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The Journal of Neuroscience, January 7, 2004, 24(1):76-84; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4515-03.2004
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Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase 1/2 Is Required for the Induction of Group I Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor-Mediated Epileptiform Discharges
Wangfa Zhao, Riccardo Bianchi, Min Wang, andRobert K. S. Wong Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York 11203
Transient stimulation of group I metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) induces persistent prolonged epileptiform discharges in hippocampal slices via a protein synthesis-dependent process. At present, the signaling process underlying the induction of these epileptiform discharges remains unknown. We examined the possible role of extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK1 and ERK2) because these kinases can be activated by group I mGluRs, and their activation may regulate gene expression and alter protein synthesis. The group I mGluR agonist (S)-3,5-dihydroxyphenylglycine (DHPG; 50 µM) induced activation of ERK1/2 in hippocampal slices. 2-(2-Diamino-3-methoxyphenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one (PD98059) (50 µM) a specific inhibitor of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK), suppressed ERK1/2 activation by DHPG. PD98059 or another MEK inhibitor, 1,4-diamino-2,3-dicyano-1,4-bis[2-aminophenylthio]butadiene (10 µM), also prevented the induction of the prolonged epileptiform discharges by DHPG. In the presence of ionotropic glutamate receptor inhibitors and tetrodotoxin (blockers), DHPG-induced epileptiform discharges were suppressed, whereas ERK1/2 activation persisted. Protein kinase C inhibitors (2-[1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-5-methoxyindol-3-yl]-3-(1H-indol-3-yl) maleimide, 1 µM; or chelerythrine, 10 µM) did not prevent the generation of DHPG-induced epileptiform discharges, nor did they suppress the activation of ERK1/2 by DHPG in slices pretreated with the blockers. Genistein (30 µM), a broad-spectrum tyrosine kinase inhibitor, suppressed the DHPG-induced epileptiform discharges and the ERK1/2 activation in the presence of blockers. Induction of DHPG-mediated epileptiform discharges was also suppressed by 4-amino-5-(4-chlorophenyl)-7-(t-butyl)pyrazolo[3,4-D]pyrimidine (10 µM), an Src-family tyrosine kinase inhibitor. The study shows that group I mGluRs activate ERK1/2 through a tyrosine kinase-dependent process and that this activation of ERK1/2 is necessary for the induction of prolonged epileptiform discharges in the hippocampus.
Key words: ERK1/2; metabotropic glutamate receptor; DHPG; tyrosine kinase; PKC; hippocampus
Received June 26, 2003; revised November 3, 2003; accepted November 4, 2003.
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