Input-specific regulation of glutamatergic synaptic transmission in the medial prefrontal cortex by mGlu2/mGlu4 receptor heterodimers

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Metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) are G protein-coupled receptors that regulate various aspects of central nervous system processing in normal physiology and in disease. They are thought to function as disulfide-linked homodimers, but studies have suggested that mGluRs can form functional heterodimers in cell lines. Using selective allosteric ligands, ex vivo brain slice electrophysiology, and optogenetic approaches, we found that two mGluR subtypes-mGluR2 and mGluR4 (or mGlu2 and mGlu4)-exist as functional heterodimers that regulate excitatory transmission in a synapse-specific manner within the rodent medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). Activation of mGlu2/mGlu4 heterodimers inhibited glutamatergic signaling at thalamo-mPFC synapses but not at hippocampus-mPFC or amygdala-mPFC synapses. These findings raise the possibility that selectively targeting these heterodimers could be a therapeutic strategy for some neurologic and neuropsychiatric disorders involving specific brain circuits.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

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Science signaling - 14(2021), 677 vom: 06. Apr.

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xiang, Zixiu [VerfasserIn]
Lv, Xiaohui [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Xin [VerfasserIn]
O'Brien, Daniel E [VerfasserIn]
Altman, Molly K [VerfasserIn]
Lindsley, Craig W [VerfasserIn]
Javitch, Jonathan A [VerfasserIn]
Niswender, Colleen M [VerfasserIn]
Conn, P Jeffrey [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 13.01.2022

Date Revised 24.02.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1126/scisignal.abd2319

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NLM323794882