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The Journal of Neuroscience, May 15, 1999, 19(10):3926-3934

Postsynaptic Density-93 Interacts with the delta 2 Glutamate Receptor Subunit at Parallel Fiber Synapses

Katherine W. Roche1, C. Dune Ly1, Ronald S. Petralia1, Ya-Xian Wang1, Aaron W. McGee2, David S. Bredt2, and Robert J. Wenthold1

1 Laboratory of Neurochemistry, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, and 2 Department of Physiology and Programs in Biomedical Sciences and Neuroscience, University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California 94143-0444


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The glutamate receptor subunit delta 2 has a unique distribution at the parallel fiber-Purkinje cell synapse of the cerebellum, which is developmentally regulated such that delta 2 occurs at both parallel fiber synapses and climbing fiber synapses early in development but is restricted to parallel fiber synapses in adult animals. To identify proteins that might be involved in the trafficking or docking of delta 2 receptors, we screened a yeast two-hybrid library with the cytosolic C terminus of delta 2 and isolated a member of the postsynaptic density (PSD)-95 family of proteins, which are known to interact with the extreme C termini of NMDA receptors. We find that delta 2 binds specifically to PSD-93, which is enriched in Purkinje cells. In addition, PSD-93 clusters delta 2 when they are coexpressed in heterologous cells, and clustering is disrupted by point mutations of delta 2 that disrupt the delta 2-PSD-93 interaction. Ultrastructural localization of PSD-93 and delta 2 shows they are colocalized at parallel fiber synapses; however, PSD-93 also is present at climbing fiber synapses of the adult rat, where delta 2 is not found, indicating that the presence of PSD-93 alone is not sufficient for determining the synaptic expression of delta 2.

Key words: glutamate receptor; receptor targeting; yeast two-hybrid; synaptic anchor; cerebellum; synaptic receptor regulation


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Ionotropic glutamate receptors comprise three subtypes, and each contains multiple subunits that assemble to form functional receptor complexes: NMDA (NR1, NR2A-D), AMPA (GluR1-4), and kainate (GluR5-7; KA1-KA2) (Hollmann and Heinemann, 1994). A fourth subtype, delta , has two known subunits (delta 1 and delta 2) (Yamazaki et al., 1992; Lomeli et al., 1993). Although both delta 1 and delta 2 resemble ionotropic glutamate receptor subunits based on sequence similarity, neither forms functional channels when expressed in Xenopus oocytes or mammalian cells. For this reason, far less is known about the functional role of delta  glutamate receptors than the more extensively characterized NMDA, AMPA, and kainate receptors. Despite their limited functional characterization, genetic studies have identified a critical role for delta 2 in cerebellar function. delta 2 has a unique distribution, being highly expressed in cerebellar Purkinje cells (Araki et al., 1993), where it is specifically found postsynaptic to parallel fiber synapses (Landsend et al., 1997; Zhao et al., 1997). Because the locus of cerebellar long-term depression (LTD) is the parallel fiber-Purkinje cell synapse, there has been substantial speculation that delta 2 might be the glutamate receptor involved in that paradigm of synaptic plasticity. Indeed, mice lacking delta 2 display impaired LTD (Kashiwabuchi et al., 1995), and LTD in cultured Purkinje cells requires the delta 2 subunit (Hirano et al., 1995; Jeromin et al., 1996). Interest in delta 2 has increased recently because of the exciting discovery that the phenotype of the Lurcher mouse, which is characterized by degeneration of cerebellar Purkinje cells, is caused by a point mutation in the third transmembrane domain of delta 2 (Zuo et al., 1997). This gain-of-function mutation results in a constitutively open delta 2 channel, allowing a large inward current that leads to cell death.

For glutamate receptors to function normally, they must be appropriately targeted to, and retained at, specific postsynaptic sites. Synaptic enrichment of receptors is a complex process requiring many proteins to regulate trafficking of the receptors to dendritic spines and docking at the postsynaptic density (PSD). This complexity is well illustrated by the differential targeting of the delta 2 receptor subunit in Purkinje cells. Early in development, delta 2 is found at both parallel fiber and climbing fiber synapses but, in the adult, delta 2 is restricted to the parallel fiber synapse (Landsend et al., 1997; Zhao et al., 1997). Other ionotropic and metabotropic glutamate receptors are seen at both synaptic populations and do not change with development (Zhao et al., 1998). Very little is known about the mechanisms underlying the differential targeting of receptors; however, recent studies have identified a critical role for the cytoskeleton in the docking and clustering of receptors at postsynaptic sites. The best characterized postsynaptic cytoskeletal anchors are the PSD-95 family of proteins, which are members of the larger family of membrane-associated guanylate kinases (MAGUKs). PSD-95/synapse-associated protein (SAP)-90, PSD-93/chapsyn-110, SAP-97/human discs large, and SAP-102 all contain three conserved PSD-95/discs large/zona occludens-1 (PDZ) domains, an SH3 domain, and a guanylate kinase domain, and all bind to Shaker K+ channels and NMDA receptors (Sheng and Kim, 1996; Ziff, 1997; Craven and Bredt, 1998). The binding of PSD-95 and related proteins to NMDA receptors and Shaker K+ channels requires the last six amino acids of the channels. This region is characterized by a T/SxV binding motif (see Fig. 1) in which the terminal amino acid (0 position) and the residue at the -2 position are critical for binding.

In the present study, we used the delta 2 C terminus to screen a rat brain cDNA library using the yeast two-hybrid system to identify proteins that may be involved in the trafficking and/or synaptic localization of delta 2. We isolated a member of the PSD-95 family of proteins and, after subsequent characterization, demonstrated that delta 2 can bind to PSD-93, PSD-95, and SAP-97. PSD-93 binds to delta 2 in several independent assays, induces clustering of delta 2 when the two proteins are coexpressed in heterologous cells, and colocalizes with delta 2 at the ultrastructural level in parallel fibers of Purkinje cells. Unlike delta 2, PSD-93 is expressed at climbing fiber synapses, as well as parallel fiber synapses, suggesting that the PSD-95 family of proteins is not responsible for the initial targeting of receptors to specific synapses but more likely anchors or docks receptors targeted by other mechanisms.


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cDNA constructs. delta 2 and delta 1 cDNAs in mammalian expression vectors were generously provided by P. Seeburg (Max Planck Institute, Heidelberg, Germany). The PSD-93 cDNA was isolated as described previously (Brenman et al., 1996b). The delta 2 wild-type (WT) C terminus (amino acids 852-1008), delta 1 WT C terminus (amino acids 852-1009), and delta 2 truncated C terminus (amino acids 852-1004) were amplified using PCR and subcloned into the GAL 4 DNA binding domain vector pGBT9 using EcoRI and BamHI sites. Point mutations of delta 2 were produced using the QuikChange mutagenesis kit (Stratagene, La Jolla, CA), amplified by PCR, and then inserted into pGBT9. The various PDZ constructs of PSD-95 were amplified using PCR and subcloned into the GAL 4 activation domain vector pGAD 424 using EcoRI and BamHI sites. The sequences of all PCR products were confirmed by automated sequence analysis.

Screening of the yeast two-hybrid library. The delta 2 WT C terminus (amino acids 852-1008) was used to screen a rat brain cDNA library in the activation domain vector pGAD 10 (Clontech, Palo Alto, CA). Approximately 1.94 million clones were screened, yielding five positives. The positive interactors were verified by restreaking and assaying for growth on histidine-deficient plates and beta -galactosidase activity.

Yeast two-hybrid assays. Constructs in GAL 4 DNA binding domain vectors and constructs in GAL 4 activation domain vectors were cotransformed into HF7c yeast cells according to the manufacturer's protocol (Clontech). The yeast cells were plated onto synthetic dextrose plates lacking tryptophan and leucine and allowed to grow for ~3 d. Colonies were then resuspended in 10 mM tris and 1 mM EDTA, pH 8.0, and restreaked on dextrose plates lacking tryptophan and leucine and also onto plates lacking tryptophan, leucine, and histidine (His-deficient plates). Growth on His-deficient plates was scored on a - to +++ scale, comparing cotransformations that yielded equivalent growth on plates lacking tryptophan and leucine but containing histidine. Colony lifts were performed on His-deficient plates, and beta -galactosidase activity was assayed using X-gal. Color intensity was scored from - to +++.

Cell culture and transfections. Human embryonic kidney (HEK)-293 cells were grown on 10 cm dishes for biochemical analyses. HEK-293 cells were transfected with PSD-93 (5 µg) and delta 2 WT or mutant cDNAs (5 µg) using the calcium phosphate coprecipitation method (Blackstone et al., 1992). Transfected cells were analyzed 36 hr after transfection.

HeLa cells were grown on glass coverslips in six-well tissue culture dishes for immunofluorescence microscopy. HeLa cells were transfected with PSD-93 cDNA, along with delta 2 WT or mutant cDNAs (4 µg total per well of six-well dish) using the calcium phosphate coprecipitation method (Blackstone et al., 1992). Transfected cells were analyzed 24 hr after transfection.

Antibodies. Antibodies against delta  1/2 (Mayat et al., 1995), GluR2/3 (Wenthold et al., 1992), and PSD-93 (Brenman et al., 1996b) have been characterized previously. Monoclonal antibodies raised against PSD-95 (Kornau et al., 1995) were generously provided by M. Kennedy (California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA). We refer to these antibodies as PSD-93/95 because they recognize PSD-93 (see Fig. 5), in addition to PSD-95.

Immunocytochemistry. Transfected HeLa cells grown on coverslips were washed in PBS, fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde in PBS for 20 min, washed in PBS, and permeabilized in 0.25% Triton X-100 in PBS for 5 min. The coverslips were washed in PBS and incubated with primary antibodies in PBS containing 3% normal goat serum (NGS) (PSD-93/95 monoclonal antibodies, 1:1000; delta  1/2 affinity purified antibodies, 1 µg/ml) for 1-2 hr at room temperature, washed in PBS, and incubated with FITC anti-mouse and rhodamine anti-rabbit secondary antibodies in PBS containing 3% NGS (1:500; Jackson ImmunoResearch, West Grove, PA) for 30 min at room temperature, washed three times in PBS, and mounted with Vectashield mounting media (Vector Laboratories, Burlingame, CA).

Immunoprecipitations and immunoblot analysis. Transfected HEK-293 cells were collected in PBS and pelleted by centrifugation. The pellets were resuspended in lysis buffer without detergent [50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5, containing protease inhibitors (PMSF, 0.5 mM; leupeptin, 1 µg/ml; pepstatin, 1 µg/ml; and EDTA, 2.5 mM)] and sonicated, and Triton X-100 was added to a final concentration of 1%. The particulate fraction was removed by centrifugation, and the supernatant was incubated with 10 µg of affinity purified delta  1/2 antibodies or 3 µl of PSD-93 guinea pig (GP) antisera bound to protein A Sepharose for 1.5 hr or longer. The beads were washed three times with lysis buffer containing 0.1% Triton X-100, and proteins were eluted by boiling in SDS-PAGE sample buffer.

Frozen rat cerebella were homogenized in lysis buffer without detergent containing protease inhibitors (see above) in a Polytron, and either Triton X-100 or deoxycholate (DOC) was added to a final concentration of 1%. Triton X-100-solubilized tissue was incubated for 30 min at 4°C, and DOC-solubilized tissue was incubated for 30 min at 37°C. The insoluble fraction in each preparation was removed by centrifuging at 100,000 × g for 30 min. The DOC samples were then dialyzed overnight against 50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5, containing 0.1% Triton X-100 and centrifuged again to remove insoluble material. Detergent-soluble supernatants were incubated with 10 µg of affinity purified delta  1/2 antibodies or 3 µl of PSD-93 GP antisera bound to protein A Sepharose or to protein A Sepharose alone overnight. The beads were washed three times with lysis buffer containing 0.1% Triton X-100, and proteins were eluted by boiling in SDS-PAGE sample buffer for 3-5 min.

SDS-PAGE was performed using 4-20% gradient gels. Proteins were resolved and transferred onto polyvinylidene difluoride (Immobilon; Millipore, Bedford, MA) membranes and subjected to immunoblot analysis using the antibodies indicated in the figure legends and the appropriate secondary antibodies. Results were visualized using enhanced chemiluminescence (Pierce, Rockford, IL).

Chemical cross-linking. Cerebellar membranes were cross-linked with dithiobis(succinimidylpropionate) (DSP) (Pierce) following a modification of a previously described method (Wenthold et al., 1992). DSP, which has a spacer arm length of 12 Å, cross-links primary amines and contains a disulfide bond that can be cleaved by reducing agents. Frozen cerebella were homogenized with a Polytron in 50 mM HEPES, pH 7.5, and centrifuged at 100,000 × g for 30 min. The membrane fraction was resuspended in 50 mM HEPES, pH 7.5, and centrifuged again. The pellet was resuspended by sonication in 50 mM HEPES, pH 7.5, at a protein concentration estimated at 6 mg/ml. DSP was prepared in DMSO at 20 mg/ml. It was added to the cerebellar membranes to final concentrations of 0, 200, and 2000 µM, and the samples were incubated with mixing for 30 min at 4°C. Glycine was then added to a final concentration of 150 mM, and the membranes were diluted with 50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5, and centrifuged at 100,000 × g for 20 min. The pellet was resuspended in 50 mM Tris HCl, pH 7.5, SDS was added to a final concentration of 1% w/v, and the samples were incubated at 37°C for 30 min. Triton X-100 was added to a final concentration of 2% w/v, and the samples were centrifuged at 100,000 × g for 20 min. The supernatants were used for immunoprecipitation. Antibodies to delta  1/2 (10 µg) or PSD-93/95 (2.5 µl) were attached to protein A agarose (25 µl of packed resin), and the cross-linked supernatants were incubated for 2 hr at 4°C. After washing the resin with 50 mM Tris-HCl containing 0.1% Triton X-100, the bound protein was extracted from the resin by boiling in sample buffer containing 5% beta -mercaptoethanol for 3 min.

EM analysis. The postembedding immunogold method has been described previously (Wang et al., 1998) and is modified from the method of Matsubara et al. (1996). Briefly, a male Sprague Dawley rat was perfused with 4% paraformaldehyde plus 0.5% glutaraldehyde in 0.1 M phosphate buffer. Two hundred micrometer parasagittal sections of the rostral cerebellum (folia III-V) were cryoprotected in 30% glycerol and frozen in liquid propane in a Leica (Vienna, Austria) EM CPC. Frozen sections were immersed in 1.5% uranyl acetate in methanol at -90°C in a Leica AFS freeze-substitution instrument, infiltrated with Lowicryl HM 20 resin at -45°C, and polymerized with UV light. Thin sections were incubated in 0.1% sodium borohydride plus 50 mM glycine in Tris-buffered saline-0.1% Triton X-100 (TBST), followed by 10% NGS in TBST, primary antibody in 1% NGS-TBST, 10 nm immunogold (Goldmark Biologicals, Phillipsburg, NJ) in 1% NGS-TBST plus 0.5% polyethylene glycol, and finally staining in uranyl acetate and lead citrate. For double labeling, two primary antibodies were combined and two immunogolds were combined (10 nm goat anti-guinea pig and 30 nm goat anti-rabbit; Goldmark Biologicals). Primary antibodies were used at dilutions of 1:100 for PSD-93 and 1:50 for delta  1/2 (rabbit polyclonal).


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To identify proteins that interact with delta 2 receptors, we screened a yeast two-hybrid rat brain cDNA library (Clontech) with the C-terminal cytosolic domain of delta 2 (amino acids 852-1008). We screened ~1.94 million clones and identified five clones that activated transcription of the HIS 3 and beta -galactosidase reporter genes. Of these five positives, one was SAP-97 (amino acids 130-662) (Müller et al., 1995), and four encoded a novel protein. The last six amino acids of delta 2 are DRGTSI (single letter amino acid code), a sequence that is similar to the well characterized T/SxV motif contained in NMDA receptor subunits and Shaker K+ channels (Fig. 1) known to interact with the PSD-95 family of proteins. This suggested that delta 2 might also interact with members of the PSD-95 family of proteins. Using the yeast two-hybrid system, we found that truncation of the terminal six amino acids of delta 2 disrupts the interaction of delta 2 and SAP-97 (data not shown). We also determined that delta 2 interacts with PSD-93 and PSD-95 (Figs. 2A, 3A), in addition to SAP-97. delta 2 is specifically localized to cerebellar Purkinje cells (Araki et al., 1993; Mayat et al., 1995; Zhao et al., 1997), which express little or no SAP-97 or PSD-95 (Kim et al., 1996). In contrast, PSD-93 is expressed in Purkinje cells (Brenman et al., 1996b; Kim et al., 1996), making it an excellent candidate to interact with delta 2 in vivo. Therefore, we used PSD-93 in most of the experiments to characterize the interaction with delta 2.



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  		Figure 1.   Alignment of the C termini of glutamate receptors and K+ channels known to interact with the PSD-95 family of proteins. The terminal six amino acids of each protein are listed with the amino acids in the 0 and -2 positions indicated in bold type.



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  		Figure 2.   The C-terminal TxI motif from delta 2 or delta 1 binds to PSD-93. A, Yeast HF7c cells were cotransformed with expression vectors encoding various GAL 4 DNA binding domain fusion proteins and the PSD-93-GAL 4 activation domain fusion protein. The PSD-93 construct includes PDZ domains I and II. Each transformation mixture was plated on synthetic dextrose plates lacking tryptophan and leucine. Interaction was measured by the filter assay (Clontech) as described previously (Fields and Song, 1989) and by growth on histidine-deficient media. Data are representative of experiments repeated two times with similar results. B, A schematic of delta 2 that indicates the last six amino acids containing the conserved TxI motif and the critical amino acids in the 0 and -2 positions.



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  		Figure 3.   Interaction of the delta 2 C terminus with the PDZ domains of PSD-95. A, Yeast HF7c cells were cotransformed with expression vectors encoding the delta 2 WT C terminus-GAL 4 DNA binding domain fusion protein and various GAL 4 activation domain fusion proteins. Each transformation mixture was plated on synthetic dextrose plates lacking tryptophan and leucine. Interaction was measured by the filter assay (Clontech) as described previouly (Fields and Song, 1989) and by growth on histidine-deficient media. Data are representative of experiments repeated three times with similar results. B, A schematic illustrating the conserved domains of the PSD-95 family of proteins.

Using the yeast two-hybrid system, we analyzed the sequence determinants of delta 2 necessary for interaction with PSD-93 and determined whether delta 1 interacts with PSD-93 as well. The C termini of both delta 1 and delta 2 interact with PSD-93, and truncation of the last six amino acids of delta 2 disrupts the interaction (Fig. 2A). The final amino acid and the amino acid at the -2 position have been shown to be important for binding to MAGUKs (Sheng and Kim, 1996; Ziff, 1997; Craven and Bredt, 1998). Figure 2B is a schematic of delta 2, indicating the last six amino acids containing the conserved motif and the critical amino acids in the 0 and -2 positions. Mutation of threonine (T) 1006 to proline (P) or mutation of isoleucine (I) 1008 to alanine (A) disrupts the interaction with PSD-93 (Fig. 2A). In contrast, changing the terminal isoleucine (1008) to valine (V) has no effect on binding. Interestingly, the mutation of threonine 1006 to serine (S), a conservative substitution, completely disrupts the interaction with PSD-93. Thus, the sequence determinants for the delta 2 interaction with PSD-93 differ from those of Shaker K+ channel interactions with PSD-95 and PSD-93 (Kim et al., 1995; Kim and Sheng, 1996).

We also characterized the specificity of the delta 2 interaction with various combinations of the three PDZ domains of PSD-95 (Fig. 3A), which are highly conserved between members of the PSD-95 family of proteins (Fig. 3B). delta 2 displayed a robust interaction with PDZ 1-3 or PDZ 1-2, whereas it interacted to a lesser extent with PDZ 2-3, and the binding was diminished further when coexpressed with PDZ 2 alone. delta 2 did not interact with PDZ 1 or PDZ 3 alone. Thus, delta 2 interacted with PDZ 2 and not PDZ 1 or PDZ 3, yet strongly preferred PDZ 1 and 2 together. This is similar to the binding preferences described for the interaction of certain K+ channels with PSD-95 (Kim et al., 1995).

We next asked whether full-length delta 2 interacts with PSD-93 when the two proteins are coexpressed in heterologous cells. Using a coimmunoprecipitation assay, we found that the two proteins bound robustly when coexpressed in HEK-293 cells (Fig. 4). As detected by yeast two-hybrid, we found that delta 2 containing a conservative I 1008 V mutation retained binding to PSD-93, whereas mutating the T 1006 P disrupted binding to PSD-93. The conservative T 1006 S mutation almost completely disrupted the binding of delta 2 and PSD-93, as was the case using the yeast two-hybrid assay, although there was some residual binding above background (Fig. 4, inset).



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  		Figure 4.   PSD-93 specifically associates with delta 2 in heterologous cells. HEK-293 cells were transiently transfected with PSD-93 and delta 2 WT, delta 2 I 1008 V, delta 2 T 1006 S, or delta 2 T 1006 P. Cells were solubilized in 1% Triton X-100, and delta 2 was immunoprecipitated with delta 2 polyclonal antibodies. A, Total protein homogenate was resolved by SDS-PAGE and then immunoblotted with delta 2 (left) or PSD-93 (right) antibodies. B, delta 2 immunoprecipitated samples were resolved by SDS-PAGE and immunoblotted with either delta 2 (left) or PSD-93 (right) antibodies. Overexposure of the PSD-93 blot is included as an inset of the right panel to illustrate the small amount of PSD-93 that coimmunoprecipitates with the delta 2 T 1006 S point mutant. Prestained molecular weight markers are indicated with bars corresponding to myosin, phosphorylase B, and bovine serum albumin (Mr of 210, 103, and 71 kDa, respectively). In B, the band corresponding to delta 2 is indicated with an arrow. The additional background bands result from identical antibodies being used for both the immunoprecipitation and immunoblot.

The PSD-95 family of proteins has been reported to mediate clustering of receptors at synapses, as well as in heterologous cells (Kim et al., 1995, 1996; Kim and Sheng, 1996; Tejedor et al., 1997). To determine whether PSD-93 clusters delta 2, we coexpressed PSD-93 and delta 2 in HeLa cells and analyzed the distribution of the proteins using immunofluorescence. Coexpression of PSD-93 with delta 2 resulted in a patchy redistribution of delta 2 in HeLa cells, which contrasts dramatically with the diffuse homogenous distribution of delta 2 seen in cells expressing delta 2 alone (Fig. 5). To confirm the specificity of the clustering, we also cotransfected PSD-93 with several delta 2 mutants. We found that delta 2 I 1008 V also clustered when coexpressed with PSD-93. In contrast, when either delta 2 T 1006 S or delta 2 T 1006 P were coexpressed with PSD-93, they maintained the diffuse distribution observed when delta 2 was expressed alone. We could not analyze the clustering of the delta 2 I 1008 A mutant because this mutation eliminated recognition of the protein by the delta 1/2 antibodies, which were raised against the extreme C terminus. Thus, the clustering of delta 2 in heterologous cells is dependent on a direct interaction of delta 2 with PSD-93. Accordingly, delta 2 mutations that disrupt the clustering activity of PSD-93 are mutations that disrupt the direct interaction of delta 2 with PSD-93 in the yeast two-hybrid assay (Fig. 2A) and in the coimmunoprecipitation assay (Fig. 4).



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  		Figure 5.   Clustering of delta 2 after coexpression with PSD-93. HeLa cells were transiently transfected with PSD-93 and delta 2 WT, delta 2 I 1008 V, delta 2 T 1006 S, or delta 2 T 1006 P. Cells were fixed, permeabilized, and incubated with PSD-93/95 monoclonal antibodies and delta 2 polyclonal antibodies. Immunoreactivity was visualized using a combination of FITC-conjugated anti-mouse secondary antibodies and rhodamine-conjugated anti-rabbit secondary antibodies. All micrographs were taken using a 63× objective.

We performed coimmunoprecipitation experiments from adult rat cerebellum to determine whether endogenous delta 2 and PSD-93 interact in brain. We found that PSD-93 does coimmunoprecipitate with delta 2 from cerebellum (Fig. 6) and vice versa (data not shown). Interestingly, robust binding of the two proteins is dependent on the detergent, which is used to solubilize the membranes. Although Triton X-100 solubilizes a large amount of PSD-93 and delta 2 from cerebellar extracts and it has been shown previously that delta 2 can be immunoprecipitated after Triton X-100 solubilization (Mayat et al., 1995), the two do not coimmunoprecipitate, whereas delta 2 and PSD-93 coimmunoprecipitate well using DOC-solubilized tissue. This is in sharp contrast to the efficient delta 2 and PSD-93 coimmunoprecipitation using Triton X-100 when the two proteins are coexpressed in heterologous cells (Fig. 4). Failure of delta 2 and PSD-93 to coimmunoprecipitate from Triton X-100-solubilized cerebellar extracts may indicate that these proteins only interact at postsynaptic densities in brain, which are not soluble in Triton X-100 (Cho et al., 1992).



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  		Figure 6.   PSD-93 and delta 2 interact in rat brain cerebellum. Frozen rat cerebella were solubilized in 1% DOC or 1% Triton X-100, and delta 2 was immunoprecipitated using delta 2 antibodies. Total soluble protein and immunoprecipitates were resolved by SDS-PAGE and probed with either PSD-93 or delta 2 antibodies. Prestained molecular weight markers are indicated with bars corresponding to phosphorylase B, bovine serum albumin, and ovalbumin (Mr of 103, 71, and 46 kDa, respectively).

To address the possibility that the coimmunoprecipitation of delta 2 and PSD-93 is caused by an interaction between the two proteins that forms after detergent solubilization rather than indicating an interaction that is present under normal conditions, we cross-linked cerebellar membranes before detergent solubilization using the covalent cross-linker DSP. After cross-linking, the membranes were solubilized with SDS, neutralized with Triton X-100, and immunoprecipitated with antibodies to delta 2 and PSD-93. As shown in Figure 7, delta 2 coimmunoprecipitates with PSD-93 after cross-linking with 200 µM DSP. Coimmunoprecipitation is not seen in the uncross-linked sample or when cross-linking is done with 2000 µM DSP. At the higher concentration of cross-linker, essentially all of the PSD-93/95 is insoluble, as determined by analyzing the SDS-soluble fraction after cross-linking. A significant amount of the delta 2 remains soluble, and this may reflect the cytoplasmic pool of receptor, which is commonly observed for glutamate receptors. GluR2/3 is not cross-linked to PSD-93/95 under these conditions. delta 2 was less effective in coimmunoprecipitating PSD-93, although a small amount of coimmunoprecipitation was seen after cross-linking with 200 µM DSP (data not shown). We attribute this to the fact that the delta 2 antibody is made to the C terminus, the same region involved in the interaction with PSD-93, and the epitope may not be readily available after cross-linking. However, a significant amount of delta 2 was immunoprecipitated, reflecting an uncross-linked pool, indicating that the cross-linking did not affect the C terminus of delta 2 in a nonspecific way.



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  		Figure 7.   Chemical cross-linking of PSD-93 and delta 2 in rat brain cerebellum. Cerebellar membranes were cross-linked with DSP following a modification of a previously described method (Wenthold et al., 1992; see Materials and Methods). DSP (0, 200, or 2000 µM) was used as indicated. After cross-linking, the membranes were solubilized in SDS, followed by Triton X-100, and in total homogenates or soluble fractions (A), resolved by SDS-PAGE, and immunoblotted with the antibodies indicated. B, PSD 93/95 was immunoprecipitated from the soluble fraction, resolved by SDS-PAGE, and immunoblotted with the antibodies indicated. The GluR2/3 immunoblot was overexposed compared with the PSD-93/95 and delta 2 blot to reveal even low levels of cross-linking.

Finally, we characterized the subcellular localization of PSD-93 and delta 2 using immunoelectron microscopy. In sections of the molecular layer of the cerebellum, immunogold labeling with a PSD-93 antibody was associated most commonly with the postsynaptic membrane in Purkinje cell parallel and climbing fiber synapses (Fig. 8). In sections labeled with both PSD-93 and delta  1/2 antibodies, parallel fiber synapses showed labeling for both antibodies interspersed along the postsynaptic membrane. In contrast, climbing fiber synapses usually showed labeling only for PSD-93. Labeling for PSD-93 in climbing fiber and parallel fiber synapses was confirmed using preembedding immunoperoxidase with the same antibody and using post-embedding immunogold with a second PSD-93 antibody, which was made to a different region of the protein (data not shown).



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  		Figure 8.   Colocalization of PSD-93 and delta 2 at parallel fiber synapses. Sections were single-labeled with PSD-93 antibody (from guinea pig; 10 nm gold) in a and c and were double-labeled with PSD-93 antibody (10 nm gold) and delta 2 1/2 antibody (30 nm gold) in b, d, and e. PSD-93 antibody labels both parallel (pf) and climbing (cf) fiber synapses (arrowheads), whereas delta  antibody labels only parallel fiber synapses. Scale bar, 0.2 µm.


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Recent work has demonstrated that several PDZ domain-containing proteins interact with the C termini of glutamate receptors. In addition to the PSD-95 family of proteins that bind to NMDA receptors, AMPA receptors have been shown to interact with glutamate receptor-interacting protein (GRIP) (Dong et al., 1997) and AMPA-binding protein (ABP) (Srivastava et al., 1998), which have multiple PDZ domains. Thus, it has been proposed that different subclasses of glutamate receptors interact specifically with distinct PDZ domain-containing proteins. So far, the only exception to this specificity is a recent report in which the AMPA receptor subunit GluR1 was shown to interact with SAP-97 (Leonard et al., 1998). This finding is unique in that GluR1 specifically interacted with SAP-97 and not the other members of the PSD-95 family.

In the present study, we have demonstrated that the PSD-95 family of proteins interacts with delta  receptors, in addition to NMDA receptors. We have specifically shown that delta 2 interacts with PSD-93 using the yeast two-hybrid system and that the two proteins coimmunoprecipitate when coexpressed in heterologous cells. We confirmed that this interaction also occurs in vivo by coimmunoprecipitating PSD-93 and delta 2 from adult rat cerebella and by cross-linking analysis. The interaction of these two proteins depends on the final six amino acids of delta 2 (DRGTSI; single letter amino acid code), which generally conform to the T/SxV motif found at the C termini of both Shaker K+ channels and NMDAR2 subunits. The delta  receptors have a terminal isoleucine instead of the terminal valine described for Shaker K+ channels and NMDA receptors. Thus, they share the T/SxI motif with the inwardly rectifying K+ channel Kir 2.3, which also binds to the PSD-95 family of proteins (Cohen et al., 1996) (Fig. 1). The delta 2 interaction with PSD-93 is strongly dependent on T at the -2 position, which differs from NMDA Shaker K+ channels which prefer either T or S in this position. This suggests that the surrounding amino acids play a greater role in the interaction than previously recognized. Recently, a similar observation was made by Niethammer et al. (1998).

We also demonstrated that PSD-93 induces the clustering of delta 2 in heterologous cells. Thus, PSD-93 can redistribute surface delta 2 receptors, just as other members of the PSD-95 family of proteins can cluster NMDA receptors and Shaker K+ channels. Because we also demonstrated that PSD-93 binds to delta 2 in the cerebellum and that these two proteins colocalize at parallel fiber synapses on Purkinje cells, it is likely that PSD-93 plays a role in localization of delta 2 at synapses. In addition to the proposed role in the docking of delta 2 receptors, it is also possible that PSD-93 links delta 2 to multiprotein complexes involved in intracellular signaling via interactions with proteins such as neuronal nitric oxide synthase (Brenman et al., 1996a) and synGAP (Chen et al., 1998; Kim et al., 1998).

Although the expression of delta 2 is highest in Purkinje neurons, delta 1 and/or delta 2 are expressed elsewhere in the brain (Lomeli et al., 1993; Mayat et al., 1995; Petralia et al., 1996). Because both delta  and NMDA receptors bind to the PSD-95 family of proteins, it is possible that the two receptors compete for the same synaptic anchors. Interestingly, the developmental profile of functional NMDA receptors in Purkinje cells would support this idea. Functional NMDA receptors are observed only on young Purkinje cells (Crepel and Krupa, 1990; Rosenmund et al., 1992), although expression of both NR1 and NR2 subunits is seen in adult and developing animals (Akazawa et al., 1994). The dramatic increase in delta 2 expression beginning at postnatal day 10 approximately coincides with the decrease in functional NMDA receptors. If this is the case, then animals lacking delta 2 should express functional NMDA receptors as adults. A competition for synaptic anchors may provide yet another mechanism for regulating the expression of functional receptors.

Although there is growing evidence that the PSD-95 family of proteins is involved in anchoring receptors at synapses, there is little insight into whether or not the presence of the anchor alone is sufficient to determine the expression of the receptor. It has been shown that synaptic clusters of NMDA receptors on cultured hippocampal neurons are always associated with, and preceeded by, clusters of PSD-95 (Rao et al., 1998). If PSD-95 expression mediates clustering of receptors at specific synapses, then all synapses that contain the appropriate anchor would also contain the receptor. In the Purkinje cell, we find that both climbing fiber and parallel fiber synapses express PSD-93, but only parallel fiber synapses express delta 2 receptors. This suggests that additional factors play a role in determining the synapse-specific expression of glutamate receptors. One possibility is that receptors are selectively targeted to a synapse and the anchoring proteins dock the receptors in a nonselective manner. In this case, a separate mechanism is required for selectively guiding intracellular organelles with certain cargo to appropriate synapses. A second possibility is that the receptor-anchor interaction is actively regulated. If this is true, then receptors may be targeted to multiple synapses in a single neuron but only selectively retained at the proper sites. In this case, a number of other proteins may be involved in determining both the number of anchors occupied and the nature of the receptors that occupy them. Either scenario is consistent with the fact that PSD-93 and other family members bind to proteins as divergent as NMDA, delta , and AMPA receptors, as well as K+ channels, which are often expressed in the same neurons.


    FOOTNOTES

Received Dec. 3, 1998; revised Feb. 4, 1999; accepted Feb. 5, 1999.

This work was supported by the Pharmacology Research Associate Program (PRAT program, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health) (K.W.R.), the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders intramural program (R.J.W.), and by National Association for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression and the National Institutes of Health (GM36017) (D.S.B.).

Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Katherine W. Roche, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Building 36, Room 5D08, Bethesda, MD 20892. E-mail address: rochek{at}nidcd.nih.gov


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