TY - JOUR
T1 - Ischemic insults direct glutamate receptor subunit 2-lacking AMPA receptors to synaptic sites
AU - Liu, Baosong
AU - Liao, Mingxia
AU - Mielke, John G.
AU - Ning, Ke
AU - Chen, Yonghong
AU - Li, Lei
AU - El-Hayek, Youssef H.
AU - Gomez, Everlyne
AU - Zukin, R. Suzanne
AU - Fehlings, Michael G.
AU - Wan, Qi
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Regulated AMPA receptor (AMPAR) trafficking at excitatory synapses is a mechanism critical to activity-dependent alterations in synaptic efficacy. The role of regulated AMPAR trafficking in insult-induced synaptic remodeling and/or cell death is, however, as yet unclear. Here we show that brief oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD), an in vitro model of brain ischemia, promotes redistribution of AMPARs at synapses of hippocampal neurons, leading to a switch in AMPAR subunit composition. Ischemic insults promote internalization of glutamate receptor subunit 2 (GluR2)-containing AMPARs from synaptic sites via clathrin-dependent endocytosis and facilitate delivery of GluR2-lacking AMPARs to synaptic sites via soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor-dependent exocytosis, evident at early times after insult. The OGD-induced switch in receptor subunit composition requires PKC activation, dissociation of GluR2 from AMPA receptor-binding protein, and association with protein interacting with C kinase-1. We further show that AMPARs at synapses of insulted neurons exhibit functional properties of GluR2-lacking AMPARs. AMPAR-mediated miniature EPSCs exhibit increased amplitudes and enhanced sensitivity to subunit-specific blockers of GluR2-lacking AMPARs, evident at 24 h after ischemia. The OGD-induced alterations in synaptic AMPA currents require clathrin-mediated receptor endocytosis and PKC activation. Thus, ischemic insults promote targeting of GluR2-lacking AMPARs to synapses of hippocampal neurons, mechanisms that may be relevant to ischemia-induced synaptic remodeling and/or neuronal death.
AB - Regulated AMPA receptor (AMPAR) trafficking at excitatory synapses is a mechanism critical to activity-dependent alterations in synaptic efficacy. The role of regulated AMPAR trafficking in insult-induced synaptic remodeling and/or cell death is, however, as yet unclear. Here we show that brief oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD), an in vitro model of brain ischemia, promotes redistribution of AMPARs at synapses of hippocampal neurons, leading to a switch in AMPAR subunit composition. Ischemic insults promote internalization of glutamate receptor subunit 2 (GluR2)-containing AMPARs from synaptic sites via clathrin-dependent endocytosis and facilitate delivery of GluR2-lacking AMPARs to synaptic sites via soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor-dependent exocytosis, evident at early times after insult. The OGD-induced switch in receptor subunit composition requires PKC activation, dissociation of GluR2 from AMPA receptor-binding protein, and association with protein interacting with C kinase-1. We further show that AMPARs at synapses of insulted neurons exhibit functional properties of GluR2-lacking AMPARs. AMPAR-mediated miniature EPSCs exhibit increased amplitudes and enhanced sensitivity to subunit-specific blockers of GluR2-lacking AMPARs, evident at 24 h after ischemia. The OGD-induced alterations in synaptic AMPA currents require clathrin-mediated receptor endocytosis and PKC activation. Thus, ischemic insults promote targeting of GluR2-lacking AMPARs to synapses of hippocampal neurons, mechanisms that may be relevant to ischemia-induced synaptic remodeling and/or neuronal death.
KW - AMPA receptors
KW - GluR2 subunit
KW - Ischemia
KW - Neuronal death
KW - Receptor trafficking
KW - Synapse
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U2 - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0567-06.2006
DO - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0567-06.2006
M3 - Article
C2 - 16707783
AN - SCOPUS:33745006396
SN - 0270-6474
VL - 26
SP - 5309
EP - 5319
JO - Journal of Neuroscience
JF - Journal of Neuroscience
IS - 20
ER -