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ArticlePLoS biology2022

The synaptic scaffold protein MPP2 interacts with GABAA receptors at the periphery of the postsynaptic density of glutamatergic synapses.

Bettina Schmerl, Niclas Gimber, Benno Kuropka, Alexander Stumpf, Jakob Rentsch, Stella-Amrei Kunde, Judith von Sivers, Helge Ewers, Dietmar Schmitz, Christian Freund and 3 more

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Article in PLoS biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Bettina SchmerlNeuroscience Research Center, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.
Niclas GimberAdvanced Medical BioImaging Core Facility-AMBIO, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.
Benno KuropkaInstitute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
Alexander StumpfNeuroscience Research Center, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.
Jakob RentschInstitute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
Stella-Amrei KundeNeuroscience Research Center, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.
Judith von SiversNeuroscience Research Center, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.
Helge EwersInstitute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
Dietmar SchmitzNeuroscience Research Center, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.
Christian FreundInstitute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
Jan SchmoranzerAdvanced Medical BioImaging Core Facility-AMBIO, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.
Nils RademacherNeuroscience Research Center, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.
Sarah A ShoichetNeuroscience Research Center, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4933-7846
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEFreie Universität Berlin · DEGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases · DEEinstein Center for Neurosciences Berlin · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances in imaging technology have highlighted that scaffold proteins and receptors are arranged in subsynaptic nanodomains. The synaptic membrane-associated guanylate kinase (MAGUK) scaffold protein membrane protein palmitoylated 2 (MPP2) is a component of α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptor-associated protein complexes and also binds to the synaptic cell adhesion molecule SynCAM 1. Using superresolution imaging, we show that-like SynCAM 1-MPP2 is situated at the periphery of the postsynaptic density (PSD). In order to explore MPP2-associated protein complexes, we used a quantitative comparative proteomics approach and identified multiple γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)A receptor subunits among novel synaptic MPP2 interactors. In line with a scaffold function for MPP2 in the assembly and/or modulation of intact GABAA receptors, manipulating MPP2 expression had effects on inhibitory synaptic transmission. We further show that GABAA receptors are found together with MPP2 in a subset of dendritic spines and thus highlight MPP2 as a scaffold that serves as an adaptor molecule, linking peripheral synaptic elements critical for inhibitory regulation to central structures at the PSD of glutamatergic synapses.

Indexed as

Membrane ProteinsPost-Synaptic DensityReceptors, AMPAReceptors, GABA-ASynapsesMembrane ProteinsReceptors, AMPAReceptors, GABA-A

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PMID35312684
PMCPMC8970474
OpenAlexW4221132121

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