Receptor Activation and Homer Differentially Control the Lateral Mobility of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 in the Neuronal Membrane
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- 15 May 2002
- journal article
- Published by Society for Neuroscience in Journal of Neuroscience
- Vol. 22 (10), 3910-3920
- https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.22-10-03910.2002
Abstract
Glutamate receptors are clustered at the membrane through interactions with intracellular scaffolding proteins and cytoskeletal elements but can also be found in intracellular compartments or dispersed in the membrane. This distribution results from an equilibrium between the different pools of receptors whose dynamic is poorly known. The group I metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) is concentrated in an annulus around the postsynaptic density but also found in large amounts in the extrasynaptic membrane. To analyze the dynamic of stabilization of mGluR5, we used single-particle tracking, force measurements, and fluorescence recovery to measure the mobility of mGluR5. We found that receptor activation increases receptor diffusion, whereas the scaffolding protein Homer favors confinement of receptor movements within clusters of Homer-mGluR5. However, this stabilization is reversible, because even in the presence of Homer, receptors still enter and exit from clusters at fast rates. Furthermore, clusters themselves are highly dynamic both in their movements and in their composition, which can vary within tens of seconds. Thus, exchange of receptors between dispersed and clustered states is fast and regulated during physiological processes. These properties may explain certain fast changes in receptor composition observed at postsynaptic densities.Keywords
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