Activation of the TRPC1 cation channel by metabotropic glutamate receptor mGluR1

Sang Jeong Kim, Yu Shin Kim, Joseph P. Yuan, Ronald S. Petralia, Paul F. Worley and David J. Linden ()
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Sang Jeong Kim: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Yu Shin Kim: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Joseph P. Yuan: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Ronald S. Petralia: NIDCD/NIH
Paul F. Worley: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
David J. Linden: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Nature, 2003, vol. 426, issue 6964, 285-291

Abstract: Abstract Group I metabotropic glutamate receptors (consisting of mGluR1 and mGluR5) are G-protein-coupled neurotransmitter receptors1 that are found in the perisynaptic region of the postsynaptic membrane2. These receptors are not activated by single synaptic volleys but rather require bursts of activity3,4,5. They are implicated in many forms of neural plasticity including hippocampal long-term potentiation and depression6,7,8, cerebellar long-term depression8,9,10,11, associative learning7,11, and cocaine addiction12. When activated, group I mGluRs engage two G-protein-dependent signalling mechanisms: stimulation of phospholipase C and activation of an unidentified, mixed-cation excitatory postsynaptic conductance (EPSC), displaying slow activation, in the plasma membrane4,5,13,14,15. Here we report that the mGluR1-evoked slow EPSC is mediated by the TRPC1 cation channel. TRPC1 is expressed in perisynaptic regions of the cerebellar parallel fibre–Purkinje cell synapse and is physically associated with mGluR1. Manipulations that interfere with TRPC1 block the mGluR1-evoked slow EPSC in Purkinje cells; however, fast transmission mediated by AMPA-type glutamate receptors remains unaffected. Furthermore, co-expression of mGluR1 and TRPC1 in a heterologous system reconstituted a mGluR1-evoked conductance that closely resembles the slow EPSC in Purkinje cells.

Date: 2003
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