Effect of phospholipase Cβ4 lacking in thalamic neurons on electroencephalogram

Miho Kameyama, Isao Yamaguchi, Kazuhisa Ichikawa, Takashi Sugiyama, Moritoshi Hirono, Hirokazu Hori, Masayuki Ikeda, Yuko Kuwahata, Naomi Eguchi, Yoshihiro Urade, Tohru Yoshioka*

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Abstract

Activity of thalamic neurons has been shown to be modulated via type-1 metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR1) activation, which initiates an intracellular Ca signaling cascade involving phospholipase Cβ4 (PLCβ4) and leading to the activation of conventional protein kinase C (cPKC). In the present study, we investigated the role of PLCβ4 in thalamic neuron. PLCβ4-deficient mutant mice were found to exhibit three phenotypic characteristics: (1) a 2-Hz increase in the peak frequency of electroencephalogram (EEG) of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, (2) an increase in the frequency of miniature excitatory postsynaptic currents (mEPSCs) recorded in thalamus, and (3) waveform distortion of EEG. We postulate here that changes in protein phosphorylation due to reduced cPKC activity by PLCβ4 deletion in thalamic neurons may give rise to these phenotypic characteristics. Taken together, these results indicate that reduced PLCβ4 activity in thalamic neurons may underlie high-cortical oscillation frequency.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)153-159
Number of pages7
JournalBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Volume304
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003/04/25

Keywords

  • EEG
  • FFT
  • LGNd
  • Mouse
  • PLCβ4
  • PST
  • Thalamus
  • mEPSC

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biophysics
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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