PMID- 25286195 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150610 LR - 20211021 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 10 DP - 2014 TI - Neuronal activity induces synaptic delivery of hnRNP A2/B1 by a BDNF-dependent mechanism in cultured hippocampal neurons. PG - e108175 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0108175 [doi] LID - e108175 AB - Dendritic protein synthesis plays a critical role in several forms of synaptic plasticity, including BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor)-mediated long-term synaptic potentiation (LTP). Dendritic transcripts are typically transported in a repressed state as components of large ribonucleoprotein complexes, and then translated upon stimulation at, or in the vicinity, of activated synapses. Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A2/B1 (hnRNP A2/B1) is a trans-acting factor involved in dendritic mRNA trafficking, but how the distribution of the protein in dendrites is regulated has not been characterized. Here we found that a fraction of hnRNP A2/B1 is present at the synapse under resting conditions in cultured hippocampal neurons. Accordingly, this ribonucleoprotein was detected in free mRNP, monosomal, and polyribosomal fractions obtained from synaptoneurosomes. Neuronal activity and BDNF treatment increased hnRNP A2/B1 protein levels in the cell body and dendritic compartments, and induced the delivery of this protein to synaptic sites. The activity-dependent accumulation of hnRNP A2/B1 at the synapse required, at least in part, the activation of TrkB receptors, presumably by BDNF. This neurotrophin also upregulated the hnRNP A2/B1 mRNA in the soma but was without effect on the abundance of neuritic hnRNP A2/B1 transcripts. These results show that the distribution of hnRNP A2/B1 is regulated by BDNF and by neuronal activity, an effect that may have a role in BDNF-induced synaptic plasticity events. FAU - Leal, Graciano AU - Leal G AD - CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. FAU - Afonso, Pedro M AU - Afonso PM AD - CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. FAU - Duarte, Carlos B AU - Duarte CB AD - CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20141006 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Disks Large Homolog 4 Protein) RN - 0 (Dlg4 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Group A-B) RN - 0 (Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (hnRNP A2) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*metabolism/pharmacology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Dendrites/drug effects/metabolism MH - Disks Large Homolog 4 Protein MH - Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Group A-B/*metabolism MH - Hippocampus/*cytology MH - Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism MH - Membrane Proteins/metabolism MH - Neurons/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Polyribosomes/drug effects/metabolism MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Synapses/*metabolism MH - Up-Regulation/drug effects PMC - PMC4186808 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2014/10/07 06:00 MHDA- 2015/06/11 06:00 PMCR- 2014/10/06 CRDT- 2014/10/07 06:00 PHST- 2014/06/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/08/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/10/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/10/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/06/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/10/06 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-14-26982 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0108175 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2014 Oct 6;9(10):e108175. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108175. eCollection 2014.