Reciprocal Activation within a Kinase-Effector Complex Underlying Persistence 
of Structural LTP

Saneyoshi, Takeo; Matsuno, Hitomi; Suzuki, Akio; Murakoshi, Hideji; Hedrick, Nathan G.; Agnello, Emily; O’Connell, Rory; Stratton, Margaret M.; Yasuda, Ryohei; Hayashi, Yasunori

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Reciprocal Activation within a Kinase-Effector Complex Underlying Persistence of Structural LTP

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Murakoshi, Hideji
Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, Max Planck Society;

Hedrick, Nathan G.
Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, Max Planck Society;

Yasuda, Ryohei
Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, Max Planck Society;

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Saneyoshi, T., Matsuno, H., Suzuki, A., Murakoshi, H., Hedrick, N. G., Agnello, E., et al. (2019). Reciprocal Activation within a Kinase-Effector Complex Underlying Persistence of Structural LTP. Neuron, (6), 1199-1210.e6. Retrieved from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627319303472.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000C-DFDA-4

Abstract

Long-term synaptic plasticity requires a mechanism that converts short Ca2+ pulses into persistent biochemical signaling to maintain changes in the synaptic structure and function. Here, we present a novel mechanism of a positive feedback loop, formed by a reciprocally activating kinase-effector complex (RAKEC) in dendritic spines, enabling the persistence and confinement of a molecular memory. We found that stimulation of a single spine causes the rapid formation of a RAKEC consisting of CaMKII and Tiam1, a Rac-GEF. This interaction is mediated by a pseudo-autoinhibitory domain on Tiam1, which is homologous to the CaMKII autoinhibitory domain itself. Therefore, Tiam1 binding results in constitutive CaMKII activation, which in turn persistently phosphorylates Tiam1. Phosphorylated Tiam1 promotes stable actin-polymerization through Rac1, thereby maintaining the structure of the spine during LTP. The RAKEC can store biochemical information in small subcellular compartments, thus potentially serving as a general mechanism for prolonged and compartmentalized signaling.