ApoE receptor 2 regulates synapse and dendritic spine formation |
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Authors: | Dumanis Sonya B Cha Hyun-Jung Song Jung Min Trotter Justin H Spitzer Matthew Lee Ji-Yun Weeber Edwin J Turner R Scott Pak Daniel T S Rebeck G William Hoe Hyang-Sook |
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Institution: | Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States of America. |
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Abstract: | BackgroundApolipoprotein E receptor 2 (ApoEr2) is a postsynaptic protein involved in long-term potentiation (LTP), learning, and memory through unknown mechanisms. We examined the biological effects of ApoEr2 on synapse and dendritic spine formation—processes critical for learning and memory.Methodology/Principal FindingsIn a heterologous co-culture synapse assay, overexpression of ApoEr2 in COS7 cells significantly increased colocalization with synaptophysin in primary hippocampal neurons, suggesting that ApoEr2 promotes interaction with presynaptic structures. In primary neuronal cultures, overexpression of ApoEr2 increased dendritic spine density. Consistent with our in vitro findings, ApoEr2 knockout mice had decreased dendritic spine density in cortical layers II/III at 1 month of age. We also tested whether the interaction between ApoEr2 and its cytoplasmic adaptor proteins, specifically X11α and PSD-95, affected synapse and dendritic spine formation. X11α decreased cell surface levels of ApoEr2 along with synapse and dendritic spine density. In contrast, PSD-95 increased cell surface levels of ApoEr2 as well as synapse and dendritic spine density.Conclusions/SignificanceThese results suggest that ApoEr2 plays important roles in structure and function of CNS synapses and dendritic spines, and that these roles are modulated by cytoplasmic adaptor proteins X11α and PSD-95. |
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