Mutant prion protein enhances NMDA receptor activity, activates PKC, and triggers rapid excitotoxicity in mice
Lin J, Callender J, Mayfield J, McClatchy D, Ojeda-Juárez D, Pourhamzeh M, Soldau K, Kurt T, Danque G, Khuu H, Ronson J, Pizzo D, Du Y, Gruber M, Sevillano A, Wang J, Orrú C, Chen J, Funk G, Aguilar-Calvo P, Aulston B, Roy S, Rho J, Bui J, Newton A, Lipton S, Caughey B, Patrick G, Doré K, Yates J, Sigurdson C. Mutant prion protein enhances NMDA receptor activity, activates PKC, and triggers rapid excitotoxicity in mice. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2025, 135: e186432. PMID: 40185484, PMCID: PMC12077891, DOI: 10.1172/jci186432.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsN-methyl-D-aspartate receptorsProtein kinase CAmino terminusPrion proteinN-methyl-D-aspartateMutant prion proteinNMDA receptor activationN-linked glycosylation sitesExcitatory-inhibitory imbalanceHippocampal pyramidal neuronsDownstream signaling eventsActivate protein kinase CNMDAR channelsNeuronal hyperexcitabilityFunctional motifsGlutamate receptorsCalcium influxPhosphoproteomic analysisPyramidal neuronsGlycosylation sitesSignaling eventsReceptor activationPrion-infected miceDendritic beadingSynapse loss
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