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Developmental Changes of Synaptic and Extrasynaptic NMDA Receptor Expression in Rat Cerebellar Neurons In Vitro
SIBAROV, Dmitry A. - Personal Name
Transient expression of different NMDA receptors (NMDARs) plays a role in development of the cerebellum. Whether similar
processes undergo during neuronal differentiation in culture is not clearly understood. We studied NMDARs in cerebellar
neurons in cultures of 7 and 21 days in vitro (DIV) using immunocytochemical and electrophysiological approaches. Whereas
at 7 DIV, the vast majority of neurons were immunopositive for GluN2 subunits, further synaptoginesis was accompanied by the
time-dependent loss of NMDARs. In contrast to GluN2B- and GluN2C-containing NMDARs, which at 7 DIV exhibited
homogenous distribution in extrasynaptic regions, GluN2A-containing receptors were aggregated in spots both in cell bodies
and dendrites. Double staining for GluN2A subunits and synaptophysin, a widely used marker for presynaptic terminals, revealed
their co-localization in about 75% of dendrite GluN2A fluorescent spots, suggesting postsynaptic origin of GluN2A subunits. In
agreement, diheteromeric GluN2A-containing NMDARs contributed to postsynaptic currents recorded in neurons throughout
the timescale under study. Diheteromeric GluN2B-containing NMDARs escaped postsynaptic regions during differentiation.
Finally, the developmental switch favored the expression of triheteromeric NMDARs assembled of 2 GluN1/1 GluN2B/1
GluN2C or GluN2D subunits in extrasynaptic regions. At 21 DIV, these receptors represented over 60% of the NMDAR
population. Thus, cerebellar neurons in primary culture undergo transformations with respect to the expression of di- and
triheteromeric NMDARs that should be taken into account when studying cellular aspects of their pharmacology and functions.
processes undergo during neuronal differentiation in culture is not clearly understood. We studied NMDARs in cerebellar
neurons in cultures of 7 and 21 days in vitro (DIV) using immunocytochemical and electrophysiological approaches. Whereas
at 7 DIV, the vast majority of neurons were immunopositive for GluN2 subunits, further synaptoginesis was accompanied by the
time-dependent loss of NMDARs. In contrast to GluN2B- and GluN2C-containing NMDARs, which at 7 DIV exhibited
homogenous distribution in extrasynaptic regions, GluN2A-containing receptors were aggregated in spots both in cell bodies
and dendrites. Double staining for GluN2A subunits and synaptophysin, a widely used marker for presynaptic terminals, revealed
their co-localization in about 75% of dendrite GluN2A fluorescent spots, suggesting postsynaptic origin of GluN2A subunits. In
agreement, diheteromeric GluN2A-containing NMDARs contributed to postsynaptic currents recorded in neurons throughout
the timescale under study. Diheteromeric GluN2B-containing NMDARs escaped postsynaptic regions during differentiation.
Finally, the developmental switch favored the expression of triheteromeric NMDARs assembled of 2 GluN1/1 GluN2B/1
GluN2C or GluN2D subunits in extrasynaptic regions. At 21 DIV, these receptors represented over 60% of the NMDAR
population. Thus, cerebellar neurons in primary culture undergo transformations with respect to the expression of di- and
triheteromeric NMDARs that should be taken into account when studying cellular aspects of their pharmacology and functions.
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