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The Journal of Neuroscience, January 15, 2001, 21(2):392-400

Three Pairs of Cysteine Residues Mediate Both Redox and Zn2+ Modulation of the NMDA Receptor

Yun-Beom Choi1, 2, Huei-Sheng Vincent Chen1, 2, and Stuart A. Lipton1, 2

1 Center for Neuroscience and Aging, The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, and 2 Cerebrovascular and NeuroScience Research Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115

NMDA receptor activity is modulated by various compounds, including sulfhydryl redox agents and Zn2+. In addition to a slow and persistent component of redox modulation common to all NMDA receptors, NR1/NR2A receptors uniquely have a rapid and reversible component that has been variously attributed to redox or Zn2+ effects. Here we show that this rapid modulatory effect can be described by two time constants with relatively fast (~6 sec) and intermediate (60 sec) half lives, and it is likely to be attributable to both redox agents and Zn2+. Using site-directed mutagenesis, we identified three pairs of cysteine residues that underlie the various kinetic components of redox modulation of NMDA-evoked currents in Xenopus oocytes expressing NR1/NR2A receptors: (1) Cys 87 and Cys 320 in NR2A underlie the fast component, (2) Cys 79 and Cys 308 in NR1 underlie the intermediate component, and (3) Cys 744 and Cys 798 in NR1 underlie the persistent component. Mutation of these redox-sensitive cysteine residues also affects high-affinity, voltage-independent Zn2+ inhibition that is specific to NR1/NR2A receptors. Exposure to methanethiosulfonate agents that modify cysteine residues did not block the Zn2+ inhibition. Thus, these cysteine residues do not appear to coordinate Zn2+ directly. Instead, the redox status of these cysteine residues may modulate the sensitivity of the receptor to Zn2+.

Key words: NMDA receptor; glutamate; zinc; redox; recombinant cDNA; cysteine; dithiothreitol

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