2019
Loss of STEP61 couples disinhibition to N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor potentiation in rodent and human spinal pain processing
Dedek A, Xu J, Kandegedara CM, Lorenzo LÉ, Godin AG, De Koninck Y, Lombroso PJ, Tsai EC, Hildebrand ME. Loss of STEP61 couples disinhibition to N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor potentiation in rodent and human spinal pain processing. Brain 2019, 142: 1535-1546. PMID: 31135041, PMCID: PMC6536915, DOI: 10.1093/brain/awz105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAnimalsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeuralgiaPhosphorylationProtein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Non-ReceptorRatsReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateSynapsesYoung AdultConceptsN-methyl-D-aspartate receptorsLaminae INMDAR responsesDorsal horn synapsesSpinal pain processingNerve injury modelSpinal dorsal hornSynaptic NMDAR responsesTyrosine phosphatase STEP61Loss of inhibitionBehavioral hypersensitivityInflammatory painNeuropathic painDorsal hornPain statesPathological painPain targetsChronic painPain processingInjury modelAssociated downregulationRodent modelsReceptor potentiationPainSTEP61 activity
2017
Synaptic NMDA Receptor Activation Induces Ubiquitination and Degradation of STEP61
Xu J, Kurup P, Nairn AC, Lombroso PJ. Synaptic NMDA Receptor Activation Induces Ubiquitination and Degradation of STEP61. Molecular Neurobiology 2017, 55: 3096-3111. PMID: 28466270, PMCID: PMC5668205, DOI: 10.1007/s12035-017-0555-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMK-801-treated miceProtein tyrosine Phosphatase 61GluN1/GluN2B receptorsNMDA receptor signalingD-serine treatmentMouse frontal cortexNMDAR signalingSynaptic NMDARsCortical samplesHuman schizophreniaTherapeutic effectFrontal cortexGluN2B receptorsSynaptic plasticityNeurological disordersCognitive deficitsReceptor signalingD-serineSTEP61SchizophreniaBicucullineMiceProteasomal degradationSurface localizationSignaling
2016
Potentiation of Synaptic GluN2B NMDAR Currents by Fyn Kinase Is Gated through BDNF-Mediated Disinhibition in Spinal Pain Processing
Hildebrand ME, Xu J, Dedek A, Li Y, Sengar AS, Beggs S, Lombroso PJ, Salter MW. Potentiation of Synaptic GluN2B NMDAR Currents by Fyn Kinase Is Gated through BDNF-Mediated Disinhibition in Spinal Pain Processing. Cell Reports 2016, 17: 2753-2765. PMID: 27926876, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.11.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorHumansNeuralgiaNeuronsPeripheral Nerve InjuriesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-fynRatsReceptor, trkBReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateSpinal NervesSrc-Family KinasesSynapsesConceptsBrain-derived neurotrophic factorN-methyl-D-aspartate receptorsLaminae INeurotrophin brain-derived neurotrophic factorPeripheral nerve injury modelSynaptic N-methyl-D-aspartate receptorsBDNF-TrkB signalingSpinal pain processingNerve injury modelChronic pain statesActivation of TrkBNMDAR dysregulationNMDAR potentiationPain amplificationPain hypersensitivityNeuropathic painPain statesPain processingNeurotrophic factorSpinal neuronsSynaptic excitationSynaptic inhibitionNMDAR currentsInjury modelPotentiationSTEP activation by Gαq coupled GPCRs opposes Src regulation of NMDA receptors containing the GluN2A subunit
Tian M, Xu J, Lei G, Lombroso PJ, Jackson MF, MacDonald JF. STEP activation by Gαq coupled GPCRs opposes Src regulation of NMDA receptors containing the GluN2A subunit. Scientific Reports 2016, 6: 36684. PMID: 27857196, PMCID: PMC5114553, DOI: 10.1038/srep36684.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStriatal-enriched protein tyrosine phosphataseFamily of kinasesProtein tyrosine phosphataseM1R stimulationN-methyl-D-aspartate receptorsM1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptorSrc recruitmentTyrosine phosphataseSrc regulationNMDAR functionIntracellular Ca2Step activationMuscarinic acetylcholine receptorsGluN2A subunitGαqAcetylcholine receptorsHigh intracellular Ca2Function of NMDARsSynaptic plasticityPhosphataseNMDAR activationActivationReceptorsRecruitmentCa2Inhibition of STEP61 ameliorates deficits in mouse and hiPSC-based schizophrenia models
Xu J, Hartley BJ, Kurup P, Phillips A, Topol A, Xu M, Ononenyi C, Foscue E, Ho SM, Baguley TD, Carty N, Barros CS, Müller U, Gupta S, Gochman P, Rapoport J, Ellman JA, Pittenger C, Aronow B, Nairn AC, Nestor MW, Lombroso PJ, Brennand KJ. Inhibition of STEP61 ameliorates deficits in mouse and hiPSC-based schizophrenia models. Molecular Psychiatry 2016, 23: 271-281. PMID: 27752082, PMCID: PMC5395367, DOI: 10.1038/mp.2016.163.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain-specific tyrosine phosphataseDephosphorylation of GluN2BExtracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2Signal-regulated kinase 1/2Glutamate receptor internalizationPluripotent stem cellsKnockout mouse modelTyrosine phosphataseMouse modelKinase 1/2Receptor internalizationImportant regulatorGenetic reductionLoss of NMDARsStem cellsN-methyl DPharmacological inhibitionProtein levelsSynaptic functionSTEP61Patient cohortForebrain neuronsBehavioral deficitsExcitatory neuronsSchizophrenia model
2015
Inhibition of the tyrosine phosphatase STEP61 restores BDNF expression and reverses motor and cognitive deficits in phencyclidine-treated mice
Xu J, Kurup P, Baguley TD, Foscue E, Ellman JA, Nairn AC, Lombroso PJ. Inhibition of the tyrosine phosphatase STEP61 restores BDNF expression and reverses motor and cognitive deficits in phencyclidine-treated mice. Cellular And Molecular Life Sciences 2015, 73: 1503-1514. PMID: 26450419, PMCID: PMC4801664, DOI: 10.1007/s00018-015-2057-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBenzothiepinsBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorCells, CulturedCognition DisordersCREB-Binding ProteinDown-RegulationMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3Motor ActivityNeuronsPhencyclidinePhosphorylationProtein Tyrosine PhosphatasesReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateRNA InterferenceUbiquitinationConceptsBrain-derived neurotrophic factorBDNF expressionProtein tyrosine Phosphatase 61Cognitive deficitsPCP-induced reductionPCP-treated micePhencyclidine-treated micePCP-induced increasePCP-induced hyperlocomotionTyrosine phosphatase STEP61STEP61 levelsBDNF transcriptionNeurotrophic factorNMDAR antagonistsCortical culturesCortical neuronsCNS disordersSynaptic strengtheningPsychotic episodeRodent modelsBrain disordersPharmacologic inhibitionSTEP61SchizophreniaCognitive functioningRegulation of STEP61 and tyrosine-phosphorylation of NMDA and AMPA receptors during homeostatic synaptic plasticity
Jang SS, Royston SE, Xu J, Cavaretta JP, Vest MO, Lee KY, Lee S, Jeong HG, Lombroso PJ, Chung HJ. Regulation of STEP61 and tyrosine-phosphorylation of NMDA and AMPA receptors during homeostatic synaptic plasticity. Molecular Brain 2015, 8: 55. PMID: 26391783, PMCID: PMC4578242, DOI: 10.1186/s13041-015-0148-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsHomeostasisModels, BiologicalNerve NetNeuronal PlasticityPhosphorylationPhosphotyrosineProtein Tyrosine PhosphatasesRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptors, AMPAReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateConceptsN-methyl-D-aspartate receptorsHomeostatic synaptic plasticitySynaptic plasticityTyrosine phosphorylationActivity blockadeDephosphorylation of GluN2BSynaptic scalingProtein tyrosine phosphataseLevel of GluN2BProlonged activity blockadeExcitatory synaptic transmissionHippocampal cultured neuronsIsoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptorsNMDAR subunit GluN2BActivity-dependent regulationTyrosine phosphataseSTEP61 levelsHomeostatic stabilizationSynaptic transmissionExcitatory synapsesAMPA receptorsGluA2 expressionPostsynaptic accumulationCultured neuronsAcid receptorsBDNF Induces Striatal-Enriched Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 61 Degradation Through the Proteasome
Saavedra A, Puigdellívol M, Tyebji S, Kurup P, Xu J, Ginés S, Alberch J, Lombroso PJ, Pérez-Navarro E. BDNF Induces Striatal-Enriched Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 61 Degradation Through the Proteasome. Molecular Neurobiology 2015, 53: 4261-4273. PMID: 26223799, PMCID: PMC4738169, DOI: 10.1007/s12035-015-9335-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorCerebral CortexExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesHippocampusMembrane PotentialsMiceNeostriatumNerve Growth FactorNeuronsNeurotrophin 3Phospholipase C gammaPhosphorylationProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProtein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Non-ReceptorProteolysisReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateUbiquitinationConceptsBrain-derived neurotrophic factorSTEP61 levelsCortical neuronsUbiquitin-proteasome systemStriatal-enriched protein tyrosine phosphatasePrimary cortical neuronsLevels/activitiesNerve growth factorNeurotrophic factorNeurotrophin-3Cultured striatalHippocampal neuronsCell depolarizationGrowth factorERK1/2 phosphorylationNeuronsStriatalTyrosine kinasePhospholipase C-gammaC gammaDifferent mechanismsLevelsBlockadeGluN2BProtein tyrosine phosphatase
2012
The tyrosine phosphatase STEP: implications in schizophrenia and the molecular mechanism underlying antipsychotic medications
Carty NC, Xu J, Kurup P, Brouillette J, Goebel-Goody SM, Austin DR, Yuan P, Chen G, Correa PR, Haroutunian V, Pittenger C, Lombroso PJ. The tyrosine phosphatase STEP: implications in schizophrenia and the molecular mechanism underlying antipsychotic medications. Translational Psychiatry 2012, 2: e137-e137. PMID: 22781170, PMCID: PMC3410627, DOI: 10.1038/tp.2012.63.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsN-methyl-D-aspartate receptorsSTEP61 levelsSurface expressionPostmortem anterior cingulate cortexGluN2B-containing N-methyl-D-aspartate receptorsGluN1/GluN2B receptorsMK-801 treatmentPathophysiology of schizophreniaAnterior cingulate cortexSTEP knockout miceDorsolateral prefrontal cortexChronic administrationChronic treatmentNeuroleptic treatmentAntipsychotic medicationGlutamatergic functionMK-801Glutamate hypothesisMedications resultsTyrosine phosphatase STEPGlutamatergic signalingKnockout miceGluN2B receptorsCingulate cortexSynaptic plasticityStriatal-enriched Protein-tyrosine Phosphatase (STEP) Regulates Pyk2 Kinase Activity*
Xu J, Kurup P, Bartos JA, Patriarchi T, Hell JW, Lombroso PJ. Striatal-enriched Protein-tyrosine Phosphatase (STEP) Regulates Pyk2 Kinase Activity*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2012, 287: 20942-20956. PMID: 22544749, PMCID: PMC3375518, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.368654.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStriatal-enriched protein tyrosine phosphataseProtein tyrosine phosphataseN-Methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) Receptor TraffickingFocal adhesion kinase familyPyk2 activationProline-rich tyrosine kinase 2Pyk2 kinase activityTyrosine kinase 2Kinase familyKinase membersCytoskeletal reorganizationDiverse functionsKinase activitySTEP KO miceReceptor traffickingKinase 2Tyrosine sitesPyk2 activityEnhanced phosphorylationCell adhesionPyk2PhosphorylationFunctional studiesHematopoietic cellsPostsynaptic densityCalpain and STriatal-Enriched protein tyrosine Phosphatase (STEP) activation contribute to extrasynaptic NMDA receptor localization in a Huntington's disease mouse model
Gladding CM, Sepers MD, Xu J, Zhang LY, Milnerwood AJ, Lombroso PJ, Raymond LA. Calpain and STriatal-Enriched protein tyrosine Phosphatase (STEP) activation contribute to extrasynaptic NMDA receptor localization in a Huntington's disease mouse model. Human Molecular Genetics 2012, 21: 3739-3752. PMID: 22523092, PMCID: PMC3412376, DOI: 10.1093/hmg/dds154.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCalpainCoculture TechniquesDisease Models, AnimalEnzyme ActivationEnzyme InhibitorsHuntington DiseaseIon Channel GatingMiceModels, BiologicalNeostriatumNeuronsPhosphorylationPhosphotyrosineProtein TransportProtein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Non-ReceptorReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateSynapsesConceptsYAC128 striatumProtein tyrosine phosphatase activationNMDAR localizationCalpain cleavageProtein tyrosine phosphataseTyrosine phosphatase activationEarly synaptic defectsWhole-cell NMDAR currentsDisease mouse modelGluN2B expressionNMDA receptor traffickingMutant huntingtin proteinCalpain inhibitionTyrosine phosphataseHuntington's diseaseFull-length mhttPlasma membranePhosphatase activationC-terminusReceptor traffickingNMDAR traffickingPolyglutamine repeatsMouse modelHuntingtin proteinNMDA receptor localization
2010
Genetic reduction of striatal-enriched tyrosine phosphatase (STEP) reverses cognitive and cellular deficits in an Alzheimer’s disease mouse model
Zhang Y, Kurup P, Xu J, Carty N, Fernandez SM, Nygaard HB, Pittenger C, Greengard P, Strittmatter SM, Nairn AC, Lombroso PJ. Genetic reduction of striatal-enriched tyrosine phosphatase (STEP) reverses cognitive and cellular deficits in an Alzheimer’s disease mouse model. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2010, 107: 19014-19019. PMID: 20956308, PMCID: PMC2973892, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1013543107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStriatal-enriched tyrosine phosphataseTyrosine phosphataseDisease mouse modelStriatal-enriched phosphataseAlzheimer's diseaseCellular deficitsGenetic manipulationNMDA receptorsMouse modelTriple transgenic AD mouse modelIncurable neurodegenerative disorderTransgenic AD mouse modelAlzheimer's disease mouse modelPathophysiology of ADSTEP inhibitorGenetic reductionAD mouse modelHuman AD patientsSoluble Aβ oligomersSynaptic functionPhosphataseNeurodegenerative disordersAD patientsDevastating disorderAnimal modelsThe role of STEP in Alzheimer's disease
Kurup P, Zhang Y, Venkitaramani DV, Xu J, Lombroso PJ. The role of STEP in Alzheimer's disease. Channels 2010, 4: 347-350. PMID: 20699650, PMCID: PMC3230511, DOI: 10.4161/chan.4.5.12910.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsN-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) type glutamate receptorsAlzheimer's diseaseProtein tyrosine Phosphatase 61AD prefrontal cortexAD mouse modelType glutamate receptorsGlutamate receptor traffickingNeuronal surface membraneNMDAR internalizationAβ treatmentPutative causative agentGlutamate receptorsMouse modelCulture resultsGluN1/Prefrontal cortexDiseaseNeuronal membranesNMDAR endocytosisAdditional studiesAβCausative agentSurface expressionUbiquitin-proteasome systemReceptor complexAβ-Mediated NMDA Receptor Endocytosis in Alzheimer's Disease Involves Ubiquitination of the Tyrosine Phosphatase STEP61
Kurup P, Zhang Y, Xu J, Venkitaramani DV, Haroutunian V, Greengard P, Nairn AC, Lombroso PJ. Aβ-Mediated NMDA Receptor Endocytosis in Alzheimer's Disease Involves Ubiquitination of the Tyrosine Phosphatase STEP61. Journal Of Neuroscience 2010, 30: 5948-5957. PMID: 20427654, PMCID: PMC2868326, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0157-10.2010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsCell LineCells, CulturedCerebral CortexEndocytosisHumansIn Vitro TechniquesMiceMice, KnockoutMice, TransgenicMiddle AgedNeuronsProtein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Non-ReceptorRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateUbiquitinated ProteinsUbiquitinationConceptsAlzheimer's diseaseAbeta treatmentNR2B subunitProtein tyrosine Phosphatase 61Cognitive deficitsNMDA receptor internalizationHuman AD brainsMouse cortical culturesNR1/NR2B receptorsNMDA receptor endocytosisIonotropic glutamate receptorsTyrosine phosphatase STEP61AD brainCortical slicesCortical culturesGlutamate receptorsNR2B receptorsPostsynaptic terminalsPrefrontal cortexNeuronal membranesElevated levelsCortexReceptor internalizationUbiquitin-proteasome systemStep activity
2009
Extrasynaptic NMDA Receptors Couple Preferentially to Excitotoxicity via Calpain-Mediated Cleavage of STEP
Xu J, Kurup P, Zhang Y, Goebel-Goody SM, Wu PH, Hawasli AH, Baum ML, Bibb JA, Lombroso PJ. Extrasynaptic NMDA Receptors Couple Preferentially to Excitotoxicity via Calpain-Mediated Cleavage of STEP. Journal Of Neuroscience 2009, 29: 9330-9343. PMID: 19625523, PMCID: PMC2737362, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2212-09.2009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlternative SplicingAnimalsBrainCalpainCell DeathCells, CulturedCyclin-Dependent Kinase 5EndocytosisGlutamic AcidIn Vitro TechniquesMiceMice, KnockoutMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3NeuronsP38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesProtein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Non-ReceptorRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateSynapsesConceptsStriatal-enriched protein tyrosine phosphataseCalpain cleavage sitesP38 activationCell deathCleavage siteExtracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2Protein tyrosine phosphataseSignal-regulated kinase 1/2Promotes cell survivalActivation of p38Tyrosine phosphataseSubstrate bindingKinase 1/2ERK1/2 activationCalpain cleavageCell survivalNovel mechanismCalpain-mediated proteolysisReceptors coupleP38NMDAR stimulationPostsynaptic terminalsValid targetCleavage productsSTEP substrates