RGD Reference Report - Glutamatergic reinnervation and assembly of glutamatergic synapses in adult rat skeletal muscle occurs at cholinergic endplates. - Rat Genome Database

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Glutamatergic reinnervation and assembly of glutamatergic synapses in adult rat skeletal muscle occurs at cholinergic endplates.

Authors: Francolini, M  Brunelli, G  Cambianica, I  Barlati, S  Barbon, A  La Via, L  Guarneri, B  Boroni, F  Lanzillotta, A  Baiguera, C  Ettorre, M  Buffelli, M  Spano, P  Clementi, F  Pizzi, M 
Citation: Francolini M, etal., J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2009 Oct;68(10):1103-15.
RGD ID: 4107718
Pubmed: PMID:19918122   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1097/NEN.0b013e3181b7bfc8   (Journal Full-text)

After denervation of adult rat abdominal muscles, the postsynaptic apparatus of neuromuscular junctions (NMJs) retains its original architecture and clustering of acetylcholine receptors (AChRs). When descending fibers of the spinal cord are surgically diverted to this muscle by a nerve grafting procedure, supraspinal glutamatergic neurons can innervate muscle fibers and restore motor function; the newly formed NMJs switch from a cholinergic to a glutamatergic-type synapse. We show here that regenerating nerve endings contact the fibers in an area occupied by cholinergic endplates. These NMJs are morphologically indistinguishable from those in controls, but they differ in the subunit composition of AChRs. Moreover, by immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy, new NMJs express glutamatergic synapse markers. The alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptor subunit GluR1 partially colocalizes with AChRs, and vesicular glutamate transporter 2 is localized in the presynaptic compartment. Immunoprecipitation analysis of membranes from reinnervated muscle showed that AMPA receptor subunits GluR1 and GluR2 coimmunoprecipitate with rapsyn, the AChR-anchoring protein at the NMJ. Taken together, these results indicate that cholinergic endplates can be targeted by new glutamatergic projections and that the clustering of AMPA receptors occurs there.

Gene Ontology Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View

Cellular Component
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
neuromuscular junction  IDA 4107718 RGD 

Molecular Function
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
ionotropic glutamate receptor binding  IPIGria1 (Rattus norvegicus)4107718 RGD 
protein binding  IPIRapsn (Rattus norvegicus)4107718 RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Gria1  (glutamate ionotropic receptor AMPA type subunit 1)
Rapsn  (receptor-associated protein of the synapse)


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