Lee_2007_Cell_129_801

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Title : Nuclear translocation of CAM-associated protein activates transcription for long-term facilitation in Aplysia - Lee_2007_Cell_129_801
Author(s) : Lee SH , Lim CS , Park H , Lee JA , Han JH , Kim H , Cheang YH , Lee YS , Ko HG , Jang DH , Miniaci MC , Bartsch D , Kim E , Bailey CH , Kandel ER , Kaang BK
Ref : Cell , 129 :801 , 2007
Abstract :

Repeated pulses of serotonin (5-HT) induce long-term facilitation (LTF) of the synapses between sensory and motor neurons of the gill-withdrawal reflex in Aplysia. To explore how apCAM downregulation at the plasma membrane and CREB-mediated transcription in the nucleus, both of which are required for the formation of LTF, might relate to each other, we cloned an apCAM-associated protein (CAMAP) by yeast two-hybrid screening. We found that 5-HT signaling at the synapse activates PKA which in turn phosphorylates CAMAP to induce the dissociation of CAMAP from apCAM and the subsequent translocation of CAMAP into the nucleus of sensory neurons. In the nucleus, CAMAP acts as a transcriptional coactivator for CREB1 and is essential for the activation of ApC/EBP required for the initiation of LTF. Combined, our data suggest that CAMAP is a retrograde signaling component that translocates from activated synapses to the nucleus during synapse-specific LTF.

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Lee SH, Lim CS, Park H, Lee JA, Han JH, Kim H, Cheang YH, Lee YS, Ko HG, Jang DH, Miniaci MC, Bartsch D, Kim E, Bailey CH, Kandel ER, Kaang BK (2007)
Nuclear translocation of CAM-associated protein activates transcription for long-term facilitation in Aplysia
Cell 129 :801

Lee SH, Lim CS, Park H, Lee JA, Han JH, Kim H, Cheang YH, Lee YS, Ko HG, Jang DH, Miniaci MC, Bartsch D, Kim E, Bailey CH, Kandel ER, Kaang BK (2007)
Cell 129 :801