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EMBO J
1992 Mar 01;113:891-6. doi: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1992.tb05127.x.
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Calcium influx through subunits GluR1/GluR3 of kainate/AMPA receptor channels is regulated by cAMP dependent protein kinase.
Keller BU
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Hollmann M
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Heinemann S
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Konnerth A
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Excitatory synaptic transmission in the central nervous system (CNS) is mediated by three major classes of glutamate receptors, namely the ionotropic NMDA (N-Methyl-D-Aspartate) and KA/AMPA (kainate/alpha-amino-3-hydroxyl-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid) receptors and the metabotropic receptor type. Among the ionotropic receptors, NMDA receptors are thought to mediate their physiological response mainly through the influx of extracellular calcium, while KA/AMPA receptor channels are mainly thought to carry the influx of monovalent cations. Recently, we have challenged this view by showing that cloned KA/AMPA receptor subunits GluR1 and GluR3 form ion channels which are permeable to calcium. We now directly demonstrate large increases in intracellular calcium concentrations induced by calcium fluxes through KA/AMPA receptor channels in solutions with physiological calcium concentrations. Calcium fluxes were observed through glutamate receptor channels composed of the subunits GluR1 and GluR3, which are both abundantly present in various types of central neurones. The calcium influx was fluorometrically monitored in Xenopus oocytes injected with the calcium indicator dye fura-2. Bath application of the membrane permeable analogue of adenosine cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) potentiated the current and also the flux of calcium through open KA/AMPA receptor channels. Further pharmacological experiments suggested that this effect was mediated by the activation of protein kinase A. Our results provide a molecular interpretation for the function of calcium permeable KA/AMPA receptor channels in neurones and identify two of the subunits of the KA/AMPA receptor channel which are regulated by the cAMP dependent second messenger system.
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