Mechanism underlying activity-dependent insertion of TrkB into the neuronal surface.

Autor: Zhao L; Department of Neurobiology, Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, School of Medicine, Shandong University, Shandong, P.R. China., Sheng AL, Huang SH, Yin YX, Chen B, Li XZ, Zhang Y, Chen ZY
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of cell science [J Cell Sci] 2009 Sep 01; Vol. 122 (Pt 17), pp. 3123-36. Date of Electronic Publication: 2009 Aug 11.
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.047712
Abstrakt: Activity-dependent insertion of tyrosine kinase receptor type 2 (TrkB receptor) into the plasma membrane can explain, in part, the preferential effect of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) on active neurons; however, the detailed cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying this process are still unclear. In our study, we developed a fluorescence ratiometric assay for surface TrkB receptors to investigate the mechanisms of recruitment of TrkB to the plasma membrane following chemical long-term potentiation (cLTP) induction. We found that, in hippocampal neurons, the effect of cLTP-induced TrkB surface-recruitment occurred predominantly on neurites with rapid kinetics (t(1/2) of approximately 2.3 minutes) and was dependent on an intact cytoskeleton structure. Mutagenesis studies revealed that the juxtamembrane domain of TrkB is necessary and sufficient for its activity-dependent insertion into the plasma membrane. Moreover, we found that the phosphorylation of TrkB receptor at the Ser478 site by cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5) is essential for cLTP-induced TrkB insertion into the neuronal surface. Finally, the degree of cLTP-induced TrkB surface-recruitment is higher in postsynaptic regions, which provides a potential mechanism for rapid enhancement of postsynaptic sensitivity to incoming BDNF signaling. Our studies provide new insights regarding neuronal activity-dependent surface delivery of TrkB receptor, which will advance our understanding of the modulatory role of TrkB in synaptic plasticity.
Databáze: MEDLINE