title: Involvement of Na+-Ca2+ exchanger on metabotropic glutamate receptor 1-mediated [Ca2+]i transients in rat cerebellar Purkinje neurons.
abstract: Cerebellar Purkinje neurons have intracellular regulatory systems including Ca2+-binding proteins, intracellular Ca2+ stores, Ca2+-ATPase and Na+-Ca2+ exchanger (NCX) that keep intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) in physiological range. Among these, NCX interacts with AMPA receptors, activation of which induces cerebellar synaptic plasticity. And the activation of metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 (mGluR1) is also involved in the induction of cerebellar long-term depression. The interaction of NCX with mGluR1 is not known yet. Thus, in this study, the functional relationship between NCX and mGluR1 in modulating the [Ca2+]i in rat Purkinje neurons was investigated. The interaction between NCX and mGluR1 in Purkinje neurons was studied by measuring intracellular Ca2+ transients induced by an agonist of group I mGluRs, 3,5-dihydroxyphenylglycine (DHPG). The DHPG-induced Ca2+ transient was significantly reduced by treatments of NCX inhibitors, bepridil and KB-R7943. When cells were pretreated with antisense oligodeoxynucleotides of NCX, the DHPG-induced Ca2+ transient was also inhibited. These results suggest that NCX modulates the activity of mGluR1 in cerebellar Purkinje neurons. Therefore, NCX appears to play an important role in the physiological function of cerebellar Purkinje neurons such as synaptic plasticity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Center for Advanced Medical Education by BK21 Project, College of Medicine, Inha University, 253, Yonghyun-Dong, Nam-Ku, Incheon, 402-751, South Korea.
authors.forename: Y T
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Namkung
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kwak
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Suh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D015764:Bepridil / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000166:cytology*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D008734:Methoxyhydroxyphenylglycol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D020319:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, Antisense / Q000494:pharmacology; D011689:Purkinje Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011810:Quinoxalines / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate / Q000502:physiology*; D019831:Sodium-Calcium Exchanger / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013890:Thiourea / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: C101670:2-(2-(4-(4-nitrobenzyloxy)phenyl)ethyl)isothiourea methanesulfonate; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D020319:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, Antisense; D011810:Quinoxalines; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate; D019831:Sodium-Calcium Exchanger; C104077:metabotropic glutamate receptor type 1; C062865:2,3-dioxo-6-nitro-7-sulfamoylbenzo(f)quinoxaline; D008734:Methoxyhydroxyphenylglycol; D015764:Bepridil; D013890:Thiourea; D002118:Calcium; C010117:3,4-dihydroxyphenylglycol