title: Granule neurons in cerebellum express distinct splice variants of the inositol trisphosphate receptor that are modulated by calcium.
abstract: Primary cultures of granule cells (GC) from rat cerebellar cortex were used to determine whether bioelectric activity, via a Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent kinase (CaMK) signaling cascade, modulates expression and exon selection in the inositol trisphosphate receptor type 1 (IP(3)R1). IP(3)R1 contains or lacks three exons (S1, S2, and S3) that are regulated in a regionally and temporally specific manner. The neuronal, or long, form of IP(3)R1 is distinguished from peripheral tissues by inclusion of the S2 exon. Although previous studies indicated that IP(3)R1 are undetectable in the cerebellar granular layer in vivo, receptor protein and mRNA are induced in cultured GC grown in medium supplemented with 25 mM KCl or NMDA, two trophic agents that promote long-term survival, compared with GC grown in 5 mM KCl. IP(3)R1 induction in response to 25 mM KCl or NMDA is attenuated by coaddition of voltage-sensitive calcium channel or NMDA receptor antagonists, respectively. Actinomycin D, CaMK, and calcineurin antagonists likewise suppress induction. Unlike the major variants of IP(3)R1 in Purkinje neurons, which lack S1 and S3, GC grown with trophic agents express mRNA containing these exons. Both neuronal types contain S2. Evidence obtained using mutant mice with Purkinje cell lesions, laser-microdissected GC neurons from slices, and explant cultures indicates that GC predominantly express the S1-containing variant of IP(3)R1 in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Carol M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Beaman-Hall
authors.forename: Mary L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Vallano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000502:physiology; D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000378:metabolism*; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D053496:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors; D016202:N-Methylaspartate / Q000494:pharmacology; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010641:Phenotype; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D053496:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D016202:N-Methylaspartate; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D002118:Calcium