Linking an activity-dependent BMP pathway to synapse structure and function

将活动依赖性 BMP 通路与突触结构和功能联系起来

基本信息

批准号：
9078715
负责人：
Heather Broihier
金额：
$ 34.67万
依托单位：
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2016
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2016-02-01 至 2021-01-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9078715
关键词：
Acute Adult Architecture Automobile Driving Axon Binding Biology Brain Diseases Cells Characteristics Clinical Coupling Cues Data Defect Dense Core Vesicle Development Discrimination Docking Drosophila genus Employee Strikes Exhibits Family member Foundations Growth Homeostasis Homologous Gene Human Integral Membrane Protein Ligands Link Mediating Membrane Mental disorders Molecular Morphology Neuromodulator Neuromuscular Junction Neurons Pathway interactions Peripheral Phenocopy Play Process Proteolysis RNA interference screen Regulation Research Role Signal Pathway Signal Transduction Sorting - Cell Movement Structure Synapses System Testing Transforming Growth Factor beta Vesicle Work base bone morphogenetic protein receptors in vivo mutant nervous system disorder neurotransmitter release neurotrophic factor novel postsynaptic presynaptic public health relevance receptor synaptic function trafficking

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal examines how a growth factor signaling pathway is linked to synapse structure and function. Growth factors are potent neuromodulators and play diverse roles at synapses. They regulate fundamental features of synaptic biology including baseline transmitter release, synapse morphology, and plasticity. Given their importance directing synapse organization, it is important to define the molecular and cellular mechanisms coupling synaptic growth factor signaling to synapses and neuronal activity. BMP/TGFβ family members are evolutionarily conserved regulators of synapse structure and function. In particular, a BMP/TGFβ pathway has neurotrophic pathway activity at the Drosophila NMJ. BMP pathway mutants display striking defects in NMJ morphology and function. Remarkably, distinct ligand pools independently regulate these synaptic features. We demonstrate that the presynaptic pool regulates synaptic structure and function, while the postsynaptic pool directs overall growth of the NMJ terminal. Understanding how these information channels are separated at an endogenous synapse is essential to understand how distinct synaptic features are independently controlled. Our entry point to this work is the novel neuronal transmembrane protein Crimpy. We have demonstrated that Crimpy enables discrimination between pre- and postsynaptic BMP pools. Crimpy binds a BMP homolog called Gbb and traffics it to presynaptic dense core vesicles (DCVs). Without Crimpy, Gbb is no longer found in DCVs and is not released by presynaptic activity. In the absence of Crimpy, pre- and postsynaptic ligand pools cannot be distinguished, and the NMJs are characterized by aberrant trophic signaling at the expense of the presynaptic synapse-organizing cue. In this proposal, we build on our novel preliminary findings to define the role of activity-induced presynaptic BMP signaling in synapse structure and function. First, we define the molecular identity of the pre- and postsynaptic signals. Because Crimpy is key for marking the presynaptic pool, we will define biochemically the role of Crimpy in BMP signal transduction. Second, we will elucidate how activity-dependent BMP signals direct synapse organization. We test the hypothesis that the Crimpy-mediated presynaptic Gbb signal is a local and acute cue instructive cue driving synapse organization. And third, we will define the downstream signaling cascade. We have exciting preliminary evidence that a novel BMP receptor transduces the activity-dependent signal. We will establish the receptor's role in the pathway and characterize novel downstream components of a non-canonical activity-dependent BMP cascade.

描述（通过应用程序证明）：GRADTHER研究了growther因子途径如何与突触结构和功能联系起来。功能。 tein crimpy没有尖锐的，突触后的配体库，而NMJ的特征是异常的冠军信号。我们有令人兴奋的证据表明，新型的BMP受体会传递活性的信号。