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Glutamate receptors In the Sensory System.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 09671888
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Functional basic dentistry
Research InstitutionTokyo Medical and Dental University

Principal Investigator

SAHARA Yoshinori  Dept Phyiology, Fact Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Assistant Professor, 歯学部, 講師 (40206008)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) NAKAMURA Yoshio  Dept Phyiology, Fact Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Professor, 歯学部, 教授 (10010026)
Project Period (FY) 1997 – 1998
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1998)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥2,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000)
KeywordsTrigeminal ganglion neurons / Agonist / Metabotropic glutamate receptors / Glutamate receptor subunit / Kainate receptors / AMPA receptors / NMDA receptors / グルタミン酸レセプター / 三叉神経節 / カイニン酸型受容体 / 味細胞 / メタボトロピック型受容体
Research Abstract

In order to search for functional role of glutamate receptors in the peripheral system, we examined the distribution of glutamate receptor subunits. In the trigeminal ganglion (TG), all the AMPA (GluR1-4) and kainate (GluR5-7, KA1-2) receptor subunits were detected by RT-PCR.Patch-clamp recordings from TG neurons demonstrated that only small neurons (<20 mum in diameter) responded to L-glutamate and that physiological and pharmacological features of the response is identical to those of the heteromeric GluR5/KA-2 combination (Sahara et al. 1997). We further studied how many agonists are necessary to activate ionotropic glutamate receptors, and found that the AMPA receptor channel can be opened through two agonists binding steps (Clements et al. 1998). It suggests a possibility of negative cooperation among the receptor subunits, while exact stoichiometry of the glutamate receptor remains to be known. In the tongue and olfactory bulb, cellular and F subcellular localization of mGluRs (mGluRl-7) were investigated by using affinity purified polyclonal antibodies directed to their predicted C-terminus. mGluR 4 immunoreactivity was detected in taste buds at light microscopic level, however, electron microscopic observation revealed that the mGlaR 4-immunoreactivity were not localized in the cell membrane, suggesting that mGluR4 would neither be an "umaini" receptor itself, nor be involved in the synaptic transmission. Antibodies against mGluR1alpha, 2/3, 5a and 7a selectively stained different elements in the olfactory bulb. Physiological studies using slice patch recordings also revealed that NMDA receptors play an crucial role at dendrodendritic reciprocal synapses between mitral and granule cells (Schoppa et al. 1998), which presents striking contrast to any central synapses where AMPA receptors relay the electrical signals and NMDA receptors serve a modulatory function.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1998 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1997 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (20 results)

All Other

All Publications (20 results)

  • [Publications] Sahara Y et al.: "Glutamate Receptor Subunits GluR5 and KA-2 Are Coexpressed in Rat Trigeminal Ganglion Neurons" Journal of Neuronscience. 17. 6611-6620 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Clements JD et al.: "Activation kinetics of AMPA channels reveal number of functional agonist binding sites." Journal of Neuroscience. 18. 119-127 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Schoppa NE et al.: "Dendrodendritic inhibition in the olfactory bulb is driven by N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors." Journal of Neuroscience. 18. 6790-6802 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Jones MV et al.: "Defining affinity with the GABAA receptor." Journal of Neuroscience. 18. 8590-8604 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 佐原資謹: "リガンド依存性イオンチャネル" 脳の科学. 増刊号 印刷中. (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Y Nakamura et al.: "Neurobiology of Mastication: From Molecular To Systems Approach" Elsevier,Amsterdam in press, (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Sahara Y,Noro N,Iida Y,Soma M,Nakamura Y: "Glutamate receptor subunit GluR5 and KA-2 are coexpressed on the rat trigeminal ganglion neurons." J.Neurosic.17. 6611-6620 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Clements JD,Feltz A,Sahara Y,Westbrook GL: "Activation kinetics of AMPA channels reveal number of functional agonist binding sites." J.Neurosci.18. 119-127 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Schoppa NE,Kinzie JM,Sahara Y,Segerson TP,Westbrook GL: "Dendrodendritic inhibition in the olfactory bulb is driven by N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors." J.Neurosic.18. 6790-6802 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Jones MV,Sahara Y,Dzubay JA,Westbrook GL: "Defining affinity with the GABAA receptor." J.Neurosci.18. 8590-8604 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Sahara Y: Ligand binding sites and subunit composition of the ionotropic glutamate receptors. In Y Nakamura, Sessle BJ (Eds) Neurobiology of Mastication : From Molecular To Systems Approach.Elsevier, Amsterdam (in press),

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Ikeda H,Goto M,Sahara Y,Suda H,Nakamura Y: Nystatin perforated whole-cell recordings from feline odontoblasts. In Y Nakamura, Sessle BJ (Eds) Neurobiology of Mastication : From Molecular To Systems Approach. Elsevier, Amsterdam (in press),

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Clements JD et al.: "Activation kinetics of AMPA channels reveal number of functional agonist binding sites." Journal of Neuroscience. 18. 119-127 (1998)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Schoppa NE et al.: "Dendrodendritic inhibition in the olfactory bulb is driven by N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors." Journal of Neuroscience. 18. 6790-6802 (1998)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Jones MV et al.: "Defining affinity with the GABAA receptor." Journal of Neuroscience. 18. 8590-8604 (1998)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 佐原資謹: "リガンド依存性イオンチャネル" 脳の科学. 増刊号(印刷中). (1999)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Sahara Y et al.: "Glutamate Receptor Subunits GluR5 and KA-2 Are Coexpressed in Rat Trigeminal Ganglion Neurons" Journal of Neuroscience. 17. 6611-6620 (1997)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Clements JD et al.: "Activation Kinetics of AMPA Receptor Channels Reveal the Number of Functional Agonist Binding Sites" Journal of Neuroscience. 18. 119-127 (1998)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Jones MV et al.: "Ligand association with the GABAA receptor is the critical determinant of affinity, whereas unbinding determines channel deactivation" Soc.Neurosci.Abstr.23. 102- (1997)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] SchoppaNE et al.: "NMDA receptor activation is required to elicite GABA release at dendrodendritic synapses in the rat olfactory bulb" Soc.Neurosci.Abstr.23. 1759- (1997)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report

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