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Lee ZY, Prouteau M, Gotta M, Barral Y. Compartmentalization of the endoplasmic reticulum in the early C. elegans embryos. J Cell Biol 2016; 214:665-76. [PMID: 27597753 PMCID: PMC5021094 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201601047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2016] [Accepted: 08/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Lee et al. show that the ER in the C. elegans embryo is continuous, but its membrane is compartmentalized, as found in budding yeast and mouse NSCs. This compartmentalization plays a potential role in the polarity of the early embryo. The one-cell Caenorhabditis elegans embryo is polarized to partition fate determinants between the cell lineages generated during its first division. Using fluorescence loss in photobleaching, we find that the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of the C. elegans embryo is physically continuous throughout the cell, but its membrane is compartmentalized shortly before nuclear envelope breakdown into an anterior and a posterior domain, indicating that a diffusion barrier forms in the ER membrane between these two domains. Using mutants with disorganized ER, we show that ER compartmentalization is independent of the morphological transition that the ER undergoes in mitosis. In contrast, compartmentalization takes place at the position of the future cleavage plane in a par-3–dependent manner. Together, our data indicate that the ER membrane is compartmentalized in cells as diverse as budding yeast, mouse neural stem cells, and the early C. elegans embryo.
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- Zuo Yen Lee
- Department of Biology, Institute of Biochemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University of Geneva Medical School, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University of Geneva Medical School, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Biochemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Osseni A, Sébastien M, Sarrault O, Baudet M, Couté Y, Fauré J, Fourest-Lieuvin A, Marty I. Triadin and CLIMP-63 form a link between triads and microtubules in muscle cells. J Cell Sci 2016; 129:3744-3755. [PMID: 27562070 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.188862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2016] [Accepted: 08/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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In skeletal muscle, the triad is a structure comprising a transverse (T)-tubule and sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) cisternae. Triads constitute the basis of excitation-contraction coupling as the cradle of the Ca2+ release complex. We have shown previously that triadin, a member of this complex, has shaping properties on reticulum membrane and is indirectly involved in a link between triads and microtubules. We have identified here that CLIMP-63 (also known as CKAP4), as the partner of triadin, is responsible for this association of triads and microtubules. Triadin and CLIMP-63 interact through their respective luminal domains and the shaping properties of triadin depend on the capacity of CLIMP-63 to bind microtubules with its cytosolic portion. In skeletal muscle, CLIMP-63 is localized in the SR, including triads, and is associated with the Ca2+ release complex through its interaction with triadin. Knockout of triadin in muscles results in the delocalization of CLIMP-63 from triads, its dissociation from the Ca2+ release complex and a disorganization of the microtubule network. Our results suggest that the association of triadin and CLIMP-63 could be involved in the shaping of SR terminal cisternae and in the guidance of microtubules close to the triads.
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- Alexis Osseni
- University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, GIN, Grenoble F-38000, France INSERM, U1216, Grenoble F-38000, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, GIN, Grenoble F-38000, France INSERM, U1216, Grenoble F-38000, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, GIN, Grenoble F-38000, France INSERM, U1216, Grenoble F-38000, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, BIG-BGE, Grenoble F-38000, France CEA, BIG, BGE and GPC, Grenoble F-38000, France INSERM, BGE, Grenoble F-38000, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, BIG-BGE, Grenoble F-38000, France CEA, BIG, BGE and GPC, Grenoble F-38000, France INSERM, BGE, Grenoble F-38000, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, GIN, Grenoble F-38000, France INSERM, U1216, Grenoble F-38000, France CHU de Grenoble, Grenoble F-38000, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, GIN, Grenoble F-38000, France INSERM, U1216, Grenoble F-38000, France CEA, BIG, BGE and GPC, Grenoble F-38000, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, GIN, Grenoble F-38000, France INSERM, U1216, Grenoble F-38000, France
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SRGAP2 and Its Human-Specific Paralog Co-Regulate the Development of Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses. Neuron 2016; 91:356-69. [PMID: 27373832 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2015] [Revised: 04/12/2016] [Accepted: 05/25/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The proper function of neural circuits requires spatially and temporally balanced development of excitatory and inhibitory synapses. However, the molecular mechanisms coordinating excitatory and inhibitory synaptogenesis remain unknown. Here we demonstrate that SRGAP2A and its human-specific paralog SRGAP2C co-regulate the development of excitatory and inhibitory synapses in cortical pyramidal neurons in vivo. SRGAP2A promotes synaptic maturation, and ultimately the synaptic accumulation of AMPA and GABAA receptors, by interacting with key components of both excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic scaffolds, Homer and Gephyrin. Furthermore, SRGAP2A limits the density of both types of synapses via its Rac1-GAP activity. SRGAP2C inhibits all identified functions of SRGAP2A, protracting the maturation and increasing the density of excitatory and inhibitory synapses. Our results uncover a molecular mechanism coordinating critical features of synaptic development and suggest that human-specific duplication of SRGAP2 might have contributed to the emergence of unique traits of human neurons while preserving the excitation/inhibition balance.
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Watson DJ, Ostroff L, Cao G, Parker PH, Smith H, Harris KM. LTP enhances synaptogenesis in the developing hippocampus. Hippocampus 2016; 26:560-76. [PMID: 26418237 PMCID: PMC4811749 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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In adult hippocampus, long-term potentiation (LTP) produces synapse enlargement while preventing the formation of new small dendritic spines. Here, we tested how LTP affects structural synaptic plasticity in hippocampal area CA1 of Long-Evans rats at postnatal day 15 (P15). P15 is an age of robust synaptogenesis when less than 35% of dendritic spines have formed. We hypothesized that LTP might therefore have a different effect on synapse structure than in adults. Theta-burst stimulation (TBS) was used to induce LTP at one site and control stimulation was delivered at an independent site, both within s. radiatum of the same hippocampal slice. Slices were rapidly fixed at 5, 30, and 120 min after TBS, and processed for analysis by three-dimensional reconstruction from serial section electron microscopy (3DEM). All findings were compared to hippocampus that was perfusion-fixed (PF) in vivo at P15. Excitatory and inhibitory synapses on dendritic spines and shafts were distinguished from synaptic precursors, including filopodia and surface specializations. The potentiated response plateaued between 5 and 30 min and remained potentiated prior to fixation. TBS resulted in more small spines relative to PF by 30 min. This TBS-related spine increase lasted 120 min, hence, there were substantially more small spines with LTP than in the control or PF conditions. In contrast, control test pulses resulted in spine loss relative to PF by 120 min, but not earlier. The findings provide accurate new measurements of spine and synapse densities and sizes. The added or lost spines had small synapses, took time to form or disappear, and did not result in elevated potentiation or depression at 120 min. Thus, at P15 the spines formed following TBS, or lost with control stimulation, appear to be functionally silent. With TBS, existing synapses were awakened and then new spines formed as potential substrates for subsequent plasticity.
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- Deborah J. Watson
- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Learning and MemoryInstitute for Neuroscience, University of Texas at AustinAustinTexas78731
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- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Learning and MemoryInstitute for Neuroscience, University of Texas at AustinAustinTexas78731
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- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Learning and MemoryInstitute for Neuroscience, University of Texas at AustinAustinTexas78731
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- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Learning and MemoryInstitute for Neuroscience, University of Texas at AustinAustinTexas78731
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- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Learning and MemoryInstitute for Neuroscience, University of Texas at AustinAustinTexas78731
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Hanus C, Ehlers MD. Specialization of biosynthetic membrane trafficking for neuronal form and function. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2016; 39:8-16. [PMID: 27010827 DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2016.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2016] [Revised: 03/01/2016] [Accepted: 03/07/2016] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Neuronal growth and synaptic transmission require the continuous production of adhesion molecules, neurotransmitter receptors, ion-channels, and secreted trophic factors, and thus critically relies on the secretory pathway-the series of intracellular organelles including the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and the Golgi apparatus (GA), where membrane lipids and proteins are synthesized. Commensurate with the gigantic size of the neuronal membrane and its compartmentalization by thousands of synapses with distinct compositions and activities, the neuronal secretory pathway has evolved to both traffic synaptic components over very long distances, and locally control the composition of specified segments of dendrites. Here we review new insights into the distribution and dynamics of dendritic secretory organelles and their impact on postsynaptic compartments.
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- Cyril Hanus
- Department of Synaptic Plasticity, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt, Germany.
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- Neuroscience Research Unit, BioTherapeutics, Worldwide Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
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VCP and ATL1 regulate endoplasmic reticulum and protein synthesis for dendritic spine formation. Nat Commun 2016; 7:11020. [PMID: 26984393 PMCID: PMC4800434 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2015] [Accepted: 02/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Imbalanced protein homeostasis, such as excessive protein synthesis and protein aggregation, is a pathogenic hallmark of a range of neurological disorders. Here, using expression of mutant proteins, a knockdown approach and disease mutation knockin mice, we show that VCP (valosin-containing protein), together with its cofactor P47 and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) morphology regulator ATL1 (Atlastin-1), regulates tubular ER formation and influences the efficiency of protein synthesis to control dendritic spine formation in neurons. Strengthening the significance of protein synthesis in dendritic spinogenesis, the translation blocker cyclohexamide and the mTOR inhibitor rapamycin reduce dendritic spine density, while a leucine supplement that increases protein synthesis ameliorates the dendritic spine defects caused by Vcp and Atl1 deficiencies. Because VCP and ATL1 are the causative genes of several neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders, we suggest that impaired ER formation and inefficient protein synthesis are significant in the pathogenesis of multiple neurological disorders. Protein homeostasis is crucial for maintaining a variety of cellular functions. Here the authors show that valosin-containing protein and its cofactors regulate tubular ER formation and protein synthesis efficiency, thereby control dendritic spine formation in neurons.
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Lee KFH, Soares C, Thivierge JP, Béïque JC. Correlated Synaptic Inputs Drive Dendritic Calcium Amplification and Cooperative Plasticity during Clustered Synapse Development. Neuron 2016; 89:784-99. [PMID: 26853305 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2014] [Revised: 09/21/2015] [Accepted: 12/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The mechanisms that instruct the assembly of fine-scale features of synaptic connectivity in neural circuits are only beginning to be understood. Using whole-cell electrophysiology, two-photon calcium imaging, and glutamate uncaging in hippocampal slices, we discovered a functional coupling between NMDA receptor activation and ryanodine-sensitive intracellular calcium release that dominates the spatiotemporal dynamics of activity-dependent calcium signals during synaptogenesis. This developmentally regulated calcium amplification mechanism was tuned to detect and bind spatially clustered and temporally correlated synaptic inputs and enacted a local cooperative plasticity rule between coactive neighboring synapses. Consistent with the hypothesis that synapse maturation is spatially regulated, we observed clustering of synaptic weights in developing dendritic arbors. These results reveal developmental features of NMDA receptor-dependent calcium dynamics and local plasticity rules that are suited to spatially guide synaptic connectivity patterns in emerging neural networks.
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- Kevin F H Lee
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Centre for Neural Dynamics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada; School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada; Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada; Centre for Neural Dynamics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada.
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Faits MC, Zhang C, Soto F, Kerschensteiner D. Dendritic mitochondria reach stable positions during circuit development. eLife 2016; 5:e11583. [PMID: 26742087 PMCID: PMC4749546 DOI: 10.7554/elife.11583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2015] [Accepted: 12/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Mitochondria move throughout neuronal dendrites and localize to sites of energy demand. The prevailing view of dendritic mitochondria as highly motile organelles whose distribution is continually adjusted by neuronal activity via Ca(2+)-dependent arrests is based on observations in cultured neurons exposed to artificial stimuli. Here, we analyze the movements of mitochondria in ganglion cell dendrites in the intact retina. We find that whereas during development 30% of mitochondria are motile at any time, as dendrites mature, mitochondria all but stop moving and localize stably to synapses and branch points. Neither spontaneous nor sensory-evoked activity and Ca(2+) transients alter motility of dendritic mitochondria; and pathological hyperactivity in a mouse model of retinal degeneration elevates rather than reduces motility. Thus, our findings indicate that dendritic mitochondria reach stable positions during a critical developmental period of high motility, and challenge current views about the role of activity in regulating mitochondrial transport in dendrites.
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- Michelle C Faits
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, United States.,Graduate Program in Developmental, Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, United States.,Department of Neuroscience, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, United States.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, United States.,Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, United States
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In 1995, in the Biochemical Society Transactions, Mundy published the first review on CLIMP-63 (cytoskeleton-linking membrane protein 63) or CKPA4 (cytoskeleton-associated protein 4), initially just p63 [1]. Here we review the following 20 years of research on this still mysterious protein. CLIMP-63 is a type II transmembrane protein, the cytosolic domain of which has the capacity to bind microtubules whereas the luminal domain can form homo-oligomeric complexes, not only with neighbouring molecules but also, in trans, with CLIMP-63 molecules on the other side of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) lumen, thus promoting the formation of ER sheets. CLIMP-63 however also appears to have a life at the cell surface where it acts as a ligand-activated receptor. The still rudimentary information of how CLIMP-63 fulfills these different roles, what these are exactly and how post-translational modifications control them, will be discussed.
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A Dendritic Golgi Satellite between ERGIC and Retromer. Cell Rep 2016; 14:189-99. [DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.12.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2015] [Revised: 11/08/2015] [Accepted: 11/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Tønnesen J, Nägerl UV. Dendritic Spines as Tunable Regulators of Synaptic Signals. Front Psychiatry 2016; 7:101. [PMID: 27340393 PMCID: PMC4899469 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2016] [Accepted: 05/27/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Neurons are perpetually receiving vast amounts of information in the form of synaptic input from surrounding cells. The majority of input occurs at thousands of dendritic spines, which mediate excitatory synaptic transmission in the brain, and is integrated by the dendritic and somatic compartments of the postsynaptic neuron. The functional role of dendritic spines in shaping biochemical and electrical signals transmitted via synapses has long been intensely studied. Yet, many basic questions remain unanswered, in particular regarding the impact of their nanoscale morphology on electrical signals. Here, we review our current understanding of the structure and function relationship of dendritic spines, focusing on the controversy of electrical compartmentalization and the potential role of spine structural changes in synaptic plasticity.
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- Jan Tønnesen
- Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France; CNRS UMR 5297, Bordeaux, France
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- Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France; CNRS UMR 5297, Bordeaux, France
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van Bergeijk P, Hoogenraad CC, Kapitein LC. Right Time, Right Place: Probing the Functions of Organelle Positioning. Trends Cell Biol 2015; 26:121-134. [PMID: 26541125 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2015.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2015] [Revised: 09/30/2015] [Accepted: 10/01/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The proper spatial arrangement of organelles underlies many cellular processes including signaling, polarization, and growth. Despite the importance of local positioning, the precise connection between subcellular localization and organelle function is often not fully understood. To address this, recent studies have developed and employed different strategies to directly manipulate organelle distributions, such as the use of (light-sensitive) heterodimerization to control the interaction between selected organelles and specific motor proteins, adaptor molecules, or anchoring factors. We review here the importance of subcellular localization as well as tools to control local organelle positioning. Because these approaches allow spatiotemporal control of organelle distribution, they will be invaluable tools to unravel local functioning and the mechanisms that control positioning.
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- Petra van Bergeijk
- Cell Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Cell Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Cell Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Valenzuela JI, Perez F. Diversifying the secretory routes in neurons. Front Neurosci 2015; 9:358. [PMID: 26500481 PMCID: PMC4595659 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2015] [Accepted: 09/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Nervous system homeostasis and synaptic function need dedicated mechanisms to locally regulate the molecular composition of the neuronal plasma membrane and allow the development, maintenance and plastic modification of the neuronal morphology. The cytoskeleton and intracellular trafficking lies at the core of all these processes. In most mammalian cells, the Golgi apparatus (GA) is at the center of the biosynthetic pathway, located in the proximity of the microtubule-organizing center. In addition to this central localization, the somatic GA in neurons is complemented by satellite Golgi outposts (GOPs) in dendrites, which are essential for dendritic morphogenesis and are emerging like local stations of membranes trafficking to synapses. Largely, GOPs participation in post-ER trafficking has been determined by imaging the transport of the exogenous protein VSVG. Here we review the diversity of neuronal cargoes that traffic through GOPs and the assortment of different biosynthetic routes to synapses. We also analyze the recent advances in understanding the role of cytoskeleton and Golgi matrix proteins in the biogenesis of GOPs and how the diversity of secretory routes can be generated.
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- José I Valenzuela
- Cell Biology Department, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, UMR144 Paris, France ; Dynamics of Intracellular Organisation, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique -UMR144 Paris, France
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- Cell Biology Department, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, UMR144 Paris, France ; Dynamics of Intracellular Organisation, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique -UMR144 Paris, France
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The nervous system is populated by numerous types of neurons, each bearing a dendritic arbor with a characteristic morphology. These type-specific features influence many aspects of a neuron's function, including the number and identity of presynaptic inputs and how inputs are integrated to determine firing properties. Here, we review the mechanisms that regulate the construction of cell type-specific dendrite patterns during development. We focus on four aspects of dendrite patterning that are particularly important in determining the function of the mature neuron: (a) dendrite shape, including branching pattern and geometry of the arbor; (b) dendritic arbor size;
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- Center for Brain Science and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138;
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- Departments of Neurobiology and Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina 27710;
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Gurel PS, Hatch AL, Higgs HN. Connecting the cytoskeleton to the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi. Curr Biol 2015; 24:R660-R672. [PMID: 25050967 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.05.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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A tendency in cell biology is to divide and conquer. For example, decades of painstaking work have led to an understanding of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and Golgi structure, dynamics, and transport. In parallel, cytoskeletal researchers have revealed a fantastic diversity of structure and cellular function in both actin and microtubules. Increasingly, these areas overlap, necessitating an understanding of both organelle and cytoskeletal biology. This review addresses connections between the actin/microtubule cytoskeletons and organelles in animal cells, focusing on three key areas: ER structure and function; ER-to-Golgi transport; and Golgi structure and function. Making these connections has been challenging for several reasons: the small sizes and dynamic characteristics of some components; the fact that organelle-specific cytoskeletal elements can easily be obscured by more abundant cytoskeletal structures; and the difficulties in imaging membranes and cytoskeleton simultaneously, especially at the ultrastructural level. One major concept is that the cytoskeleton is frequently used to generate force for membrane movement, with two potential consequences: translocation of the organelle, or deformation of the organelle membrane. While initially discussing issues common to metazoan cells in general, we subsequently highlight specific features of neurons, since these highly polarized cells present unique challenges for organellar distribution and dynamics.
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- Pinar S Gurel
- Department of Biochemistry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover NH 03755, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover NH 03755, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover NH 03755, USA.
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Harris KM, Spacek J, Bell ME, Parker PH, Lindsey LF, Baden AD, Vogelstein JT, Burns R. A resource from 3D electron microscopy of hippocampal neuropil for user training and tool development. Sci Data 2015; 2:150046. [PMID: 26347348 PMCID: PMC4555877 DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2015.46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2015] [Accepted: 08/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Resurgent interest in synaptic circuitry and plasticity has emphasized the importance of 3D reconstruction from serial section electron microscopy (3DEM). Three volumes of hippocampal CA1 neuropil from adult rat were imaged at X-Y resolution of ~2 nm on serial sections of ~50-60 nm thickness. These are the first densely reconstructed hippocampal volumes. All axons, dendrites, glia, and synapses were reconstructed in a cube (~10 μm(3)) surrounding a large dendritic spine, a cylinder (~43 μm(3)) surrounding an oblique dendritic segment (3.4 μm long), and a parallelepiped (~178 μm(3)) surrounding an apical dendritic segment (4.9 μm long). The data provide standards for identifying ultrastructural objects in 3DEM, realistic reconstructions for modeling biophysical properties of synaptic transmission, and a test bed for enhancing reconstruction tools. Representative synapses are quantified from varying section planes, and microtubules, polyribosomes, smooth endoplasmic reticulum, and endosomes are identified and reconstructed in a subset of dendrites. The original images, traces, and Reconstruct software and files are freely available and visualized at the Open Connectome Project (Data Citation 1).
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- Kristen M Harris
- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Learning and Memory, Institute for Neuroscience, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C7000 , Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Charles University at Prague, Faculty of Medicine , 500 35 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Learning and Memory, Institute for Neuroscience, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C7000 , Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Learning and Memory, Institute for Neuroscience, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C7000 , Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Learning and Memory, Institute for Neuroscience, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C7000 , Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Institute for Data Intensive Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 160 Malone Hall, 3400 N. Charles St. , Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Institute for Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Clark Hall Room 317C, 3400 N. Charles St. , Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Institute for Data Intensive Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 160 Malone Hall, 3400 N. Charles St. , Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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Copf T. Importance of gene dosage in controlling dendritic arbor formation during development. Eur J Neurosci 2015; 42:2234-49. [PMID: 26108333 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2015] [Revised: 06/05/2015] [Accepted: 06/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Proper dendrite morphology is crucial for normal nervous system functioning. While a number of genes have been implicated in dendrite morphogenesis in both invertebrates and mammals, it remains unclear how developing dendrites respond to changes in gene dosage and what type of patterns their responses may follow. To understand this, I review here evidence from the recent literature, focusing on the genetic studies performed in the Drosophila larval dendritic arborization class IV neuron, an excellent cell type to understand dendrite morphogenesis. I summarize how class IV arbors change morphology in response to developmental fluctuations in the expression levels of 47 genes, studied by means of genetic manipulations such as loss-of-function and gain-of-function, and for which sufficient information is available. I find that arbors can respond to changing gene dosage in several distinct ways, each characterized by a singular dose-response curve. Interestingly, in 72% of cases arbors are sensitive, and thus adjust their morphology, in response to both decreases and increases in the expression of a given gene, indicating that dendrite morphogenesis is a process particularly sensitive to gene dosage. By summarizing the parallels between Drosophila and mammals, I show that many Drosophila dendrite morphogenesis genes have orthologs in mammals, and that some of these are associated with mammalian dendrite outgrowth and human neurodevelopmental disorders. One notable disease-related molecule is kinase Dyrk1A, thought to be a causative factor in Down syndrome. Both increases and decreases in Dyrk1A gene dosage lead to impaired dendrite morphogenesis, which may contribute to Down syndrome pathoetiology.
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- Tijana Copf
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Nikolaou Plastira 100, PO Box 1385, Heraklion, GR-70013, Crete, Greece
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Structural Components of Synaptic Plasticity and Memory Consolidation. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2015; 7:a021758. [PMID: 26134321 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a021758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 243] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Consolidation of implicit memory in the invertebrate Aplysia and explicit memory in the mammalian hippocampus are associated with remodeling and growth of preexisting synapses and the formation of new synapses. Here, we compare and contrast structural components of the synaptic plasticity that underlies these two distinct forms of memory. In both cases, the structural changes involve time-dependent processes. Thus, some modifications are transient and may contribute to early formative stages of long-term memory, whereas others are more stable, longer lasting, and likely to confer persistence to memory storage. In addition, we explore the possibility that trans-synaptic signaling mechanisms governing de novo synapse formation during development can be reused in the adult for the purposes of structural synaptic plasticity and memory storage. Finally, we discuss how these mechanisms set in motion structural rearrangements that prepare a synapse to strengthen the same memory and, perhaps, to allow it to take part in other memories as a basis for understanding how their anatomical representation results in the enhanced expression and storage of memories in the brain.
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Endoplasmic Reticulum Tubule Protein Reticulon 4 Associates with the Legionella pneumophila Vacuole and with Translocated Substrate Ceg9. Infect Immun 2015; 83:3479-89. [PMID: 26099580 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00507-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2015] [Accepted: 06/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Intracellular growth of Legionella pneumophila occurs in a replication vacuole constructed by host proteins that regulate vesicular traffic from the host endoplasmic reticulum (ER). This process is promoted by a combination of approximately 300 Icm/Dot translocated substrates (IDTS). One of these proteins, Ceg9, was previously identified in a screen for L. pneumophila IDTS that manipulate secretory traffic when overexpressed in yeast. Using ectopic expression of Ceg9 in mammalian cells, we demonstrate that Ceg9 interacts with isoforms of host reticulon 4 (Rtn4), a protein that regulates ER tubule formation. Binding occurs under conditions that prevent association with other known reticulon binding proteins, arguing that Ceg9 binding is stable. A tripartite complex was demonstrated among Rtn4, Ceg9, and atlastin 1, a previously characterized reticulon interacting partner. The binding of Ceg9 to Rtn4 was not due to bridging by atlastin 1 but resulted from the two interacting partners binding independently to reticulon. When Ceg9 is ectopically expressed in mammalian cells, it shows a localization pattern that is indistinguishable from that of Rtn4, perhaps due to interactions between and similar structural features of the two proteins. Consistent with Rtn4 playing a role in the formation of the Legionella-containing vacuole, it was recruited to almost 50% of the vacuoles within 20 min postinfection. Our studies suggest that L. pneumophila proteins interact with ER tubules at an early stage of replication vacuole formation.
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Zhang XM, Yan XY, Zhang B, Yang Q, Ye M, Cao W, Qiang WB, Zhu LJ, Du YL, Xu XX, Wang JS, Xu F, Lu W, Qiu S, Yang W, Luo JH. Activity-induced synaptic delivery of the GluN2A-containing NMDA receptor is dependent on endoplasmic reticulum chaperone Bip and involved in fear memory. Cell Res 2015; 25:818-36. [PMID: 26088419 DOI: 10.1038/cr.2015.75] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2014] [Revised: 03/02/2015] [Accepted: 05/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) in adult forebrain is a heterotetramer mainly composed of two GluN1 subunits and two GluN2A and/or GluN2B subunits. The synaptic expression and relative numbers of GluN2A- and GluN2B-containing NMDARs play critical roles in controlling Ca(2+)-dependent signaling and synaptic plasticity. Previous studies have suggested that the synaptic trafficking of NMDAR subtypes is differentially regulated, but the precise molecular mechanism is not yet clear. In this study, we demonstrated that Bip, an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) chaperone, selectively interacted with GluN2A and mediated the neuronal activity-induced assembly and synaptic incorporation of the GluN2A-containing NMDAR from dendritic ER. Furthermore, the GluN2A-specific synaptic trafficking was effectively disrupted by peptides interrupting the interaction between Bip and GluN2A. Interestingly, fear conditioning in mice was disrupted by intraperitoneal injection of the interfering peptide before training. In summary, we have uncovered a novel mechanism for the activity-dependent supply of synaptic GluN2A-containing NMDARs, and demonstrated its relevance to memory formation.
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- Xiao-min Zhang
- 1] Department of Neurobiology, Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology (Ministry of Health of China), Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China [2] Department of Physiology, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology (Ministry of Health of China), Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology (Ministry of Health of China), Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology (Ministry of Health of China), Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology (Ministry of Health of China), Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology (Ministry of Health of China), Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology (Ministry of Health of China), Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology (Ministry of Health of China), Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology (Ministry of Health of China), Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology (Ministry of Health of China), Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology (Ministry of Health of China), Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology (Ministry of Health of China), Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Key Laboratory of Developmental Genes and Human Disease (Ministry of Education of China), Institute of Life Sciences, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211189, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology (Ministry of Health of China), Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology (Ministry of Health of China), Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology (Ministry of Health of China), Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
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Loss of F-box only protein 2 (Fbxo2) disrupts levels and localization of select NMDA receptor subunits, and promotes aberrant synaptic connectivity. J Neurosci 2015; 35:6165-78. [PMID: 25878288 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3013-14.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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NMDA receptors (NMDARs) play an essential role in some forms of synaptic plasticity, learning, and memory. Therefore, these receptors are highly regulated with respect to their localization, activation, and abundance both within and on the surface of mammalian neurons. Fundamental questions remain, however, regarding how this complex regulation is achieved. Using cell-based models and F-box Only Protein 2 (Fbxo2) knock-out mice, we found that the ubiquitin ligase substrate adaptor protein Fbxo2, previously reported to facilitate the degradation of the NMDAR subunit GluN1 in vitro, also functions to regulate GluN1 and GluN2A subunit levels in the adult mouse brain. In contrast, GluN2B subunit levels are not affected by the loss of Fbxo2. The loss of Fbxo2 results in greater surface localization of GluN1 and GluN2A, together with increases in the synaptic markers PSD-95 and Vglut1. These synaptic changes do not manifest as neurophysiological differences or alterations in dendritic spine density in Fbxo2 knock-out mice, but result instead in increased axo-dendritic shaft synapses. Together, these findings suggest that Fbxo2 controls the abundance and localization of specific NMDAR subunits in the brain and may influence synapse formation and maintenance.
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Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) sheet membranes are covered with ribosomes and RNAs that are involved in protein synthesis. A new study reveals that a calcium-activated endoribonuclease of the EndoU protein family promotes the formation of tubular ER networks, contributing to dynamic shaping of the ER in cells.
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- Guohua Zhao
- Cell Biology Section, Neurogenetics Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Building 35, Room 2C-913, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892-3738, USA
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- Cell Biology Section, Neurogenetics Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Building 35, Room 2C-913, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892-3738, USA.
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Astrocytes seem to rely on relatively sluggish and spatially blurred Ca(2+) waves to communicate with fast and point-precise neural circuits. This apparent discrepancy could, however, reflect our current inability to understand the microscopic mechanisms involved. Difficulties in detecting and interpreting astrocyte Ca(2+) signals may have led to some prominent controversies in the field. Here, we argue that a deeper understanding of astrocyte physiology requires a qualitative leap in our experimental and analytical strategies.
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- Dmitri A Rusakov
- UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, UK
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Chao JT, Wong AKO, Tavassoli S, Young BP, Chruscicki A, Fang NN, Howe LJ, Mayor T, Foster LJ, Loewen CJR. Polarization of the endoplasmic reticulum by ER-septin tethering. Cell 2015; 158:620-32. [PMID: 25083872 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.06.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2014] [Revised: 05/16/2014] [Accepted: 06/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Polarization of the plasma membrane (PM) into domains is an important mechanism to compartmentalize cellular activities and to establish cell polarity. Polarization requires formation of diffusion barriers that prevent mixing of proteins between domains. Recent studies have uncovered that the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of budding yeast and neurons is polarized by diffusion barriers, which in neurons controls glutamate signaling in dendritic spines. The molecular identity of these barriers is currently unknown. Here, we show that a direct interaction between the ER protein Scs2 and the septin Shs1 creates the ER diffusion barrier in yeast. Barrier formation requires Epo1, a novel ER-associated subunit of the polarisome that interacts with Scs2 and Shs1. ER-septin tethering polarizes the ER into separate mother and bud domains, one function of which is to position the spindle in the mother until M phase by confining the spindle capture protein Num1 to the mother ER.
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- Jesse T Chao
- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z3, Canada; Centre for High-Throughput Biology, University of British Columbia, 2125 East Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z3, Canada; Centre for High-Throughput Biology, University of British Columbia, 2125 East Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z3, Canada; Centre for High-Throughput Biology, University of British Columbia, 2125 East Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.
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Westrate LM, Lee JE, Prinz WA, Voeltz GK. Form follows function: the importance of endoplasmic reticulum shape. Annu Rev Biochem 2015; 84:791-811. [PMID: 25580528 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biochem-072711-163501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 269] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) has a remarkably complex structure, composed of a single bilayer that forms the nuclear envelope, along with a network of sheets and dynamic tubules. Our understanding of the biological significance of the complex architecture of the ER has improved dramatically in the last few years. The identification of proteins and forces required for maintaining ER shape, as well as more advanced imaging techniques, has allowed the relationship between ER shape and function to come into focus. These studies have also revealed unexpected new functions of the ER and novel ER domains regulating alterations in ER dynamics. The importance of ER structure has become evident as recent research has identified diseases linked to mutations in ER-shaping proteins. In this review, we discuss what is known about the maintenance of ER architecture, the relationship between ER structure and function, and diseases associated with defects in ER structure.
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- L M Westrate
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80303;
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Mechanisms Underlying Anomalous Diffusion in the Plasma Membrane. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2015; 75:167-207. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctm.2015.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Jurado S. The dendritic SNARE fusion machinery involved in AMPARs insertion during long-term potentiation. Front Cell Neurosci 2014; 8:407. [PMID: 25565955 PMCID: PMC4273633 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2014] [Accepted: 11/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Sorting endosomes carry α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA)-type glutamate receptors (AMPARs) from their maturation sites to their final destination at the dendritic plasma membrane through both constitutive and regulated exocytosis. Insertion of functional AMPARs into the postsynaptic membrane is essential for maintaining fast excitatory synaptic transmission and plasticity. Despite this crucial role in neuronal function, the machinery mediating the fusion of AMPAR-containing endosomes in dendrites has been largely understudied in comparison to presynaptic vesicle exocytosis. Increasing evidence suggests that similarly to neurotransmitter release, AMPARs insertion relies on the formation of a SNARE complex (soluble NSF-attachment protein receptor), whose composition in dendrites has just begun to be elucidated. This review analyzes recent findings of the fusion machinery involved in regulated AMPARs insertion and discusses how dendritic exocytosis and AMPARs lateral diffusion may work together to support synaptic plasticity.
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- Sandra Jurado
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Maryland School of MedicineBaltimore, MD, USA
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Higuchi-Sanabria R, Pernice WMA, Vevea JD, Alessi Wolken DM, Boldogh IR, Pon LA. Role of asymmetric cell division in lifespan control in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEMS Yeast Res 2014; 14:1133-46. [PMID: 25263578 PMCID: PMC4270926 DOI: 10.1111/1567-1364.12216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2014] [Revised: 09/22/2014] [Accepted: 09/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Aging determinants are asymmetrically distributed during cell division in S. cerevisiae, which leads to production of an immaculate, age-free daughter cell. During this process, damaged components are sequestered and retained in the mother cell, and higher functioning organelles and rejuvenating factors are transported to and/or enriched in the bud. Here, we will describe the key quality control mechanisms in budding yeast that contribute to asymmetric cell division of aging determinants including mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum (ER), vacuoles, extrachromosomal rDNA circles (ERCs), and protein aggregates.
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- Ryo Higuchi-Sanabria
- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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Fox RM, Andrew DJ. Transcriptional regulation of secretory capacity by bZip transcription factors. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 10:28-51. [PMID: 25821458 PMCID: PMC4374484 DOI: 10.1007/s11515-014-1338-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Cells of specialized secretory organs expand their secretory pathways to accommodate the increased protein load necessary for their function. The endoplasmic reticulum (ER), the Golgi apparatus and the secretory vesicles, expand not only the membrane components but also the protein machinery required for increased protein production and transport. Increased protein load causes an ER stress response akin to the Unfolded Protein Response (UPR). Recent work has implicated several bZip transcription factors in the regulation of protein components of the early secretory pathway necessary to alleviate this stress. Here, we highlight eight bZip transcription factors in regulating secretory pathway component genes. These include components of the three canonical branches of the UPR-ATF4, XBP1, and ATF6, as well as the five members of the Creb3 family of transcription factors.We review findings from both invertebrate and vertebrate model systems suggesting that all of these proteins increase secretory capacity in response to increased protein load. Finally, we propose that the Creb3 family of factors may have a dual role in secretory cell differentiation by also regulating the pathways necessary for cell cycle exit during terminal differentiation.
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- Rebecca M Fox
- The Department of Cell Biology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- The Department of Cell Biology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Rosenberg T, Gal-Ben-Ari S, Dieterich DC, Kreutz MR, Ziv NE, Gundelfinger ED, Rosenblum K. The roles of protein expression in synaptic plasticity and memory consolidation. Front Mol Neurosci 2014; 7:86. [PMID: 25429258 PMCID: PMC4228929 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2014.00086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2014] [Accepted: 10/24/2014] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The amount and availability of proteins are regulated by their synthesis, degradation, and transport. These processes can specifically, locally, and temporally regulate a protein or a population of proteins, thus affecting numerous biological processes in health and disease states. Accordingly, malfunction in the processes of protein turnover and localization underlies different neuronal diseases. However, as early as a century ago, it was recognized that there is a specific need for normal macromolecular synthesis in a specific fragment of the learning process, memory consolidation, which takes place minutes to hours following acquisition. Memory consolidation is the process by which fragile short-term memory is converted into stable long-term memory. It is accepted today that synaptic plasticity is a cellular mechanism of learning and memory processes. Interestingly, similar molecular mechanisms subserve both memory and synaptic plasticity consolidation. In this review, we survey the current view on the connection between memory consolidation processes and proteostasis, i.e., maintaining the protein contents at the neuron and the synapse. In addition, we describe the technical obstacles and possible new methods to determine neuronal proteostasis of synaptic function and better explain the process of memory and synaptic plasticity consolidation.
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- Tali Rosenberg
- Sagol Department of Neurobiology, University of Haifa Haifa, Israel
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- Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany ; Research Group Neuralomics, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology Magdeburg, Germany ; Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences Magdeburg, Germany
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- Research Group Neuroplasticity, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology Magdeburg, Germany
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- Network Biology Research Laboratories and Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Neurochemistry and Molecular Biology, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology Magdeburg, Germany ; Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences Magdeburg, Germany ; Medical School, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
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- Sagol Department of Neurobiology, University of Haifa Haifa, Israel ; Center for Gene Manipulation in the Brain, University of Haifa Haifa, Israel
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Schwarz DS, Blower MD. The calcium-dependent ribonuclease XendoU promotes ER network formation through local RNA degradation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 207:41-57. [PMID: 25287301 PMCID: PMC4195833 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201406037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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In both Xenopus laevis egg extract and human cells, an increase in cytosolic calcium activates the endogenous ribonuclease XendoU/hEndoU, which localizes to the ER, promotes RNA cleavage and RNP removal, and induces ER network assembly. How cells shape and remodel organelles in response to cellular signals is a poorly understood process. Using Xenopus laevis egg extract, we found that increases in cytosolic calcium lead to the activation of an endogenous ribonuclease, XendoU. A fraction of XendoU localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and is required for nuclear envelope assembly and ER network formation in a catalysis-dependent manner. Using a purified vesicle fusion assay, we show that XendoU functions on the surface of ER membranes to promote RNA cleavage and ribonucleoprotein (RNP) removal. Additionally, RNA removal from the surface of vesicles by RNase treatment leads to increased ER network formation. Using human tissue culture cells, we found that hEndoU localizes to the ER, where it promotes the formation of ER tubules in a catalysis-dependent manner. Together, these results demonstrate that calcium-activated removal of RNA from membranes by XendoU promotes and refines ER remodeling and the formation of tubular ER.
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- Dianne S Schwarz
- Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114 Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114 Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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Barriers to uniformity within the endoplasmic reticulum. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2014; 29:31-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2014.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2014] [Accepted: 03/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Gan Q, Salussolia CL, Wollmuth LP. Assembly of AMPA receptors: mechanisms and regulation. J Physiol 2014; 593:39-48. [PMID: 25556786 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.273755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2014] [Accepted: 07/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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AMPA receptors (AMPARs) play a critical role in excitatory glutamatergic neurotransmission. The number and subunit composition of AMPARs at synapses determines the dynamics of fast glutamatergic signalling. Functional AMPARs on the cell surface are tetramers. Thus tetrameric assembly of AMPARs represents a promising target for modulating AMPAR-mediated signalling in health and disease. Multiple structural domains within the receptor influence AMPAR assembly. In a proposed model for AMPAR assembly, the amino-terminal domain underlies the formation of a dimer pool. The transmembrane domain facilitates the formation and enhances the stability of the tetramer. The ligand-binding domain influences assembly through a process referred to as 'domain swapping'. We propose that this core AMPAR assembly process could be regulated by neuronal signals and speculate on possible mechanisms for such regulation.
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- Quan Gan
- Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA; Center for Nervous System Disorders, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA; Department of Neurobiology and Behaviour, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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Hanus C, Kochen L, Tom Dieck S, Racine V, Sibarita JB, Schuman EM, Ehlers MD. Synaptic control of secretory trafficking in dendrites. Cell Rep 2014; 7:1771-8. [PMID: 24931613 PMCID: PMC5321479 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.05.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2013] [Revised: 03/16/2014] [Accepted: 05/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Localized signaling in neuronal dendrites requires tight spatial control of membrane composition. Upon initial synthesis, nascent secretory cargo in dendrites exits the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) from local zones of ER complexity that are spatially coupled to post-ER compartments. Although newly synthesized membrane proteins can be processed locally, the mechanisms that control the spatial range of secretory cargo transport in dendritic segments are unknown. Here, we monitored the dynamics of nascent membrane proteins in dendritic post-ER compartments under regimes of low or increased neuronal activity. In response to activity blockade, post-ER carriers are highly mobile and are transported over long distances. Conversely, increasing synaptic activity dramatically restricts the spatial scale of post-ER trafficking along dendrites. This activity-induced confinement of secretory cargo requires site-specific phosphorylation of the kinesin motor KIF17 by Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinases (CaMK). Thus, the length scales of early secretory trafficking in dendrites are tuned by activity-dependent regulation of microtubule-dependent transport.
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- Cyril Hanus
- Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt 60438, Germany.
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- Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt 60438, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular & Cell Biology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore 138673, Singapore
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- Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt 60438, Germany
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- Neuroscience Research Unit, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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Valenzuela JI, Jaureguiberry-Bravo M, Salas DA, Ramírez OA, Cornejo VH, Lu HE, Blanpied TA, Couve A. Transport along the dendritic endoplasmic reticulum mediates the trafficking of GABAB receptors. J Cell Sci 2014; 127:3382-95. [PMID: 24895402 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.151092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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In neurons, secretory organelles within the cell body are complemented by the dendritic endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and Golgi outposts (GOPs), whose role in neurotransmitter receptor trafficking is poorly understood. γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) type B metabotropic receptors (GABABRs) regulate the efficacy of synaptic transmission throughout the brain. Their plasma membrane availability is controlled by mechanisms involving an ER retention motif and assembly-dependent ER export. Thus, they constitute an ideal molecular model to study ER trafficking, but the extent to which the dendritic ER participates in GABABR biosynthesis has not been thoroughly explored. Here, we show that GABAB1 localizes preferentially to the ER in dendrites and moves long distances within this compartment. Not only diffusion but also microtubule and dynein-dependent mechanisms control dendritic ER transport. GABABRs insert throughout the somatodendritic plasma membrane but dendritic post-ER carriers containing GABABRs do not fuse selectively with GOPs. This study furthers our understanding of the spatial selectivity of neurotransmitter receptors for dendritic organelles.
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- José I Valenzuela
- Program of Physiology and Biophysics, ICBM, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago CP8380453, Chile Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, BNI, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago CP8380453, Chile
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- Program of Physiology and Biophysics, ICBM, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago CP8380453, Chile Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, BNI, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago CP8380453, Chile
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- Program of Physiology and Biophysics, ICBM, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago CP8380453, Chile Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, BNI, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago CP8380453, Chile
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- Program of Physiology and Biophysics, ICBM, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago CP8380453, Chile Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, BNI, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago CP8380453, Chile Program of Anatomy and Development, ICBM, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago CP8380453, Chile
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- Program of Physiology and Biophysics, ICBM, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago CP8380453, Chile Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, BNI, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago CP8380453, Chile
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- Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA Program in Neuroscience, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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- Program of Physiology and Biophysics, ICBM, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago CP8380453, Chile Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, BNI, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago CP8380453, Chile
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The proper formation and morphogenesis of dendrites is fundamental to the establishment of neural circuits in the brain. Following cell cycle exit and migration, neurons undergo organized stages of dendrite morphogenesis, which include dendritic arbor growth and elaboration followed by retraction and pruning. Although these developmental stages were characterized over a century ago, molecular regulators of dendrite morphogenesis have only recently been defined. In particular, studies in Drosophila and mammalian neurons have identified numerous cell-intrinsic drivers of dendrite morphogenesis that include transcriptional regulators, cytoskeletal and motor proteins, secretory and endocytic pathways, cell cycle-regulated ubiquitin ligases, and components of other signaling cascades. Here, we review cell-intrinsic drivers of dendrite patterning and discuss how the characterization of such crucial regulators advances our understanding of normal brain development and pathogenesis of diverse cognitive disorders.
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- Sidharth V Puram
- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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González C, Couve A. The axonal endoplasmic reticulum and protein trafficking: Cellular bootlegging south of the soma. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2013; 27:23-31. [PMID: 24361785 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2013.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2013] [Revised: 11/18/2013] [Accepted: 12/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Neurons are responsible for the generation and propagation of electrical impulses, which constitute the central mechanism of information transfer between the nervous system and internal or external environments. Neurons are large and polarized cells with dendrites and axons constituting their major functional domains. Axons are thin and extremely long specializations that mediate the conduction of these electrical impulses. Regulation of the axonal proteome is fundamental to generate and maintain neural function. Although classical mechanisms of protein transport have been around for decades, a variety newly identified mechanisms to control the abundance of axonal proteins have appeared in recent years. Here we briefly describe the classical models of axonal transport and compare them to the emerging concepts of axonal biosynthesis centered on the endoplasmic reticulum. We review the structure of the axonal endoplasmic reticulum, and its role in diffusion and trafficking of axonal proteins. We also analyze the contribution of other secretory organelles to axonal trafficking and evaluate the potential consequences of axonal endoplasmic reticulum malfunction in neuropathology.
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- Carolina González
- Program of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICBM) and Biomedical Neuroscience Institute (BNI), Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Program of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICBM) and Biomedical Neuroscience Institute (BNI), Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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Among the largest cells in the body, neurons possess an immense surface area and intricate geometry that poses many unique cell biological challenges. This morphological complexity is critical for neural circuit formation and enables neurons to compartmentalize cell-cell communication and local intracellular signalling to a degree that surpasses other cell types. The adaptive plastic properties of neurons, synapses and circuits have been classically studied by measurement of electrophysiological properties, ionic conductances and excitability. Over the last 15 years, the field of synaptic and neural electrophysiology has collided with neuronal cell biology to produce a more integrated understanding of how these remarkable highly differentiated cells utilize common eukaryotic cellular machinery to decode, integrate and propagate signals in the nervous system. The present article gives a very brief and personal overview of the organelles and trafficking machinery of neuronal dendrites and their role in dendritic and synaptic plasticity.
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- Michael D Ehlers
- *Neuroscience Research Unit, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, 700 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, U.S.A
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Goyal U, Blackstone C. Untangling the web: mechanisms underlying ER network formation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2013; 1833:2492-8. [PMID: 23602970 PMCID: PMC3729797 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2013.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2013] [Revised: 04/04/2013] [Accepted: 04/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The ER is a continuous membrane system consisting of the nuclear envelope, flat sheets often studded with ribosomes, and a polygonal network of highly-curved tubules extending throughout the cell. Although protein and lipid biosynthesis, protein modification, vesicular transport, Ca(2+)dynamics, and protein quality control have been investigated in great detail, mechanisms that generate the distinctive architecture of the ER have been uncovered only recently. Several protein families including the reticulons and REEPs/DP1/Yop1p harbor hydrophobic hairpin domains that shape high-curvature ER tubules and mediate intramembrane protein interactions. Members of the atlastin/RHD3/Sey1p family of dynamin-related GTPases interact with the ER-shaping proteins and mediate the formation of three-way junctions responsible for the polygonal structure of the tubular ER network, with Lunapark proteins acting antagonistically. Additional classes of tubular ER proteins including some REEPs and the M1 spastin ATPase interact with the microtubule cytoskeleton. Flat ER sheets possess a different complement of proteins such as p180, CLIMP-63 and kinectin implicated in shaping, cisternal stacking and cytoskeletal interactions. The ER is also in constant motion, and numerous signaling pathways as well as interactions among cytoskeletal elements, the plasma membrane, and organelles cooperate to position and shape the ER dynamically. Finally, many proteins involved in shaping the ER network are mutated in the most common forms of hereditary spastic paraplegia, indicating a particular importance for proper ER morphology and distribution in large, highly-polarized cells such as neurons. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Functional and structural diversity of endoplasmic reticulum.
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- Uma Goyal
- Cell Biology Section, Neurogenetics Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Cell Biology Section, Neurogenetics Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Kucharz K, Wieloch T, Toresson H. Fission and Fusion of the Neuronal Endoplasmic Reticulum. Transl Stroke Res 2013; 4:652-62. [DOI: 10.1007/s12975-013-0279-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2013] [Accepted: 07/24/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Like all cells, neurons are made of proteins that have characteristic synthesis and degradation profiles. Unlike other cells, however, neurons have a unique multipolar architecture that makes ∼10,000 synaptic contacts with other neurons. Both the stability and modifiability of the neuronal proteome are crucial for its information-processing, storage and plastic properties. The cell biological mechanisms that synthesize, modify, deliver and degrade dendritic and synaptic proteins are not well understood but appear to reflect unique solutions adapted to the particular morphology of neurons.
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Iyer SC, Ramachandran Iyer EP, Meduri R, Rubaharan M, Kuntimaddi A, Karamsetty M, Cox DN. Cut, via CrebA, transcriptionally regulates the COPII secretory pathway to direct dendrite development in Drosophila. J Cell Sci 2013; 126:4732-45. [PMID: 23902691 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.131144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Dendrite development is crucial in the formation of functional neural networks. Recent studies have provided insights into the involvement of secretory transport in dendritogenesis, raising the question of how the secretory pathway is controlled to direct dendritic elaboration. Here, we identify a functional link between transcriptional regulatory programs and the COPII secretory machinery in driving dendrite morphogenesis in Drosophila dendritic arborization (da) sensory neurons. MARCM analyses and gain-of-function studies reveal cell-autonomous requirements for the COPII coat protein Sec31 in mediating da neuron dendritic homeostasis. We demonstrate that the homeodomain protein Cut transcriptionally regulates Sec31 in addition to other components of COPII secretory transport, to promote dendrite elaboration, accompanied by increased satellite secretory endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and Golgi outposts primarily localized to dendritic branch points. We further establish a novel functional role for the transcription factor CrebA in regulating dendrite development and show that Cut initiates a gene expression cascade through CrebA that coordinately affects the COPII machinery to mediate dendritic morphology.
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Secreted proteins fused to the plant photoreceptor protein UVR8 are conditionally sequestered in the ER until a pulse of light triggers trafficking through the secretory pathway, allowing precise control of forward secretory trafficking. Optical control of protein interactions has emerged as a powerful experimental paradigm for manipulating and studying various cellular processes. Tools are now available for controlling a number of cellular functions, but some fundamental processes, such as protein secretion, have been difficult to engineer using current optical tools. Here we use UVR8, a plant photoreceptor protein that forms photolabile homodimers, to engineer the first light-triggered protein secretion system. UVR8 fusion proteins were conditionally sequestered in the endoplasmic reticulum, and a brief pulse of light triggered robust forward trafficking through the secretory pathway to the plasma membrane. UVR8 was not responsive to excitation light used to image cyan, green, or red fluorescent protein variants, allowing multicolor visualization of cellular markers and secreted protein cargo as it traverses the cellular secretory pathway. We implemented this novel tool in neurons to demonstrate restricted, local trafficking of secretory cargo near dendritic branch points.
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- Daniel Chen
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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Cox DJ, Racca C. Differential dendritic targeting of AMPA receptor subunit mRNAs in adult rat hippocampal principal neurons and interneurons. J Comp Neurol 2013; 521:1954-2007. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.23292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2011] [Revised: 12/13/2012] [Accepted: 12/14/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Cortical pyramidal cells store multiple features of complex synaptic input in individual dendritic branches and independently regulate the coupling between dendritic and somatic spikes. Branch points in apical trees exhibit wide ranges of sizes and shapes, and the large diameter ratio between trunk and oblique dendrites exacerbates impedance mismatch. The morphological diversity of dendritic bifurcations could thus locally tune neuronal excitability and signal integration. However, these aspects have never been investigated. Here, we first quantified the morphological variability of branch points from two-photon images of rat CA1 pyramidal neurons. We then investigated the geometrical features affecting spike initiation, propagation, and timing with a computational model validated by glutamate uncaging experiments. The results suggest that even subtle membrane readjustments at branch points could drastically alter the ability of synaptic input to generate, propagate, and time action potentials.
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Kuwajima M, Mendenhall JM, Lindsey LF, Harris KM. Automated transmission-mode scanning electron microscopy (tSEM) for large volume analysis at nanoscale resolution. PLoS One 2013; 8:e59573. [PMID: 23555711 PMCID: PMC3608656 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2012] [Accepted: 02/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Transmission-mode scanning electron microscopy (tSEM) on a field emission SEM platform was developed for efficient and cost-effective imaging of circuit-scale volumes from brain at nanoscale resolution. Image area was maximized while optimizing the resolution and dynamic range necessary for discriminating key subcellular structures, such as small axonal, dendritic and glial processes, synapses, smooth endoplasmic reticulum, vesicles, microtubules, polyribosomes, and endosomes which are critical for neuronal function. Individual image fields from the tSEM system were up to 4,295 µm2 (65.54 µm per side) at 2 nm pixel size, contrasting with image fields from a modern transmission electron microscope (TEM) system, which were only 66.59 µm2 (8.160 µm per side) at the same pixel size. The tSEM produced outstanding images and had reduced distortion and drift relative to TEM. Automated stage and scan control in tSEM easily provided unattended serial section imaging and montaging. Lens and scan properties on both TEM and SEM platforms revealed no significant nonlinear distortions within a central field of ∼100 µm2 and produced near-perfect image registration across serial sections using the computational elastic alignment tool in Fiji/TrakEM2 software, and reliable geometric measurements from RECONSTRUCT™ or Fiji/TrakEM2 software. Axial resolution limits the analysis of small structures contained within a section (∼45 nm). Since this new tSEM is non-destructive, objects within a section can be explored at finer axial resolution in TEM tomography with current methods. Future development of tSEM tomography promises thinner axial resolution producing nearly isotropic voxels and should provide within-section analyses of structures without changing platforms. Brain was the test system given our interest in synaptic connectivity and plasticity; however, the new tSEM system is readily applicable to other biological systems.
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- Masaaki Kuwajima
- Center for Learning and Memory, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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- Center for Learning and Memory, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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- Center for Learning and Memory, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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- Center for Learning and Memory, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
- Section of Neurobiology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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Herguedas B, Krieger J, Greger IH. Receptor Heteromeric Assembly—How It Works and Why It Matters. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2013; 117:361-86. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-386931-9.00013-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Arikkath J. Molecular mechanisms of dendrite morphogenesis. Front Cell Neurosci 2012; 6:61. [PMID: 23293584 PMCID: PMC3531598 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2012.00061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2012] [Accepted: 12/08/2012] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Dendrites are key integrators of synaptic information in neurons and play vital roles in neuronal plasticity. Hence, it is necessary that dendrite arborization is precisely controlled and coordinated with synaptic activity to ensure appropriate functional neural network integrity. In the past several years, it has become increasingly clear that several cell intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms contribute to dendritic arborization. In this review, we will discuss some of the molecular mechanisms that regulate dendrite morphogenesis, particularly in cortical and hippocampal pyramidal neurons and some of the implications of aberrant dendritic morphology for human disease. Finally, we will discuss the current challenges and future directions in the field.
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- Jyothi Arikkath
- Developmental Neuroscience, Munroe-Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE, USA
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Lester HA, Miwa JM, Srinivasan R. Psychiatric drugs bind to classical targets within early exocytotic pathways: therapeutic effects. Biol Psychiatry 2012; 72:907-15. [PMID: 22771239 PMCID: PMC6167061 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2012] [Revised: 04/23/2012] [Accepted: 05/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The classical targets for antipsychotic and antidepressant drugs are G protein-coupled receptors and neurotransmitter transporters, respectively. Full therapeutic actions of these drugs require several weeks. We show how therapeutic effects may eventually accrue after existing therapeutic ligands bind to these classical targets, not on the plasma membrane but rather within endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and cis-Golgi. Consequences of such binding may include pharmacological chaperoning: the nascent drug targets are stabilized against degradation and can therefore exit the ER more readily. Another effect may be matchmaking: heterodimers and homodimers of the target form and can more readily exit the ER. Summarizing recent data for nicotinic receptors, we explain how such effects could lead to reduced ER stress and to a decreased unfolded protein response, including changes in gene activation and protein synthesis. In effects not directly related to cellular stress, escorting would allow increased ER exit and trafficking of known associated proteins, as well as other proteins such as growth factors and their receptors, producing both cell-autonomous and non-cell-autonomous effects. Axonal transport of relevant proteins may underlie the several weeks required for full therapy. In contrast, the antidepressant effects of ketamine and other N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor ligands, which occur within <2 hours, could arise from dendritically localized intracellular binding, followed by chaperoning, matchmaking, escorting, and reduced ER stress. Thus, the effects of intracellular binding extend beyond proteostasis of the targets themselves and involve pathways distinct from ion channel and G protein activation. We propose experimental tests and note pathophysiological correlates.
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- Henry A Lester
- Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California.
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