期刊
JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 293, 期 24, 页码 9311-9325出版社
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.RA117.001007
关键词
Argonaute; neuron; protein turnover; protein phosphorylation; dendrite
资金
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant [371858]
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Alexander Graham Bell master student stipend
- Quebec Fonds de Recherche Nature et Technologies (FQRNT)
- Fonds de Recherche Sante Quebec (FRQS)
Argonaute (AGO) proteins are essential components of the microRNA (miRNA) pathway. AGO proteins are loaded with miRNAs to target mRNAs and thereby regulate mRNA stability and protein translation. As such, AGO proteins are important actors in controlling local protein synthesis, for instance, at dendritic spines and synapses. Although miRNA-mediated regulation of dendritic mRNAs has become a focus of intense interest over the past years, the mechanisms regulating neuronal AGO proteins remain largely unknown. Here, using rat hippocampal neurons, we report that dendritic Ago2 is down-regulated by the proteasome upon NMDA receptor activation. We found that Ser-387 in Ago2 is dephosphorylated upon NMDA treatment and that this dephosphorylation precedes Ago2 degradation. Expressing Ser-387 phosphorylation-deficient or phosphomimetic Ago2 in neurons, we observed that this phosphorylation site is involved in modulating dendritic spine morphology and postsynaptic density protein 95 (PSD-95) expression in spines. Collectively, our results point toward a signaling pathway linking NMDA receptor-dependent Ago2 dephosphorylation and turnover to postsynaptic structural changes. They support a model in which NMDA receptor-mediated dephosphorylation of Ago2 and Ago2 turnover contributes to the de-repression of mRNAs involved in spine growth and maturation.
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