Transsynaptic Modulation of Kainate Receptor Functions by C1q-like Proteins

Autor: Yuki Sugaya, Keiko Matsuda, Manabu Abe, Nikolaos Mitakidis, Masanobu Kano, Kenji Sakimura, Miwako Yamasaki, A. Radu Aricescu, Kohtarou Konno, Izumi Watanabe, Wataru Kakegawa, Michisuke Yuzaki, Motokazu Uchigashima, Masahiko Watanabe, Timotheus Budisantoso, Eriko Miura
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.04.001
Popis: Postsynaptic kainate-type glutamate receptors (KARs) regulate synaptic network activity through their slow channel kinetics, most prominently at mossy fiber (MF)-CA3 synapses in the hippocampus. Nevertheless, how KARs cluster and function at these synapses has been unclear. Here, we show that C1q-like proteins C1ql2 and C1ql3, produced by MFs, serve as extracellular organizers to recruit functional postsynaptic KAR complexes to the CA3 pyramidal neurons. C1ql2 and C1ql3 specifically bound the amino-terminal domains of postsynaptic GluK2 and GluK4 KAR subunits and the presynaptic neurexin 3 containing a specific sequence in vitro. In C1ql2/3 double-null mice, CA3 synaptic responses lost the slow, KAR-mediated components. Furthermore, despite induction of MF sprouting in a temporal lobe epilepsy model, KARs were not recruited to postsynaptic sites in C1ql2/3 double-null mice, leading to reduced recurrent circuit activities. C1q family proteins, broadly expressed, are likely to modulate KAR function throughout the brain and represent promising antiepileptic targets.
Databáze: OpenAIRE