PMID- 28670266 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200930 IS - 1662-5099 (Print) IS - 1662-5099 (Electronic) IS - 1662-5099 (Linking) VI - 10 DP - 2017 TI - GSK3alpha and GSK3beta Phosphorylate Arc and Regulate its Degradation. PG - 192 LID - 10.3389/fnmol.2017.00192 [doi] LID - 192 AB - The selective and neuronal activity-dependent degradation of synaptic proteins appears to be crucial for long-term synaptic plasticity. One such protein is activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein (Arc), which regulates the synaptic content of alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptors (AMPAR), excitatory synapse strength and dendritic spine morphology. The levels of Arc protein are tightly regulated, and its removal occurs via proteasome-mediated degradation that requires prior ubiquitination. Glycogen synthase kinases alpha and beta (GSK3alpha, GSKbeta; collectively named GSK3alpha/beta) are serine-threonine kinases with abundant expression in the central nervous system. Both GSK3 isozymes are tonically active under basal conditions, but their activity is regulated by intra- and extracellular factors, intimately involved in neuronal activity. Similar to Arc, GSK3alpha and GSK3beta contribute to synaptic plasticity and the structural plasticity of dendritic spines. The present study identified Arc as a GSK3alpha/beta substrate and showed that GSKbeta promotes Arc degradation under conditions that induce de novo Arc synthesis. We also found that GSK3alpha/beta inhibition potentiated spine head thinning that was caused by the prolonged stimulation of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDAR). Furthermore, overexpression of Arc mutants that were resistant to GSK3beta-mediated phosphorylation or ubiquitination resulted in a stronger reduction of dendritic spine width than wildtype Arc overexpression. Thus, GSK3beta terminates Arc expression and limits its effect on dendritic spine morphology. Taken together, the results identify GSK3alpha/beta-catalyzed Arc phosphorylation and degradation as a novel mechanism for controlling the duration of Arc expression and function. FAU - Gozdz, Agata AU - Gozdz A AD - Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, International Institute of Molecular and Cell BiologyWarsaw, Poland. FAU - Nikolaienko, Oleksii AU - Nikolaienko O AD - Department of Biomedicine and KG Jebsen Centre for Research on Neuropsychiatric Disorders, University of BergenBergen, Norway. FAU - Urbanska, Malgorzata AU - Urbanska M AD - Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, International Institute of Molecular and Cell BiologyWarsaw, Poland. AD - Department of Neurology and Epileptology, Children's Memorial Health InstituteWarsaw, Poland. FAU - Cymerman, Iwona A AU - Cymerman IA AD - Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, International Institute of Molecular and Cell BiologyWarsaw, Poland. FAU - Sitkiewicz, Ewa AU - Sitkiewicz E AD - Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of ScienceWarsaw, Poland. FAU - Blazejczyk, Magdalena AU - Blazejczyk M AD - Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, International Institute of Molecular and Cell BiologyWarsaw, Poland. FAU - Dadlez, Michal AU - Dadlez M AD - Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of ScienceWarsaw, Poland. FAU - Bramham, Clive R AU - Bramham CR AD - Department of Biomedicine and KG Jebsen Centre for Research on Neuropsychiatric Disorders, University of BergenBergen, Norway. FAU - Jaworski, Jacek AU - Jaworski J AD - Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, International Institute of Molecular and Cell BiologyWarsaw, Poland. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170616 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Mol Neurosci JT - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience JID - 101477914 PMC - PMC5472658 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Arc/Arg3.1 OT - GSK3 OT - NMDA OT - dendritic spines OT - neuronal activity OT - phosphorylation OT - proteasomal degradation EDAT- 2017/07/04 06:00 MHDA- 2017/07/04 06:01 PMCR- 2017/01/01 CRDT- 2017/07/04 06:00 PHST- 2017/02/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/05/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/07/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/07/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/07/04 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2017/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fnmol.2017.00192 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Mol Neurosci. 2017 Jun 16;10:192. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2017.00192. eCollection 2017.