Article ; Online: Analysis of Surface Expression of NMDAR Subunits in Primary Hippocampal Neurons.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)
2024 Volume 2799, Page(s) 29–46
Abstract: The expression and activity of ionotropic glutamate receptors control signal transduction at the excitatory synapses in the CNS. The NMDAR comprises two obligatory GluN1 subunits and two GluN2 or GluN3 subunits in different combinations. Each GluN ... ...
Abstract | The expression and activity of ionotropic glutamate receptors control signal transduction at the excitatory synapses in the CNS. The NMDAR comprises two obligatory GluN1 subunits and two GluN2 or GluN3 subunits in different combinations. Each GluN subunit consists of four domains: the extracellular amino-terminal and agonist-binding domains, the transmembrane domain, and the intracellular C-terminal domain (CTD). The CTD interaction with various classes of intracellular proteins is critical for trafficking and synaptic localization of NMDARs. Amino acid mutations or the inclusion of premature stop codons in the CTD could contribute to the emergence of neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders. Here, we describe the method of preparing primary hippocampal neurons and lentiviral particles expressing GluN subunits that can be used as a model to study cell surface expression and synaptic localization of NMDARs. We also show a simple method of fluorescence immunostaining of eGFP-tagged GluN2 subunits and subsequent microscopy technique and image analysis to study the effects of disease-associated mutations in the CTDs of GluN2A and GluN2B subunits. |
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MeSH term(s) | Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/metabolism ; Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/genetics ; Hippocampus/metabolism ; Hippocampus/cytology ; Neurons/metabolism ; Animals ; Protein Subunits/metabolism ; Protein Subunits/genetics ; Cells, Cultured ; Rats ; Humans ; Lentivirus/genetics ; Primary Cell Culture/methods ; Gene Expression |
Chemical Substances | Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate ; Protein Subunits ; N-methyl D-aspartate receptor subtype 2A (VH92ICR8HX) |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2024-05-10 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural |
ISSN | 1940-6029 |
ISSN (online) | 1940-6029 |
DOI | 10.1007/978-1-0716-3830-9_3 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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