Tunicamycin inhibits NMDA and AMPA receptor responses independently of N-glycosylation
Tunicamycin inhibits NMDA and AMPA receptor responses independently of N-glycosylation
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DOI:
10.1016/s0006-8993(03)02838-5
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发表时间:
2003-07-11
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Nishizaki, T
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作者:
Maruo, K;Nagata, T;Nishizaki, T
In a whole-cell patch-clamp configuration, currents through N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid (AMPA) receptor channels were monitored in cultured rat hippocampal neurons, and those currents were depressed to 25 and 28% of basal levels, respectively, by 3-min treatment with tunicamycin (10 muM), an inhibitor of protein N-glycosylation. Tunicamycin (10 muM) reduced amplitude of population spikes elicited in the dentate gyrus of rat hippocampal slices, reaching 78% of basal levels 60 min after the beginning of treatment, and long-term potentiation (LTP) of the perforant path was never induced in the presence of tunicamycin. Tunicamycin, thus, appears to serve as a modulator for NMDA and AMPA receptors, regardless of N-glycosylation, thereby inhibiting neurotransmission and LTP in the dentate gyrus. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.