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The Journal of Neuroscience, August 1, 1999, 19(15):6348-6359
L-Type Ca2+ Channels Are Essential for
Glutamate-Mediated CREB Phosphorylation and c-fos Gene
Expression in Striatal Neurons
Anjali
Rajadhyaksha,
Amy
Barczak,
Wendy
Macías,
Jean-Christophe
Leveque,
Susan E.
Lewis, and
Christine
Konradi
Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience Laboratory and Department
of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical
School, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129
The second messenger pathways linking receptor activation at the
membrane to changes in the nucleus are just beginning to be unraveled
in neurons. The work presented here attempts to identify in striatal
neurons the pathways that mediate cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) phosphorylation and gene expression in response to NMDA receptor activation. We investigated the phosphorylation of the
transcription factor CREB, the expression of the immediate early gene
c-fos, and the induction of a transfected reporter gene
under the transcriptional control of CREB after stimulation of
ionotropic glutamate receptors. We found that neither AMPA/kainate receptors nor NMDA receptors were able to stimulate independently a
second messenger pathway that led to CREB phosphorylation or c-fos gene expression. Instead, we saw a consecutive
pathway from AMPA/kainate receptors to NMDA receptors and from NMDA
receptors to L-type Ca2+ channels. AMPA/kainate
receptors were involved in relieving the Mg2+ block
of NMDA receptors, and NMDA receptors triggered the opening of L-type
Ca2+ channels. The second messenger pathway that
activates CREB phosphorylation and c-fos gene expression
is likely activated by Ca2+ entry through L-type
Ca2+ channels. We conclude that in primary striatal
neurons glutamate-mediated signal transduction is dependent on
functional L-type Ca2+ channels.
Key words:
glutamate; NMDA; AMPA; kainate; L-type
Ca2+ channels; CREB; c-fos
Copyright © 1999 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/99/19156348-12$05.00/0
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