Entry
Name
Glutamatergic synapse - Tupaia chinensis (Chinese tree shrew)
Description
Glutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system(CNS). Glutamate is packaged into synaptic vesicles in the presynaptic terminal. Once released into the synaptic cleft, glutamate acts on postsynaptic ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGluRs) to mediate fast excitatory synaptic transmission. Glutamate can also act on metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) and exert a variety of modulatory effects through their coupling to G proteins and the subsequent recruitment of second messenger systems. Presynaptically localized Group II and Group III mGluRs are thought to represent the classical inhibitory autoreceptor mechanism that suppresses excess glutamate release. After its action on these receptors, glutamate can be removed from the synaptic cleft by EAATs located either on the presynaptic terminal, neighboring glial cells, or the postsynaptic neuron. In glia, glutamate is converted to glutamine, which is then transported back to the presynaptic terminal and converted back to glutamate.
Class
Organismal Systems; Nervous system
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Organism
Tupaia chinensis (Chinese tree shrew) [GN:
tup ]
Gene
102472875 GRIK1; glutamate ionotropic receptor kainate type subunit 1 [KO:K05201 ]
102474140 GRIK2; glutamate ionotropic receptor kainate type subunit 2 [KO:K05202 ]
102471766 GRIK3; glutamate ionotropic receptor kainate type subunit 3 [KO:K05203 ]
102479972 GRIK4; glutamate ionotropic receptor kainate type subunit 4 [KO:K05204 ]
102475845 GRIK5; glutamate ionotropic receptor kainate type subunit 5 [KO:K05205 ]
102477050 GRIA1; glutamate ionotropic receptor AMPA type subunit 1 [KO:K05197 ]
102480104 GRIA2; glutamate ionotropic receptor AMPA type subunit 2 [KO:K05198 ]
102491582 GRIA4; glutamate ionotropic receptor AMPA type subunit 4 [KO:K05200 ]
102469683 GRIN1; glutamate ionotropic receptor NMDA type subunit 1 [KO:K05208 ]
102487925 GRIN2A; glutamate ionotropic receptor NMDA type subunit 2A [KO:K05209 ]
102487806 GRIN2B; glutamate ionotropic receptor NMDA type subunit 2B [KO:K05210 ]
102479118 GRIN2C; glutamate ionotropic receptor NMDA type subunit 2C [KO:K05211 ]
102498157 GRIN2D; glutamate ionotropic receptor NMDA type subunit 2D [KO:K05212 ]
102478830 GRIN3A; glutamate ionotropic receptor NMDA type subunit 3A [KO:K05213 ]
102499931 GRIN3B; glutamate ionotropic receptor NMDA type subunit 3B [KO:K05214 ]
102478386 PPP3R2; protein phosphatase 3 regulatory subunit B, beta [KO:K06268 ]
102474096 PPP3R1; protein phosphatase 3 regulatory subunit B, alpha [KO:K06268 ]
102486978 LZTS3; leucine zipper tumor suppressor family member 3 [KO:K26472 ]
102480366 TRPC1; transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily C member 1 [KO:K04964 ]
102489563 GNAS; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(s) subunit alpha isoforms XLas [KO:K04632 ]
102467951 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(O) subunit gamma-5 [KO:K04542 ]
102500280 KCNJ3; potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily J member 3 [KO:K04997 ]
102473903 CACNA1A; calcium voltage-gated channel subunit alpha1 A [KO:K04344 ]
102484770 CACNA1D; calcium voltage-gated channel subunit alpha1 D [KO:K04851 ]
Compound
C01245 D-myo-Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate
Reference
Authors
Niswender CM, Conn PJ
Title
Metabotropic glutamate receptors: physiology, pharmacology, and disease.
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Authors
Ferraguti F, Crepaldi L, Nicoletti F
Title
Metabotropic glutamate 1 receptor: current concepts and perspectives.
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Authors
Hermans E, Challiss RA
Title
Structural, signalling and regulatory properties of the group I metabotropic glutamate receptors: prototypic family C G-protein-coupled receptors.
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Authors
Kim CH, Lee J, Lee JY, Roche KW
Title
Metabotropic glutamate receptors: phosphorylation and receptor signaling.
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Authors
Meador-Woodruff JH, Clinton SM, Beneyto M, McCullumsmith RE
Title
Molecular abnormalities of the glutamate synapse in the thalamus in schizophrenia.
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Authors
Sanacora G, Zarate CA, Krystal JH, Manji HK
Title
Targeting the glutamatergic system to develop novel, improved therapeutics for mood disorders.
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Authors
Gass JT, Olive MF
Title
Glutamatergic substrates of drug addiction and alcoholism.
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Authors
Palmada M, Centelles JJ
Title
Excitatory amino acid neurotransmission. Pathways for metabolism, storage and reuptake of glutamate in brain.
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Reference
Authors
Schoepp DD
Title
Unveiling the functions of presynaptic metabotropic glutamate receptors in the central nervous system.
Journal
J Pharmacol Exp Ther 299:12-20 (2001)
Reference
Authors
de Jong AP, Verhage M
Title
Presynaptic signal transduction pathways that modulate synaptic transmission.
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Authors
Pinheiro PS, Mulle C
Title
Presynaptic glutamate receptors: physiological functions and mechanisms of action.
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Authors
Byrnes KR, Loane DJ, Faden AI
Title
Metabotropic glutamate receptors as targets for multipotential treatment of neurological disorders.
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Reference
Authors
Conti F, Weinberg RJ
Title
Shaping excitation at glutamatergic synapses.
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Reference
Authors
Sheng M, Kim MJ
Title
Postsynaptic signaling and plasticity mechanisms.
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