PMID- 23064382 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130103 LR - 20220309 IS - 1546-1726 (Electronic) IS - 1097-6256 (Print) IS - 1097-6256 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 11 DP - 2012 Nov TI - TrkB phosphorylation by Cdk5 is required for activity-dependent structural plasticity and spatial memory. PG - 1506-15 LID - 10.1038/nn.3237 [doi] AB - The neurotrophin brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and its receptor TrkB participate in diverse neuronal functions, including activity-dependent synaptic plasticity that is crucial for learning and memory. On binding to BDNF, TrkB is not only autophosphorylated at tyrosine residues but also undergoes serine phosphorylation at S478 by the serine/threonine kinase cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5). However, the in vivo function of this serine phosphorylation remains unknown. We generated knock-in mice lacking this serine phosphorylation (Trkb(S478A/S478A) mice) and found that the TrkB phosphorylation-deficient mice displayed impaired spatial memory and compromised hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP). S478 phosphorylation of TrkB regulates its interaction with the Rac1-specific guanine nucleotide exchange factor TIAM1, leading to activation of Rac1 and phosphorylation of S6 ribosomal protein during activity-dependent dendritic spine remodeling. These findings reveal the importance of Cdk5-mediated S478 phosphorylation of TrkB in activity-dependent structural plasticity, which is crucial for LTP and spatial memory formation. FAU - Lai, Kwok-On AU - Lai KO AD - Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China. FAU - Wong, Alan S L AU - Wong AS FAU - Cheung, Man-Chun AU - Cheung MC FAU - Xu, Pei AU - Xu P FAU - Liang, Zhuoyi AU - Liang Z FAU - Lok, Ka-Chun AU - Lok KC FAU - Xie, Hui AU - Xie H FAU - Palko, Mary E AU - Palko ME FAU - Yung, Wing-Ho AU - Yung WH FAU - Tessarollo, Lino AU - Tessarollo L FAU - Cheung, Zelda H AU - Cheung ZH FAU - Ip, Nancy Y AU - Ip NY LA - eng GR - Z01 BC010390/Intramural NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20121014 PL - United States TA - Nat Neurosci JT - Nature neuroscience JID - 9809671 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Disks Large Homolog 4 Protein) RN - 0 (Dlg4 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists) RN - 0 (Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (Nerve Tissue Proteins) RN - 0 (Quinoxalines) RN - 0 (Synaptophysin) RN - 0 (T-Lymphoma Invasion and Metastasis-inducing Protein 1) RN - 0 (Tiam1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (neuronal Cdk5 activator (p25-p35)) RN - 118876-58-7 (2,3-dioxo-6-nitro-7-sulfamoylbenzo(f)quinoxaline) RN - 147336-22-9 (Green Fluorescent Proteins) RN - 3KX376GY7L (Glutamic Acid) RN - 452VLY9402 (Serine) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, trkB) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.4.8 (Guanylate Kinases) RN - EC 3.6.5.2 (rac1 GTP-Binding Protein) SB - IM CIN - Nat Neurosci. 2012 Nov;15(11):1474. PMID: 23103993 MH - Analysis of Variance MH - Animals MH - Brain/cytology MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/pharmacology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5/deficiency/*metabolism MH - Dendritic Spines/drug effects/metabolism MH - Disks Large Homolog 4 Protein MH - Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists/pharmacology MH - Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials/drug effects/genetics MH - Glutamic Acid/pharmacology MH - Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics MH - Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors/metabolism MH - Guanylate Kinases/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Immunoprecipitation/methods MH - In Vitro Techniques MH - Long-Term Potentiation/drug effects/genetics/*physiology MH - Maze Learning/physiology MH - Membrane Proteins/metabolism MH - Memory/*physiology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Mutation/genetics MH - Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Neurons/drug effects/physiology/ultrastructure MH - Phosphorylation/genetics MH - Quinoxalines/pharmacology MH - Rats MH - Receptor, trkB/genetics/*metabolism MH - Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases MH - Serine/metabolism MH - Silver Staining MH - Spatial Behavior/*physiology MH - Synaptophysin/metabolism MH - T-Lymphoma Invasion and Metastasis-inducing Protein 1 MH - Time Factors MH - Transfection MH - rac1 GTP-Binding Protein/metabolism PMC - PMC7511999 MID - NIHMS1626036 COIS- COMPETING FINANCIAL INTERESTS The authors declare no competing financial interests. EDAT- 2012/10/16 06:00 MHDA- 2013/01/04 06:00 PMCR- 2020/09/24 CRDT- 2012/10/16 06:00 PHST- 2012/07/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/09/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/10/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/10/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/01/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/09/24 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - nn.3237 [pii] AID - 10.1038/nn.3237 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nat Neurosci. 2012 Nov;15(11):1506-15. doi: 10.1038/nn.3237. Epub 2012 Oct 14.