NMDA receptor-dependent GABA _B receptor internalization via CaMKII phosphorylation of serine 867 in GABA _B1

Abstract

GABA B receptors are the G-protein-coupled receptors for GABA, the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain. GABA B receptors are abundant on dendritic spines, where they dampen postsynaptic excitability and inhibit Ca 2+ influx through NMDA receptors when activated by spillover of GABA from neighboring GABAergic terminals. Here, we show that an excitatory signaling cascade enables spines to counteract this GABA B -mediated inhibition. We found that NMDA application to cultured hippocampal neurons promotes dynamindependent endocytosis of GABA B receptors. NMDA-dependent internalization of GABA B receptors requires activation of Ca 2+ /Calmodulindependent protein kinase II (CaMKII), which associates with GABA B receptors in vivo and phosphorylates serine 867 (S867) in the intracellular C terminus of the GABA B1 subunit. Blockade of either CaMKII or phosphorylation of S867 renders GABA B receptors refractory to NMDA-mediated internalization. Time-lapse two-photon imaging of organotypic hippocampal slices reveals that activation of NMDA receptors removes GABA B receptors within minutes from the surface of dendritic spines and shafts. NMDA-dependent S867 phosphorylation and internalization is predominantly detectable with the GABA B1b subunit isoform, which is the isoform that clusters with inhibitory effector K + channels in the spines. Consistent with this, NMDA receptor activation in neurons impairs the ability of GABA B receptors to activate K + channels. Thus, our data support that NMDA receptor activity endocytoses postsynaptic GABA B receptors through CaMKIImediated phosphorylation of S867. This provides a means to spare NMDA receptors at individual glutamatergic synapses from reciprocal inhibition through GABA B receptors.γ-aminobutyric acid | spines | trafficking | synaptic plasticity | GABAB

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