Metabotropic Actions of Kainate Receptors in the Control of Glutamate Release in the Hippocampus
Metabotropic Actions of Kainate Receptors in the Control of Glutamate Release in the Hippocampus
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10.1007/978-1-4419-9557-5_4
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2011-01-01
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Sihra, Talvinder S.
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Rodriguez-Moreno, Antonio;Sihra, Talvinder S.
Kainate-type glutamate rcceptors (KARs) structurally present the credentials of the other ionotropic glutamate receptor (iGluR) family members (NMDA and AMPA receptors), but functionally often purport examples of a metabotropic mode of operation. In the present chapter, we describe these metabotropic roles of KARs in the modulation of glutamate release in the hippocampus at CA3 Schaffer Collateral (SC)-CA1 Pyramidal Cell (PC) synapses and dentate gyrus granule cell Mossy Fiber (MF)-CA3 PC synapses. As autoreceptors on SC terminals, KARs inhibit the release of glutamate at SC-CA1 PC synapses through a mechanism dependent on a pertussis toxin-sensitive G(i/o) protein thought to couple via its G beta gamma subunit to a decrease in Ca2+ channel function. At MF-CA3 PC synapses, autoreceptors on MF terminals respond diametrically depending on the agonist concentration. At low KA concentrations (100 nM), a mechanism involving a pertussis toxin-sensitive G(i/o) protein is invoked to inhibit AC activity and thereby suppress PKA activity. Taken together with the heterosynaptic regulation of GABA release by KARs working with a metabotropic modus operandi, there is therefore compelling evidence that these ionotropic glutamate receptors are involved in a noncanonical modulation of glutamate release that does not rely on their typical ionotropic activity.