Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-5-26
pubmed:abstractText
Hippocampal CA1 homosynaptic long-term potentiation (LTP) is expressed specifically at activated synapses. Increased insertion of postsynaptic alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-isoxazole-4-propionic acid receptors (AMPARs) appears to be crucial for CA1 LTP. However, the mechanism underlying AMPAR insertion during LTP remains largely unknown. We now report that phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) is complexed with AMPARs at synapses and activated by selective stimulation of synaptic N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors. Activation of the AMPAR-associated PI3K is required for the increased cell surface expression of AMPARs and LTP. Thus, our results strongly suggest that the AMPAR-PI3K complex may constitute a critical molecular signal responsible for AMPAR insertion at activated CA1 synapses during LTP, and consequently, this lipid kinase may serve to determine the polarity of NMDA receptor-dependent synaptic plasticity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0896-6273
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
611-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12765612-Androstadienes, pubmed-meshheading:12765612-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12765612-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:12765612-Chromones, pubmed-meshheading:12765612-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:12765612-Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:12765612-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:12765612-Long-Term Potentiation, pubmed-meshheading:12765612-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12765612-Morpholines, pubmed-meshheading:12765612-Neuronal Plasticity, pubmed-meshheading:12765612-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:12765612-Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:12765612-Protein Transport, pubmed-meshheading:12765612-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:12765612-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:12765612-Receptors, AMPA, pubmed-meshheading:12765612-Signal Transduction
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Activation of PI3-kinase is required for AMPA receptor insertion during LTP of mEPSCs in cultured hippocampal neurons.
pubmed:affiliation
Brain and Behavior Program and Department of Pathology, Research Institute of the Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't