGlu5 receptor function on different membranes and in different brain regions. Further elucidation of the site(s) of action of these drugs may determine which signal pathways mediate therapeutic efficacy.
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- Yuh-Jiin I Jong
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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Ge X, Grotjahn D, Welch E, Lyman-Gingerich J, Holguin C, Dimitrova E, Abrams EW, Gupta T, Marlow FL, Yabe T, Adler A, Mullins MC, Pelegri F. Hecate/Grip2a acts to reorganize the cytoskeleton in the symmetry-breaking event of embryonic axis induction. PLoS Genet 2014; 10:e1004422. [PMID: 24967891 PMCID: PMC4072529 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2013] [Accepted: 04/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Maternal homozygosity for three independent mutant hecate alleles results in embryos with reduced expression of dorsal organizer genes and defects in the formation of dorsoanterior structures. A positional cloning approach identified all hecate mutations as stop codons affecting the same gene, revealing that hecate encodes the Glutamate receptor interacting protein 2a (Grip2a), a protein containing multiple PDZ domains known to interact with membrane-associated factors including components of the Wnt signaling pathway. We find that grip2a mRNA is localized to the vegetal pole of the oocyte and early embryo, and that during egg activation this mRNA shifts to an off-center vegetal position corresponding to the previously proposed teleost cortical rotation. hecate mutants show defects in the alignment and bundling of microtubules at the vegetal cortex, which result in defects in the asymmetric movement of wnt8a mRNA as well as anchoring of the kinesin-associated cargo adaptor Syntabulin. We also find that, although short-range shifts in vegetal signals are affected in hecate mutant embryos, these mutants exhibit normal long-range, animally directed translocation of cortically injected dorsal beads that occurs in lateral regions of the yolk cortex. Furthermore, we show that such animally-directed movement along the lateral cortex is not restricted to a single arc corresponding to the prospective dorsal region, but occur in multiple meridional arcs even in opposite regions of the embryo. Together, our results reveal a role for Grip2a function in the reorganization and bundling of microtubules at the vegetal cortex to mediate a symmetry-breaking short-range shift corresponding to the teleost cortical rotation. The slight asymmetry achieved by this directed process is subsequently amplified by a general cortical animally-directed transport mechanism that is neither dependent on hecate function nor restricted to the prospective dorsal axis. One of the earliest and most crucial events in animal development is the establishment of the embryonic dorsal axis. In amphibians and fish, this event depends on the transport of so-called “dorsal determinants” from one region of the egg, at the pole opposite from the site where the oocyte nucleus lies, towards the site of axis induction. There, the dorsal determinant activates the Wnt signaling pathway, which in turn triggers dorsal gene expression. Dorsal determinant transport is mediated by the reorganization of a cellular network composed of microtubules. We determine that hecate, a zebrafish gene active during egg formation that is essential for embryonic axis induction, is required for an early step in this microtubule reorganization. We find that hecate corresponds to glutamate receptor interacting protein 2a, which participates in other animal systems in Wnt-based pathways. We also show that the microtubule reorganization dependent on hecate results in a subtle symmetry-breaking event that subsequently becomes amplified by a more general transport process independent of hecate function. Our data reveal new links between glutamate receptor interacting protein 2a, Wnt signaling and axis induction, and highlights basic mechanisms by which small changes early in development translate into global changes in the embryo.
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- Xiaoyan Ge
- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Sciamanna G, Ponterio G, Tassone A, Maltese M, Madeo G, Martella G, Poli S, Schirinzi T, Bonsi P, Pisani A. Negative allosteric modulation of mGlu5 receptor rescues striatal D2 dopamine receptor dysfunction in rodent models of DYT1 dystonia. Neuropharmacology 2014; 85:440-50. [PMID: 24951854 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2014.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2014] [Revised: 05/30/2014] [Accepted: 06/10/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Early onset torsion dystonia (DYT1) is an autosomal dominantly inherited disorder caused by deletion in TOR1A gene. Evidence suggests that TOR1A mutation produces dystonia through an aberrant neuronal signalling within the striatum, where D2 dopamine receptors (D2R) produce an abnormal excitatory response in cholinergic interneurons (ChIs) in different models of DYT1 dystonia. The excitability of ChIs may be modulated by group I metabotropic glutamate receptor subtypes (mGlu1 and 5). We performed electrophysiological and calcium imaging recordings from ChIs of both knock-in mice heterozygous for Δ-torsinA (Tor1a(+/Δgag) mice) and transgenic mice overexpressing human torsinA (hMT1). We demonstrate that the novel negative allosteric modulator (NAM) of metabotropic glutamate 5 (mGlu) receptor, dipraglurant (ADX48621) counteracts the abnormal membrane responses and calcium rise induced either by the D2R agonist quinpirole or by caged dopamine (NPEC-Dopamine) in both models. These inhibitory effects were mimicked by two other well-characterized mGlu5 receptor antagonists, SIB1757 and MPEP, but not by mGlu1 antagonism. D2R and mGlu5 post-receptor signalling may converge on PI3K/Akt pathway. Interestingly, we found that the abnormal D2R response was prevented by the selective PI3K inhibitor, LY294002, whereas PLC and PKC inhibitors were both ineffective. Currently, no satisfactory pharmacological treatment is available for DYT1 dystonia patients. Our data show that negative modulation of mGlu5 receptors may counteract abnormal D2R responses, normalizing cholinergic cell excitability, by modulating the PI3K/Akt post-receptor pathway, thereby representing a novel potential treatment of DYT1 dystonia.
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- G Sciamanna
- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy; Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Synaptic Plasticity, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy; Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Synaptic Plasticity, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Synaptic Plasticity, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy; Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Synaptic Plasticity, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
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- ADDEX Therapeutics, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy
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- Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Synaptic Plasticity, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy; Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Synaptic Plasticity, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy.
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Yin S, Niswender CM. Progress toward advanced understanding of metabotropic glutamate receptors: structure, signaling and therapeutic indications. Cell Signal 2014; 26:2284-97. [PMID: 24793301 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2014.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2014] [Accepted: 04/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptors are a group of Class C seven-transmembrane spanning/G protein-coupled receptors (7TMRs/GPCRs). These receptors are activated by glutamate, one of the standard amino acids and the major excitatory neurotransmitter. By activating G protein-dependent and non-G protein-dependent signaling pathways, mGlus modulate glutamatergic transmission both in the periphery and throughout the central nervous system. Since the discovery of the first mGlu receptor, and especially during the last decade, a great deal of progress has been made in understanding the signaling, structure, pharmacological manipulation and therapeutic indications of the 8 mGlu members.
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- Shen Yin
- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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Gao C, Tronson NC, Radulovic J. Modulation of behavior by scaffolding proteins of the post-synaptic density. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2013; 105:3-12. [PMID: 23701866 DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2013.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2013] [Revised: 04/05/2013] [Accepted: 04/09/2013] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Scaffolding proteins of the neuronal post-synaptic density (PSD) are principal organizers of glutamatergic neurotransmission that bring together glutamate receptors and signaling molecules at discrete synaptic locations. Genetic alterations of individual PSD scaffolds therefore disrupt the function of entire multiprotein modules rather than a single glutamatergic mechanism, and thus induce a range of molecular and structural abnormalities in affected neurons. Despite such broad molecular consequences, knockout, knockdown, or knockin of glutamate receptor scaffolds typically affect a subset of specific behaviors and thereby mold and specialize the actions of the ubiquitous glutamatergic neurotransmitter system. Approaches designed to control the function of neuronal scaffolds may therefore have high potential to restore behavioral morbidities and comorbidities in patients with psychiatric disorders. Here we summarize a series of experiments with genetically modified mice revealing the roles of main N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) and group I metabotropic glutamate (mGluR1/5) receptor scaffolds in behavior, discuss the clinical implications of the findings, and propose future research directions.
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- Can Gao
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical College, 209 Tongshan Road, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221004, China.
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Suh YH, Park JY, Park S, Jou I, Roche PA, Roche KW. Regulation of metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 (mGluR7) internalization and surface expression by Ser/Thr protein phosphatase 1. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:17544-51. [PMID: 23612982 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.439513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The metabotropic glutamate receptor type 7 (mGluR7) is the predominant group III mGluR in the presynaptic active zone, where it serves as an autoreceptor to inhibit neurotransmitter release. Our previous studies show that PKC phosphorylation of mGluR7 on Ser-862 is a key mechanism controlling constitutive and activity-dependent surface expression of mGluR7 by regulating a competitive interaction of calmodulin and protein interacting with C kinase (PICK1). As receptor phosphorylation and dephosphorylation are tightly coordinated through the precise action of protein kinases and phosphatases, dephosphorylation by phosphatases is likely to play an active role in governing the activity-dependent or agonist-induced changes in mGluR7 receptor surface expression. In the present study, we find that the serine/threonine protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) has a crucial role in the constitutive and agonist-induced dephosphorylation of Ser-862 on mGluR7. Treatment of neurons with PP1 inhibitors leads to a robust increase in Ser-862 phosphorylation and increased surface expression of mGluR7. In addition, Ser-862 phosphorylation of both mGluR7a and mGluR7b is a target of PP1. Interestingly, agonist-induced dephosphorylation of mGluR7 is regulated by PP1, whereas NMDA-mediated activity-induced dephosphorylation is not, illustrating there are multiple signaling pathways that affect receptor phosphorylation and trafficking. Importantly, PP1γ1 regulates agonist-dependent Ser-862 dephosphorylation and surface expression of mGluR7.
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- Young Ho Suh
- Department of Pharmacology and Chronic Inflammatory Disease Research Center, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon 443-721, South Korea.
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Obara I, Goulding SP, Hu JH, Klugmann M, Worley PF, Szumlinski KK. Nerve injury-induced changes in Homer/glutamate receptor signaling contribute to the development and maintenance of neuropathic pain. Pain 2013; 154:1932-1945. [PMID: 23685007 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.03.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2012] [Revised: 02/12/2013] [Accepted: 03/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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While group 1 metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) and ionotropic N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptors regulate nociception, the precise molecular mechanism(s) contributing to glutamate signaling in chronic pain remain unclear. Here we not only confirmed the key involvement of Homer proteins in neuropathic pain, but also distinguished between the functional roles for different Homer family members and isoforms. Chronic constriction injury (CCI) of the sciatic nerve induced long-lasting, time-dependent increases in the postsynaptic density expression of the constitutively expressed (CC) isoforms Homer1b/c and/or Homer2a/b in the spinal dorsal horn and supraspinal structures involved in nociception (prefrontal cortex, thalamus), that co-occurred with increases in their associated mGluRs, NR2 subunits of the NMDA receptor, and the activation of downstream kinases. Virus-mediated overexpression of Homer1c and Homer2b after spinal (intrathecal) virus injection exacerbated CCI-induced mechanical and cold hypersensitivity, however, Homer1 and Homer2 gene knockout (KO) mice displayed no changes in their neuropathic phenotype. In contrast, overexpression of the immediate early gene (IEG) Homer1a isoform reduced, while KO of Homer1a gene potentiated neuropathic pain hypersensitivity. Thus, nerve injury-induced increases in CC-Homers expression promote pain in pathological states, but IEG-Homer induction protects against both the development and maintenance of neuropathy. Additionally, exacerbated pain hypersensitivity in transgenic mice with reduced Homer binding to mGluR5 supports also an inhibitory role for Homer interactions with mGluR5 in mediating neuropathy. Such data indicate that nerve injury-induced changes in glutamate receptor/Homer signaling contribute in dynamic but distinct ways to neuropathic pain processing, which has relevance for the etiology of chronic pain symptoms and its treatment.
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- Ilona Obara
- Department of Psychology and The Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9660, USA School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health, Durham University, Queens Campus, Stockton on Tees TS17 6BH, UK Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA Translational Neuroscience Facility, School of Medical Sciences, UNSW Kensington Campus, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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Persistent receptor activity underlies group I mGluR-mediated cellular plasticity in CA3 neuron. J Neurosci 2013; 33:2526-40. [PMID: 23392681 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3338-12.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Plastic changes in cortical activities induced by group I metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) stimulation include epileptogenesis, expressed in vitro as the conversion of normal neuronal activity to persistent, prolonged synchronized (ictal) discharges. At present, the mechanism that maintains group I mGluR-induced plasticity is not known. We examined this issue using hippocampal slices from guinea pigs and mice. Agonist [(S)-3,5-dihydroxyphenylglycine (DHPG), 30-50 μm)] stimulation of group I mGluRs induces persistent prolonged synchronized (ictal-like) discharges in CA3 that are associated with three identified excitatory cellular responses-suppression of spike afterhyperpolarizations, activation of a voltage-dependent cationic current, and increase in neuronal input resistance. Persistent prolonged synchronized discharges and the underlying excitatory cellular responses maintained following induction were reversibly blocked by mGluR1 antagonists [(S)-+-α-amino-4-carboxy-2-methylbenzeneacetic acid (LY 367385), 50, 100 μm; CPCCOEt (hydroxyimino)cyclopropa[b]chromen-1a-carboxylate ethyl ester, 100 μm], and to a lesser extent by the mGluR5 antagonist MPEP [2-methyl-6-(phenylethynyl)pyridine hydrochloride, 50 μm]. Activation of persistent cellular responses to DHPG were unaffected by tetrodotoxin (0.5-1 μm) or perfusion with low Ca(2+)(0.2 mm)-Mn(2+)(0.5 mm) media-conditions that suppress endogenous glutamate release. The pharmacological profile of the blocking action of the group I mGluR antagonist MCPG [(RS)-α-methyl-4-carboxyphenylglycine, 50-500 μm] on persistent cellular responses was different from that on cellular responses directly activated by DHPG. These data indicate that transient stimulation of group I mGluRs alters receptor properties, rendering them persistently active in the absence of applied agonist or endogenous glutamate activation. Persistent receptor activities, primarily involving mGluR1, maintain excitatory cellular responses and emergent prolonged synchronized discharges.
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Gancedo JM. Biological roles of cAMP: variations on a theme in the different kingdoms of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2013; 88:645-68. [PMID: 23356492 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2012] [Revised: 12/19/2012] [Accepted: 12/20/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Cyclic AMP (cAMP) plays a key regulatory role in most types of cells; however, the pathways controlled by cAMP may present important differences between organisms and between tissues within a specific organism. Changes in cAMP levels are caused by multiple triggers, most affecting adenylyl cyclases, the enzymes that synthesize cAMP. Adenylyl cyclases form a large and diverse family including soluble forms and others with one or more transmembrane domains. Regulatory mechanisms for the soluble adenylyl cyclases involve either interaction with diverse proteins, as happens in Escherichia coli or yeasts, or with calcium or bicarbonate ions, as occurs in mammalian cells. The transmembrane cyclases can be regulated by a variety of proteins, among which the α subunit and the βγ complex from G proteins coupled to membrane receptors are prominent. cAMP levels also are controlled by the activity of phosphodiesterases, enzymes that hydrolyze cAMP. Phosphodiesterases can be regulated by cAMP, cGMP or calcium-calmodulin or by phosphorylation by different protein kinases. Regulation through cAMP depends on its binding to diverse proteins, its proximal targets, this in turn causing changes in a variety of distal targets. Specifically, binding of cAMP to regulatory subunits of cAMP-dependent protein kinases (PKAs) affects the activity of substrates of PKA, binding to exchange proteins directly activated by cAMP (Epac) regulates small GTPases, binding to transcription factors such as the cAMP receptor protein (CRP) or the virulence factor regulator (Vfr) modifies the rate of transcription of certain genes, while cAMP binding to ion channels modulates their activity directly. Further studies on cAMP signalling will have important implications, not only for advancing fundamental knowledge but also for identifying targets for the development of new therapeutic agents.
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- Juana M Gancedo
- Department of Metabolism and Cell Signalling, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols CSIC-UAM, Madrid 28029, Spain.
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Wu CS, Ballester Rosado CJ, Lu HC. What can we get from 'barrels': the rodent barrel cortex as a model for studying the establishment of neural circuits. Eur J Neurosci 2012; 34:1663-76. [PMID: 22103423 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07892.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sensory inputs triggered by external stimuli are projected into discrete arrays of neuronal modules in the primary sensory cortex. This whisker-to-barrel pathway has gained in popularity as a model system for studying the development of cortical circuits and sensory processing because its clear patterns facilitate the identification of genetically modified mice with whisker map deficits and make possible coordinated in vitro and in vivo electrophysiological studies. Numerous whisker map determinants have been identified in the past two decades. In this review, we summarize what have we learned from the detailed studies conducted in various mutant mice with cortical whisker map deficits. We will specifically focus on the anatomical and functional establishment of the somatosensory thalamocortical circuits.
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- Chia-Shan Wu
- The Cain Foundation Laboratories, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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Gal-Ben-Ari S, Rosenblum K. Molecular mechanisms underlying memory consolidation of taste information in the cortex. Front Behav Neurosci 2012; 5:87. [PMID: 22319481 PMCID: PMC3251832 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2011.00087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2011] [Accepted: 12/12/2011] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The senses of taste and odor are both chemical senses. However, whereas an organism can detect an odor at a relatively long distance from its source, taste serves as the ultimate proximate gatekeeper of food intake: it helps in avoiding poisons and consuming beneficial substances. The automatic reaction to a given taste has been developed during evolution and is well adapted to conditions that may occur with high probability during the lifetime of an organism. However, in addition to this automatic reaction, animals can learn and remember tastes, together with their positive or negative values, with high precision and in light of minimal experience. This ability of mammalians to learn and remember tastes has been studied extensively in rodents through application of reasonably simple and well defined behavioral paradigms. The learning process follows a temporal continuum similar to those of other memories: acquisition, consolidation, retrieval, relearning, and reconsolidation. Moreover, inhibiting protein synthesis in the gustatory cortex (GC) specifically affects the consolidation phase of taste memory, i.e., the transformation of short- to long-term memory, in keeping with the general biochemical definition of memory consolidation. This review aims to present a general background of taste learning, and to focus on recent findings regarding the molecular mechanisms underlying taste–memory consolidation in the GC. Specifically, the roles of neurotransmitters, neuromodulators, immediate early genes, and translation regulation are addressed.
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Diversity of metabotropic glutamate receptor-interacting proteins and pathophysiological functions. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2012; 970:63-79. [PMID: 22351051 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-0932-8_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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In the mammalian brain, the large majority of excitatory synapses express pre- and postsynaptic glutamate receptors. These are ion channels and G protein-coupled membrane proteins that are organized into functional signaling complexes. Here, we will review the nature and pathophysiological functions of the scaffolding proteins associated to these receptors, focusing on the G protein-coupled subtypes.
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Differential gene expression between inbred Roman high- (RHA-I) and low- (RLA-I) avoidance rats. Neurosci Lett 2011; 504:265-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.09.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2011] [Revised: 09/10/2011] [Accepted: 09/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Sleep-deprivation induces changes in GABA(B) and mGlu receptor expression and has consequences for synaptic long-term depression. PLoS One 2011; 6:e24933. [PMID: 21980366 PMCID: PMC3182263 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2011] [Accepted: 08/24/2011] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Long term depression (LTD) in the CA1 region of the hippocampus, induced with a 20-Hz, 30 s tetanus to Schaffer collaterals, is enhanced in sleep-deprived (SD) rats. In the present study, we investigated the role of metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs), γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) B receptors (GABA(B)-Rs) and N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptors (NMDARs) in the LTD of the population excitatory postsynaptic potential (pEPSP). The requirement of Ca(2+) from L- and T-type voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs) and intracellular stores was also studied. Results indicate that mGluRs, a release of Ca(2+) from intracellular stores and GABA(B)-Rs are required for LTD. Interestingly, while mGlu1Rs seem to be involved in both short-term depression and LTD, mGlu5Rs appear to participate mostly in LTD. CGP 55845, a GABA(B)-R antagonist, partially suppressed LTD in normally sleeping (NS) rats, while completely blocking LTD in SD rats. Moreover, GS-39783, a positive allosteric modulator for GABA(B)-R, suppressed the pEPSP in SD, but not NS rats. Since both mGluRs and GABA(B)-Rs seem to be involved in the LTD, especially in SD rats, we examined if the receptor expression pattern and/or dimerization changed, using immunohistochemical, co-localization and co-immunoprecipitation techniques. Sleep-deprivation induced an increase in the expression of GABA(B)-R1 and mGlu1αR in the CA1 region of the hippocampus. In addition, co-localization and heterodimerization between mGlu1αR/GABA(B)-R1 and mGlu1αR/GABA(B)-R2 is enhanced in SD rats. Taken together, our findings present a novel form of LTD sensitive to the activation of mGluRs and GABA(B)-Rs, and reveal, for the first time, that sleep-deprivation induces alterations in the expression and dimerization of these receptors.
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mGluR5 in cortical excitatory neurons exerts both cell-autonomous and -nonautonomous influences on cortical somatosensory circuit formation. J Neurosci 2011; 30:16896-909. [PMID: 21159961 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2462-10.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Glutamatergic neurotransmission plays important roles in sensory map formation. The absence of the group I metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) leads to abnormal sensory map formation throughout the mouse somatosensory pathway. To examine the role of cortical mGluR5 expression on barrel map formation, we generated cortex-specific mGluR5 knock-out (KO) mice. Eliminating mGluR5 function solely in cortical excitatory neurons affects, not only the whisker-related organization of cortical neurons (barrels), but also the patterning of their presynaptic partners, the thalamocortical axons (TCAs). In contrast, subcortical whisker maps develop normally in cortical-mGluR5 KO mice. In the S1 cortex of cortical-mGluR5 KO, layer IV neurons are homogenously distributed and have no clear relationship to the location of TCA clusters. The altered dendritic morphology of cortical layer IV spiny stellate neurons in cortical-mGluR5 KO mice argues for a cell-autonomous role of mGluR5 in dendritic patterning. Furthermore, morphometric analysis of single TCAs in both cortical- and global-mGluR5 KO mice demonstrated that in these mice, the complexity of axonal arbors is reduced, while the area covered by TCA arbors is enlarged. Using voltage-clamp whole-cell recordings in acute thalamocortical brain slices, we found that KO of mGluR5 from cortical excitatory neurons reduced inhibitory but not excitatory inputs onto layer IV neurons. This suggests that mGluR5 signaling in cortical excitatory neurons nonautonomously modulates the functional development of GABAergic circuits. Together, our data provide strong evidence that mGluR5 signaling in cortical principal neurons exerts both cell-autonomous and -nonautonomous influences to modulate the formation of cortical sensory circuits.
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Functional interaction of mGlu5 and NMDA receptors in aversive learning in rats. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2010; 95:73-9. [PMID: 21093598 DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2010.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2010] [Revised: 10/23/2010] [Accepted: 11/11/2010] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGlu5) has been implicated in a variety of learning processes and is important for inhibitory avoidance and conditioned taste aversion learning. MGlu5 receptors are physically connected with NMDA receptors and they interact with, and modulate, the function of one another in several brain regions. The present studies used systemic co-administration of an mGlu5 receptor positive allosteric modulator, 3-cyano-N-(1,3-diphenyl-1H-pyrazol-5-yl)benzamide (CDPPB) and an NMDA receptor antagonist dizocilpine maleate (MK-801) to characterize the interactions of these receptors in two aversive learning tasks. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were trained in a single-trial step-down inhibitory avoidance or conditioned taste aversion task. CDPPB (3 or 10mg/kg, s.c.), delivered by itself prior to the conditioning trial, did not have any effect on performance in either task 48 h after training. However, CDPPB (at 3mg/kg) attenuated the MK-801 (0.2mg/kg, i.p.) induced learning deficit in both tasks. CDPPB also reduced MK-801-induced hyperactivity. These results underlie the importance of mGlu5 and NMDA receptor interactions in modulating memory processing, and are consistent with findings showing the efficacy of positive allosteric modulators of mGlu5 receptors in reversing the negative effects of NMDA receptor antagonists on other behaviors such as stereotypy, sensorimotor gating, or working, spatial and recognition memory.
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Simonyi A, Schachtman TR, Christoffersen GRJ. Metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 antagonism in learning and memory. Eur J Pharmacol 2010; 639:17-25. [PMID: 20363219 PMCID: PMC2892203 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2009.12.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2009] [Revised: 12/04/2009] [Accepted: 12/09/2009] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The role of the metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGlu(5) receptor) in learning and memory and other behaviors are reviewed by examining the influence of selective antagonists and genetic knockout on performance. This receptor is involved in spatial learning, contextual fear conditioning, inhibitory avoidance, fear potentiated startle, and conditioned taste aversion. However, mGlu(5) receptor antagonists have proven to be ineffective in other learning tasks, such as the delayed-match-to-position test and a three-hole spatial learning task. Locomotion is often decreased by mGlu(5) receptor antagonists; and other behaviors such as social interaction and consummatory responses can also be affected. In mGlu(5) receptor knockout mice, performance in contextual fear conditioning and spatial water maze tasks is impaired. Although the available evidence is suggestive of an important contribution of mGlu(5) receptors to cognitive functions, further studies are needed, particularly those with in vivo evaluation of the role of mGlu(5) receptors in selective brain regions in different stages of memory formation.
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- Agnes Simonyi
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
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Le MN, Chan JLK, Rosenberg SA, Nabatian AS, Merrigan KT, Cohen-Solal KA, Goydos JS. The glutamate release inhibitor Riluzole decreases migration, invasion, and proliferation of melanoma cells. J Invest Dermatol 2010; 130:2240-9. [PMID: 20505744 DOI: 10.1038/jid.2010.126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The goal of this study was to examine the effects of metabotropic glutamate receptor-1 (GRM1) blockade on melanoma anchorage-independent growth and invasion. We performed colony and invasion assays using GRM1-expressing melanoma lines and the GRM1-negative UACC930 line. Using the glutamate-release inhibitor Riluzole or the non-competitive GRM1 antagonist BAY 36-7620 we were able to induce considerable inhibition of colony formation and invasion in GRM1-expressing melanoma lines. Neither pharmacological agent induced significant reduction in colony formation or invasion in the GRM1-negative melanoma line, UACC930. Additionally we assessed the efficacy of these inhibitors to inhibit the growth of fresh melanoma tumor samples cultured on a 74-mum nylon mesh. Both Riluzole and BAY 36-7620 significantly inhibited tumor cell growth into the interstitial spaces of the mesh. When repeated with normal mole samples both inhibitors were much less effective in preventing the outgrowth of cells. These experiments show that a specific antagonist of GRM1 (BAY 36-7620) or an inhibitor of glutamate release (Riluzole) can significantly suppress melanoma migration, invasion and colony formation as well as inhibit the proliferation of fresh melanoma cells. These findings, added to our previous work, strengthen the case that GRM1 is a valid therapeutic target in patients with melanoma.
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- Maithao N Le
- Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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AMN082 promotes the proliferation and differentiation of neural progenitor cells with influence on phosphorylation of MAPK signaling pathways. Neurochem Int 2010; 57:8-15. [PMID: 20399820 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2010.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2009] [Revised: 03/18/2010] [Accepted: 04/01/2010] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) are expressed in neural progenitor cells (NPCs) and may play important roles in the neurogenesis during embryonic development and adult brain repair following injuries. In the present study, we investigated the expression of metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 (mGluR7) and the possible roles of this receptor in the proliferation and differentiation of NPCs isolated from embryonic Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats. The results showed that under the normal culture and the hypoxic condition, both mRNA and protein of mGluR 7 are expressed in NPCs. Administration of AMN082, a selective agonist ofmGluR7, promoted the proliferation and differentiation of NPCs. We also demonstrated that activation of JNK and ERK signaling pathways are involved in the differentiation of NPCs into neurons following AMN082 treatment. AMN082 stimulated p-ERK and p-JNK2 expression in both normal and hypoxic conditions at different time points. But p-p38 decreased in normoxia and increased in hypoxia condition at 6h following treated with AMN082 activation. In conclusion, mGluR7 possesses the potential in promoting rat NPCs proliferation and differentiation in vitro with changes in phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) signaling pathways, suggesting that mGluR7 may exert an important role in brain development and repair of the central nervous system after injury.
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Limon A, Reyes-Ruiz JM, Vaswani RG, Chamberlin AR, Miledi R. Kaitocephalin antagonism of glutamate receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes. ACS Chem Neurosci 2010; 1:175-181. [PMID: 20436943 DOI: 10.1021/cn900037c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Kaitocephalin is the first discovered natural toxin with protective properties against excitotoxic-death of cultured neurons induced by N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) or alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid (AMPA)/kainic acid (kainate, KA) receptors. Nevertheless, the effects of kaitocephalin on the function of these receptors were unknown. In this work we report some pharmacological properties of synthetic (-)-kaitocephalin on rat brain glutamate receptors expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes and, on the homomeric AMPA-type GluR3 and KA-type GluR6 receptors. Kaitocephalin was found to be a more potent antagonist of NMDA receptors (IC(50) = 75 +/- 9 nM) than of AMPA receptors from cerebral cortex (IC(50) = 242 +/- 37 nM) and from homomeric GluR3 subunits (IC(50) = 502 +/- 55 nM). Moreover, kaitocephalin is a weak antagonist of the KA-type receptor GluR6 (IC(50) ~ 100 muM) and of metabotropic (IC(50) > 100 muM) glutamate receptors expressed by rat brain mRNA.
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Bockaert J, Perroy J, Bécamel C, Marin P, Fagni L. GPCR interacting proteins (GIPs) in the nervous system: Roles in physiology and pathologies. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol 2010; 50:89-109. [PMID: 20055699 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.pharmtox.010909.105705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are key transmembrane recognition molecules for regulatory signals such as light, odors, taste hormones, and neurotransmitters. In addition to activating guanine nucleotide binding proteins (G proteins), GPCRs associate with a variety of GPCR-interacting proteins (GIPs). GIPs contain structural interacting domains that allow the formation of large functional complexes involved in G protein-dependent and -independent signaling. At the cellular level, other functions of GIPs include targeting of GPCRs to subcellular compartments and their trafficking to and from the plasma membrane. Recently, roles of GPCR-GIP interactions in central nervous system physiology and pathologies have been revealed. Here, we highlight the role of GIPs in some important neurological and psychiatric disorders, as well as their potential for the future development of therapeutic drugs.
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- Joël Bockaert
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Montpellier, France.
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Moritz A, Scheschonka A, Beckhaus T, Karas M, Betz H. Metabotropic glutamate receptor 4 interacts with microtubule-associated protein 1B. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2009; 390:82-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.09.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2009] [Accepted: 09/17/2009] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Uslaner JM, Parmentier-Batteur S, Flick RB, Surles NO, Lam JS, McNaughton CH, Jacobson MA, Hutson PH. Dose-dependent effect of CDPPB, the mGluR5 positive allosteric modulator, on recognition memory is associated with GluR1 and CREB phosphorylation in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus. Neuropharmacology 2009; 57:531-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2009.07.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2009] [Revised: 07/10/2009] [Accepted: 07/14/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Jiménez A, Bonastre M, Aguilar E, Marin C. Effect of the metabotropic glutamate antagonist MPEP on striatal expression of the Homer family proteins in levodopa-treated hemiparkinsonian rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2009; 206:233-42. [PMID: 19636538 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-009-1600-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2008] [Accepted: 06/21/2009] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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RATIONALE Striatal glutamatergic hyperactivity through the metabotropic receptors and their intracellular signaling pathways is considered critical in the development of levodopa-induced dyskinesias in Parkinson's disease and in experimental parkinsonism. OBJECTIVE We investigated whether the administration of the metabotropic glutamate antagonist, MPEP, modifies striatal expression of Homer family proteins which are involved in the intracellular mechanisms mediated by these receptors. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sprague-Dawley rats were unilaterally lesioned in the nigrostriatal pathway with 6-hydroxydopamine (8 microg) and treated with: levodopa (12 mg/kg, i.p.) plus vehicle (n=10) divided in two daily injections; levodopa plus MPEP (1.5 and 3 mg/kg, i.p.; n=6-13) divided in two daily injections; or saline (n=7) for 10 consecutive days. Axial, limb, and orolingual dyskinesias were evaluated. Striatal expression of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), Homer 1a, 1b/c, and deltaFosB were measured by Western Blot. RESULTS Animals treated with levodopa showed an increase of dyskinesia score (p<0.01) that was attenuated by the administration of MPEP (p<0.01). In the ipsilateral side of the lesion, striatal TH expression was decreased (p<0.01). No significant differences in striatal Homer 1a or b/c expression were observed between the groups of treatment. Striatal deltaFosB expression increased in the animals treated with levodopa (p<0.05) being attenuated after MPEP administration (p<0.05). MPEP effect was not paralleled by any modification of striatal Homer proteins expression. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that Homer protein family is not causally involved in the development of dyskinetic movements induced by levodopa treatment in this animal model of parkinsonism.
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- Anna Jiménez
- Laboratori de Neurologia Experimental, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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Hong YH, Kim JY, Lee JH, Chae HG, Jang SS, Jeon JH, Kim CH, Kim J, Kim SJ. Agonist-induced internalization of mGluR1alpha is mediated by caveolin. J Neurochem 2009; 111:61-71. [PMID: 19627451 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06289.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Agonist-induced internalization of metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) plays an important role in neuronal signaling. Although internalization of mGluRs has been reported to be mediated by clathrin-dependent pathway, studies describing clathrin-independent pathways are emerging. Here, we report that agonist-induced internalization of mGluR1alpha is mediated by caveolin. We show that two caveolin-binding motifs of mGluR1alpha interact with caveolin1/2. Using cell surface-immunoprecipitation and total internal reflection fluorescence imaging, we found that agonist-induced internalization of mGluR1alpha is regulated by caveolin-binding motifs of the receptor in heterologous cells. Moreover, in the cerebellum, group I mGluR agonist dihydroxyphenylglycol increased the interaction of phosphorylated caveolin with mGluR1alpha. This interaction was blocked by methyl-beta-cyclodextrin, known to disrupt caveolin/caveolae-dependent signaling by cholesterol depletion. Methyl-beta-cyclodextrin also blocked the agonist-induced internalization of mGluR1alpha. Thus, these findings represent the evidence for agonist-induced internalization of mGluR1alpha via caveolin and suggest that caveolin might play a role in synaptic metaplasticity by regulating internalization of mGluR1alpha in the cerebellum.
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- Yun Hwa Hong
- Department of Physiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Rives ML, Vol C, Fukazawa Y, Tinel N, Trinquet E, Ayoub MA, Shigemoto R, Pin JP, Prézeau L. Crosstalk between GABAB and mGlu1a receptors reveals new insight into GPCR signal integration. EMBO J 2009; 28:2195-208. [PMID: 19590495 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2009.177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2008] [Accepted: 05/29/2009] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) have critical functions in intercellular communication. Although a wide range of different receptors have been identified in the same cells, the mechanism by which signals are integrated remains elusive. The ability of GPCRs to form dimers or larger hetero-oligomers is thought to generate such signal integration. We examined the molecular mechanisms responsible for the GABA(B) receptor-mediated potentiation of the mGlu receptor signalling reported in Purkinje neurons. We showed that this effect does not require a physical interaction between both receptors. Instead, it is the result of a more general mechanism in which the betagamma subunits produced by the Gi-coupled GABA(B) receptor enhance the mGlu-mediated Gq response. Most importantly, this mechanism could be generally applied to other pairs of Gi- and Gq-coupled receptors and the signal integration varied depending on the time delay between activation of each receptor. Such a mechanism helps explain specific properties of cells expressing two different Gi- and Gq-coupled receptors activated by a single transmitter, or properties of GPCRs naturally coupled to both types of the G protein.
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- Marie-Laure Rives
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, CNRS, UMR 5203, Institut de Génomique fonctionnelle, Montpellier, France
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Orlando LR, Ayala R, Kett LR, Curley AA, Duffner J, Bragg DC, Tsai LH, Dunah AW, Young AB. Phosphorylation of the homer-binding domain of group I metabotropic glutamate receptors by cyclin-dependent kinase 5. J Neurochem 2009; 110:557-69. [PMID: 19457112 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06139.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Phosphorylation of neurotransmitter receptors can modify their activity and regulate neuronal excitability. Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (cdk5) is a proline-directed serine/threonine kinase involved not only in neuronal development, but also in synaptic function and plasticity. Here we demonstrate that group I metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs), which modulate post-synaptic signaling by coupling to intracellular signal transduction pathways, are phosphorylated by cdk5. In vitro kinase assays reveal that cdk5 phosphorylates mGluR5 within the domain of the receptor that interacts with the scaffolding protein homer. Using a novel phosphospecific mGluR antibody, we show that the homer-binding domain of both mGluR1 and mGluR5 are phosphorylated in vivo, and that inhibition of cdk5 with siRNA decreases the amount of phosphorylated receptor. Furthermore, kinetic binding analysis, by surface plasmon resonance, indicates that phosphorylation of mGluR5 enhances its association with homer. Homer protein complexes in the post-synaptic density, and their disruption by an activity-dependent short homer 1a isoform, have been shown to regulate the trafficking and signaling of the mGluRs and impact many neuroadaptive processes. Phosphorylation of the mGluR homer-binding domain, in contrast to homer 1a induction, provides a novel mechanism for potentially regulating a subset of homer interactions.
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- Lianna R Orlando
- Department of Neurology, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 02129, USA
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She WC, Quairiaux C, Albright MJ, Wang YC, Sanchez DE, Chang PS, Welker E, Lu HC. Roles of mGluR5 in synaptic function and plasticity of the mouse thalamocortical pathway. Eur J Neurosci 2009; 29:1379-96. [PMID: 19519626 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06696.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The group I metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) has been implicated in the development of cortical sensory maps. However, its precise roles in the synaptic function and plasticity of thalamocortical (TC) connections remain unknown. Here we first show that in mGluR5 knockout (KO) mice bred onto a C57BL6 background cytoarchitectonic differentiation into barrels is missing, but the representations for large whiskers are identifiable as clusters of TC afferents. The altered dendritic morphology of cortical layer IV spiny stellate neurons in mGluR5 KO mice implicates a role for mGluR5 in the dendritic morphogenesis of excitatory neurons. Next, in vivo single-unit recordings of whisker-evoked activity in mGluR5 KO adults demonstrated a preserved topographical organization of the whisker representation, but a significantly diminished temporal discrimination of center to surround whiskers in the responses of individual neurons. To evaluate synaptic function at TC synapses in mGluR5 KO mice, whole-cell voltage-clamp recording was conducted in acute TC brain slices prepared from postnatal day 4-11 mice. At mGluR5 KO TC synapses, N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) currents decayed faster and synaptic strength was more easily reduced, but more difficult to strengthen by Hebbian-type pairing protocols, despite a normal developmental increase in alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptor (AMPAR)-mediated currents and presynaptic function. We have therefore demonstrated that mGluR5 is required for synaptic function/plasticity at TC synapses as barrels are forming, and we propose that these functional alterations at the TC synapse are the basis of the abnormal anatomical and functional development of the somatosensory cortex in the mGluR5 KO mouse.
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- Wei-Chi She
- Department of Pediatrics, The Cain Foundation Laboratories, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Inhibitory effects of Group I metabotropic glutamate receptors antagonists on the expression of NMDA receptor NR1 subunit in morphine tolerant rats. Neurosci Lett 2009; 452:268-72. [PMID: 19348736 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.01.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2008] [Revised: 01/18/2009] [Accepted: 01/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) and Group I metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) are involved in the process of morphine tolerance. Previous studies have shown that Group I mGluRs can modulate NMDAR functions in the central nervous system. The aim of the present study was to examine the influence of Group I mGluRs antagonists on the expression of NMDA receptor NR1 subunit (NR1) in the rat spinal cord. Morphine tolerance was induced in rats by repeated administration of 10 microg morphine (intrathecal, i.t.) twice a day for 7 consecutive days. Tail flick test was used to assess the effect of Group I mGluRs antagonist, AIDA ((RS)-1-Aminoindan-1,5 dicarboxylic acid) or mGluR5 antagonist, MPEP (2-methyl-6-(phenylethynyl)pyridine) on morphine antinociceptive tolerance. The expression of NR1 was measured by immunofluorescence and Western blot. Behavioral tests revealed that both AIDA and MPEP attenuated the development of morphine tolerance. The expression of NR1 was upregulated in the dorsal horn of spinal cord after chronic morphine treatment. AIDA or MPEP co-administered with morphine attenuated morphine induced upregulation of NR1. These findings suggest that the development of morphine tolerance partly prevented by Group I mGluRs antagonists may due to its inhibitory effect on the expression of NR1 subunit.
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Daulat AM, Maurice P, Jockers R. Recent methodological advances in the discovery of GPCR-associated protein complexes. Trends Pharmacol Sci 2008; 30:72-8. [PMID: 19100631 DOI: 10.1016/j.tips.2008.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2008] [Revised: 10/26/2008] [Accepted: 10/27/2008] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Protein-interaction networks have important roles in cellular homeostasis and the generation of complexity in biological systems. G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), the largest family of membrane receptors and important drug targets, are integral parts of these networks. Ligand stimulation and the dynamic interaction with GPCR-associated protein complexes (GAPCs) constitute two important regulatory mechanisms of GPCR function. Several genomic and proteomic approaches have been developed to identify GAPCs in the past. However, this task turned out to be particularly demanding owing to difficulties in preserving the complex three-dimensional GPCR structure during receptor solubilization and to inherent limitations in the use of isolated receptor domains as bait. Newly emerging methods have the potential to overcome these limitations and will certainly boost the identification of functionally relevant GAPCs to finally increase our knowledge of the regulation of GPCRs and provide novel drug targets. Here, we focus on the comparison of two complementary GAPC purification strategies, which are based on soluble GPCR subdomains and entire GPCRs.
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- Avais M Daulat
- Institut Cochin, Université Paris Descartes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (UMR 8104), Department of Cell Biology, F-75014 Paris, France
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Zhang J, Cheng S, Xiong Y, Ma Y, Luo D, Jeromin A, Zhang H, He J. A novel association of mGluR1a with the PDZ scaffold protein CAL modulates receptor activity. FEBS Lett 2008; 582:4117-24. [PMID: 19027007 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.10.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2008] [Accepted: 10/28/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 1a (mGluR1a) associates with the proteins mediating its receptor activity, suggesting a complex-controlled function of mGluR1a. Here, using glutathione-S-transferase pull-down, co-immunoprecipitation and immunofluorescence assays in vitro and in vivo, we have found CFTR-associated ligand (CAL) to be a novel binding partner of mGluR1a, through its PSD95/discslarge/ZO1homology domain. Deletion of mGluR1a-carboxyl terminus (CT) or mutation of Leu to Ala in the CT of mGluR1a reduces the association, indicating the essential binding region of mGluR1a for CAL. Functionally, the interaction of mGluR1a with CAL was shown to inhibit mGluR1a-mediated ERK1/2 activation, without an apparent effect, via the C-terminal-truncated receptor. These findings might provide a novel mechanism for the regulation of mGluR1a-mediated signaling through the interaction with CAL.
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- Jiuqin Zhang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Capital Medical University, No. 10 Xitoutiao, You An Men, Beijing 100069, China
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Hennigs JK, Burhenne N, Stähler F, Winnig M, Walter B, Meyerhof W, Schmale H. Sweet taste receptor interacting protein CIB1 is a general inhibitor of InsP3-dependent Ca2+ release in vivo. J Neurochem 2008; 106:2249-62. [PMID: 18627437 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2008.05563.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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In a search for sweet taste receptor interacting proteins, we have identified the calcium- and integrin-binding protein 1 (CIB1) as specific binding partner of the intracellular carboxyterminal domain of the rat sweet taste receptor subunit Tas1r2. In heterologous human embryonic kidney 293 (HEK293) cells, the G protein chimeras Galpha(16gust44) and Galpha(15i3) link the sweet taste receptor dimer TAS1R2/TAS1R3 to an inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3)-dependent Ca2+ release pathway. To demonstrate the influence of CIB1 on the cytosolic Ca2+ concentration, we used sweet and umami compounds as well as other InsP3-generating ligands in FURA-2-based Ca2+ assays in wild-type HEK293 cells and HEK293 cells expressing functional human sweet and umami taste receptor dimers. Stable and transient depletion of CIB1 by short-hairpin RNA increased the Ca2+ response of HEK293 cells to the InsP3-generating ligands ATP, UTP and carbachol. Over-expression of CIB1 had the opposite effect as shown for the sweet ligand saccharin, the umami receptor ligand monosodium glutamate and UTP. The CIB1 effect was dependent on the thapsigargin-sensitive Ca2+ store of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and independent of extracellular Ca2+. The function of CIB1 on InsP3-evoked Ca2+ release from the ER is most likely mediated by its interaction with the InsP3 receptor. Thus, CIB1 seems to be an inhibitor of InsP3-dependent Ca2+ release in vivo.
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- Jan K Hennigs
- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie II, Molekulare Zellbiologie, Zentrum für Experimentelle Medizin, Hamburg, Germany
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Suh YH, Pelkey KA, Lavezzari G, Roche PA, Huganir RL, McBain CJ, Roche KW. Corequirement of PICK1 binding and PKC phosphorylation for stable surface expression of the metabotropic glutamate receptor mGluR7. Neuron 2008; 58:736-48. [PMID: 18549785 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.03.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2007] [Revised: 02/14/2008] [Accepted: 03/28/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The presynaptic metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) mGluR7 modulates excitatory neurotransmission by regulating neurotransmitter release and plays a critical role in certain forms of synaptic plasticity. Although the dynamic regulation of mGluR7 surface expression governs a form of metaplasticity in the hippocampus, little is known about the molecular mechanisms regulating mGluR7 trafficking. We now show that mGluR7 surface expression is stabilized by both PKC phosphorylation and by receptor binding to the PDZ domain-containing protein PICK1. Phosphorylation of mGluR7 on serine 862 (S862) inhibits CaM binding, thereby increasing mGluR7 surface expression and receptor binding to PICK1. Furthermore, in mice lacking PICK1, PKC-dependent increases in mGluR7 phosphorylation and surface expression are diminished, and mGluR7-dependent plasticity at mossy fiber-interneuron hippocampal synapses is impaired. These data support a model in which PICK1 binding and PKC phosphorylation act together to stabilize mGluR7 on the cell surface in vivo.
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- Young Ho Suh
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, 35 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Distinct roles of group I mGlu receptors in striatal function. Neuropharmacology 2008; 55:392-5. [PMID: 18602651 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2008.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2008] [Revised: 05/16/2008] [Accepted: 05/23/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In the recent past, evidence accumulated in favour of a central role of group I metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptors, mGlu1 and mGlu5, in the modulation of cell excitability both of striatal medium spiny projection neurons (MSNs) and interneuronal population. Electrophysiological and pharmacological studies have clearly shown that activation of mGlu1 and mGlu5 receptors exerts distinct actions, depending on the neuronal subtype involved. MGlu5 receptor activation mediates the potentiation of NMDA responses in MSNs, and underlies the retrograde inhibitory signaling by endocannabinoids at corticostriatal synapses. Conversely, both group I mGlu receptors are involved in long-term synaptic plasticity of MSNs. Likewise, either mGlu1 or mGlu5 receptors are engaged in shaping the excitability of large cholinergic interneurons, playing different roles in the membrane responses. Differently, although GABAergic parvalbumin-positive, fast-spiking interneurons have been shown to express both group I receptors, only mGlu1 receptor seems to mediate membrane and synaptic responses. This review provides a brief survey of the cellular and synaptic actions of group I mGlu receptors, and discusses the potential relevance of these findings in neostriatal function and motor control.
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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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