BACE1 is necessary for experience-dependent homeostatic synaptic plasticity in visual cortex.
BACE1 is necessary for experience-dependent homeostatic synaptic plasticity in visual cortex.
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BACE1 对于视觉皮层中依赖于经验的稳态突触可塑性是必需的。
DOI：
10.1155/2014/128631
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发表时间：
2014
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Lee,Hey-Kyoung
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作者：
Petrus,Emily;Lee,Hey-Kyoung
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of age‐related dementia, which is thought to result from overproduction and/or reduced clearance of amyloid‐beta (Aβ) peptides. Studies over the past few decades suggest that Aβis produced in an activity‐dependent manner and has physiological relevance to normal brain functions. Similarly, physiological functions forβ‐ andγ‐secretases, the two key enzymes that produce Aβby sequentially processing the amyloid precursor protein (APP), have been discovered over recent years. In particular, activity‐dependent production of Aβhas been suggested to play a role in homeostatic regulation of excitatory synaptic function. There is accumulating evidence that activity‐dependent immediate early gene Arc is an activity “sensor,” which acts upstream of Aβproduction and triggers AMPA receptor endocytosis to homeostatically downregulate the strength of excitatory synaptic transmission. We previously reported that Arc is critical for sensory experience‐dependent homeostatic reduction of excitatory synaptic transmission in the superficial layers of visual cortex. Here we demonstrate that mice lacking the major neuronalβ‐secretase, BACE1, exhibit a similar phenotype: stronger basal excitatory synaptic transmission and failure to adapt to changes in visual experience. Our results indicate that BACE1 plays an essential role in sensory experience‐dependent homeostatic synaptic plasticity in the neocortex.
