PMID- 26202884 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160803 LR - 20151019 IS - 1460-9568 (Electronic) IS - 0953-816X (Linking) VI - 42 IP - 8 DP - 2015 Oct TI - The N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor's neglected subunit - GluN1 matters under normal and hyperbaric conditions. PG - 2577-84 LID - 10.1111/ejn.13022 [doi] AB - Professional deep-water divers exposed to hyperbaric pressure (HP) above 1.1 MPa develop high-pressure neurological syndrome, which is associated with central nervous system hyperexcitability. It was previously reported that HP augments N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) synaptic responses, increases neuronal excitability, and potentially causes irreversible neuronal damage. In addition, we have reported that HP (10.1 MPa) differentially affects ionic currents, measured by the two-electrode voltage-clamp technique, of eight specific NMDAR subtypes generated by the co-expression of GluN1-1a or GluN1-1b with one of the four GluN2(A-D) subunits in Xenopus laevis oocytes. We now report that eight GluN1 splice variants, when co-expressed with GluN2A, mediate different ionic currents at normal and HP (5.1 MPa). These data, in conjunction with our previous results, indicate that both GluN1 and GluN2 subunits play a critical role in determining NMDAR currents under normal and HP conditions. These data, given the differential spatial distribution of the different NMDAR subtypes in the central nervous system, may offer a partial explanation for the mechanism governing the complex signs and symptoms of high-pressure neurological syndrome, and an explanation for the suspected long-term HP health decrement due to repetitive deep dives by professional divers. CI - (c) 2015 Federation of European Neuroscience Societies and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Bliznyuk, Alice AU - Bliznyuk A AD - Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences and Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel. FAU - Aviner, Ben AU - Aviner B AD - Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences and Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel. FAU - Golan, Hava AU - Golan H AD - Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences and Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel. FAU - Hollmann, Michael AU - Hollmann M AD - Department of Biochemistry I, Receptor Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany. FAU - Grossman, Yoram AU - Grossman Y AD - Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences and Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel. LA - eng SI - GENBANK/AF001423 SI - GENBANK/U08261 SI - GENBANK/U08262 SI - GENBANK/U08263 SI - GENBANK/U08264 SI - GENBANK/U08265 SI - GENBANK/U08266 SI - GENBANK/U08267 SI - GENBANK/U08268 PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20150811 PL - France TA - Eur J Neurosci JT - The European journal of neuroscience JID - 8918110 RN - 0 (Protein Isoforms) RN - 0 (Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - High Pressure Neurological Syndrome/metabolism MH - Membrane Potentials/physiology MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Oocytes MH - *Pressure/adverse effects MH - Protein Isoforms MH - Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/genetics/*metabolism MH - Xenopus laevis OTO - NOTNLM OT - Xenopus laevis OT - central nervous system hyperexcitability OT - diving physiology OT - high-pressure neurological syndrome OT - oocyte OT - pressure EDAT- 2015/07/24 06:00 MHDA- 2016/08/04 06:00 CRDT- 2015/07/24 06:00 PHST- 2015/01/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/07/12 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/07/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/07/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/07/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/08/04 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1111/ejn.13022 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Neurosci. 2015 Oct;42(8):2577-84. doi: 10.1111/ejn.13022. Epub 2015 Aug 11.