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The Journal of Neuroscience, December 15, 1999, 19(24):10603-10610
Distinct Synaptic and Extrasynaptic NMDA Receptors in Developing
Cerebellar Granule Neurons
Gavin
Rumbaugh1 and
Stefano
Vicini2
Departments of 1 Pharmacology and
2 Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University School
of Medicine, Washington, DC 20007
In rat cerebellar granule neurons, mRNA and protein levels of the
NR2A and NR2C subunits of the NMDA receptor increase during the second
postnatal week. At this time, mRNA and protein levels of the NR2B
subunit begin to fall. To investigate targeting of NMDA receptor
subunits, we performed whole-cell recordings from rat cerebellar
granule neurons at different times during development and investigated
the pharmacological and biophysical properties of mossy fiber-evoked
NMDA EPSCs. Isolated NMDA EPSCs from newly formed synapses in the first
postnatal week exhibited partial block by the NR2B subunit-specific
antagonist
(1S,2S)-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-(4-hydroxy-4-phenylpiperidino)-1-propanol (CP 101,606). By the end of the second postnatal week, NMDA
EPSCs were virtually unaffected by the NR2B antagonist. In parallel, NMDA EPSC decay times decreased over a similar developmental time course. We compared properties of synaptic NMDA receptors with extrasynaptic receptors that are present on the cell body with rapid
application of glutamate to excised nucleated patches. Deactivation of
patch responses accelerated with development and closely resembled evoked NMDA EPSCs in rats of the same age. However, patch responses were highly sensitive to CP 101,606 through the second postnatal week,
and sensitivity was seen in some neurons up to the fourth postnatal
week. Spermine potentiated peak NMDA patch responses from postnatal
days 10-14 rats but had little effect on evoked NMDA EPSCs. Our
data suggest selective targeting of a distinct NMDA receptor subtype to
synaptic receptor populations in cerebellar granule neurons. Later in
development, similar changes occur in the extrasynaptic receptor population.
Key words:
glutamate receptor; development; cerebellum; EPSC; spermine; patch clamp
Copyright © 1999 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/99/192410603-08$05.00/0
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