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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-10-5
pubmed:abstractText
Actin filament (F-actin) depolymerization leads to the use-dependent rundown of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor activity in rat hippocampal neurones. Depolymerization is promoted by Ca2+ which enters the cells via NMDA receptor channels. The ras homologue (Rho) GTPases (RhoA, Rac1 and Cdc42) promote actin polymerization and thus control the actin cytoskeleton. We have investigated, by means of the whole-cell patch clamp technique, whether the actin fibres which interact with NMDA receptors are controlled by Rho GTPases. In the presence of intracellular ATP which attenuates rundown, the C3 toxin from Clostridium (C.) botulinum was used to inactivate RhoA. Indeed, it enhanced the use-dependent rundown of NMDA-evoked inward currents to a level similar to that obtained in the absence of ATP. Lethal toxin from Clostridium sordellii which inactivates Rac1 and Cdc42 lacked this effect. We suggest that the function of somatodendritic NMDA receptor channels in rat hippocampal neurones can be modulated by RhoA via its action on F-actin.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0007-1188
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
127
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1060-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Rundown of somatodendritic N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor channels in rat hippocampal neurones: evidence for a role of the small GTPase RhoA.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't