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MHC class I modulates NMDA receptor function and AMPA receptor trafficking.


ABSTRACT: Proteins of the major histocompatibility complex class I (MHCI) are known for their role in immunity and have recently been implicated in long-term plasticity of excitatory synaptic transmission. However, the mechanisms by which MHCI influences synaptic plasticity remain unknown. Here we show that endogenous MHCI regulates synaptic responses mediated by NMDA-type glutamate receptors (NMDARs) in the mammalian central nervous system (CNS). The AMPA/NMDA ratio is decreased at MHCI-deficient hippocampal synapses, reflecting an increase in NMDAR-mediated currents. This enhanced NMDAR response is not associated with changes in the levels, subunit composition, or gross subcellular distribution of NMDARs. Increased NMDAR-mediated currents in MHCI-deficient neurons are associated with characteristic changes in AMPA receptor trafficking in response to NMDAR activation. Thus, endogenous MHCI tonically inhibits NMDAR function and controls downstream NMDAR-induced AMPA receptor trafficking during the expression of plasticity.

SUBMITTER: Fourgeaud L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3009822 | biostudies-other | 2010 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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MHC class I modulates NMDA receptor function and AMPA receptor trafficking.

Fourgeaud Lawrence L   Davenport Christopher M CM   Tyler Carolyn M CM   Cheng Timothy T TT   Spencer Michael B MB   Boulanger Lisa M LM  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20101206 51


Proteins of the major histocompatibility complex class I (MHCI) are known for their role in immunity and have recently been implicated in long-term plasticity of excitatory synaptic transmission. However, the mechanisms by which MHCI influences synaptic plasticity remain unknown. Here we show that endogenous MHCI regulates synaptic responses mediated by NMDA-type glutamate receptors (NMDARs) in the mammalian central nervous system (CNS). The AMPA/NMDA ratio is decreased at MHCI-deficient hippoca  ...[more]

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