PMID:16024054

Citation	Bortolotto, ZA, Collett, VJ, Conquet, F, Jia, Z, van der Putten, H and Collingridge, GL (2005) The regulation of hippocampal LTP by the molecular switch, a form of metaplasticity, requires mGlu5 receptors. Neuropharmacology 49 Suppl 1:13-25
Abstract	The role of metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptors in long-term potentiation (LTP) in the hippocampus is controversial. In the present study, we have used mice in which the mGlu1, mGlu5 or mGlu7 receptor has been deleted, by homologous recombination, to study the role of these receptor subtypes in LTP at CA1 synapses. We investigated the effects of the knockouts on both LTP and the molecular switch, a form of metaplasticity that renders LTP insensitive to the actions of the mGlu receptor antagonist MCPG ((S)-alpha-methyl-4-carboxyphenylglycine). We find that LTP is readily induced in the three knockouts and in an mGlu1 and mGlu5 double knockout. In addition, the molecular switch operates normally in either the mGlu1 or mGlu7 knockout. In contrast, the molecular switch is completely non-functional in the mGlu5 knockout, such that MCPG invariably blocks the induction of additional LTP in an input where LTP has already been induced. The effect of the mGlu5 receptor knockout was replicated in wildtype mouse slices perfused with the specific mGlu5 receptor antagonist MPEP (2-methyl-6-(phenylethynyl)-pyridine). In addition, the mGlu5 selective agonist CHPG ((RS)-2-chloro-5-hydroxyphenylglycine) sets the molecular switch. These data demonstrate that the operation of the molecular switch requires activation of mGlu5 receptors.
Links	PubMed Online version:10.1016/j.neuropharm.2005.05.020
Keywords	Animals; Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists/pharmacology; Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists/pharmacology; Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials; Hippocampus/physiology; Long-Term Potentiation/drug effects; Long-Term Potentiation/physiology; Long-Term Potentiation/radiation effects; Mice; Mice, Knockout; Neuronal Plasticity/drug effects; Neuronal Plasticity/physiology; Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate/classification; Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate/genetics; Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate/physiology; Time Factors
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