title: Activation of CaMKII in single dendritic spines during long-term potentiation.
abstract: Calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase II (CaMKII) plays a central part in long-term potentiation (LTP), which underlies some forms of learning and memory. Here we monitored the spatiotemporal dynamics of CaMKII activation in individual dendritic spines during LTP using two-photon fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy, in combination with two-photon glutamate uncaging. Induction of LTP and associated spine enlargement in single spines triggered transient ( approximately 1 min) CaMKII activation restricted to the stimulated spines. CaMKII in spines was specifically activated by NMDA receptors and L-type voltage-sensitive calcium channels, presumably by nanodomain Ca(2+) near the channels, in response to glutamate uncaging and depolarization, respectively. The high degree of compartmentalization and channel specificity of CaMKII signalling allow stimuli-specific spatiotemporal patterns of CaMKII signalling and may be important for synapse-specificity of synaptic plasticity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
authors.forename: Seok-Jin R
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yasmin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Escobedo-Lozoya
authors.forename: Erzsebet M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Szatmari
authors.forename: Ryohei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yasuda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type / Q000378:metabolism; D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D049229:Dendritic Spines / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000502:physiology*; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D005453:Fluorescence; D031541:Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D017774:Long-Term Potentiation / Q000502:physiology*; D017785:Photons; D051381:Rats; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000378:metabolism; D013569:Synapses / Q000378:metabolism; D055366:Synaptic Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type; D002614:Chelating Agents; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2; D002118:Calcium