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Science ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 363 (6422) ◽  
pp. eaav1483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ankit Awasthi ◽  
Binu Ramachandran ◽  
Saheeb Ahmed ◽  
Eva Benito ◽  
Yo Shinoda ◽  
...  

Forgetting is important. Without it, the relative importance of acquired memories in a changing environment is lost. We discovered that synaptotagmin-3 (Syt3) localizes to postsynaptic endocytic zones and removes AMPA receptors from synaptic plasma membranes in response to stimulation. AMPA receptor internalization, long-term depression (LTD), and decay of long-term potentiation (LTP) of synaptic strength required calcium-sensing by Syt3 and were abolished through Syt3 knockout. In spatial memory tasks, mice in which Syt3 was knocked out learned normally but exhibited a lack of forgetting. Disrupting Syt3:GluA2 binding in a wild-type background mimicked the lack of LTP decay and lack of forgetting, and these effects were occluded in the Syt3 knockout background. Our findings provide evidence for a molecular mechanism in which Syt3 internalizes AMPA receptors to depress synaptic strength and promote forgetting.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iryna Leshchyns’ka ◽  
Vladimir Sytnyk

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative brain disorder associated with the loss of synapses between neurons in the brain. Synaptic cell adhesion molecules are cell surface glycoproteins which are expressed at the synaptic plasma membranes of neurons. These proteins play key roles in formation and maintenance of synapses and regulation of synaptic plasticity. Genetic studies and biochemical analysis of the human brain tissue, cerebrospinal fluid, and sera from AD patients indicate that levels and function of synaptic cell adhesion molecules are affected in AD. Synaptic cell adhesion molecules interact with Aβ, a peptide accumulating in AD brains, which affects their expression and synaptic localization. Synaptic cell adhesion molecules also regulate the production of Aβvia interaction with the key enzymes involved in Aβformation. Aβ-dependent changes in synaptic adhesion affect the function and integrity of synapses suggesting that alterations in synaptic adhesion play key roles in the disruption of neuronal networks in AD.


2014 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Grkovic ◽  
Ivana Bjelobaba ◽  
Nadezda Nedeljkovic ◽  
Natasa Mitrovic ◽  
Dunja Drakulic ◽  
...  

Langmuir ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (7) ◽  
pp. 2258-2264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teruhiko Matsubara ◽  
Kazutoshi Iijima ◽  
Naoki Yamamoto ◽  
Katsuhiko Yanagisawa ◽  
Toshinori Sato

2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 759-766 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masaya Arai ◽  
Mitsunari Saito ◽  
Hirokatsu Takatsu ◽  
Koji Fukui ◽  
Shiro Urano

2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 397-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Stanojević ◽  
Ivana Bjelobaba ◽  
Nadežda Nedeljković ◽  
Dunja Drakulić ◽  
Snježana Petrović ◽  
...  

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