{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["13(12)"],"submitter":["Bannai H"],"pubmed_abstract":["GABAergic synaptic transmission regulates brain function by establishing the appropriate excitation-inhibition (E/I) balance in neural circuits. The structure and function of GABAergic synapses are sensitive to destabilization by impinging neurotransmitters. However, signaling mechanisms that promote the restorative homeostatic stabilization of GABAergic synapses remain unknown. Here, by quantum dot single-particle tracking, we characterize a signaling pathway that promotes the stability of GABAA receptor (GABAAR) postsynaptic organization. Slow metabotropic glutamate receptor signaling activates IP3 receptor-dependent calcium release and protein kinase C to promote GABAAR clustering and GABAergic transmission. This GABAAR stabilization pathway counteracts the rapid cluster dispersion caus"],"journal":["Cell reports"],"pagination":["2768-80"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4700050"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Bidirectional Control of Synaptic GABAAR Clustering by Glutamate and Calcium."],"pmcid":["PMC4700050"],"pubmed_authors":["Sherwood MW","Niwa F","Miyamoto A","Bannai H","Sugiura K","Shrivastava AN","Arizono M","Levi S","Triller A","Mikoshiba K"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Bidirectional Control of Synaptic GABAAR Clustering by Glutamate and Calcium.","description":"GABAergic synaptic transmission regulates brain function by establishing the appropriate excitation-inhibition (E/I) balance in neural circuits. The structure and function of GABAergic synapses are sensitive to destabilization by impinging neurotransmitters. However, signaling mechanisms that promote the restorative homeostatic stabilization of GABAergic synapses remain unknown. Here, by quantum dot single-particle tracking, we characterize a signaling pathway that promotes the stability of GABAA receptor (GABAAR) postsynaptic organization. Slow metabotropic glutamate receptor signaling activates IP3 receptor-dependent calcium release and protein kinase C to promote GABAAR clustering and GABAergic transmission. This GABAAR stabilization pathway counteracts the rapid cluster dispersion caus","dates":{"release":"2015-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2015 Dec","modification":"2026-05-05T07:50:48.189Z","creation":"2019-03-27T02:06:12Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4700050","cross_references":{"pubmed":["26711343"],"doi":["10.1016/j.celrep.2015.12.002"]}}