THE MECHANISM OF ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONATE RECEPTOR DESENSITIZATION AFTER REMOVAL OF GLUTAMATE
THE MECHANISM OF ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONATE RECEPTOR DESENSITIZATION AFTER REMOVAL OF GLUTAMATE
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DOI:
10.1016/s0006-3495(95)80168-2
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发表时间:
1995-01-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
TRUSSELL, LO
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作者:
RAMAN, IM;TRUSSELL, LO
We have examined responses of AMPA (alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionate) receptors in the chick nucleus magnocellularis to pairs of pulses of glutamate and determined the extent of desensitization and the rate of recovery. Receptors recovered from desensitization with a time constant of 16 ms, regardless of the concentration or duration of the conditioning pulse. Even with very brief conditioning pulses, evoking submaximal currents, desensitization occurred at a consistent rate after the removal of free ligand. A quantitative kinetic model based on these data shows that receptors must desensitize from a closed state. The results provide evidence that very brief exposure to glutamate, on the time scale of uniquantal synaptic transmission, will result in a significant reduction in sensitivity of postsynaptic receptors.