RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Synaptic Control of Glycine and GABAA Receptors and Gephyrin Expression in Cultured Motoneurons JF The Journal of Neuroscience JO J. Neurosci. FD Society for Neuroscience SP 7434 OP 7449 DO 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.19-17-07434.1999 VO 19 IS 17 A1 Sabine Lévi A1 Dominique Chesnoy-Marchais A1 Werner Sieghart A1 Antoine Triller YR 1999 UL http://www.jneurosci.org/content/19/17/7434.abstract AB We have evaluated the influence of the secretory phenotype of presynaptic boutons on the accumulation of postsynaptic glycine receptors (GlyRs), type A GABA receptors (GABAARs), and gephyrin clusters. The cellular distribution of these components was analyzed on motoneurons cultured either alone or with glycinergic and/or GABAergic neurons. In motoneurons cultured alone, we observed gephyrin clusters at nonsynaptic sites and in front of cholinergic boutons, whereas glycine and GABAA receptors formed nonsynaptic clusters. These receptors are functionally and pharmacologically similar to those found in cultures of all spinal neurons. Motoneurons receiving GABAergic innervation from dorsal root ganglia neurons displayed postsynaptic clusters of gephyrin and GABAARβ but not of GlyRα/β subunits. In motoneurons receiving glycinergic and GABAergic innervation from spinal interneurons, gephyrin, GlyRα/β, and GABAARβ formed mosaics at synaptic loci. These results indicate that (1) the transmitter phenotype of the presynaptic element determines the postsynaptic accumulation of specific receptors but not of gephyrin and (2) the postsynaptic accumulation of gephyrin alone cannot account for the formation of GlyR-rich microdomains.