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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2010

NMDA receptor-dependent GABAB receptor internalization via CaMKII phosphorylation of serine 867 in GABAB1.

Nicole Guetg, Said Abdel Aziz, Niklaus Holbro, Rostislav Turecek, Tobias Rose, Riad Seddik, Martin Gassmann, Suzette Moes, Paul Jenoe, Thomas G Oertner and 2 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 71 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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71 citing papers in PubMed, 109 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Nicole GuetgDepartment of Biomedicine, Institute of Physiology, Pharmazentrum, University of Basel, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
Said Abdel Aziz
Niklaus Holbro
Rostislav Turecek
Tobias Rose
Riad Seddik
Martin Gassmann
Suzette Moes
Paul Jenoe
Thomas G Oertner
Emilio Casanova
Bernhard Bettler
University of Basel · CHFriedrich Miescher Institute · CHCzech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Medicine · CZ

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

GABAB receptors are the G-protein-coupled receptors for GABA, the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain. GABAB receptors are abundant on dendritic spines, where they dampen postsynaptic excitability and inhibit Ca2+ influx through NMDA receptors when activated by spillover of GABA from neighboring GABAergic terminals. Here, we show that an excitatory signaling cascade enables spines to counteract this GABAB-mediated inhibition. We found that NMDA application to cultured hippocampal neurons promotes dynamin-dependent endocytosis of GABAB receptors. NMDA-dependent internalization of GABAB receptors requires activation of Ca2+/Calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII), which associates with GABAB receptors in vivo and phosphorylates serine 867 (S867) in the intracellular C terminus of the GABAB1 subunit. Blockade of either CaMKII or phosphorylation of S867 renders GABAB receptors refractory to NMDA-mediated internalization. Time-lapse two-photon imaging of organotypic hippocampal slices reveals that activation of NMDA receptors removes GABAB receptors within minutes from the surface of dendritic spines and shafts. NMDA-dependent S867 phosphorylation and internalization is predominantly detectable with the GABAB1b subunit isoform, which is the isoform that clusters with inhibitory effector K+ channels in the spines. Consistent with this, NMDA receptor activation in neurons impairs the ability of GABAB receptors to activate K+ channels. Thus, our data support that NMDA receptor activity endocytoses postsynaptic GABAB receptors through CaMKII-mediated phosphorylation of S867. This provides a means to spare NMDA receptors at individual glutamatergic synapses from reciprocal inhibition through GABAB receptors.

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Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2Cells, CulturedMiceMice, KnockoutPhosphorylationRatsReceptors, GABA-BReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateSerineCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2Receptors, GABA-BReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateSerine

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PMID20643921
PMCPMC2922270
OpenAlexW2106251777

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