PMID- 25903132 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150824 LR - 20210205 IS - 1083-351X (Electronic) IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 290 IP - 23 DP - 2015 Jun 5 TI - Cyclin-dependent Kinase 5 (Cdk5)-dependent Phosphorylation of p70 Ribosomal S6 Kinase 1 (S6K) Is Required for Dendritic Spine Morphogenesis. PG - 14637-46 LID - 10.1074/jbc.M114.627117 [doi] AB - The maturation and maintenance of dendritic spines depends on neuronal activity and protein synthesis. One potential mechanism involves mammalian target of rapamycin, which promotes protein synthesis through phosphorylation of eIF4E-binding protein and p70 ribosomal S6 kinase 1 (S6K). Upon extracellular stimulation, mammalian target of rapamycin phosphorylates S6K at Thr-389. S6K also undergoes phosphorylation at other sites, including four serine residues in the autoinhibitory domain. Despite extensive biochemical studies, the importance of phosphorylation in the autoinhibitory domain in S6K function remains unresolved, and its role has not been explored in the cellular context. Here we demonstrated that S6K in neuron was phosphorylated at Ser-411 within the autoinhibitory domain by cyclin-dependent kinase 5. Ser-411 phosphorylation was regulated by neuronal activity and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). Knockdown of S6K in hippocampal neurons by RNAi led to loss of dendritic spines, an effect that mimics neuronal activity blockade by tetrodotoxin. Notably, coexpression of wild type S6K, but not the phospho-deficient S411A mutant, could rescue the spine defects. These findings reveal the importance of cyclin-dependent kinase 5-mediated phosphorylation of S6K at Ser-411 in spine morphogenesis driven by BDNF and neuronal activity. CI - (c) 2015 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc. FAU - Lai, Kwok-On AU - Lai KO AD - From the Division of Life Science, Molecular Neuroscience Center and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China laiko@hku.hk. FAU - Liang, Zhuoyi AU - Liang Z AD - From the Division of Life Science, Molecular Neuroscience Center and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China. FAU - Fei, Erkang AU - Fei E AD - From the Division of Life Science, Molecular Neuroscience Center and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China. FAU - Huang, Huiqian AU - Huang H AD - From the Division of Life Science, Molecular Neuroscience Center and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China. FAU - Ip, Nancy Y AU - Ip NY AD - From the Division of Life Science, Molecular Neuroscience Center and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China boip@ust.hk. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20150422 PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/metabolism MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5/*metabolism MH - Dendritic Spines/metabolism/*ultrastructure MH - Neurons/*cytology/metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa/analysis/*metabolism PMC - PMC4505530 OTO - NOTNLM OT - BDNF OT - brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) OT - cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) OT - dendritic spine OT - neuronal activity OT - neurotrophin OT - phosphorylation EDAT- 2015/04/24 06:00 MHDA- 2015/08/25 06:00 PMCR- 2016/06/05 CRDT- 2015/04/24 06:00 PHST- 2014/12/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/04/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/04/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/08/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/06/05 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0021-9258(19)79523-4 [pii] AID - M114.627117 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.M114.627117 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2015 Jun 5;290(23):14637-46. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M114.627117. Epub 2015 Apr 22.