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ArticleCell reports2017

Disparate Postsynaptic Induction Mechanisms Ultimately Converge to Drive the Retrograde Enhancement of Presynaptic Efficacy.

Pragya Goel, Xiling Li, Dion Dickman

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Article in Cell reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pragya GoelDepartment of Neurobiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA; Graduate Program in Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Xiling LiDepartment of Neurobiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Dion DickmanDepartment of Neurobiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA. Electronic address: dickman@usc.edu.
University of Southern California · US

Funding

Molecular Mechanisms Governing the Homeostatic Control of Synaptic StrengthR01NS091546 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI DICKMAN, DION KAI · 2015 to 2024
$4.3M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS091546
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Retrograde signaling systems are fundamental modes of communication synapses utilize to dynamically and adaptively modulate activity. However, the inductive mechanisms that gate retrograde communication in the postsynaptic compartment remain enigmatic. We have investigated retrograde signaling at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction, where three seemingly disparate perturbations to the postsynaptic cell trigger a similar enhancement in presynaptic neurotransmitter release. We show that the same presynaptic genetic machinery and enhancements in active zone structure are utilized by each inductive pathway. However, all three induction mechanisms differ in temporal, translational, and CamKII activity requirements to initiate retrograde signaling in the postsynaptic cell. Intriguingly, pharmacological blockade of postsynaptic glutamate receptors, and not calcium influx through these receptors, is necessary and sufficient to induce rapid retrograde homeostatic signaling through CamKII. Thus, three distinct induction mechanisms converge on the same retrograde signaling system to drive the homeostatic strengthening of presynaptic neurotransmitter release.

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AnimalsCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2DrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsExcitatory Postsynaptic PotentialsNeuromuscular JunctionNeuronal PlasticityPresynaptic TerminalsReceptors, GlutamateSignal TransductionSynapsesSynaptic TransmissionCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2Drosophila ProteinsReceptors, GlutamateDrosophilahomeostasisneuromuscular junctionretrograde signalingsynaptic plasticity

Identifiers

PMID29186673
PMCPMC5728443
OpenAlexW2769372080

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