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JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 34, Issue 22, Pages 7600-7610Publisher
SOC NEUROSCIENCE
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4364-13.2014
Keywords
kinase; long-term synaptic plasticity; NMDA receptors; postsynaptic density; super-resolution imaging; synapse
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- National Institutes of Health [MH080046, MH096376]
- Dana Foundation
- Broad Foundation
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Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) is essential for synaptic plasticity underlying memory formation. Some functions of CaMKII are mediated by interactions with synaptic proteins, and activity-triggered translocation of CaMKII to synapses has been heavily studied. However, CaMKII actions away from the postsynaptic density (PSD) remain poorly understood, in part because of the difficulty in discerning where CaMKII binds in live cells. We used photoactivated localization microscopy (PALM) in rat hippocampal neurons to track single molecules of CaMKII alpha, mapping its spatial and kinetic heterogeneity at high resolution. We found that CaMKII alpha exhibits at least three kinetic subpopulations, even within individual spines. Latrunculin application or coexpression of CaMKII beta carrying its actin-binding domain strongly modulated CaMKII diffusion, indicating that a major subpopulation is regulated by the actin cytoskeleton. CaMKII in spines was typically more slowly mobile than in dendrites, consistent with presence of a higher density of binding partners or obstacles. Importantly, NMDA receptor stimulation that triggered CaMKII activation prompted the immobilization and presumed binding of CaMKII in spines not only at PSDs but also at other points up to several hundred nanometers away, suggesting that activated kinase does not target only the PSD. Consistent with this, single endogenous activated CaMKII molecules detected via STORM immunocytochemistry were concentrated in spines both at the PSD and at points quite distant from the synapse. Together, these results indicate that CaMKII mobility within spines is determined by association with multiple interacting proteins, even outside the PSD, suggesting diverse mechanisms by which CaMKII may regulate synaptic transmission.
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