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Expression pattern of membrane-associated guanylate kinases in interneurons of the visual cortex

✍ Scribed by Gulcan Akgul; Lonnie P. Wollmuth

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
917 KB
Volume
518
Category
Article
ISSN
0021-9967

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Abstract

GABAergic interneurons are key elements regulating the activity of local circuits, and abnormal inhibitory circuits are implicated in certain psychiatric and neurodevelopmental diseases. The glutamatergic input that interneurons receive is a key determinant of their activity, yet its molecular structure and development, which are often distinct from those of glutamatergic input to pyramidal cells, are poorly defined. The membrane‐associated guanylate kinase (MAGUK) homologs PSD‐95/SAP90, PSD‐93/chapsyn110, SAP97, and SAP102 are central organizers of the postsynaptic density at excitatory synapses on pyramidal neurons. We therefore studied the cell‐type‐specific and developmental expression of MAGUKs in the nonoverlapping parvalbumin (PV)‐ and somatostatin (SOM)‐positive interneurons in the visual cortex. These interneuron subtypes account for the vast majority of interneurons in the cortex and have different functional properties and postsynaptic structures, being either axodendritic (PV^+^) or axospinous (SOM^+^). To study cell‐type‐specific MAGUK expression, we used DIG‐labeled riboprobes against each MAGUK along with antibodies against either PV or SOM and examined tissue from juvenile (P15) and adult mice. Both PV^+^ and SOM^+^ interneurons express mRNA for PSD‐95, PSD‐93, and SAP102 in P15 and adult tissue. In contrast, these interneuron subtypes express SAP97 at P15, but for adult visual cortex we found that most PV^+^ and SOM^+^ interneurons show low or no expression of SAP97. Given the importance of SAP97 in regulating AMPA receptor GluA1 subunit and NMDA receptor subunits at glutamatergic synapses, these results suggest a developmental shift in glutamate receptor subunit composition and regulation of glutamatergic synapses on PV^+^ and SOM^+^ interneurons. J. Comp. Neurol. 518:4842–4854, 2010. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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