Immunohistochemistry of GluR1 subunits of AMPA receptors of rat cerebellar nerve cells
Biocell
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33(2): 71-80, Aug. 2009. ilus
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ABSTRACT
The localization of GluR1 subunits of ionotropic glutamate receptors in the glial cells and inhibitory neurons of cerebellar cortex and their association with the climbing and parallel fibers, and basket cell axons were studied. Samples of P14 and P21 rat cerebellar cortex were exposed to a specific antibody against GluR1 subunit(s) ofAMPA receptors and were examined with confocal laser scanning microscopy. GluR1 strong immunoreactivity was confined to Purkinje cell and the molecular layer. Weak GluR1 immunoreactivity was observed surrounding some Golgi cells in the granule cell layer. Intense GluR1 immunoreactivity was localized around Purkinje, basket, and stellate cells. Purkinje cells expressed strong GluR1 immunoreactivity surrounding the cell body, primary dendritic trunk and secondary and tertiary spiny den dritic branches. Marked immunofluorescent staining was also detected in the Bergmann glial fibers at the level of middle and outer third molecular layer. Positive immunofluorescence staining was also observed surrounding basket and stellate cells, and in the capillary wall. These findings suggest the specific localization of GluR1 subunits ofAMPA receptors in Bergmann glial cells, inhibitory cerebellar neurons, and the associated excitatory glutamatergic circuits formed by climbing and parallel fibers, and by the inhibitory basket cell axons.
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Main subject:
Purkinje Cells
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Cerebellum
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Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
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Membrane Proteins
Limits:
Animals
Language:
English
Journal:
Biocell
Journal subject:
Clulas
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States
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Venezuela
Institution/Affiliation country:
University of Iowa/US
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University of Zulia/VE
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