RGD Reference Report - PKM zeta maintains late long-term potentiation by N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor/GluR2-dependent trafficking of postsynaptic AMPA receptors. - Rat Genome Database

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PKM zeta maintains late long-term potentiation by N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor/GluR2-dependent trafficking of postsynaptic AMPA receptors.

Authors: Yao, Yudong  Kelly, Matthew Taylor  Sajikumar, Sreedharan  Serrano, Peter  Tian, Dezhi  Bergold, Peter John  Frey, Julietta Uta  Sacktor, Todd Charlton 
Citation: Yao Y, etal., J Neurosci. 2008 Jul 30;28(31):7820-7. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0223-08.2008.
RGD ID: 13702194
Pubmed: PMID:18667614   (View Abstract at PubMed)
PMCID: PMC2597488   (View Article at PubMed Central)
DOI: DOI:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0223-08.2008   (Journal Full-text)

Although the maintenance mechanism of late long-term potentiation (LTP) is critical for the storage of long-term memory, the expression mechanism of synaptic enhancement during late-LTP is unknown. The autonomously active protein kinase C isoform, protein kinase Mzeta (PKMzeta), is a core molecule maintaining late-LTP. Here we show that PKMzeta maintains late-LTP through persistent N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor (NSF)/glutamate receptor subunit 2 (GluR2)-dependent trafficking of AMPA receptors (AMPARs) to the synapse. Intracellular perfusion of PKMzeta into CA1 pyramidal cells causes potentiation of postsynaptic AMPAR responses; this synaptic enhancement is mediated through NSF/GluR2 interactions but not vesicle-associated membrane protein-dependent exocytosis. PKMzeta may act through NSF to release GluR2-containing receptors from a reserve pool held at extrasynaptic sites by protein interacting with C-kinase 1 (PICK1), because disrupting GluR2/PICK1 interactions mimic and occlude PKMzeta-mediated AMPAR potentiation. During LTP maintenance, PKMzeta directs AMPAR trafficking, as measured by NSF/GluR2-dependent increases of GluR2/3-containing receptors in synaptosomal fractions from tetanized slices. Blocking this trafficking mechanism reverses established late-LTP and persistent potentiation at synapses that have undergone synaptic tagging and capture. Thus, PKMzeta maintains late-LTP by persistently modifying NSF/GluR2-dependent AMPAR trafficking to favor receptor insertion into postsynaptic sites.



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Cellular Component

  
Object SymbolSpeciesTermQualifierEvidenceWithNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
PrkczRatglutamatergic synapse is_active_inIDA PMID:18667614SynGO 
PrkczRatglutamatergic synapse is_active_inIMP PMID:18667614SynGO 
PrkczRatSchaffer collateral - CA1 synapse is_active_inIDA PMID:18667614SynGO 
PrkczRatSchaffer collateral - CA1 synapse is_active_inIMP PMID:18667614SynGO 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Prkcz  (protein kinase C, zeta)


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