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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-10-19
pubmed:abstractText
The molecular mechanisms that control the surface expression of NMDA receptors (NMDARs) and AMPA receptors (AMPARs) are unknown. To determine the role of the intracellular C-terminal tails of glutamate receptor subunits in the synaptic targeting of AMPARs and NMDARs, we fused the tails of the AMPAR subunits, GluR1 and GluR2, and the NMDAR subunit, NR1, to the human T lymphocyte membrane protein CD8 and expressed these constructs in HEK293 cells and cultured hippocampal neurons. The GluR1 and GluR2 fusion proteins exhibited robust surface expression in the plasma membrane of neurons at synapses as did CD8 alone. In contrast, the NR1 fusion protein was retained intracellularly in both HEK293 cells and neurons because of the presence of an ER retention signal in the C1 cassette. This ER retention signal was overridden either by the addition of a PDZ domain-binding motif or by mimicking phosphorylation at a site adjacent to the retention signal. These results provide further evidence that the intracellular trafficking of AMPAR and NMDAR subunits are regulated independently at least in part because of differences in the protein-protein interactions of their intracellular C-terminal tails.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0028-3908
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
41
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
714-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11640925-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11640925-Antigens, CD8, pubmed-meshheading:11640925-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:11640925-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11640925-Endoplasmic Reticulum, pubmed-meshheading:11640925-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:11640925-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11640925-Mutagenesis, Insertional, pubmed-meshheading:11640925-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:11640925-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:11640925-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:11640925-Protein Sorting Signals, pubmed-meshheading:11640925-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:11640925-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11640925-Receptors, AMPA, pubmed-meshheading:11640925-Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate, pubmed-meshheading:11640925-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11640925-Synapses
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
An ER retention signal explains differences in surface expression of NMDA and AMPA receptor subunits.
pubmed:affiliation
Nancy Pritzker Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Stanford University, 1201 Welch Road, Room P105, 94304-Palo Alto, CA 5485, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.