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A role for cGMP-dependent protein kinase II in AMPA receptor trafficking and synaptic plasticity

Yafell Serulle, Ottavio Arancio and Edward B. Ziff

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Regulated trafficking of AMPA receptors (AMPARs) is an important mechanism that underlies the activity-dependent modification of synaptic strength. Trafficking of AMPARs is regulated by specific interactions of their subunits with other proteins. Recently, we have reported that the AMPAR subunit GluR1 binds the cGMP-dependent kinase type II (cGKII) adjacent to the kinase catalytic site, and that this interaction is increased by cGMP. In this complex, cGKII phosphorylates GluR1 at serine 845 (S845), a site known to be phosphorylated also by PKA. S845 phosphorylation leads to an increase of GluR1 on the plasma membrane. In neurons, cGMP is produced by soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC), which is activated by nitric oxide (NO). Calcium flux through the NMDA receptor (NMDAR) activates neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS), which produces NO. Using a combination of biochemical and electrophysiological experiments, we have shown that trafficking of GluR1 is under the regulation of NO, cGMP and cGKII. Moreover, our study indicates that the interaction of cGKII with GluR1, which is under the regulation of the NMDAR and NO, plays an important role in hippocampal plasticity.

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Yafell Serulle

New York University School of Medicine

Ottavio Arancio

Cornell University

Edward B. Ziff

New York University School of Medicine

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