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NEURON
Volume 76, Issue 2, Pages 396-409Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2012.07.006
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- HHMI
- NIMH-NIH
- NINDS-NIH
- Simons Foundation
- NEI-NIH
- Portuguese FCT [SFRH/BD/15217/2004]
- NICHD [T32HD040127]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/15217/2004] Funding Source: FCT
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Adhesive contact between pre- and postsynaptic neurons initiates synapse formation during brain development and provides a natural means of trans-synaptic signaling. Numerous adhesion molecules and their role during synapse development have been described in detail. However, once established, the mechanisms of adhesive disassembly and its function in regulating synaptic transmission have been unclear. Here, we report that synaptic activity induces acute proteolytic cleavage of neuroligin-1 (NLG1), a postsynaptic adhesion molecule at glutamatergic synapses. NLG1 cleavage is triggered by NM DA receptor activation, requires Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase, and is mediated by proteolytic activity of matrix metalloprotease 9 (MMP9). Cleavage of NLG1 occurs at single activated spines, is regulated by neural activity in vivo, and causes rapid destabilization of its presynaptic partner neurexin-1 beta (NRX1 beta). In turn, NLG1 cleavage depresses synaptic transmission by abruptly reducing presynaptic release probability. Thus, local proteolytic control of synaptic adhesion tunes synaptic transmission during brain development and plasticity.
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