| 1992 |
mGluR1 expressed in CHO cells stimulates phosphatidylinositol (PI) hydrolysis, cAMP formation, and arachidonic acid release with comparable agonist potency rank orders; pertussis toxin and phorbol ester produced distinct effects on the three transduction cascades, indicating mGluR1 independently links to multiple G protein-mediated transduction pathways. |
Stable transfection in CHO cells, second messenger assays (PI hydrolysis, cAMP, arachidonic acid release), pharmacological perturbation |
Neuron |
High |
1314623
|
| 2001 |
mGluR1α-mediated potentiation of NMDA receptor currents occurs via a PLC-initiated cascade requiring intracellular Ca2+ rise and PKC activation; disruption of the actin cytoskeleton blocked mGluR1-elicited signaling, implicating cytoskeletal proteins in the pathway. |
Whole-cell voltage-clamp recordings in Xenopus oocytes co-expressing recombinant NMDARs and mGluR1α; pharmacological inhibitors (U-73122, BAPTA-AM, thapsigargin, Ro-32-0432, staurosporine, cytochalasin D) |
Neuropharmacology |
High |
11378156
|
| 2001 |
BAY36-7620 acts as a potent non-competitive, inverse agonist at mGluR1 by binding within the transmembrane region (helices 4–7), not at the orthosteric glutamate-binding pocket; chimeric receptor studies showed the transmembrane domain of mGluR1 is necessary and sufficient for BAY36-7620 activity, and the compound inhibits >60% of constitutive mGluR1 activity. |
Transient expression in HEK293 cells, IP formation assays, [3H]quisqualate displacement binding, chimeric receptor constructs (mGluR1/DmGluA, mGluR1/mGluR2, mGluR1/mGluR5) |
Molecular pharmacology |
High |
11306677
|
| 1997 |
The mGluR1a splice variant, which has a long C-terminal tail, shows higher agonist potency and higher basal phospholipase C activity compared to short-tail variants (mGluR1b, 1c, 1d), demonstrating that the long C-terminal tail increases PLC coupling efficacy. |
Heterologous expression in cell lines, PLC activity and agonist potency assays across splice variants |
European journal of pharmacology |
Medium |
9371547
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| 2006 |
mGluR1α activation in hippocampal oriens/alveus interneurons elicits dendritic Ca2+ signals via Ca2+ influx through TRP channels AND Ca2+ release from intracellular stores; mGluR1α also activates an Src/ERK cascade; blocking TRP channels or Src/ERK or intracellular Ca2+ release each prevents mGluR1α-dependent LTP induction. |
Two-photon calcium imaging, whole-cell recordings, selective pharmacological inhibitors, Western blot, immunocytochemistry in rat hippocampal slices |
The Journal of physiology |
High |
16740609
|
| 2011 |
mGluR1-mediated slow excitatory postsynaptic potentials in cerebellar Purkinje cells are mediated by the transient receptor potential channel TRPC3, while the dendritic Ca2+ signal results from IP3 receptor-mediated Ca2+ release from internal stores — two distinct downstream signal components of mGluR1 activation. |
Review synthesizing electrophysiology and molecular biology studies (KO mice, pharmacology, Ca2+ imaging) |
Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology |
Medium |
21441586
|
| 2012 |
Unbiased proteomics of cerebellar mGluR1 complexes identified GluRδ2 (GluD2) and PKCγ as major interactors, along with TRPC3; mutation of GluRδ2 increased surface expression of mGluR1 and TRPC3, enhanced mGluR1-evoked inward currents, and disrupted mGluR1-dependent synaptic transmission time course at parallel fiber–Purkinje cell synapses. |
Unbiased proteomic co-immunoprecipitation from cerebellum, subcellular fractionation, electrophysiology in GluRδ2 mutant mice |
The Journal of neuroscience |
High |
23115168
|
| 2013 |
mGluR1 (type 1 metabotropic glutamate receptor) triggers gating of the orphan GluD2 ion channel, both in a heterologous expression system and in cerebellar Purkinje cells, establishing GluD2 as a functional ion channel operated through mGluR1. |
Heterologous co-expression electrophysiology, Purkinje cell whole-cell recordings |
EMBO reports |
High |
24357660
|
| 2016 |
The mGluR1-induced GluD2 current requires Gαq signaling and the downstream canonical PLC and PKC pathway; inhibition of PLC (U73122) or PKC (GF109203X) strongly reduced the DHPG-induced GluD2 current in both transfected HEK293 cells and at the parallel fiber–Purkinje cell synapse. |
Whole-cell voltage-clamp recordings in HEK293 cells co-transfected with mGluR1 and GluD2; pharmacological inhibitors; cerebellar slice electrophysiology |
Neuropharmacology |
High |
27276689
|
| 2014 |
The long C-terminal domain of mGluR1a, which interacts with Homer scaffolding proteins, is required for proper perisynaptic targeting of mGluR1, IP3R-mediated Ca2+ release, climbing fiber synapse elimination, cerebellar LTD, and motor learning; in contrast TRPC currents and motor coordination do not require this domain. |
Rescue of mGluR1 KO mice with mGluR1b (lacking C-terminal domain) vs. mGluR1a; immunohistochemistry, Ca2+ imaging, electrophysiology, behavioral testing |
The Journal of neuroscience |
High |
24523559
|
| 2007 |
Repeated climbing fiber-evoked depolarization of Purkinje cells induces long-term depression of mGluR1-mediated signaling (LTD_mGluR1), expressed postsynaptically as attenuation of both the slow EPSC (TRPC3-mediated) and PLC/IP3-mediated dendritic Ca2+ mobilization. |
Brain slice electrophysiology, Ca2+ imaging in cerebellar Purkinje cells |
Neuron |
High |
17640528
|
| 2008 |
mGluR1 functions as a presynaptic autoreceptor on mouse cortical glutamatergic nerve terminals, facilitating depolarization-evoked glutamate exocytosis; this was demonstrated using crv4 (mGluR1 KO) synaptosomes, where high-concentration DHPG-induced facilitation was abolished, while low-concentration effects (mGluR5-mediated) remained intact. |
[3H]D-aspartate release from cortical synaptosomes, mGluR1 KO (crv4) vs. mGluR5 KO mice, Western blot of synaptic fractions, immunocytochemistry |
Neuropharmacology |
High |
18625255
|
| 2007 |
mGluR1 is required for activity-dependent synaptic plasticity at the CA3–CA1 synapse and for associative learning; mGluR1 KO and heterozygous mice show impaired LTP and abolished or impaired trace eyeblink conditioning, and pharmacological mGluR1 blockade in wild-type mice replicates these deficits. |
In vivo CA3-CA1 field recordings in awake behaving mice, classical trace conditioning, genetic KO/heterozygous mice, pharmacological blockade with BAY36-7620 |
Cerebral cortex |
High |
18024992
|
| 2009 |
mGluR1 activation in hippocampal interneurons induces persistent LTP (cL-LTP_mGluR1) that requires both transcription and translation via PI3K/mTOR and MEK/ERK pathways, as well as translational initiation (inhibited by hippuristanol/eIF4A inhibitor), and is facilitated in 4E-BP knockout mice. |
Whole-cell recordings in hippocampal slices, pharmacological inhibitors of signaling pathways, transgenic mice (4E-BP KO) |
The Journal of neuroscience |
High |
19403827
|
| 2018 |
mGluR1 is coupled to NAADP signaling that elicits Ca2+ release from acidic stores (endolysosomes); this Ca2+ signal transiently inhibits SK-type K+ channels (possibly via PP2A) to mediate mGluR1-dependent LTP; removing two-pore channels (TPCs) switches plasticity from LTP to LTD, indicating TPC-mediated acidic store Ca2+ release is specifically required for mGluR1-LTP. |
Hippocampal slice electrophysiology, TPC genetic KO mice, pharmacological tools (NAADP antagonists, SK channel blockers) |
Science signaling |
High |
30482851
|
| 2007 |
Nuclear mGluR1a receptors are expressed on nuclear membranes of HEK293 cells and rat cortical neurons; direct glutamate/quisqualate activation of isolated nuclei triggers Ca2+ oscillations (HEK) or plateau Ca2+ signals (cortical) that are blocked by a selective mGluR1 antagonist and by ryanodine/IP3R inhibitors; nuclear mGluR1 expression increases postnatally. |
Immunocytochemistry, subcellular fractionation, Western blot, Ca2+ imaging of isolated nuclei, pharmacological antagonism |
Journal of neurochemistry |
High |
17250682
|
| 2019 |
mGluR1 activation in hippocampal CA1 promotes dephosphorylation of FMRP, facilitating local translation of synaptic C1q mRNA, which in turn drives C1q-mediated microglial phagocytosis of glutamatergic synapses; suppression of mGluR1 signaling reversed these effects in AD rodent models. |
Rodent AD models (two types), pharmacological activation/suppression of mGluR1, Western blot for FMRP phosphorylation, immunofluorescence for C1q and synaptic markers, behavioral cognitive testing |
Molecular neurobiology |
Medium |
30652266
|
| 2002 |
mGluR1 antagonists increase GABA release in hippocampal slices exposed to ischemia, and their neuroprotective effects are partially prevented by GABAA/GABAB receptor antagonists, indicating that mGluR1 blockade confers neuroprotection at least partly through enhanced GABAergic transmission. |
Organotypic hippocampal slice OGD model, GABA microdialysis in gerbil global ischemia, mouse cortical wedge bursting model; GABAA/B antagonists (bicuculline, CGP55845) |
Neuropharmacology |
Medium |
12213266
|
| 2008 |
mGluR1 antagonism (LY367385) after transient focal ischemia reduced infarct volume and attenuated increases in PSD-associated PKCγ and Src kinase; the antagonist specifically inhibited ischemia-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of NMDAR subunit NR2A (but not NR2B), indicating mGluR1 activates a PKC/Src cascade that modifies NMDAR function post-ischemia. |
Rat transient middle cerebral artery occlusion model, intravenous LY367385, PSD fractionation, Western blot for PKCγ, Src, and NR2A/NR2B tyrosine phosphorylation |
Journal of neurochemistry |
Medium |
18248625
|
| 2008 |
GRM1 somatic cancer mutations alter mGluR1a intracellular localization and signaling: mutations near the glutamate-binding domain (R375G, G396V) reduce cell surface expression and basal IP formation; A168V (in binding site) increases agonist-induced IP and ERK1/2 activation; R696W (GRK2/PKC regulatory region) decreases ERK1/2 activation; P1148L (Homer binding region) reduces ERK1/2 activation without altering localization. |
Stable cell lines expressing mutant mGluR1a receptors, inositol phosphate formation assay, ERK1/2 phosphorylation by Western blot, immunofluorescence for localization |
Molecular pharmacology |
Medium |
23303475
|
| 2014 |
Several rare GRM1 missense mutations found in schizophrenia patients cause loss of function of the major mGluR1 signaling pathway (reduced inositol phosphate production), not attributable to loss of plasma membrane expression, as shown in stable cell lines expressing mutant receptors; these deficits could be partially restored by mGluR1 positive allosteric modulators (PAMs). |
Stable cell lines expressing patient-derived mGluR1 mutants, inositol phosphate formation assay, surface expression assay, pharmacological PAM rescue |
ACS chemical biology |
Medium |
25137254
|
| 2017 |
Dominant gain-of-function missense mutations in GRM1 are associated with adult-onset cerebellar ataxia and could be pharmacologically modulated in vitro using Nitazoxanide; a truncation mutation acts as a dominant negative causing juvenile-onset ataxia with intellectual disability. |
Human genetics (heterozygous dominant mutations identified), in vitro pharmacological testing of FDA-approved drug Nitazoxanide on mutant receptors |
American journal of human genetics |
Medium |
28886343
|
| 2014 |
Neuregulin 1 (NRG1) via ErbB kinase signaling selectively increases mGluR1-activated currents by inducing synthesis and membrane trafficking of functional mGluR1 receptors, and stimulates the PI3K-Akt-mTOR pathway required for mGluR1 function; an endogenous NRG1/ErbB tone is necessary to maintain surface mGluR1 expression in midbrain dopaminergic neurons. |
Electrophysiology in midbrain dopaminergic neurons, Western blot, pharmacological inhibitors of ErbB and PI3K-Akt-mTOR, in vivo microdialysis for striatal dopamine |
Molecular psychiatry |
Medium |
25266126
|
| 2017 |
Transferrin receptor 1 (TFR1) modulates trafficking of mGluR1 in cerebellar Purkinje cells; conditional KO of TFR1 reduces synaptic mGluR1 expression by tethering Rab8 and Rab11 in the cytosol, thereby inhibiting mGluR1 internalization/recycling, reducing parallel fiber-Purkinje cell LTD, and impairing motor coordination without affecting LTP or social behaviors. |
Conditional KO mice (TFR1flox/flox;pCP2-cre), Western blot, immunofluorescence, subcellular fractionation, electrophysiology (LTD, LTP), behavioral assays |
The Journal of neuroscience |
High |
29054881
|
| 2009 |
In GRM1-expressing melanoma cells, Grm1 agonist stimulation activates AKT2 (the predominantly activated AKT isoform); preincubation with a Grm1 antagonist abolishes agonist-induced AKT activation; siRNA knockdown of AKT2 reduces allograft tumor volume, establishing AKT2 as a downstream effector of Grm1 oncogenic signaling. |
Stable Grm1-expressing melanocyte clones and human melanoma cell lines, agonist/antagonist pharmacology, Western blot for pAKT isoforms, siRNA knockdown, in vivo allograft |
Pigment cell & melanoma research |
Medium |
19843246
|
| 2012 |
GRM1 suppression in human melanoma cell lines by inducible siRNA reduces viable cell number, decreases stimulated MAPK and PI3K/AKT signaling, and suppresses tumor progression in vivo, demonstrating that continued GRM1 expression is required to maintain these downstream pathways and transformed phenotype. |
Inducible siRNA (ecdysone/Ponasterone A and tetracycline systems), Western blot for MAPK and AKT, cell viability assays, in vivo xenograft |
Molecular cancer research |
Medium |
22798429
|
| 2012 |
Grm1-expressing immortalized melanocyte clones activate MAPK and AKT/PKB signaling cascades in response to Grm1 agonist, and these oncogenic signaling events are required for transformation; inducible Grm1 siRNA suppresses proliferation in vitro and xenograft tumor growth in vivo, demonstrating that sustained Grm1 expression and signaling is required for the transformed phenotype. |
Stable Grm1-expressing iBMK epithelial cell clones, MTT assays, colony formation in semi-solid medium, xenograft allografts, inducible siRNA, second messenger accumulation assays |
Oncogene |
Medium |
23085756
|
| 2013 |
mGluR1 activation in VTA dopamine neurons induces protein synthesis-dependent long-term depression of inhibitory postsynaptic currents (I-LTD) via ERK and mTOR signaling; cocaine conditioning activates translation machinery via an mGluR1-dependent mechanism; intra-VTA mGluR1 antagonism inhibits protein synthesis and attenuates cocaine-conditioned place preference. |
Whole-cell recordings from VTA dopamine neurons in rat brain slices, Western blot for ERK/mTOR/translation factor phosphorylation, intra-VTA microinjections in behaving rats, CPP behavioral assay |
Neuropsychopharmacology |
Medium |
23348064
|
| 2019 |
mGluR1 directly interacts with NMDAR via two distinct sites on the mGluR1 C-terminus; disruption of the mGluR1–GluN2A interaction protects primary hippocampal neurons from NMDAR-mediated excitotoxicity, reverses NMDAR-mediated ERK1/2 regulation in hippocampal slices, and alleviates brain infarction in a rat ischemic stroke model. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, affinity binding assay, primary neuronal excitotoxicity assay, hippocampal slice ERK1/2 Western blot, rat MCA occlusion model with interfering peptides |
FASEB journal |
Medium |
31670972
|
| 2024 |
In the brain microenvironment, astrocytes induce mGluR1 expression in lung cancer cells via the Wnt-5a/PRICKLE1/REST axis; induced mGluR1 directly interacts with and stabilizes EGFR in a glutamate-dependent manner, driving cancer cell survival and susceptibility to mGluR1 inhibition. |
Mixed-glial culture system (MGS), co-culture experiments, Co-IP of mGluR1 and EGFR, pathway perturbation (Wnt-5a neutralization, REST overexpression), pharmacological mGluR1 inhibition |
Developmental cell |
Medium |
38309264
|
| 2018 |
mGluR1 co-activation (Gαq/11-coupled) is required for M4 muscarinic receptor-mediated inhibition of striatal dopamine release and antipsychotic-like effects; mGluR1 PAM potentiation following thalamo-striatal stimulation is sufficient to inhibit striatal dopamine release via an endocannabinoid-dependent mechanism; mGluR1 does not directly inhibit D1 receptor signaling. |
In vivo striatal dopamine release measurements, fast-scan cyclic voltammetry, KO mice, selective mGluR1 PAM administration, behavioral antipsychotic models, pharmacological endocannabinoid system blockade |
Molecular psychiatry |
Medium |
30116027
|
| 2005 |
mGluR1 receptor-mediated Ca2+ signaling is governed by Gq/11α protein expression levels; RNAi knockdown of Gq/11α almost abolishes IP3 formation by both mGluR1 and mGluR5; for mGluR1 specifically, Gq/11α knockdown unmasks persistent baseline Ca2+ oscillations; overexpression of Gqα enhances mGluR1-mediated IP3 signals. |
RNAi knockdown and overexpression of Gq/11α in transfected cells, single-cell IP3 imaging, Ca2+ imaging |
Molecular pharmacology |
Medium |
16234485
|
| 2004 |
In CA1 pyramidal neurons, both mGluR1 and mGluR5 contribute synergistically to DHPG-evoked Ca2+ release from intracellular stores and inward currents; selective antagonism of either subtype inhibits both responses by >50%, revealing cooperative interaction. |
Combined whole-cell voltage-clamp and Ca2+ imaging in rat hippocampal slices, selective mGluR1 (LY367385) and mGluR5 (MPEP) antagonists |
Neuropharmacology |
Medium |
15111012
|
| 2006 |
In mGluR1 KO (crv4) mice, mGluR5 receptor expression is upregulated at both mRNA and protein levels in cerebral and cerebellar cortex as a compensatory mechanism; enhanced glutamate release from cortical synaptosomes in crv4 mice is abolished by the mGluR5 inhibitor MPEP; acute MPEP treatment partially improves motor coordination deficits in crv4 mice. |
Western blot, immunofluorescence, qRT-PCR, synaptosome glutamate release assay, pharmacological MPEP treatment in KO mice with rotarod testing |
Cerebral cortex |
Medium |
22791805
|
| 2008 |
mGluR1 (Grm1) stimulation in melanocytes activates MAPK (ERK) and AKT/PKB signaling cascades; Grm1 agonist stimulation increases second messenger accumulation confirming functional receptor expression; inducible Grm1 siRNA suppresses proliferation and tumor growth, demonstrating sustained Grm1 expression is required for maintenance of transformation. |
Second messenger accumulation assay, Western blot for ERK and AKT, inducible siRNA, in vitro MTT and colony assays, xenograft tumor growth |
Pigment cell & melanoma research |
Medium |
18435704
|
| 2014 |
GRM1 activation in melanoma promotes proangiogenic signaling via the AKT-mTOR-HIF1 pathway, leading to increased secretion of IL-8 and VEGF; riluzole (GRM1 inhibitor) reduces MAPK and PI3K/AKT activation and decreases tumor vascularity in clinical specimens. |
In vitro conditioned media VEGF/IL-8 ELISA, in vivo xenograft vessel quantification, Western blot pathway analysis, pre/post-treatment patient tumor biopsy analysis |
Cancer research |
Medium |
24491800
|
| 2012 |
5-HT2A receptor activation induces PKC-dependent upregulation of mGluR1 in spinal cord postsynaptic densities; 5-HT2A and mGluR1 are colocalized in dorsal horn postsynaptic densities; mGluR1 antagonist (AIDA) blocks 5-HT2AR-induced spinal hyperexcitability, establishing mGluR1 upregulation as a feedforward mechanism downstream of 5-HT2AR in neuropathic pain. |
Spinal cord electrophysiology in vivo, Western blot of synaptic fractions, immunohistochemistry for colocalization, PKC inhibitor (chelerythrine), selective 5-HT2AR antagonist M100907 treatment in SNL model |
The Journal of neuroscience |
Medium |
23015446
|