Serine 707 of APPL1 is Critical for the Synaptic NMDA Receptor-Mediated Akt Phosphorylation Signaling Pathway

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• 作者：Jiejie Wang ; Wen Lu ; Lin Chen ; Ping Zhang ; Tingting Qian ; Wei Cao…
• 刊名：Neuroscience Bulletin
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：August 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：32
• 期：4
• 页码：323-330
• 全文大小：2,248 KB
• 刊物主题：Neurosciences; Human Physiology; Anesthesiology; Anatomy; Neurology; Pain Medicine;
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：1995-8218
• 卷排序：32

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Accumulating evidence indicates that the synaptic activation of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) has a neuroprotective effect on neurons. Our previous study demonstrated that APPL1 (adaptor protein containing pleckstrin homology domain, phosphotyrosine-binding domain, and leucine zipper motif) mediates the synaptic activity-dependent activation of PI3K-Akt signaling via coupling this pathway with NMDAR-PSD95 (postsynaptic density protein 95) complexes. However, the molecular mechanism underlying this process is still unknown. In the present study, we investigated the interaction of APPL1 with PSD95 using co-immunocytochemical staining and western blotting. We found that the PDZ2 domain of PSD95 is a binding partner of APPL1. Furthermore, we identified serine 707 of APPL1, a predicted phosphorylation site within the PDZ-binding motif at the C-terminus, as critical for the binding of APPL1 to PSD95, as well as for activation of the Akt signaling pathway during synaptic activity. This suggests that serine 707 of APPL1 is a potential phosphorylation site and may be involved in regulating the neuroprotective Akt signaling pathway that depends on synaptic NMDAR activity.KeywordsAPPL1PSD95AktNMDA receptorsNeuroprotection