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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
36
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-9-8
pubmed:abstractText
Reelin, a large protein that regulates neuronal migration during embryonic development, activates a conserved signaling pathway that requires its receptors, very low-density lipoprotein receptor and apolipoprotein E receptor 2, the cytoplasmic adaptor protein Disabled-1 (Dab1), and Src family kinases (SFK). Reelin also markedly enhances long-term potentiation in the adult hippocampus, suggesting that this developmental signaling pathway can physiologically modulate learning and behavior. Here, we show that Reelin can regulate NMDA-type glutamate receptor activity through a mechanism that requires SFKs and Dab1. Reelin mediates tyrosine phosphorylation of and potentiates calcium influx through NMDA receptors in primary wild-type cortical neurons but not in Dab1 knock-out neurons or in cells in which Reelin binding to its receptors is blocked by a receptor antagonist. Inhibition of SFK abolishes Reelin-induced and glutamate-dependent enhancement of calcium influx. We also show that Reelin-induced augmentation of Ca2+ entry through NMDA receptors increases phosphorylation and nuclear translocation of the transcription factor cAMP-response element binding protein. Thus, Reelin may physiologically modulate learning and memory by modulating NMDA receptor functions.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8209-16
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16148228-6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione, pubmed-meshheading:16148228-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16148228-Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal, pubmed-meshheading:16148228-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:16148228-Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:16148228-Extracellular Matrix Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16148228-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16148228-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16148228-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16148228-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:16148228-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:16148228-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:16148228-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:16148228-Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate, pubmed-meshheading:16148228-Serine Endopeptidases, pubmed-meshheading:16148228-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:16148228-Synaptic Transmission
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Reelin modulates NMDA receptor activity in cortical neurons.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural