Chemical genetic identification of NDR1/2 kinase substrates AAK1 and Rabin8 Uncovers their roles in dendrite arborization and spine development.
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Dendrite arborization and synapse formation are essential for wiring the neural circuitry. The evolutionarily conserved NDR1/2 kinase pathway, important for polarized growth from yeast to mammals, controls dendrite growth and morphology in the worm and fly. The function of NDR1/2 in mammalian neurons and their downstream effectors were not known. Here we show that the expression of dominant negative (kinase-dead) NDR1/2 mutants or siRNA increase dendrite length and proximal branching of mammalian pyramidal neurons in cultures and in vivo, whereas the expression of constitutively active NDR1/2 has the opposite effect. Moreover, NDR1/2 contributes to dendritic spine development and excitatory synaptic function. We further employed chemical genetics and identified NDR1/2 substrates in the brain, including two proteins involved in intracellular vesicle trafficking: AAK1 (AP-2 associated kinase) and Rabin8, a GDP/GTP exchange factor (GEF) of Rab8 GTPase. We finally show that AAK1 contributes to dendrite growth regulation, and Rabin8 regulates spine development.
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Mammalian Ndr kinases have been implicated in the regulation of centrosome duplication and in dendrite arborization and spine formation during neuronal development.
“Mammalian Ndr kinases have been implicated in the regulation of centrosome duplication and in dendrite arborization and spine formation during neuronal development (Hergovich et al., 2007; Ultanir et al., 2012).”
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“Spine morphology is correlated with synaptic function, where mushroom spines contain AMPA receptors in proportion to the size of spine’s head, whereas filopodia mostly lack these receptors (Matsuzaki et al., 2001).”
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- Ultanir, S. K., Hertz, N. T., Li, G., Ge, W.-P., Burlingame, A. L., Pleasure, S. J., Shokat, K. M., Jan, L. Y., & Jan, Y.-N.
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- University of California, San Francisco (US)
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- Ultanir, Sila K.
- Jan, Yuh-Nung
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- 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 › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling
- Keywords
- dendritic branching, dendritic spine development, AAK1, kinase substrates, chemical genetics, pyramidal neurons, excitatory synapses, vesicle trafficking, polarized growth
- MeSH terms
- N-myc Downstream-Regulated Gene 1 Protein, Age Factors, Animals, Animals, Newborn, Autoantigens, Cells, Cultured, Dendrites, Embryo, Mammalian, Hippocampus, Humans, Membrane Proteins, Microtubule-Associated Proteins, Models, Biological, Models, Molecular, Mutation, Neurons, Phosphorylation, Synapses, Transfection, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Electroporation, Patch-Clamp Techniques, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials, Rats, Long-Evans, Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors, RNA, Small Interfering, Dendritic Spines, Green Fluorescent Proteins, Mice, Rats
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