Surface Mobility of Postsynaptic AMPARs Tunes Synaptic Transmission
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AMPA glutamate receptors (AMPARs) mediate fast excitatory synaptic transmission. Upon fast consecutive synaptic stimulation, transmission can be depressed. Recuperation from fast synaptic depression has been attributed solely to recovery of transmitter release and/or AMPAR desensitization. We show that AMPAR lateral diffusion, observed in both intact hippocampi and cultured neurons, allows fast exchange of desensitized receptors with naïve functional ones within or near the postsynaptic density. Recovery from depression in the tens of millisecond time range can be explained in part by this fast receptor exchange. Preventing AMPAR surface movements through cross-linking, endogenous clustering, or calcium rise all slow recovery from depression. Physiological regulation of postsynaptic receptor mobility affects the fidelity of synaptic transmission by shaping the frequency dependence of synaptic responses.
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Many synaptic proteins are remarkably dynamic, including AMPARs, NMDARs, CaMKII, and scaffolding proteins such as PSD-95.
“These studies show that many synaptic proteins are remarkably dynamic, including AMPARs (237, 249, 327, 328), NMDARs (329), CaMKII (330), and scaffolding proteins, such as PSD-95 (331).”
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- Heine, M., Groc, L., Frischknecht, R., Béïque, J.-C., Lounis, B., Rumbaugh, G., Huganir, R. L., Cognet, L., & Choquet, D.
- Affiliations
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- CNRS, UMR 5091, Université Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
- Corresponding author
- Heine, Martin
- Choquet, Daniel
- ORCID
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- Science
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- 2008-04-11
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- 320
- Issue
- 5873
- Pages
- 201-205
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- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- PMC
- PMC2715948
- OpenAlex
- W1995949213
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
- Keywords
- AMPA receptors, receptor lateral diffusion, synaptic depression, recovery from depression, receptor desensitization, postsynaptic density, hippocampus, receptor clustering, calcium signaling
- MeSH terms
- Action Potentials, Animals, Calcium, Cells, Cultured, Diffusion, Hippocampus, Kynurenic Acid, Synaptic Transmission, Neuronal Plasticity, Neurons, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Synapses, Transfection, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Receptors, AMPA, Patch-Clamp Techniques, Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists, Glutamic Acid, Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials, Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching, Rats
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