title: Involvement of a postsynaptic protein kinase A substrate in the expression of homosynaptic long-term depression.
abstract: Hippocampal N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-dependent long-term synaptic depression (LTD) is associated with a persistent dephosphorylation of the GluR1 subunit of AMPA receptors at a site (Ser-845) phosphorylated by cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA). In the present study, we show that dephosphorylation of a postsynaptic PKA substrate may be crucial for LTD expression. PKA activators inhibited both AMPA receptor dephosphorylation and LTD. Injection of a cAMP analog into postsynaptic neurons prevented LTD induction and reversed previously established homosynaptic LTD without affecting baseline synaptic transmission. Moreover, infusing a PKA inhibitor into postsynaptic cells produced synaptic depression that occluded homosynaptic LTD. These findings suggest that dephosphorylation of a PKA site on AMPA receptors may be one mechanism for NMDA receptor-dependent homosynaptic LTD expression.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kameyama
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Bear
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Huganir
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D000818:Animals; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D006624:Hippocampus; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D016202:N-Methylaspartate / Q000494:pharmacology; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D020318:Rats, Long-Evans; D018091:Receptors, AMPA / Q000378:metabolism; D013569:Synapses / Q000201:enzymology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D013873:Thionucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D005576:Colforsin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D016202:N-Methylaspartate; D018091:Receptors, AMPA; D013873:Thionucleotides; C016957:adenosine-3',5'-cyclic phosphorothioate