The AMPA receptor-associated protein Shisa7 regulates hippocampal synaptic function and contextual memory

eLife

Rolinka J van der Loo¹  Remco V Klaassen²  Priyanka Rao-Ruiz³  Azra Elia Zamri⁴  August B Smit⁴  Leanne J M Schmitz⁵  Jasper Stroeder⁵  Marta Ruiperez-Alonso⁵  Sabine Spijker⁵  Huib D Mansvelder⁵  Johannes C Lodder⁶ 

[1] Department of Integrative Neurophysiology, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;Sylics (Synaptologics BV), Amsterdam, The Netherlands;Université de Bordeaux, Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience, UMR 5297, Bordeaux, France;Department of Integrative Neurophysiology, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;Department of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;Sylics (Synaptologics BV), Amsterdam, The Netherlands;

关键词: Glutamate receptor;    Shisa;    synaptic plasticity;    long-term potentiation (LTP);    auxiliary protein;    protein interaction;   

DOI  :  10.7554/eLife.24192

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Glutamatergic synapses rely on AMPA receptors (AMPARs) for fast synaptic transmission and plasticity. AMPAR auxiliary proteins regulate receptor trafficking, and modulate receptor mobility and its biophysical properties. The AMPAR auxiliary protein Shisa7 (CKAMP59) has been shown to interact with AMPARs in artificial expression systems, but it is unknown whether Shisa7 has a functional role in glutamatergic synapses. We show that Shisa7 physically interacts with synaptic AMPARs in mouse hippocampus. Shisa7 gene deletion resulted in faster AMPAR currents in CA1 synapses, without affecting its synaptic expression. Shisa7 KO mice showed reduced initiation and maintenance of long-term potentiation of glutamatergic synapses. In line with this, Shisa7 KO mice showed a specific deficit in contextual fear memory, both short-term and long-term after conditioning, whereas auditory fear memory and anxiety-related behavior were normal. Thus, Shisa7 is a bona-fide AMPAR modulatory protein affecting channel kinetics of AMPARs, necessary for synaptic hippocampal plasticity, and memory recall.

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