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Disturbance of glutamate neurotransmission may contribute to motor neuron injury in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. There is evidence that human motor neurons may express a specific profile of glutamate receptors, with low or absent expression of mRNA for the GluR2 AMPA receptor subunit, which has a crucial role in controlling calcium permeability. This study, using an immunocytochemical approach with a GluR2 specific antibody, shows that human upper and lower motor neurons have a very low/absent expression of GluR2 protein, in contrast to many other neuronal groups. Thus, it is likely that human motor neurons express a high proportion of atypical, calcium permeable AMPA receptors which may contribute to selective vulnerability and may allow cell-specific modulation of the actions of glutamate.
Author(s): Shaw PJ, Williams TL, Slade JY, Eggett CJ, Ince PG
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: NeuroReport
Year: 1999
Volume: 10
Issue: 2
Pages: 261-265
Print publication date: 05/02/1999
ISSN (print): 0959-4965
ISSN (electronic): 1473-558X
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00001756-199902050-00011
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-199902050-00011
PubMed id: 10203319
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