Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21464232›Full record

ArticleThe Journal of cell biology2011

A presynaptic endosomal trafficking pathway controls synaptic growth signaling.

Avital A Rodal, Aline D Blunk, Yulia Akbergenova, Ramon A Jorquera, Lauren K Buhl, J Troy Littleton

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Article in The Journal of cell biology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers.

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59citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

59 citing papers in PubMed, 94 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Avital A RodalDepartment of Biology, The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. arodal@brandeis.edu
Aline D Blunk
Yulia Akbergenova
Ramon A Jorquera
Lauren K Buhl
J Troy Littleton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Funding

Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM007753 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI WALENSKY, LOREN DAVID · 1985 to 2021
$50.0M
Drosophila as an Experimental Model for EpilepsyR01NS043244 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI LITTLETON, J. TROY · 2003 to 2012
$3.2M
Structure and regulation of synaptic architectureR00NS060947 · NINDS · BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY · PI RODAL, AVITAL ADAH · 2010 to 2012
$775k
Structure and regulation of synaptic architectureK99NS060947 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI RODAL, AVITAL ADAH · 2008 to 2009
$180k
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007753NINDS NIH HHS K99 NS060947NINDS NIH HHS K99NS060947NINDS NIH HHS NS43244NINDS NIH HHS R00 NS060947NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS043244
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Structural remodeling of synapses in response to growth signals leads to long-lasting alterations in neuronal function in many systems. Synaptic growth factor receptors alter their signaling properties during transit through the endocytic pathway, but the mechanisms controlling cargo traffic between endocytic compartments remain unclear. Nwk (Nervous Wreck) is a presynaptic F-BAR/SH3 protein that regulates synaptic growth signaling in Drosophila melanogaster. In this paper, we show that Nwk acts through a physical interaction with sorting nexin 16 (SNX16). SNX16 promotes synaptic growth signaling by activated bone morphogenic protein receptors, and live imaging in neurons reveals that SNX16-positive early endosomes undergo transient interactions with Nwk-containing recycling endosomes. We identify an alternative signal termination pathway in the absence of Snx16 that is controlled by endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT)-mediated internalization of receptors into the endosomal lumen. Our results define a presynaptic trafficking pathway mediated by SNX16, NWK, and the ESCRT complex that functions to control synaptic growth signaling at the interface between endosomal compartments.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAnimalsCells, CulturedDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsEndosomal Sorting Complexes Required for TransportEndosomesNerve Tissue ProteinsSorting NexinsSynaptic VesiclesDrosophila ProteinsEndosomal Sorting Complexes Required for TransportNerve Tissue Proteinsnwk protein, DrosophilaSNX16 protein, DrosophilaSorting Nexins

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PMID21464232
PMCPMC3082179
OpenAlexW2113451695

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