Abstract
Forebrains from rats of postnatal days (PND) 2, 7, 14, 21, and 30–40 were subjected to subcellular fractionation and samples from crude mitochondrial (P2, which contain synaptic plasma membranes) and microsomal (P3) fractions were used for SDS-PAGE and Western blotting with antibodies against GluR1, and GluR2/3 subunits of AMPA/GluR receptors. GluR immunoreactivity in P2 fractions increased gradually from PND 2 to PND 30. In contrast, GluR immunoreactivity in P3 fractions increased sharply at early postnatal ages, and was higher than in adults as early as at PND 7. Data were compared to postnatal changes in 3 H -AMPA binding reported in various studies. Significant correlations were observed between changes in GluR immunoreactivity in P3 fractions and changes in high-affinity binding on one hand and between changes in GluR immunoreactivity in P2 fractions, and changes in low affinity binding. These data further establish that glutamate receptors present in different subcellular compartments represent different maturational states of the receptors, and suggest that changes in GluR populations could participate in mechanisms of synaptic plasticity.
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