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MAP Kinase Translocates into the Nucleus of the Presynaptic Cell and Is Required for Long-Term Facilitation in Aplysia

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Martin, Kelsey C, Michael, Dan, Rose, Jack C, Barad, Mark, Casadio, Andrea, Zhu, Huixiang, Kandel, Eric R·1997·Neuron

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Long-term facilitation of the sensory to motor synapse in Aplysia requires gene expression. While some transcription factors involved in long-term facilitation are phosphorylated by PKA, others lack PKA sites but contain MAP Kinase (MAPK) phosphorylation sites. We now show that MAPK translocates into the nucleus of the presynaptic but not the postsynaptic cell during 5-HT-induced long-term facilitation. The presynaptic nuclear translocation of MAPK is also triggered by elevations in intracellular cAMP. Injection of anti-MAPK antibodies or of MAPK Kinase inhibitors into the presynaptic cell blocks long-term facilitation, without affecting basal synaptic transmission or short-term facilitation. Thus, MAPK appears to be specifically recruited and necessary for the long-term form of facilitation. This mechanism for long-term plasticity may be quite general: cAMP also activated MAPK in mouse hippocampal neurons, suggesting that MAPK may play a role in hippocampal long-term potentiation.

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  • The PKA and ERK cascades are necessary to induce long-term synaptic facilitation (LTF) in Aplysia.

    “Two biochemical cascades required for LTF are those that mediate activation of protein kinase A (PKA)12–15 and the MAP kinase isoform termed extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)16–18.”

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Authors
Martin, K. C., Michael, D., Rose, J. C., Barad, M., Casadio, A., Zhu, H., & Kandel, E. R.
Affiliations
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
  • Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author
Kandel, Eric R
Venue
Neuron
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1997-06
Volume
18
Issue
6
Pages
899-912
ISSN
0896-6273 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2066592391
Cited by
545
References
68
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FWCI
16.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Neuron (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling
Keywords
mitogen-activated protein kinase, nuclear translocation, long-term facilitation, Aplysia, serotonin, cyclic AMP, synaptic plasticity, gene expression, hippocampal long-term potentiation
MeSH terms
Cyclic AMP, Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Aplysia, Cell Compartmentation, Cell Nucleus, Cells, Cultured, Enzyme Inhibitors, Flavonoids, Colforsin, Hippocampus, Molecular Sequence Data, Synaptic Transmission, Neuronal Plasticity, Neurons, Afferent, Peptides, Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, Serotonin, Synapses, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Presynaptic Terminals, Long-Term Potentiation, Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases, MAP Kinase Kinase 1

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