α2δ‐1 protein promotes synaptic expression of Ca2+ permeable–AMPA receptors by inhibiting GluA1/GluA2 heteromeric assembly in the hypothalamus in hypertension
- 17 January 2022
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Neurochemistry
- Vol. 161 (1), 40-52
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jnc.15573
Abstract
Glutamate AMPA receptors (AMPARs) lacking GluA2 subunit are calcium permeable (CP-AMPARs), which are increased in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) and maintain sympathetic outflow in hypertension. Here, we determined the role of α2δ-1, an NMDA receptor–interacting protein, in regulating synaptic CP-AMPARs in the hypothalamus in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Co-immunoprecipitation showed that levels of GluA1/GluA2, but not GluA2/GluA3, protein complexes in hypothalamic synaptosomes were reduced in SHR compared with Wistar–Kyoto rats (WKY). The level of GluA1/GluA2 heteromers in endoplasmic reticulum-enriched fractions of the hypothalamus was significantly lower in SHR than in WKY, which was restored by inhibiting α2δ-1 with gabapentin. Gabapentin also switched AMPAR-mediated excitatory postsynaptic currents (AMPAR-EPSCs) from inward rectifying to linear and attenuated the inhibitory effect of IEM-1460, a selective CP-AMPAR blocker, on AMPAR-EPSCs in spinally projecting PVN neurons in SHR. Furthermore, co-immunoprecipitation revealed that α2δ-1 directly interacted with GluA1 and GluA2 in the hypothalamus of rats and humans. Levels of α2δ-1/GluA1 and α2δ-1/GluA2 protein complexes in the hypothalamus were significantly greater in SHR than in WKY. Disrupting the α2δ-1–AMPAR interaction with an α2δ-1 C terminus peptide normalized GluA1/GluA2 heteromers in the endoplasmic reticulum of the hypothalamus diminished in SHR. In addition, α2δ-1 C terminus peptide diminished inward rectification of AMPAR-EPSCs and the inhibitory effect of IEM-1460 on AMPAR-EPSCs of PVN neurons in SHR. Thus, α2δ-1 augments synaptic CP-AMPARs by inhibiting GluA1/GluA2 heteromeric assembly in the hypothalamus in hypertension. These findings extend our understanding of the molecular basis of sustained sympathetic outflow in neurogenic hypertension.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Institutes of Health (HL142133, NS101880, HL154512)
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