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Subtype-dependence of NMDA receptor channel open probability.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Chen, Nansheng Luo, Tao Raymond, Lynn A. |
| Copyright Year | 1999 |
| Abstract | NMDA receptor-mediated calcium transients play a critical role in synaptogenesis, synaptic plasticity, and excitotoxicity. NMDA receptors are heteromeric complexes of NR1A combined with NR2A, NR2B, NR2C, and/or NR2D subunits. The NR2 subunits determine a variety of electrophysiological and pharmacological properties of the NMDA receptor complex. In this report, we provide evidence for the first time that there is also a significant difference in peak channel open probability (P(o)) between NMDA receptors composed of NR1A/NR2A and those of NR1A/NR2B subunits. First, whole-cell patch-clamp recordings from human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 cells expressing NMDA receptors revealed that NR1A/NR2A-mediated peak current densities are approximately four times larger than those of NR1A/NR2B. We show that this fourfold difference is unlikely caused by differences in receptor surface expression, since these levels were similar for the two subtypes by Western blot analysis. To determine whether P(o) contributed to the difference in peak current densities, we used two different open channel antagonists, MK-801 and 9-aminoacridine, in a variety of experimental paradigms. Our results indicate that peak P(o) is significantly higher (twofold to fivefold) for NR1A/NR2A than NR1A/NR2B, with estimated values of approximately 0.35 and 0.07, respectively. These results suggest that a change in the relative expression levels of NR2A and NR2B can regulate peak amplitude of NMDA receptor-mediated excitatory postsynaptic potentials and therefore may play a role in mechanisms underlying synaptic plasticity. |
| Starting Page | 741 |
| Ending Page | 743 |
| Page Count | 3 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.jneurosci.org/content/jneuro/19/16/6844.full.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 10436042v1 |
| Volume Number | 19 |
| Issue Number | 16 |
| Journal | The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aminacrine Calcium Dependence Dizocilpine Maleate Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials GRIN2A protein, human GRIN2A wt Allele Large N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptors N-Methylaspartate Neuronal Plasticity Pharmacology Probability Renal Tissue Subtype (attribute) Vitamin D3 Receptor Western Blot density synaptogenesis |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
