title: Differential roles of signal transduction mechanisms in long-term potentiation of excitatory synaptic transmission induced by activation of group I mGluRs in the spinal trigeminal subnucleus oralis.
abstract: Group I metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR1 and 5) have been implicated in long-term potentiation (LTP), a persistent increase of synaptic efficiency, in the central nervous system including the spinal trigeminal nucleus (Vsp). In the ascending pathway from the caudalis (Vc) to the oralis (Vo) subnuclus in Vsp, it has been shown that the activation of group I mGluRs (mGluR1 and 5) with their agonist (S)-3,5-dihydroxyphenylglycine (DHPG) produces a delayed type of LTP of excitatory synaptic transmission and this LTP was mediated by mGluR1. Further, this study attempts to pharmacologically characterize essential signaling components for the expression of DHPG-induced LTP. As a result, it is found that the group I mGluRs essentially use G protein-mediated activation of the phospholipase C (PLC) pathway to express the LTP. However, recruited signaling molecules following the activation of PLC are differentially involved in the expression of LTP: i.e. IP3 receptor, intracellular Ca(2+) rise, CaMKII and ERK function as positive regulators, whereas PKC as a negative regulator. Furthermore, both L-type voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channel and canonical transient receptor potential channel positively contribute to the expression of LTP. Taken together, these results suggest that signaling molecules recruited by the activation of group I mGluRs collaboratively or oppositely control the optimal expression of synaptic plasticity at excitatory synapses in the Vo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Physiology, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, 2177 Dalgubeol Blvd., Jung-gu, Daegu 700-706, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: dyoun@knu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Dong-ho
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Youn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D020013:Calcium Signaling; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D019706:Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials; D005260:Female; D005998:Glycine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017774:Long-Term Potentiation; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D064529:Receptor, Metabotropic Glutamate 5 / Q000819:agonists / Q000378:metabolism*; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate / Q000819:agonists / Q000378:metabolism*; D012118:Resorcinols / Q000494:pharmacology; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014279:Trigeminal Nucleus, Spinal / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D064529:Receptor, Metabotropic Glutamate 5; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate; D012118:Resorcinols; C104077:metabotropic glutamate receptor type 1; C079215:3,5-dihydroxyphenylglycine; D005998:Glycine
keywords: Calcium channel; Group I mGluR; LTP; Protein kinase; Spinal trigeminal nucleus oralis; TRPC channel