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ArticleNature communications2016

The calcium sensor Copine-6 regulates spine structural plasticity and learning and memory.

Judith R Reinhard, Alexander Kriz, Milos Galic, Nico Angliker, Mathieu Rajalu, Kaspar E Vogt, Markus A Ruegg

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Article in Nature communications, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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43 citing papers in PubMed, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Judith R ReinhardBiozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
Alexander KrizBiozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
Milos GalicBiozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
Nico AnglikerBiozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
Mathieu RajaluBiozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
Kaspar E VogtBiozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
Markus A RueggBiozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
University of Basel · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP) represents the cellular response of excitatory synapses to specific patterns of high neuronal activity and is required for learning and memory. Here we identify a mechanism that requires the calcium-binding protein Copine-6 to translate the initial calcium signals into changes in spine structure. We show that Copine-6 is recruited from the cytosol of dendrites to postsynaptic spine membranes by calcium transients that precede LTP. Cpne6 knockout mice are deficient in hippocampal LTP, learning and memory. Hippocampal neurons from Cpne6 knockouts lack spine structural plasticity as do wild-type neurons that express a Copine-6 calcium mutant. The function of Copine-6 is based on its binding, activating and recruiting the Rho GTPase Rac1 to cell membranes. Consistent with this function, the LTP deficit of Cpne6 knockout mice is rescued by the actin stabilizer jasplakinolide. These data show that Copine-6 links activity-triggered calcium signals to spine structural plasticity necessary for learning and memory.

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Calcium SignalingLong-Term PotentiationAnimalsAnimals, NewbornChlorocebus aethiopsCOS CellsDendritic SpinesHippocampusMembrane ProteinsMemoryMice, KnockoutMutagenesis, Site-DirectedNeuronal PlasticityPrimary Cell Culturerac1 GTP-Binding ProteinRatscopine 6 protein, mouseMembrane Proteinsrac1 GTP-Binding ProteinReceptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate

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PMID27194588
PMCPMC4874034
OpenAlexW2406173703

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