Synaptic dysfunction and disruption of the postsynaptic drebrin-actin complex: the study of neurological disorders accompanied by cognitive deficits
Synaptic dysfunction and disruption of the postsynaptic drebrin-actin complex: the study of neurological disorders accompanied by cognitive deficits
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2007
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4.7
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N. Kojima;T. Shirao
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作者:
N. Kojima;T. Shirao
Manuscript 2 Abstract Many neurological disorders accompanied by cognitive deficits, including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Down syndrome, exhibit abnormal dendritic spine morphology. Actin-based cytoskeletal network dynamics are critical for regulation of spine morphology and function. Recent experimental data from an AD animal model reveal that defects in intracellular signaling cascades related to accumulation of amyloid (A) cause disruption of postsynaptic actin-regulatory machinery, including cofilin and drebrin. The amount of postsynaptic drebrin, a major F-actin binding protein in dendritic spines, correlates well with the severity of cognitive impairment. We propose that imbalanced regulation of actin-regulatory machinery (loss of drebrin and associated increase in dephosphorylated cofilin) results in synaptic dysfunction underlying the cognitive impairment of neurological disorders and normal aging.