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ArticleCell2015

Hippocampal Dopamine/DRD1 Signaling Dependent on the Ghrelin Receptor.

Andras Kern, Maria Mavrikaki, Celine Ullrich, Rosie Albarran-Zeckler, Alicia Faruzzi Brantley, Roy G Smith

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Article in Cell, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
72citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

72 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 129 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andras KernDepartment of Metabolism and Aging, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA. Electronic address: akern@scripps.edu.
Maria MavrikakiDepartment of Metabolism and Aging, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA.
Celine UllrichDepartment of Metabolism and Aging, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA.
Rosie Albarran-ZecklerDepartment of Metabolism and Aging, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA.
Alicia Faruzzi BrantleyDepartment of Neuroscience and Behavioral Core, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA.
Roy G SmithDepartment of Metabolism and Aging, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA. Electronic address: rgsmith@scripps.edu.
Scripps Research Institute · US

Funding

Regulatory Role of Growth Hormone Secretagogue ReceptorR01AG019230 · NIA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI SMITH, ROY G · 2001 to 2012
$3.6M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG019230NIA NIH HHS R01AG019230
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ghrelin receptor (GHSR1a) and dopamine receptor-1 (DRD1) are coexpressed in hippocampal neurons, yet ghrelin is undetectable in the hippocampus; therefore, we sought a function for apo-GHSR1a. Real-time single-molecule analysis on hippocampal neurons revealed dimerization between apo-GHSR1a and DRD1 that is enhanced by DRD1 agonism. In addition, proximity measurements support formation of preassembled apo-GHSR1a:DRD1:Gαq heteromeric complexes in hippocampal neurons. Activation by a DRD1 agonist produced non-canonical signal transduction via Gαq-PLC-IP3-Ca(2+) at the expense of canonical DRD1 Gαs cAMP signaling to result in CaMKII activation, glutamate receptor exocytosis, synaptic reorganization, and expression of early markers of hippocampal synaptic plasticity. Remarkably, this pathway is blocked by genetic or pharmacological inactivation of GHSR1a. In mice, GHSR1a inactivation inhibits DRD1-mediated hippocampal behavior and memory. Our findings identify a previously unrecognized mechanism essential for DRD1 initiation of hippocampal synaptic plasticity that is dependent on GHSR1a, and independent of cAMP signaling.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAnimalsCells, CulturedDopamineHippocampusMemoryMiceNeuronal PlasticityReceptors, Dopamine D1Receptors, GhrelinDopamineDrd1 protein, mouseGhsr protein, MouseReceptors, Dopamine D1Receptors, Ghrelin

Identifiers

PMID26590421
PMCPMC4937825
OpenAlexW2177725039

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