α- and βCaMKII:: Inverse regulation by neuronal activity and opposing effects on synaptic strength
α- and βCaMKII:: Inverse regulation by neuronal activity and opposing effects on synaptic strength
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DOI:
10.1016/s0896-6273(02)01049-8
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发表时间:
2002-12-19
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16.2
通讯作者:
Tsien, RW
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作者:
Thiagarajan, TC;Piedras-Renteria, ES;Tsien, RW
We show that a and betaCaMKII are inversely regulated by activity in hippocampal neurons in culture: the alpha/beta ratio shifts toward alpha during increased activity and beta during decreased activity. The swing in ratio is similar to5-fold and may help tune the CaMKII holoenzyme to changing intensities of Ca2+ signaling. The regulation of CaMKII levels uses distinguishable pathways, one responsive to NMDA receptor blockade that controls alphaCaMKII alone, the other responsive to AMPA receptor blockade and involving betaCaMKII and possibly further downstream effects of betaCaMKII on alphaCaMKII. Overexpression of alphaCaMKII or betaCaMKII resulted in opposing effects on unitary synaptic strength as well as mEPSC frequency that could account in part for activity-dependent effects observed with chronic blockade of AMPA receptors. Regulation of CaMKII subunit composition may be important for both activity-dependent synaptic homeostasis and plasticity.