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The Journal of Neuroscience, June 8, 2005, 25(23):5488-5501; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1187-05.2005

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Serotonin 5-HT_1A Receptors Regulate NMDA Receptor Channels through a Microtubule-Dependent Mechanism

Eunice Y. Yuen, Qian Jiang, Paul Chen, Zhenglin Gu, Jian Feng, and Zhen Yan

Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214

The serotonin system and NMDA receptors (NMDARs) in prefrontal cortex (PFC) are both critically involved in the regulation of cognition and emotion under normal and pathological conditions; however, the interactions between them are essentially unknown. Here we show that serotonin, by activating 5-HT_1A receptors, inhibited NMDA receptor-mediated ionic and synaptic currents in PFC pyramidal neurons, and the NR2B subunit-containing NMDA receptor is the primary target of 5-HT_1A receptors. This effect of 5-HT_1A receptors was blocked by agents that interfere with microtubule assembly, as well as by cellular knock-down of the kinesin motor protein KIF17 (kinesin superfamily member 17), which transports NR2B-containing vesicles along microtubule in neuronal dendrites. Inhibition of either CaMKII (calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase II) or MEK/ERK (mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase) abolished the 5-HT_1A modulation of NMDAR currents. Biochemical evidence also indicates that 5-HT_1A activation reduced microtubule stability, which was abolished by CaMKII or MEK inhibitors. Moreover, immunocytochemical studies show that 5-HT_1A activation decreased the number of surface NR2B subunits on dendrites, which was prevented by the microtubule stabilizer. Together, these results suggest that serotonin suppresses NMDAR function through a mechanism dependent on microtubule/kinesin-based dendritic transport of NMDA receptors that is regulated by CaMKII and ERK signaling pathways. The 5-HT_1A-NMDAR interaction provides a potential mechanism underlying the role of serotonin in controlling emotional and cognitive processes subserved by PFC.

Key words: trafficking; KIF17; MAP2; Ca²⁺/calmodulin-dependent kinase II; MAP kinase; prefrontal cortex; siRNA; antisense oligonucleotides

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Received Nov 18, 2004; revised April 30, 2005; accepted May 1, 2005.

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