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Destabilization of the Postsynaptic Density by PSD-95 Serine 73 Phosphorylation Inhibits Spine Growth and Synaptic Plasticity

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Steiner, Pascal, Higley, Michael J., Xu, Weifeng, Czervionke, Brian L., Malenka, Robert C., Sabatini, Bernardo L.·2008·Neuron

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Long-term potentiation (LTP) is accompanied by dendritic spine growth and changes in the composition of the postsynaptic density (PSD). We find that activity-dependent growth of apical spines of CA1 pyramidal neurons is accompanied by destabilization of the PSD that results in transient loss and rapid replacement of PSD-95 and SHANK2. Signaling through PSD-95 is required for activity-dependent spine growth and trafficking of SHANK2. N-terminal PDZ and C-terminal guanylate kinase domains of PSD-95 are required for both processes, indicating that PSD-95 coordinates multiple signals to regulate morphological plasticity. Activity-dependent trafficking of PSD-95 is triggered by phosphorylation at serine 73, a conserved calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) consensus phosphorylation site, which negatively regulates spine growth and potentiation of synaptic currents. We propose that PSD-95 and CaMKII act at multiple steps during plasticity induction to initially trigger and later terminate spine growth by trafficking growth-promoting PSD proteins out of the active spine.

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  • Expression of the phosphomimic mutation S73D prevents LTP expression.

    “Surprisingly, expression of a phosphomimic mutation, S73D, prevents LTP expression (296).”

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Authors
Steiner, P., Higley, M. J., Xu, W., Czervionke, B. L., Malenka, R. C., & Sabatini, B. L.
Affiliations
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
  • Stanford Medicine (US)
Corresponding author
Sabatini, Bernardo L.
Venue
Neuron
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2008-12
Volume
60
Issue
5
Pages
788-802
ISSN
0896-6273 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2065359670
Cited by
259
References
73
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 26 · 2013: 15 · 2012: 13
FWCI
11.68
Type
journal article
Language
en
Update notices
erratum (2009-01-15)
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  • Neuron (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (113192)
  • National Institutes of Health (5r01ns005270-23)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH 063394, R37MH063394, R01MH063394, R00MH080310, K99MH080310, MH080310)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NS-05270, R01NS052707)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Keywords
postsynaptic density, PSD-95, CaMKII, synaptic plasticity, long-term potentiation, Shank2, protein trafficking, CA1 pyramidal neurons, morphological plasticity, PDZ domain, guanylate kinase domain, calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase
MeSH terms
Disks Large Homolog 4 Protein, Animals, Animals, Newborn, Electric Stimulation, Enzyme Inhibitors, Glutamates, Hippocampus, Indoles, Membrane Proteins, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Neuronal Plasticity, Neurons, Organ Culture Techniques, Phosphorylation, Piperazines, Serine, Time Factors, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Point Mutation, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Long-Term Potentiation, Patch-Clamp Techniques, Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists, 1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine, Protein Transport, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Dendritic Spines, Green Fluorescent Proteins, Rats

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