N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor 1 in the caudate-putamen nucleus:: Ultrastructural localization and co-expression with sorcin, a 22,000 mol. wt calcium binding protein
N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor 1 in the caudate-putamen nucleus:: Ultrastructural localization and co-expression with sorcin, a 22,000 mol. wt calcium binding protein
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DOI:
10.1016/s0306-4522(98)00440-0
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发表时间:
1999-01-01
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影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Pickel, VM
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作者:
Gracy, KN;Clarke, CL;Pickel, VM
Entry of calcium through N-methyl-D-aspartate-type glutamate receptors in the caudate-putamen nucleus is essential for normal motor activity, but can produce cytotoxicity with continued stimulation and subsequent release of intracellular calcium. To determine potential functional sites for N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor activation in this region, we examined the ultrastructural localization of the R1 subunit of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR1) in rat brain. In addition, we comparatively examined the localization of NMDAR1 and sorcin, a 22,000 mel. wt calcium binding protein present in certain striatal neurons and involved in calcium-induced calcium release. NMDAR1-Iike immunoreactivity was seen at synaptic and non-synaptic sites on neuronal plasma membranes. Of 1514 NMDAR1-labeled profiles, 62% were dendrites and dendritic spines and the remainder were mainly unmyelinated axons and axon terminals. Sorcin-like immunoreactivity was present in 39% of the profiles that contained NMDAR1 labeling, most (533/595) of which were dendrites and dendritic spines. Of 1807 sorcin-labeled profiles, 42% were identified, however, as small processes including spine necks and unmyelinated axons or axon terminals. These profiles also occasionally contained NMDAR1 or showed synaptic or appositional contacts with other NMDAR1-immunoreactive neurons.The results of this study suggest that in the caudate-putamen nucleus, activation of NMDA receptors permits calcium influx at plasmalemmal sites mainly on dendrites where sorcin may play a role in calcium-induced calcium release. The presence of sorcin in some, but not all NMDA-containing neurons in the caudate-putamen nucleus has potential implications for the known differential vulnerability of certain striatal neurons to excitotoxins. (C) 1999 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.