Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40773558›Full record

ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2025

The membrane skeleton is constitutively remodeled in neurons by calcium signaling.

Evan Heller, Naina Kurup, Xiaowei Zhuang

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Coupling of functionality to trafficking of KCNQ2/3 potassium channels at the axon initial segment.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  8. Neuronal Calcium Signaling and Cytoskeletal Dynamics in Neurodegeneration.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Evan Heller *Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-4405-7089
Naina Kurup *Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2160-0622
Xiaowei ZhuangHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6034-7853

Funding

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The membrane skeleton in neurons adopts a periodic lattice structure in which actin filaments, capped by adducin and tropomodulin, form ring-shaped structures connected by spectrin tetramers along neurites. This membrane-associated periodic skeleton (MPS) is important for many neuronal functions. Using live-cell super-resolution imaging, we found that the MPS is surprisingly dynamic, undergoing local disassembly and reformation constitutively in axons. MPS remodeling is driven by calcium signaling, leading to actin-ring destabilization through protein kinase C-mediated adducin phosphorylation and to spectrin degradation by calpain. Formin, an actin-nucleating and -polymerizing enzyme, plays a dual role in MPS remodeling and maintenance. MPS remodeling is enhanced by neuronal activity and functionally facilitates endocytosis. Our results highlight the importance of a dynamic membrane skeletal structure in neuronal function.

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Actin CytoskeletonCalcium SignalingCell MembraneNeuronsActinsAnimalsAxonsCalmodulin-Binding ProteinsCalpainEndocytosisMiceMicrofilament ProteinsPhosphorylationProtein Kinase CRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyActinsCalmodulin-Binding ProteinsCalpainMicrofilament ProteinsProtein Kinase CSpectrin

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PMID40773558
PMCPMC12333566

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