PMID- 22993422 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20121203 LR - 20231012 IS - 1529-2401 (Electronic) IS - 0270-6474 (Print) IS - 0270-6474 (Linking) VI - 32 IP - 38 DP - 2012 Sep 19 TI - MSK1 regulates homeostatic and experience-dependent synaptic plasticity. PG - 13039-51 AB - The ability of neurons to modulate synaptic strength underpins synaptic plasticity, learning and memory, and adaptation to sensory experience. Despite the importance of synaptic adaptation in directing, reinforcing, and revising the behavioral response to environmental influences, the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying synaptic adaptation are far from clear. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a prime initiator of structural and functional synaptic adaptation. However, the signaling cascade activated by BDNF to initiate these adaptive changes has not been elucidated. We have previously shown that BDNF activates mitogen- and stress-activated kinase 1 (MSK1), which regulates gene transcription via the phosphorylation of both CREB and histone H3. Using mice with a kinase-dead knock-in mutation of MSK1, we now show that MSK1 is necessary for the upregulation of synaptic strength in response to environmental enrichment in vivo. Furthermore, neurons from MSK1 kinase-dead mice failed to show scaling of synaptic transmission in response to activity deprivation in vitro, a deficit that could be rescued by reintroduction of wild-type MSK1. We also show that MSK1 forms part of a BDNF- and MAPK-dependent signaling cascade required for homeostatic synaptic scaling, which likely resides in the ability of MSK1 to regulate cell surface GluA1 expression via the induction of Arc/Arg3.1. These results demonstrate that MSK1 is an integral part of a signaling pathway that underlies the adaptive response to synaptic and environmental experience. MSK1 may thus act as a key homeostat in the activity- and experience-dependent regulation of synaptic strength. FAU - Correa, Sonia A L AU - Correa SA AD - School of Life Sciences and Molecular Organisation and Assembly in Cells, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom. FAU - Hunter, Christopher J AU - Hunter CJ FAU - Palygin, Oleg AU - Palygin O FAU - Wauters, Sandrine C AU - Wauters SC FAU - Martin, Kirsty J AU - Martin KJ FAU - McKenzie, Colin AU - McKenzie C FAU - McKelvey, Kim AU - McKelvey K FAU - Morris, Richard G M AU - Morris RG FAU - Pankratov, Yuriy AU - Pankratov Y FAU - Arthur, J Simon C AU - Arthur JS FAU - Frenguelli, Bruno G AU - Frenguelli BG LA - eng GR - BB/H018344/1/BB_/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom GR - BB/F021445/1/BB_/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom GR - MC_U127081014/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom GR - Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom GR - G0700447/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Neurosci JT - The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience JID - 8102140 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Cytoskeletal Proteins) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Nerve Tissue Proteins) RN - 0 (Receptors, AMPA) RN - 0 (Sodium Channel Blockers) RN - 0 (activity regulated cytoskeletal-associated protein) RN - 147336-22-9 (Green Fluorescent Proteins) RN - 4368-28-9 (Tetrodotoxin) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 90-kDa) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (mitogen and stress-activated protein kinase 1) RN - P6W5IXV8V9 (glutamate receptor ionotropic, AMPA 2) RN - TFZ3H25BS1 (glutamate receptor ionotropic, AMPA 1) SB - IM MH - Analysis of Variance MH - Animals MH - Animals, Newborn MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/pharmacology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cytoskeletal Proteins/metabolism MH - Dendritic Spines/physiology MH - Environment MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials/drug effects/genetics MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects/genetics MH - Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics MH - Hippocampus/cytology MH - Homeostasis/drug effects/*genetics MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism MH - Neuronal Plasticity/drug effects/*genetics MH - Neurons/*metabolism/ultrastructure MH - Patch-Clamp Techniques MH - Point Mutation/genetics MH - Receptors, AMPA/metabolism MH - Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 90-kDa/genetics/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects/genetics MH - Sodium Channel Blockers/pharmacology MH - Synapses/genetics/*physiology MH - Tetrodotoxin/pharmacology MH - Time Factors PMC - PMC6621478 EDAT- 2012/09/21 06:00 MHDA- 2012/12/10 06:00 PMCR- 2013/03/19 CRDT- 2012/09/21 06:00 PHST- 2012/09/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/09/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/12/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/03/19 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 32/38/13039 [pii] AID - 3799483 [pii] AID - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0930-12.2012 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurosci. 2012 Sep 19;32(38):13039-51. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0930-12.2012.