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- Title
Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors Regulate APP Processing in Hippocampal Neurons and Cortical Astrocytes Derived from Fetal Ratsa.
- Authors
LEE, R. K. K.; JIMENEZ, J.; COX, A. J.; WURTMAN, R. J.
- Abstract
It has previously been shown that stimulation of muscarinic m1 or m3 receptors can, by generating diacylglycerol (DAG) and activating protein kinase C (PKC), accelerate the breakdown of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) to form soluble, non-amyloidogenic peptides (APPs). This relationship has been demonstrated in human glioma and neuroblastoma cells as well as in transfected human embryonic kidney (HEK) cells and PC12 cells.1,2 We now provide evidence that stimulation of metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs), which also are coupled to DAG and PKC, similarly accelerates processing of APP into non-amyloidogenic APPs in hippocampal neurons and cortical astrocytes derived from normal fetal rats. The mGluR antagonist, L(+)-2-amino-3-phosphonopropionic acid (L-AP3), and GF 109203X, an inhibitor of PKC, both blocked the release of APPs from hippocampal neurons and astrocytes evoked by glutamate receptor stimulation. Inasmuch as glutamatergic neurons in cortex and hippocampus are known to be damaged in Alzheimer's disease, our findings suggest that amyloid formation may be enhanced by the resulting glutamate deficiency and that selective mGluR agonists may be useful in facilitating synaptic efficacy and treating the disease.
- Publication
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1996, Vol 777, Issue 1, p338
- ISSN
0077-8923
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb34443.x