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CaMKII: a central molecular organizer of synaptic plasticity, learning and memory

Yasuda, Ryohei, Hayashi, Yasunori, Hell, Johannes W.·2022·Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Abstract

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
Citations by year
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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