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Silvia Bassani Alessandra Folci Jonathan Zapata Maria Passafaro 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2013,70(23):4411-4430
Glutamate ionotropic alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid (AMPA) receptors (AMPARs) mediate most fast excitatory synaptic transmission in the central nervous system. The content and composition of AMPARs in postsynaptic membranes (which determine synaptic strength) are dependent on the regulated trafficking of AMPAR subunits in and out of the membranes. AMPAR trafficking is a key mechanism that drives nascent synapse development, and is the main determinant of both Hebbian and homeostatic plasticity in mature synapses. Hebbian plasticity seems to be the biological substrate of at least some forms of learning and memory; while homeostatic plasticity (also known as synaptic scaling) keeps neuronal circuits stable by maintaining changes within a physiological range. In this review, we examine recent findings that provide further understanding of the role of AMPAR trafficking in synapse maturation, Hebbian plasticity, and homeostatic plasticity. 相似文献
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Rong Grace Zhai Menico Rizzi Silvia Garavaglia 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2009,66(17):2805-2818
Nicotinamide/nicotinic acid mononucleotide adenylyltransferase (NMNAT) has long been known as the master enzyme in NAD biosynthesis
in living organisms. A burst of investigations on NMNAT, going beyond enzymology, have paralleled increasing discoveries of
key roles played by NAD homeostasis in a number or patho-physiological conditions. The availability of in-depth kinetics and
structural enzymology analyses carried out on NMNATs from different organisms offer a powerful tool for uncovering fascinating
evolutionary relationships. On the other hand, additional functions featuring NMNAT have emerged from investigations aimed
at unraveling the molecular mechanisms responsible for complex biological phenomena such as neurodegeneration. NMNAT appears
to be a multifunctional protein that sits both at the core of central metabolism and at a crossroads of multiple cellular
processes. The resultant wealth of biochemical data has built a robust framework upon which design of NMNAT activators, inhibitors
or enzyme variants of potential medical interest can be based. 相似文献
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Cinzia Franchin Christian Borgo Luca Cesaro Silvia Zaramella Jordi Vilardell Mauro Salvi Giorgio Arrigoni Lorenzo A. Pinna 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2018,75(11):2011-2026
CK2 denotes a ubiquitous and pleiotropic protein kinase whose holoenzyme is composed of two catalytic (α and/or α′) and two regulatory β subunits. The CK2 consensus sequence, S/T-x-x-D/E/pS/pT is present in numerous phosphosites, but it is not clear how many of these are really generated by CK2. To gain information about this issue, advantage has been taken of C2C12 cells entirely deprived of both CK2 catalytic subunits by the CRISPR/Cas9 methodology. A comparative SILAC phosphoproteomics analysis reveals that, although about 30% of the quantified phosphosites do conform to the CK2 consensus, only one-third of these are substantially reduced in the CK2α/α′(?/?) cells, consistent with their generation by CK2. A parallel study with C2C12 cells deprived of the regulatory β subunit discloses a role of this subunit in determining CK2 targeting. We also find that phosphosites notoriously generated by CK2 are not fully abrogated in CK2α/α′(?/?) cells, while some phosphosites unrelated to CK2 are significantly altered. Collectively taken our data allow to conclude that the phosphoproteome generated by CK2 is not as ample and rigidly pre-determined as it was believed before. They also show that the lack of CK2 promotes phosphoproteomics perturbations attributable to kinases other than CK2. 相似文献
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S Peña-Llopis S Vega-Rubín-de-Celis A Liao N Leng A Pavía-Jiménez S Wang T Yamasaki L Zhrebker S Sivanand P Spence L Kinch T Hambuch S Jain Y Lotan V Margulis AI Sagalowsky PB Summerour W Kabbani SW Wong N Grishin M Laurent XJ Xie CD Haudenschild MT Ross DR Bentley P Kapur J Brugarolas 《Nature genetics》2012,44(9):1072
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Musio A Selicorni A Focarelli ML Gervasini C Milani D Russo S Vezzoni P Larizza L 《Nature genetics》2006,38(5):528-530
Cornelia de Lange syndrome is a multisystem developmental disorder characterized by facial dysmorphisms, upper limb abnormalities, growth delay and cognitive retardation. Mutations in the NIPBL gene, a component of the cohesin complex, account for approximately half of the affected individuals. We report here that mutations in SMC1L1 (also known as SMC1), which encodes a different subunit of the cohesin complex, are responsible for CdLS in three male members of an affected family and in one sporadic case. 相似文献
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Although molecular data have revealed the vast scope of microbial diversity, two fundamental questions remain unanswered even for well-defined natural microbial communities: how many bacterial types co-exist, and are such types naturally organized into phylogenetically discrete units of potential ecological significance? It has been argued that without such information, the environmental function, population biology and biogeography of microorganisms cannot be rigorously explored. Here we address these questions by comprehensive sampling of two large 16S ribosomal RNA clone libraries from a coastal bacterioplankton community. We show that compensation for artefacts generated by common library construction techniques reveals fine-scale patterns of community composition. At least 516 ribotypes (unique rRNA sequences) were detected in the sample and, by statistical extrapolation, at least 1,633 co-existing ribotypes in the sampled population. More than 50% of the ribotypes fall into discrete clusters containing less than 1% sequence divergence. This pattern cannot be accounted for by interoperon variation, indicating a large predominance of closely related taxa in this community. We propose that such microdiverse clusters arise by selective sweeps and persist because competitive mechanisms are too weak to purge diversity from within them. 相似文献
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