title: Dynamin-dependent endocytosis of ionotropic glutamate receptors.
abstract: Little is known about the mechanisms that regulate the number of ionotropic glutamate receptors present at excitatory synapses. Herein, we show that GluR1-containing alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptors (AMPARs) are removed from the postsynaptic plasma membrane of cultured hippocampal neurons by rapid, ligand-induced endocytosis. Although endocytosis of AMPARs can be induced by high concentrations of AMPA without concomitant activation of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors (NMDARs), NMDAR activation is required for detectable endocytosis induced by synaptically released glutamate. Activated AMPARs colocalize with AP2, a marker of endocytic coated pits, and endocytosis of AMPARs is blocked by biochemical inhibition of clathrin-coated pit function or overexpression of a dominant-negative mutant form of dynamin. These results establish that ionotropic receptors are regulated by dynamin-dependent endocytosis and suggest an important role of endocytic membrane trafficking in the postsynaptic modulation of neurotransmission.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Carroll
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Beattie
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lüscher
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Altschuler
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Nicoll
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Malenka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: von Zastrow
mesh_terms: D033962:Adaptor Protein Complex 2; D033965:Adaptor Protein Complex alpha Subunits; D033942:Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D034281:Dynamins; D004705:Endocytosis / Q000502:physiology*; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology; D008024:Ligands; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D018091:Receptors, AMPA / Q000378:metabolism*; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000378:metabolism; D018350:alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D033962:Adaptor Protein Complex 2; D033965:Adaptor Protein Complex alpha Subunits; D033942:Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport; D034281:Dynamins; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases; D008024:Ligands; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D018091:Receptors, AMPA; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D018350:alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid