Abstract
Excitatory neurotransmission relies on the precise targeting of α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA)-type glutamate receptors to the neuronal plasma membrane. Activity-dependent ubiquitination of AMPA receptor (AMPAR) subunits sorts internalised receptors to late endosomes for degradation, which ultimately determines the number of AMPARs on neuronal membrane. Our recent study has demonstrated a functional cross-talk between the phosphorylation and ubiquitination of the GluA1 subunit in mammalian central neurons. However, the existence of such a cross modulation for the GluA2 subunit remains unknown. Here, we have shown that bicuculline induced GluA2 ubiquitination on the same lysine residues (Lys-870 and Lys-882) in the C-terminal as those elicited by the AMPA treatment. Interestingly, bicuculline-induced ubiquitination was markedly enhanced by the phospho-mimetic GluA2 S880E mutant. Pharmacological activation of protein kinase C (PKC) by phorbol ester, which mediates the phosphorylation of GluA2 at Ser-880, augmented bicuculline-induced ubiquitination of GluA2 in cultured neurons. This effect was specific for the GluA2 subunit because phorbol ester did not alter the level of GluA1 ubiquitination. However, phorbol ester-induced enhancement of GluA2 ubiquitination did not require Ser-880 phosphorylation. This suggests that pseudo-phosphorylation of Ser-880 is sufficient but is not necessary for the augmentation of bicuculline-induced GluA2 ubiquitination. Collectively, these data provide the first demonstration of subunit-specific modulation of AMPAR ubiquitination by the PKC-dependent signalling pathway in mammalian central neurons.
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Abbreviations
- AMPA:
-
α-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid
- AMPARs:
-
AMPA receptors
- DIV:
-
Days in vitro
- DMSO:
-
Dimethyl sulfoxide
- GRIP1:
-
Glutamate receptor-interacting protein 1
- L-VGCCs:
-
L-type voltage-gated calcium channels
- LTD:
-
Long-term depression
- mGluRs:
-
Metabotropic glutamate receptors
- NEM:
-
N-Ethylmaleimide
- NMDA:
-
N-Methyl-d-aspartate
- NMDARs:
-
NMDA receptors
- PDZ:
-
Postsynaptic density 95/disc large/zona occludens-1
- PICK1:
-
Protein interacting with C-kinase 1
- PKA:
-
Protein kinase A
- PKC:
-
Protein kinase C
- PMA:
-
Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate
- RNF:
-
Ring finger protein
- WT:
-
Wild-type
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This work was supported in part by grants from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (GNT1138452), the Alzheimer’s Australia Dementia Research Foundation (DPG14-57), and the Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research (to VA). JW was supported by an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellowship (DE170100112). SG was a recipient of University of Queensland International Scholarship.
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Widagdo, J., Kerk, J.W., Guntupalli, S. et al. Subunit-Specific Augmentation of AMPA Receptor Ubiquitination by Phorbol Ester. Cell Mol Neurobiol 40, 1213–1222 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10571-020-00809-2
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