title: Glutamate-dependent phosphorylation of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) in Bergmann glial cells.
abstract: Glutamate, the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system, plays an important role in neuronal development and synaptic plasticity. It activates a variety of signaling pathways that regulate gene expression at the transcriptional and translational levels. Within glial cells, besides transcription, glutamate also regulates translation initiation and elongation. The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), a key participant in the translation process, represents an important regulatory locus for translational control. Therefore, in the present communication we sought to characterize the mTOR phosphorylation pattern after glutamate treatment in chick cerebellar Bergmann glia primary cultures. A time- and dose-dependent increase in mTOR Ser 2448 phosphorylation was found. Pharmacological tools established that the glutamate effect is mediated through ionotropic and metabotropic receptors and interestingly, the glutamate transporter system is also involved. The signaling cascade triggered by glutamate includes an increase in intracellular Ca2+ levels, and the activation of the p60(Src)/PI-3K/PKB pathway. These results suggest that glia cells participate in the activity-dependent change in the brain protein repertoire.
authors: Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Apartado Postal 14-740, México D.F. 07000, Mexico.
authors: Rossana C
authors: RC
authors: Zepeda
authors: Iliana
authors: I
authors: Barrera
authors: Francisco
authors: F
authors: Castelán
authors: Edna
authors: E
authors: Suárez-Pozos
authors: Yaaziel
authors: Y
authors: Melgarejo
authors: Elba
authors: E
authors: González-Mejia
authors: Luisa C
authors: LC
authors: Hernández-Kelly
authors: Esther
authors: E
authors: López-Bayghen
authors: José
authors: J
authors: Aguilera
authors: Arturo
authors: A
authors: Ortega
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002645:Chickens; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D012694:Serine / Q000378:metabolism; D058570:TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
chemical_list: D018698:Glutamic Acid; D012694:Serine; D011494:Protein Kinases; D058570:TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases