title: Glutamate-dependent translational control in cultured Bergmann glia cells: eIF2α phosphorylation.
abstract: Glutamate (Glu), the major excitatory amino acid, activates a wide variety of signal transduction cascades. Synaptic plasticity relies on activity-dependent differential protein expression. Glu receptors have been critically involved in long-term synaptic changes, although recent findings suggest that Na(+)-dependent Glu transporters participate in Glu-induced signalling. Within the cerebellum, Bergmann glia cells are in close proximity to glutamatergic synapses and through their receptors and transporters, sense and respond to neuronal glutamatergic activity. Translational control represents the fine-tuning stage of protein expression regulation and Glu modulates this event in glial cells. In this context, we decided to explore the involvement of Glu receptors and transporters in the regulation of the initiation phase of protein synthesis. To this end, Bergmann glia cells were exposed to glutamatergic ligands and the serine 51-phosphorylation pattern of the main regulator of the initiation phase of translation, namely the α subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2α), determined. A time and dose-dependent increase in eIF2α phosphorylation was detected. The signalling cascade included Ca(2+) influx, activation of the Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II and protein kinase C. These results provide an insight into the molecular targets of the Glu effects at the translational level and strengthen the notion of the critical involvement of glia cells in glutamatergic synaptic function.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Cinvestav-IPN), Apartado Postal 14-740, 07000, Mexico, D.F., Mexico.
authors.forename: Marco A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Flores-Méndez
authors.forename: Zila
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Martínez-Lozada
authors.forename: Hugo C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Monroy
authors.forename: Luisa C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Hernández-Kelly
authors.forename: Iliana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Barrera
authors.forename: Arturo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ortega
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002642:Chick Embryo; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D015852:Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000502:physiology*; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D015852:Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2; D018698:Glutamic Acid
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