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Metabotropic glutamate receptor activation regulates fragile x mental retardation protein and FMR1 mRNA localization differentially in dendrites and at synapses.

Authors: Antar, LN  Afroz, R  Dictenberg, JB  Carroll, RC  Bassell, GJ 
Citation: Antar LN, etal., J Neurosci 2004 Mar 17;24(11):2648-55.
RGD ID: 1300188
Pubmed: PMID:15028757   (View Abstract at PubMed)
PMCID: PMC6729525   (View Article at PubMed Central)
DOI: DOI:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0099-04.2004   (Journal Full-text)

Fragile X syndrome is caused by the absence of the mRNA-binding protein Fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP), which may play a role in activity-regulated localization and translation of mRNA in dendrites and at synapses. We investigated whether neuronal activity and glutamatergic signals regulate trafficking of FMRP and its encoding Fmr1 mRNA into dendrites or at synapses. Using high-resolution fluorescence and digital imaging microscopy in cultured hippocampal neurons, FMRP and Fmr1 mRNA were localized in granules throughout dendrites and within spines. KCl depolarization rapidly increased FMRP and Fmr1 mRNA levels in dendrites. Metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) activation, in particular mGluR5 activation, was necessary for localization of FMRP into dendrites. Blockade of either PKC or internal calcium prevented mGluR-dependent localization of both FMRP and Fmr1 mRNA in dendrites. The activity-dependent localization of FMRP was not dependent on protein synthesis. Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching analysis of live neurons transfected with enhanced green fluorescent protein-FMRP revealed increased granule trafficking in response to KCl depolarization. In contrast to its dendritic localization, mGluR activation diminished FMRP, but not Fmr1 mRNA, localization at synapses. These results demonstrate regulation of FMRP and Fmr1 mRNA trafficking in dendrites and synapses in response to specific glutamatergic signals.



Gene Ontology Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View

Biological Process

  
Object SymbolSpeciesTermQualifierEvidenceWithNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
Fmr1Ratcellular response to potassium ion  IEP  RGD 

Cellular Component

  
Object SymbolSpeciesTermQualifierEvidenceWithNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
Fmr1Ratdendrite  IDA  RGD 
Fmr1Ratdendritic filopodium  IDA  RGD 
Fmr1Ratdendritic spine head  IDA  RGD 
Fmr1Ratdendritic spine neck  IDA  RGD 
Fmr1Ratneuronal cell body  IDA  RGD 
Fmr1Ratterminal bouton  IDA  RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Fmr1  (fragile X messenger ribonucleoprotein 1)


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