Modulation of D2R-NR2B interactions in response to cocaine - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2006 Dec 7;52(5):897-909.

doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2006.10.011.

Xiang-Ping Chu, Li-Min Mao, Min Wang, Hong-Xiang Lan, Ming-Hua Li, Guo-Chi Zhang, Nikhil K Parelkar, Eugene E Fibuch, Michelle Haines, Kim A Neve, Fang Liu, Zhi-Gang Xiong, John Q Wang

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Modulation of D2R-NR2B interactions in response to cocaine

Xian-Yu Liu et al. Neuron. 2006.

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Abstract

Dopamine-glutamate interactions in the neostriatum determine psychostimulant action, but the underlying molecular mechanisms remain elusive. Here we found that dopamine stimulation by cocaine enhances a heteroreceptor complex formation between dopamine D2 receptors (D2R) and NMDA receptor NR2B subunits in the neostriatum in vivo. The D2R-NR2B interaction is direct and occurs in the confined postsynaptic density microdomain of excitatory synapses. The enhanced D2R-NR2B interaction disrupts the association of Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) with NR2B, reduces NR2B phosphorylation at a CaMKII-sensitive site (Ser1303), and inhibits NMDA receptor-mediated currents in medium-sized striatal neurons. Furthermore, the regulated D2R-NR2B interaction is critical for constructing behavioral responsiveness to cocaine. Our findings here uncover a direct and dynamic D2R-NR2B interaction in striatal neurons in vivo. This type of dopamine-glutamate integration at the receptor level may be responsible for synergistically inhibiting the D2R-mediated circuits in the basal ganglia and fulfilling the stimulative effect of psychostimulants.

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