Article abstract
Nature Neuroscience 11, 1035 - 1043 (2008)
Published online: 10 August 2008 | doi:10.1038/nn.2171
Serine phosphorylation of ephrinB2 regulates trafficking of synaptic AMPA receptors
Clara L Essmann1,2, Elsa Martinez2, Julia C Geiger1,2, Manuel Zimmer3,5, Matthias H Traut3,4, Valentin Stein4, Rüdiger Klein3 & Amparo Acker-Palmer1,2
Abstract
Plasticity in the brain is essential for maintaining memory and learning and is associated with the dynamic membrane trafficking of AMPA receptors. EphrinB proteins, ligands for EphB receptor tyrosine kinases, are transmembrane molecules with signaling capabilities that are required for spine morphogenesis, synapse formation and synaptic plasticity. Here, we describe a molecular mechanism for ephrinB2 function in controlling synaptic transmission. EphrinB2 signaling is critical for the stabilization of AMPA receptors at the cellular membrane. Mouse hippocampal neurons from conditional ephrinB2 knockouts showed enhanced constitutive internalization of AMPA receptors and reduced synaptic transmission. Mechanistically, glutamate receptor interacting proteins bridge ephrinB ligands and AMPA receptors. Moreover, this function involved a regulatory aspect of ephrinB reverse signaling that involves the phosphorylation of a single serine residue in their cytoplasmic tails. In summary, our findings uncover a model of cooperative AMPA receptor and ephrinB reverse signaling at the synapse.
- Institute of Cell Biology and Neuroscience and Cluster of Excellence Macromolecular Complexes, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
- Departments of Signal Transduction, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Am Klopferspitz 18, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany.
- Departments of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Am Klopferspitz 18, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany.
- Departments of Synaptic Receptor Trafficking, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Am Klopferspitz 18, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany.
- Present address: Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, New York 10025, USA.
Correspondence to: Amparo Acker-Palmer1,2 e-mail: Acker-Palmer@bio.uni-frankfurt.de
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