2015
Regulation 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 ResearchConceptsN-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 receptors
2011
Reduced levels of the tyrosine phosphatase STEP block beta amyloid‐mediated GluA1/GluA2 receptor internalization
Zhang Y, Kurup P, Xu J, Anderson GM, Greengard P, Nairn AC, Lombroso PJ. Reduced levels of the tyrosine phosphatase STEP block beta amyloid‐mediated GluA1/GluA2 receptor internalization. Journal Of Neurochemistry 2011, 119: 664-672. PMID: 21883219, PMCID: PMC3192910, DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2011.07450.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAD mouse modelMouse modelTriple transgenic AD mouse modelAlzheimer's diseaseTransgenic AD mouse modelGluA2 receptorsAD prefrontal cortexElevated levelsGluA1/GluA2Cortical culturesBeta amyloidRegulate surface expressionCognitive deficitsStriatal-enriched protein tyrosine phosphatasePrefrontal cortexΑ-aminoReceptorsReceptor internalizationSurface expressionReduced levelsReceptor complexCortexDiseaseMiceAβ