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The Journal of Neuroscience, July 14, 2004, 24(28):6383-6391; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1890-04.2004
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Subunit-Specific Regulation of NMDA Receptor Endocytosis
Gabriela Lavezzari,
Jennifer McCallum,
Colleen M. Dewey, and
Katherine W. Roche
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
At excitatory synapses, both NMDA and AMPA receptors are localized to the postsynaptic density (PSD). However, unlike AMPA receptors, synaptic NMDA receptors are stable components of the PSD. Even so, surface-expressed NMDA receptors undergo endocytosis, which is more robust early in development and declines during synaptic development. We investigated the subunit-specific contributions to NMDA receptor endocytosis, specifically defining the endocytic motifs and endocytic pathways preferred by the NR2A and NR2B subunits. We find that NR2A and NR2B have distinct endocytic motifs encoded in their distal C termini and that these interact with clathrin adaptor complexes with differing affinities. We also find that NR2A and NR2B sort into different intracellular pathways after endocytosis, with NR2B preferentially trafficking through recycling endosomes. In mature cultures, we find that NR2B undergoes more robust endocytosis than NR2A, consistent with previous studies showing that NR2A is more highly expressed at stable synaptic sites. Our findings demonstrate fundamental differences between NR2A and NR2B that help clarify developmental changes in NMDA receptor trafficking and surface expression.
Key words: internalization; clathrin; endocytosis; glutamate receptors; trafficking; endocytic sorting
Received Feb 6, 2004;
accepted May 28, 2004.
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