Journal
JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 149, Issue 6, Pages 693-700Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvr023
Keywords
NMDA receptor; planar cell polarity; Prickle; PSD-95; synapse
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan [22300120]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [19100005, 22659297, 22300120] Funding Source: KAKEN
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The planar cell polarity (PCP) protein, Prickle (Pk), is conserved in invertebrates and vertebrates, and regulates cellular morphogenesis and movement. Vertebrate Pk consists of at least two family members, Pk1 and Pk2, both of which are expressed in the brain; however, their localization and function at synapses remain elusive. Here, we show that Pk2 is expressed mainly in the adult brain and is tightly associated with the postsynaptic density (PSD) fraction obtained by subcellular fractionation. In primary cultured rat hippocampal neurons, Pk2 is colocalized with PSD-95 and synaptophysin at synapses. Moreover, immunoelectron microcopy shows that Pk2 is localized at the PSD of asymmetric synapses in the hippocampal CA1 region. Biochemical assays identified that Pk2 forms a complex with PSD proteins including PSD-95 and NMDA receptor subunits via the direct binding to the C-terminal guanylate kinase domain of PSD-95. These results indicate that Pk2 is a novel PSD protein that interacts with PSD-95 and NMDA receptors through complex formations in the brain.
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