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_id: '2856'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs), the largest family of membrane signaling
proteins, respond to neurotransmitters, hormones and small environmental molecules.
The neuronal function of many GPCRs has been difficult to resolve because of an
inability to gate them with subtype specificity, spatial precision, speed and
reversibility. To address this, we developed an approach for opto-chemical engineering
of native GPCRs. We applied this to the metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs)
to generate light-agonized and light-antagonized mGluRs (LimGluRs). The light-agonized
LimGluR2, on which we focused, was fast, bistable and supported multiple rounds
of on/off switching. Light gated two of the primary neuronal functions of mGluR2:
suppression of excitability and inhibition of neurotransmitter release. We found
that the light-antagonized tool LimGluR2-block was able to manipulate negative
feedback of synaptically released glutamate on transmitter release. We generalized
the optical control to two additional family members: mGluR3 and mGluR6. This
system worked in rodent brain slices and in zebrafish in vivo, where we found
that mGluR2 modulated the threshold for escape behavior. These light-gated mGluRs
pave the way for determining the roles of mGluRs in synaptic plasticity, memory
and disease.'
acknowledgement: National Science Foundation grants CHE-0233882 and CHE-0840505 (to
the College of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley), a postdoctoral
fellowship of the European Molecular Biology Organization (H.J.)
author:
- first_name: Joshua
full_name: Levitz, Joshua
last_name: Levitz
- first_name: Carlos
full_name: Pantoja, Carlos
last_name: Pantoja
- first_name: Benjamin
full_name: Gaub, Benjamin
last_name: Gaub
- first_name: Harald L
full_name: Janovjak, Harald L
id: 33BA6C30-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Janovjak
orcid: 0000-0002-8023-9315
- first_name: Andreas
full_name: Reiner, Andreas
last_name: Reiner
- first_name: Adam
full_name: Hoagland, Adam
last_name: Hoagland
- first_name: David
full_name: Schoppik, David
last_name: Schoppik
- first_name: Brian
full_name: Kane, Brian
last_name: Kane
- first_name: Philipp
full_name: Stawski, Philipp
last_name: Stawski
- first_name: Alexander
full_name: Schier, Alexander
last_name: Schier
- first_name: Dirk
full_name: Trauner, Dirk
last_name: Trauner
- first_name: Ehud
full_name: Isacoff, Ehud
last_name: Isacoff
citation:
ama: Levitz J, Pantoja C, Gaub B, et al. Optical control of metabotropic glutamate
receptors. Nature Neuroscience. 2013;16:507-516. doi:10.1038/nn.3346
apa: Levitz, J., Pantoja, C., Gaub, B., Janovjak, H. L., Reiner, A., Hoagland, A.,
… Isacoff, E. (2013). Optical control of metabotropic glutamate receptors. Nature
Neuroscience. Nature Publishing Group. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.3346
chicago: Levitz, Joshua, Carlos Pantoja, Benjamin Gaub, Harald L Janovjak, Andreas
Reiner, Adam Hoagland, David Schoppik, et al. “Optical Control of Metabotropic
Glutamate Receptors.” Nature Neuroscience. Nature Publishing Group, 2013.
https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.3346.
ieee: J. Levitz et al., “Optical control of metabotropic glutamate receptors,”
Nature Neuroscience, vol. 16. Nature Publishing Group, pp. 507–516, 2013.
ista: Levitz J, Pantoja C, Gaub B, Janovjak HL, Reiner A, Hoagland A, Schoppik D,
Kane B, Stawski P, Schier A, Trauner D, Isacoff E. 2013. Optical control of metabotropic
glutamate receptors. Nature Neuroscience. 16, 507–516.
mla: Levitz, Joshua, et al. “Optical Control of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors.”
Nature Neuroscience, vol. 16, Nature Publishing Group, 2013, pp. 507–16,
doi:10.1038/nn.3346.
short: J. Levitz, C. Pantoja, B. Gaub, H.L. Janovjak, A. Reiner, A. Hoagland, D.
Schoppik, B. Kane, P. Stawski, A. Schier, D. Trauner, E. Isacoff, Nature Neuroscience
16 (2013) 507–516.
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:59:57Z
date_published: 2013-03-03T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T07:00:16Z
day: '03'
department:
- _id: HaJa
doi: 10.1038/nn.3346
external_id:
pmid:
- '23455609'
intvolume: ' 16'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
url: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3681425/
month: '03'
oa: 1
oa_version: Submitted Version
page: 507 - 516
pmid: 1
publication: Nature Neuroscience
publication_status: published
publisher: Nature Publishing Group
publist_id: '3936'
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: 1
status: public
title: Optical control of metabotropic glutamate receptors
type: journal_article
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volume: 16
year: '2013'
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