Lee Chi Wai, Han Jianzhong, Bamburg James R, Han Liang, Lynn Rachel, Zheng James Q
Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Nat Neurosci. 2009 Jul;12(7):848-56. doi: 10.1038/nn.2322. Epub 2009 May 31.
Postsynaptic receptor localization is crucial for synapse development and function, but the underlying cytoskeletal mechanisms remain elusive. Using Xenopus neuromuscular junctions as a model, we found that actin depolymerizing factor (ADF)/cofilin regulated actin-dependent vesicular trafficking of acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) to the postsynaptic membrane. Active ADF/cofilin was concentrated in small puncta adjacent to AChR clusters and was spatiotemporally correlated with the formation and maintenance of surface AChR clusters. Notably, increased actin dynamics, vesicular markers and intracellular AChRs were all enriched at the sites of ADF/cofilin localization. Furthermore, a substantial amount of new AChRs was detected at these ADF/cofilin-enriched sites. Manipulation of either ADF/cofilin activity through its serine-3 phosphorylation or ADF/cofilin localization via 14-3-3 proteins markedly attenuated AChR insertion and clustering. These results suggest that spatiotemporally restricted ADF/cofilin-mediated actin dynamics regulate AChR trafficking during the development of neuromuscular synapses.
突触后受体定位对于突触的发育和功能至关重要,但其潜在的细胞骨架机制仍不清楚。以非洲爪蟾神经肌肉接头为模型,我们发现肌动蛋白解聚因子(ADF)/丝切蛋白调节乙酰胆碱受体(AChR)依赖肌动蛋白的囊泡运输至突触后膜。活性ADF/丝切蛋白集中在与AChR簇相邻的小斑点中,并且在时空上与表面AChR簇的形成和维持相关。值得注意的是,增加的肌动蛋白动力学、囊泡标记物和细胞内AChR均在ADF/丝切蛋白定位的位点富集。此外,在这些富含ADF/丝切蛋白的位点检测到大量新的AChR。通过其丝氨酸-3磷酸化对ADF/丝切蛋白活性进行操纵,或通过14-3-3蛋白对ADF/丝切蛋白定位进行操纵,均显著减弱AChR插入和聚集。这些结果表明,在神经肌肉突触发育过程中,时空受限的ADF/丝切蛋白介导的肌动蛋白动力学调节AChR运输。