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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-2-19
pubmed:abstractText
Fragile X syndrome is a common inherited cause of mental retardation that results from the absence of the Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein (FMRP), an RNA binding protein thought to regulate translation of bound mRNAs, including its own. Previous studies in our laboratory have shown that FMRP expression increases in the barrel cortex of the rat after unilateral whisker stimulation, a model of experience dependent plasticity. This increase in protein is restricted to sub-cellular fractions enriched for synaptic or poly-ribosomal complexes. Here, we demonstrate that these increases are not accompanied by a change in FMR-1 mRNA levels and that they are blocked by the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide in a dose dependent manner. Whisker stimulation dependent expression of FMRP is also abolished by pharmacological blockade of either NMDA receptors (MK-801, 0.25 mg/kg) or type I metabotropic glutamate receptors (AIDA, 5 mg/kg). In primary cortical neurons, activation of type I mGluRs leads to an increase in FMRP expression that is not effected by blockade of NMDA receptors. Taken together, these studies show that experience regulates FMRP production in vivo at the level of translation and supports a role for FMRP in metabotropic glutamate receptor mediated synaptic plasticity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0169-328X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
110
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
267-78
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12591163-Afferent Pathways, pubmed-meshheading:12591163-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12591163-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:12591163-Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:12591163-Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein, pubmed-meshheading:12591163-Fragile X Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:12591163-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12591163-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12591163-Neuronal Plasticity, pubmed-meshheading:12591163-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:12591163-Physical Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:12591163-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:12591163-RNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12591163-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:12591163-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:12591163-Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate, pubmed-meshheading:12591163-Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate, pubmed-meshheading:12591163-Somatosensory Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:12591163-Vibrissae
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Whisker stimulation-dependent translation of FMRP in the barrel cortex requires activation of type I metabotropic glutamate receptors.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't