Activity-dependent synaptic localization of processing bodies and their role in dendritic structural plasticity

Autor: Jin-A Lee, Yong Sook Goo, Anna Jo, Jun-Young Oh, Ara Kwon, Hoon Kim, Hyong Kyu Kim
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Journal of Cell Science.
ISSN: 1477-9137
0021-9533
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.125690
Popis: In neurons, transport of a subset of mRNAs to subcellular regions and their translation has a role in synaptic plasticity. Recent studies have suggested a control mechanism of this local translation through mRNA compartmentalization or degradation. Here we report that processing bodies (P-bodies), which are involved in mRNA degradation or storage, are transported to dendrites by conventional kinesin (KIF5A) as a motor protein. Neuronal activation induced by depolarization increased the co-localization of P-bodies with PSD-95 in dendrites. This neuronal activity increased the release of Nd1 and Arp2 mRNA from the P-bodies, and consequently reversed the decrease of F-actin, induced by overexpression of Dcp1a, in the dendrites. Our data suggest that the activity-induced redistribution of P-bodies and mRNA release from P-bodies may have a role in synaptic structural plasticity by altering levels of mRNAs, which are involved in the dynamics of the actin cytoskeleton in dendrites.
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