PMID- 37910253 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231216 LR - 20240301 IS - 1939-4586 (Electronic) IS - 1059-1524 (Print) IS - 1059-1524 (Linking) VI - 35 IP - 1 DP - 2024 Jan 1 TI - Neuronal membrane proteasome-derived peptides modulate NMDAR-dependent neuronal signaling to promote changes in gene expression. PG - ar6 LID - 10.1091/mbc.E23-06-0218 [doi] LID - ar6 AB - The neuronal membrane proteasome (NMP) degrades intracellular proteins into peptides that are released directly into the extracellular space, whereby they stimulate neurons to promote signaling mechanisms that remain unknown. Here, we demonstrate that neuronal stimulation promotes NMP activity and, subsequently, enhanced production of NMP peptides. We show that these neuronal activity-dependent NMP peptides can rapidly promote N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR)-dependent calcium influx in neurons. This leads to sustained phosphorylation of the well-defined stimulus-induced transcription factor, cyclic AMP response element (CRE)-binding protein (CREB). Downstream of these events, we identified changes to neuronal target genes which included increased expression of immediate early genes (e.g., Fos, Npas4, Egr4) and other genes known to have critical neuroregulatory roles. Further observations led to the discovery that NMP peptide-induced changes in gene expression is dependent on NMDARs and independent of AMPA receptors or voltage-gated sodium channels. These data demonstrate that NMP peptides are endogenous and selective activators of NMDA receptors and act as sufficient and novel stimuli within the context of neuronal activity-dependent signaling. This novel pathway is parallel to classic neuronal activity-dependent programs and points to NMP and its resulting peptides as potential modulators of neuronal function. FAU - Turker, Fulya AU - Turker F AD - Department of Biological Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205. FAU - Brennan, Anna AU - Brennan A AD - Department of Biological Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205. FAU - Margolis, Seth S AU - Margolis SS AD - Department of Biological Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205. AD - Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205. LA - eng GR - R01 NS110754/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20231101 PL - United States TA - Mol Biol Cell JT - Molecular biology of the cell JID - 9201390 RN - 0 (Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate) RN - EC 3.4.25.1 (Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex) RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - 0 (Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - *Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/genetics/metabolism MH - *Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex/metabolism MH - Neurons/metabolism MH - Peptides/metabolism MH - Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein/genetics/metabolism MH - Gene Expression MH - Calcium/metabolism PMC - PMC10881162 EDAT- 2023/11/01 18:44 MHDA- 2023/12/17 13:19 PMCR- 2024/02/29 CRDT- 2023/11/01 12:06 PHST- 2023/12/17 13:19 [medline] PHST- 2023/11/01 18:44 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/11/01 12:06 [entrez] PHST- 2024/02/29 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - E23-06-0218 [pii] AID - 10.1091/mbc.E23-06-0218 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Biol Cell. 2024 Jan 1;35(1):ar6. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E23-06-0218. Epub 2023 Nov 1.