1. Modulation of Synaptic Plasticity and Memory by Reelin Involves Differential Splicing of the Lipoprotein Receptor Apoer2
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Edwin J. Weeber, J. David Sweatt, Giselind Adelmann, Joachim Herz, Shenfeng Qiu, Wei Ping Li, Robert E. Hammer, Andre Durudas, Irene Masiulis, Michael Frotscher, and Uwe Beffert
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Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 8 ,Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal ,Neuroscience(all) ,Long-Term Potentiation ,Synaptic Membranes ,Mice, Transgenic ,Nerve Tissue Proteins ,AMPA receptor ,Biology ,Hippocampus ,Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate ,Synaptic Transmission ,Mice ,03 medical and health sciences ,Organ Culture Techniques ,0302 clinical medicine ,Memory ,Animals ,Protein Isoforms ,Genes to Cognition Project ,Reelin ,Phosphorylation ,Cells, Cultured ,LDL-Receptor Related Proteins ,Receptors, Lipoprotein ,030304 developmental biology ,Extracellular Matrix Proteins ,0303 health sciences ,Neuronal Plasticity ,General Neuroscience ,Serine Endopeptidases ,Long-term potentiation ,Exons ,DAB1 ,Protein Structure, Tertiary ,Mice, Inbred C57BL ,Alternative Splicing ,Reelin Protein ,nervous system ,Synapses ,Synaptic plasticity ,biology.protein ,NMDA receptor ,Neuroscience ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
SummaryApolipoprotein E receptor 2 (Apoer2), a member of the LDL receptor gene family, and its ligand Reelin control neuronal migration during brain development. Apoer2 is also essential for induction of long-term potentiation (LTP) in the adult brain. Here we show that Apoer2 is present in the postsynaptic densities of excitatory synapses where it forms a functional complex with NMDA receptors. Reelin signaling through Apoer2 markedly enhances LTP through a mechanism that requires the presence of amino acids encoded by an exon in the intracellular domain of Apoer2. This exon is alternatively spliced in an activity-dependent manner and is required for Reelin-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of NMDA receptor subunits. Mice constitutively lacking the exon perform poorly in learning and memory tasks. Thus, alternative splicing of Apoer2, a novel component of the NMDA receptor complex, controls the modulation of NMDA receptor activity, synaptic neurotransmission, and memory by Reelin.
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