title: A critical role for PSD-95/AKAP interactions in endocytosis of synaptic AMPA receptors.
abstract: The endocytosis of AMPA receptors (AMPARs) underlies several forms of synaptic plasticity, including NMDA receptor (NMDAR)-dependent long-term depression (LTD), but the molecular mechanisms responsible for this trafficking remain unknown. We found that PSD-95, a major postsynaptic density protein, is important for NMDAR-triggered endocytosis of synaptic AMPARs in rat neuron cultures because of its binding to A kinase-anchoring protein 150 (AKAP150), a scaffold for specific protein kinases and phosphatases. Knockdown of PSD-95 with shRNA blocked NMDAR-triggered, but not constitutive or mGluR-triggered, endocytosis of AMPARs. Deletion of PSD-95's Src homology 3 and guanylate kinase-like domains, as well as a point mutation (L460P), both of which inhibit binding of PSD-95 to AKAP150, also blocked NMDAR-triggered AMPAR endocytosis. Furthermore, expression of a mutant AKAP150 that does not bind calcineurin inhibited this NMDAR-triggered trafficking event. Our results suggest that PSD-95's interaction with AKAP150 is critical for NMDAR-triggered AMPAR endocytosis and LTD, possibly because these scaffolds position calcineurin in the appropriate subsynaptic domain.
authors.affiliation: Nancy Pritzker Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 1050 Arastradero Road, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California 94304-5552, USA.
authors.forename: Samarjit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhattacharyya
authors.forename: Virginie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Biou
authors.forename: Weifeng
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Schlüter
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Malenka
mesh_terms: D054758:A Kinase Anchor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D019703:Calcineurin / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000076122:Disks Large Homolog 4 Protein; D004705:Endocytosis / Q000502:physiology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D036881:Long-Term Synaptic Depression / Q000502:physiology*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016296:Mutagenesis; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018091:Receptors, AMPA / Q000378:metabolism*; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000378:metabolism; D013569:Synapses / Q000378:metabolism; D018909:src Homology Domains / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D054758:A Kinase Anchor Proteins; C415703:Akap5 protein, rat; D000076122:Disks Large Homolog 4 Protein; C501449:Dlg4 protein, rat; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D018091:Receptors, AMPA; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D019703:Calcineurin