PMID- 25131300 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150626 LR - 20181202 IS - 1460-9568 (Electronic) IS - 0953-816X (Linking) VI - 40 IP - 8 DP - 2014 Oct TI - The glutamate receptor GluN2 subunit regulates synaptic trafficking of AMPA receptors in the neonatal mouse brain. PG - 3136-46 LID - 10.1111/ejn.12682 [doi] AB - The N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) plays various physiological and pathological roles in neural development, synaptic plasticity and neuronal cell death. It is composed of two GluN1 and two GluN2 subunits and, in the neonatal hippocampus, most synaptic NMDARs are GluN2B-containing receptors, which are gradually replaced with GluN2A-containing receptors during development. Here, we examined whether GluN2A could be substituted for GluN2B in neural development and functions by analysing knock-in (KI) mice in which GluN2B is replaced with GluN2A. The KI mutation was neonatally lethal, although GluN2A-containing receptors were transported to the postsynaptic membrane even without GluN2B and functional at synapses of acute hippocampal slices of postnatal day 0, indicating that GluN2A-containing NMDARs could not be substituted for GluN2B-containing NMDARs. Importantly, the synaptic alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid receptor (AMPAR) subunit GluA1 was increased, and the transmembrane AMPAR regulatory protein, which is involved in AMPAR synaptic trafficking, was increased in KI mice. Although the regulation of AMPARs by GluN2B has been reported in cultured neurons, we showed here that AMPAR-mediated synaptic responses were increased in acute KI slices, suggesting differential roles of GluN2A and GluN2B in AMPAR expression and trafficking in vivo. Taken together, our results suggest that GluN2B is essential for the survival of animals, and that the GluN2B-GluN2A switching plays a critical role in synaptic integration of AMPARs through regulation of GluA1 in the whole animal. CI - (c) 2014 Federation of European Neuroscience Societies and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Hamada, Shun AU - Hamada S AD - Division of Neuronal Network, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan. FAU - Ogawa, Itone AU - Ogawa I FAU - Yamasaki, Miwako AU - Yamasaki M FAU - Kiyama, Yuji AU - Kiyama Y FAU - Kassai, Hidetoshi AU - Kassai H FAU - Watabe, Ayako M AU - Watabe AM FAU - Nakao, Kazuki AU - Nakao K FAU - Aiba, Atsu AU - Aiba A FAU - Watanabe, Masahiko AU - Watanabe M FAU - Manabe, Toshiya AU - Manabe T LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140808 PL - France TA - Eur J Neurosci JT - The European journal of neuroscience JID - 8918110 RN - 0 (NR2B NMDA receptor) RN - 0 (Receptors, AMPA) RN - 0 (Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate) RN - VH92ICR8HX (N-methyl D-aspartate receptor subtype 2A) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Animals, Newborn MH - Brain/*metabolism MH - Gene Knock-In Techniques MH - Mice MH - Protein Transport MH - Receptors, AMPA/*metabolism MH - Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/genetics/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - NMDA receptor OT - TARP OT - hippocampus OT - miniature EPSC OT - postsynaptic density EDAT- 2014/08/19 06:00 MHDA- 2015/06/27 06:00 CRDT- 2014/08/19 06:00 PHST- 2014/05/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/07/03 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/07/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/08/19 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/08/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/06/27 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1111/ejn.12682 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Neurosci. 2014 Oct;40(8):3136-46. doi: 10.1111/ejn.12682. Epub 2014 Aug 8.