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Actin-associated neurabin-protein phosphatase-1 complex regulates hippocampal plasticity.

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Hu, XD; Huang, Q; Roadcap, DW; Shenolikar, SS; Xia, H
Published in: J Neurochem
September 2006

Protein phosphatase-1 (PP1) has been implicated in the control of long-term potentiation (LTP) and depression (LTD) in rat hippocampal CA1 neurons. PP1 catalytic subunits associate with multiple postsynaptic regulatory subunits, but the PP1 complexes that control hippocampal LTP and LTD in the rat hippocampus remain unidentified. The neuron-specific actin-binding protein, neurabin-I, is enriched in dendritic spines, and tethers PP1 to actin-rich postsynaptic density to regulate morphology and maturation of spines. The present studies utilized Sindbis virus-mediated expression of wild-type and mutant neurabin-I polypeptides in organotypic cultures of rat hippocampal slices to investigate their role in synaptic plasticity. While wild-type neurabin-I elicited no change in basal synaptic transmission, it enhanced LTD and inhibited LTP in CA1 pyramidal neurons. By comparison, mutant neurabins, specifically those unable to bind PP1 or F-actin, decreased basal synaptic transmission, attenuated LTD and increased LTP in slice cultures. Biochemical and cell biological analyses suggested that, by mislocalizing synaptic PP1, the mutant neurabins impaired the functions of endogenous neurabin-PP1 complexes and modulated LTP and LTD. Together, these studies provided the first biochemical and physiological evidence that a postsynaptic actin-bound neurabin-I-PP1 complex regulates synaptic transmission and bidirectional changes in hippocampal plasticity.

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J Neurochem

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ISSN

0022-3042

Publication Date

September 2006

Volume

98

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1841 / 1851

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Tissue Distribution
  • Synaptic Transmission
  • Rats
  • Protein Phosphatase 1
  • Phosphoprotein Phosphatases
  • Neurons
  • Neuronal Plasticity
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • Mutation
 

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Hu, X. D., Huang, Q., Roadcap, D. W., Shenolikar, S. S., & Xia, H. (2006). Actin-associated neurabin-protein phosphatase-1 complex regulates hippocampal plasticity. J Neurochem, 98(6), 1841–1851. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.04070.x
Hu, Xiao Dong, Qing Huang, David W. Roadcap, Shirish S. Shenolikar, and Houhui Xia. “Actin-associated neurabin-protein phosphatase-1 complex regulates hippocampal plasticity.J Neurochem 98, no. 6 (September 2006): 1841–51. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.04070.x.
Hu XD, Huang Q, Roadcap DW, Shenolikar SS, Xia H. Actin-associated neurabin-protein phosphatase-1 complex regulates hippocampal plasticity. J Neurochem. 2006 Sep;98(6):1841–51.
Hu, Xiao Dong, et al. “Actin-associated neurabin-protein phosphatase-1 complex regulates hippocampal plasticity.J Neurochem, vol. 98, no. 6, Sept. 2006, pp. 1841–51. Pubmed, doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.04070.x.
Hu XD, Huang Q, Roadcap DW, Shenolikar SS, Xia H. Actin-associated neurabin-protein phosphatase-1 complex regulates hippocampal plasticity. J Neurochem. 2006 Sep;98(6):1841–1851.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Neurochem

DOI

ISSN

0022-3042

Publication Date

September 2006

Volume

98

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1841 / 1851

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Tissue Distribution
  • Synaptic Transmission
  • Rats
  • Protein Phosphatase 1
  • Phosphoprotein Phosphatases
  • Neurons
  • Neuronal Plasticity
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • Mutation