2019
Pyk2 Signaling through Graf1 and RhoA GTPase Is Required for Amyloid-β Oligomer-Triggered Synapse Loss
Lee S, Salazar SV, Cox TO, Strittmatter SM. Pyk2 Signaling through Graf1 and RhoA GTPase Is Required for Amyloid-β Oligomer-Triggered Synapse Loss. Journal Of Neuroscience 2019, 39: 1910-1929. PMID: 30626696, PMCID: PMC6407289, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2983-18.2018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDendritic spine lossGenetic variationRhoA GTPaseSynapse lossSpine lossBiochemical basisGTPase-activating proteinsFocal adhesion kinasePyk2 functionPyk2 tyrosine kinasePostsynaptic sitesTyrosine kinase Pyk2Disease riskKinase-dependent mechanismOverexpression of Pyk2Dendritic spine densityAdhesion kinaseTransgenic mouse modelBiochemical isolationPyk2 kinaseAlzheimer's disease riskDendritic spine stabilityKinase Pyk2Late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) riskActin control
2013
Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 Is a Coreceptor for Alzheimer Aβ Oligomer Bound to Cellular Prion Protein
Um JW, Kaufman AC, Kostylev M, Heiss JK, Stagi M, Takahashi H, Kerrisk ME, Vortmeyer A, Wisniewski T, Koleske AJ, Gunther EC, Nygaard HB, Strittmatter SM. Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 Is a Coreceptor for Alzheimer Aβ Oligomer Bound to Cellular Prion Protein. Neuron 2013, 79: 887-902. PMID: 24012003, PMCID: PMC3768018, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.06.036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsCalciumCells, CulturedElongation Factor 2 KinaseHEK293 CellsHumansMiceNeuronsOocytesPhosphorylationPost-Synaptic DensityProto-Oncogene Proteins c-fynPrPC ProteinsReceptor, Metabotropic Glutamate 5Receptors, Metabotropic GlutamateSignal TransductionXenopusConceptsDisease pathophysiologyHuman AD brain extractsCellular prion proteinMetabotropic glutamate receptor 5Postsynaptic densityDendritic spine lossAD brain extractsMetabotropic glutamate receptorsGlutamate receptor 5Alzheimer's disease pathophysiologyExtracellular AβOsMGluR5 antagonismPrion proteinSpine lossSynapse densityGlutamate receptorsIntracellular calciumMGluR5Receptor 5Neuronal functionAβOsBrain extractsAβ oligomersFyn kinasePSD proteins