The group 1 metabotropic glutamate receptors 1 and 5 (mGluR1/5) have been implicated in mechanisms of synaptic plasticity and may serve as potential therapeutic targets in autism spectrum disorders. The interactome of group 1 mGluRs has remained largely unresolved. Using a knockout-controlled interaction proteomics strategy we examined the mGluR5 protein complex in two brain regions, hippocampus and cortex, and identified mGluR1 as its major interactor in addition to the well described Homer proteins. We confirmed the presence of mGluR1/5 complex by (i) reverse immunoprecipitation using an mGluR1 antibody to pulldown mGluR5 from hippocampal tissue, (ii) coexpression in HEK293 cells followed by coimmunoprecipitation to reveal the direct interaction of mGluR1 and 5, and (iii) superresolution microscopy imaging of hippocampal primary neurons to show colocalization of the mGluR1/5 in the synapse.

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Keywords Animal Proteomics, Brain, G-protein coupled receptor, Immunoprecipitation, Mass spectrometry
Persistent URL dx.doi.org/10.1002/pmic.201500400, hdl.handle.net/1765/93775
Journal Proteomics
Grant This work was funded by the European Commission 7th Framework Programme; grant id fp7/242167 - Synaptic Systems: dissecting brain function in health and disease (SYNSYS)
Citation
Pandya, N.J. (Nikhil J.), Klaassen, R.V. (Remco V.), van der Schors, R.C. (Roel C.), Slotman, J.A, Houtsmuller, A.B, Smit, A.B, & Li, K.W. (Ka Wan). (2016). Group 1 metabotropic glutamate receptors 1 and 5 form a protein complex in mouse hippocampus and cortex. Proteomics, 16(20), 2698–2705. doi:10.1002/pmic.201500400