D-Serine as a putative glial neurotransmitter

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作者
Mustafa, Asif K. [2 ]
Kim, Paul M. [3 ]
Snyder, Solomon H. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Sch Med, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA
[2] Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Neurosci, Sch Med, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA
[3] Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Pharmacol & Mol Sci, Sch Med, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA
关键词
alpha-amino-3-hydroxyl-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionate receptor; D-serine; N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor; serine racemase;
D O I
10.1017/S1740925X05000141
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
摘要
Abundant recent evidence favors a neurotransmitter/neuromodulator role for D-serine. D-serine is synthesized from L-serine by serine racemase in astrocytic glia that ensheath synapses, especially in regions of the brain that are enriched in NMDA-glutamate receptors. D-serine is more potent than glycine at activating the 'glycine' site of these receptors. Moreover, selective degradation of D-serine but not glycine by D-amino acid oxidase markedly reduces NMDA neurotransmission. D-serine appears to be released physiologically in response to activation by glutamate of AMPA-glutamate receptors oil D-serine-containing glia. This causes glutamate-receptor-interacting protein, which binds serine racemase, to stimulate enzyme activity and D-serine release. Thus, glutamate triggers the release of D-serine so that the two amino acids call act together on postsynaptic NMDA receptors. D-serine also plays a role in neural development, being released from Bergmann glia to chemokinetically enhance the migration of granule cell cerebellar neurons from the external to the internal granular layer.
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