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NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 136, Issue 4, Pages 1037-1047Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.08.014
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EGFR; HER1; amphiregulin; synaptic elimination; cerebral cortex; postsynaptic; schizophrenia
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING [P01AG000538] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NIA NIH HHS [P01 AG000538] Funding Source: Medline
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Scaffolding proteins containing postsynaptic density-95/discs large/zone occludens-1 (PDZ) domains interact with synaptic receptors and cytoskeletal components and are therefore implicated in synaptic development and plasticity. Little is known, however, about what regulates the expression of PDZ proteins and how the levels of these proteins influence synaptic development. Here, we show that ligands for epidermal growth factor receptors (ErbB1) decrease a particular set of PDZ proteins and negatively influence synaptic formation or maturation. In short-term neocortical cultures, concentrations of epidermal growth factor and amphiregulin (2-9 pM) decreased the expression of glutamate receptor interacting protein 1 (GRIP1) and synapse-associated protein 97 kDa (SAP97) without affecting postsynaptic density-95 (PSD-95) levels and glial proliferation. In long-term cultures, epidermal growth factor treatment resulted in a decrease in the frequency of pan-PDZ-immunoreactive aggregates on dendritic processes. A similar activity on the same PDZ proteins was observed in the developing neocortex following epidermal growth factor administration to rat neonates. Immunoblotting revealed that administered epidermal growth factor from the periphery activated brain ErbB1 receptors and decreased GRIP1 and SAP97 protein levels in the neocortex. Laser-confocal imaging indicated that epidermal growth factor administration suppressed the formation of pan-PDZ-immunoreactive puncta and dispersed those structures in vivo as well. These findings revealed a novel negative activity of ErbB1 receptor ligands that attenuates the expression of the PDZ proteins and inhibits postsynaptic maturation in developing neocortex. (c) 2005 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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