CaMKII: a central molecular organizer of synaptic plasticity, learning and memory
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Calcium-calmodulin (CaM)-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) is the most abundant protein in excitatory synapses and is central to synaptic plasticity, learning and memory. It is activated by intracellular increases in calcium ion levels and triggers molecular processes necessary for synaptic plasticity. CaMKII phosphorylates numerous synaptic proteins, thereby regulating their structure and functions. This leads to molecular events crucial for synaptic plasticity, such as receptor trafficking, localization and activity; actin cytoskeletal dynamics; translation; and even transcription through synapse-nucleus shuttling. Several new tools affording increasingly greater spatiotemporal resolution have revealed the link between CaMKII activity and downstream signalling processes in dendritic spines during synaptic and behavioural plasticity. These technologies have provided insights into the function of CaMKII in learning and memory.
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The strongest case for the requirement of downstream CaMKII targets in sLTP, and likely LTP, is the actin cytoskeleton.
“In summary, perhaps the strongest case for the requirement of downstream CaMKII targets in sLTP, and likely LTP, is the actin cytoskeleton (30, 313, 321)”
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- Authors
- Yasuda, R., Hayashi, Y., & Hell, J. W.
- Affiliations
- Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (US)
- Kyoto University (JP)
- University of California, Davis (US)
- Corresponding author
- Yasuda, Ryohei
- Hayashi, Yasunori
- Hell, Johannes W.
- Venue
- Nature Reviews Neuroscience
- Published
- 2022-09-02
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 666-682
- ISSN
- 1471-003X (ISSN-L)
- 1471-0048
- OpenAlex
- W4294237868
- Cited by
- 431
- References
- 33
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- 2026: 97 · 2025: 151 · 2024: 121 · 2023: 53 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 1
- FWCI
- 11.87
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Nature reviews. Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
- 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
- CaMKII, calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II, synaptic plasticity, learning and memory, excitatory synapses, protein phosphorylation, receptor trafficking, actin cytoskeleton dynamics, translation (biology), transcription, dendritic spines, postsynaptic regulation
- MeSH terms
- Actins, Calcium, Calmodulin, Hippocampus, Humans, Neuronal Plasticity, Synapses, Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2
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