Glutamatergic systems in ctenophores
Moroz, L. L.; Norekian, T. P.
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Despite glutamates widespread role as the dominant excitatory transmitter in vertebrate brains, the early evolution of glutamate and its recruitment into neural signaling remain largely unknown. The major limitation is the lack of information on its distribution in early-branching basal metazoans, such as ctenophores (comb jellies). Here, using glutamate immunoreactivity (IR) in two ctenophore species with distinct ecologies (Pleurobrachia bachei and Beroe abyssicola), we show that glutamate IR is present in subpopulations of neurons within the subepithelial neural network and in small groups of mesogleal neuron-like cells, and that it differentially labels some muscle fibers. Remarkably, we also observed an enriched glutamate-ir signal within the nuclei of subepithelial neurons in Beroe. However, glutamate expression levels are species-specific, suggesting a tight coupling of glutamate recruitment for neural communication with energetic demands.
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