ArticleThe Journal of cell biology2006
BDNF mobilizes synaptic vesicles and enhances synapse formation by disrupting cadherin-beta-catenin interactions.
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- Retinoic acid-gated BDNF synthesis in neuronal dendrites drives presynaptic homeostatic plasticity.eLife · 2022Article
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- Interactions Among Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Neuroimmune Pathways Are Key Components of the Major Psychiatric Disorders.Molecular neurobiology · 2022Review
- BDNF Therapeutic Mechanisms in Neuropsychiatric Disorders.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Brain-Derived Neurotropic Factor in Neurodegenerative Disorders.Biomedicines · 2022Review
- Abnormal synaptic plasticity and impaired cognition in schizophrenia.World journal of psychiatry · 2022Review
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- LAR Receptor Tyrosine Phosphatase Family in Healthy and Diseased Brain.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021Review
- 2-Phenylethylamine (PEA) Ameliorates Corticosterone-Induced Depression-Like Phenotype via the BDNF/TrkB/CREB Signaling Pathway.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Article
- Synaptic vesicle traffic is supported by transient actin filaments and regulated by PKA and NO.Nature communications · 2020Article
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Abstract
Neurons of the vertebrate central nervous system have the capacity to modify synapse number, morphology, and efficacy in response to activity. Some of these functions can be attributed to activity-induced synthesis and secretion of the neurotrophin brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF); however, the molecular mechanisms by which BDNF mediates these events are still not well understood. Using time-lapse confocal analysis, we show that BDNF mobilizes synaptic vesicles at existing synapses, resulting in small clusters of synaptic vesicles "splitting" away from synaptic sites. We demonstrate that BDNF's ability to mobilize synaptic vesicle clusters depends on the dissociation of cadherin-beta-catenin adhesion complexes that occurs after tyrosine phosphorylation of beta-catenin. Artificially maintaining cadherin-beta-catenin complexes in the presence of BDNF abolishes the BDNF-mediated enhancement of synaptic vesicle mobility, as well as the longer-term BDNF-mediated increase in synapse number. Together, this data demonstrates that the disruption of cadherin-beta-catenin complexes is an important molecular event through which BDNF increases synapse density in cultured hippocampal neurons.
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