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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2017

Postsynaptic density 95 (PSD-95) serine 561 phosphorylation regulates a conformational switch and bidirectional dendritic spine structural plasticity.

Qian Wu, Miao Sun, Laura P Bernard, Huaye Zhang

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Qian WuFrom the Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854.
Miao SunFrom the Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854.
Laura P BernardFrom the Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854.
Huaye ZhangFrom the Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854 huaye.zhang@rutgers.edu.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · US

Funding

Polarity determinants in synaptic stability and plasticityR01NS089578 · NINDS · RBHS-ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI ZHANG, HUAYE · 2015 to 2019
$1.9M
The PAR-6/aPKC Polarity Complex in Synaptic Assembly and FunctionR00NS065183 · NINDS · UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-R W JOHNSON MED SCH · PI ZHANG, HUAYE · 2011 to 2013
$738k
The PAR-6/aPKC Polarity Complex in Synaptic Assembly and FunctionK99NS065183 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI ZHANG, HUAYE · 2009 to 2010
$180k
NINDS NIH HHS K99 NS065183NINDS NIH HHS R00 NS065183NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS089578
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Postsynaptic density 95 (PSD-95) is a major synaptic scaffolding protein that plays a key role in bidirectional synaptic plasticity, which is a process important for learning and memory. It is known that PSD-95 shows increased dynamics upon induction of plasticity. However, the underlying structural and functional changes in PSD-95 that mediate its role in plasticity remain unclear. Here we show that phosphorylation of PSD-95 at Ser-561 in its guanylate kinase (GK) domain, which is mediated by the partitioning-defective 1 (Par1) kinases, regulates a conformational switch and is important for bidirectional plasticity. Using a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) biosensor, we show that a phosphomimetic mutation of Ser-561 promotes an intramolecular interaction between GK and the nearby Src homology 3 (SH3) domain, leading to a closed conformation, whereas a non-phosphorylatable S561A mutation or inhibition of Par1 kinase activity decreases SH3-GK interaction, causing PSD-95 to adopt an open conformation. In addition, S561A mutation facilitates the interaction between PSD-95 and its binding partners. Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching imaging reveals that the S561A mutant shows increased stability, whereas the phosphomimetic S561D mutation increases PSD-95 dynamics at the synapse. Moreover, molecular replacement of endogenous PSD-95 with the S561A mutant blocks dendritic spine structural plasticity during chemical long-term potentiation and long-term depression. Endogenous Ser-561 phosphorylation is induced by synaptic NMDA receptor activation, and the SH3-GK domains exhibit a Ser-561 phosphorylation-dependent switch to a closed conformation during synaptic plasticity. Our results provide novel mechanistic insight into the regulation of PSD-95 in dendritic spine structural plasticity through phosphorylation-mediated regulation of protein dynamics and conformation.

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Models, MolecularProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalAmino Acid SubstitutionAnimalsCells, CulturedDendritesDisks Large Homolog 4 ProteinEmbryo, MammalianHippocampusIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMembrane ProteinsMutationNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronal PlasticityNeuronsPeptide FragmentsDisks Large Homolog 4 ProteinDlg4 protein, ratF2r protein, ratIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMembrane ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsPeptide FragmentsProtein Kinase InhibitorsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSerineconformational changedendritic spinefluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)phosphorylationPSD-95synaptic plasticity

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PMID28790172
PMCPMC5625046
OpenAlexW2743029692

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