Subcellular immunolocalization of NMDA receptor subunit NR1, 2A, 2B in the rat vestibular periphery
Subcellular immunolocalization of NMDA receptor subunit NR1, 2A, 2B in the rat vestibular periphery
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DOI:
10.1016/s0006-8993(02)02419-8
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发表时间:
2002-05-10
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2.9
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Ishiyama, A
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作者:
Ishiyama, G;Lopez, I;Ishiyama, A
The immunohistochemical localization of the NMDA glutamate receptor subunits NR1, NR2A, and NR2B was investigated in the rat vestibular periphery at the light and electron microscopy level using specific antipeptide antibodies. The afferent calyceal terminals and nerve fibers innervating type I vestibular hair cells were strongly NR1, NR2A, and NR2B immunoreactive. Under electron microscopy, the basolateral type I hair cell membrane was NR1 immunoreactive. The type 11 hair cell and its afferent boutons were NR1, NR2A. and NR2B non-immunoreactive. Nearly all of Scarpa's ganglion neurons were NR1 immunoreactive, but there was a subset of NR2A non-immunoreactive neurons. Additionally, the larger sized Scarpa's ganglia neurons were NR2B immunoreactive, while the Smaller neurons were non-immunoreactive. These findings are strong evidence for functional NMDA receptor mediation or modulation of afferent excitatory neurotransmission from type T but not type II vestibular hair cells to the primary afferent nerve. The receptor subtype(s) may be a combination of NR1/NR2A, NR1/NR2B, and/or NR1/NR2A/NR2B. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science BY. All rights reserved.