GSBS Student Publications
Title
N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor signaling results in Aurora kinase-catalyzed CPEB phosphorylation and alpha CaMKII mRNA polyadenylation at synapses
GSBS Program
Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
Publication Date
2002-05-01
UMMS Affiliation
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; Program in Molecular Medicine
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences
Abstract
Activity-dependent local translation of dendritic mRNAs is one process that underlies synaptic plasticity. Here, we demonstrate that several of the factors known to control polyadenylation-induced translation in early vertebrate development [cytoplasmic polyadenylation element-binding protein (CPEB), maskin, poly(A) polymerase, cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor (CPSF) and Aurora] also reside at synaptic sites of rat hippocampal neurons. The induction of polyadenylation at synapses is mediated by the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor, which transduces a signal that results in the activation of Aurora kinase. This kinase in turn phosphorylates CPEB, an essential RNA-binding protein, on a critical residue that is necessary for polyadenylation-induced translation. These data demonstrate a remarkable conservation of the regulatory machinery that controls signal-induced mRNA translation, and elucidates an axis connecting the NMDA receptor to localized protein synthesis at synapses.
DOI of Published Version
10.1093/emboj/21.9.2139
Source
EMBO J. 2002 May 1;21(9):2139-48. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
The EMBO journal
Related Resources
PubMed ID
11980711
Repository Citation
Huang Y, Jung M, Sarkissian M, Richter JD. (2002). N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor signaling results in Aurora kinase-catalyzed CPEB phosphorylation and alpha CaMKII mRNA polyadenylation at synapses. GSBS Student Publications. https://doi.org/10.1093/emboj/21.9.2139. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsbs_sp/554