Abstract
Investigation of biochemical mechanisms underlying the long-term storage of information in nervous system is one of main problems of modern neurobiology. As a molecular basis of long-term memory, long-term changes in kinase activities, increase in the level and changes in the subunit composition of receptors in synaptic membranes, local activity of prion-like proteins, and epigenetic modifications of chromatin have been proposed. Perhaps a combination of all or of some of these factors underlies the storage of long-term memory in the brain. Many recent studies have shown an exclusively important role of atypical protein kinases (PKCζ, PKMζ, and PKCι/λ) in processes of learning, consolidation and maintenance of memory. The present review is devoted to consideration of mechanisms of transcriptional and translational control of atypical protein kinases and their roles in induction and maintenance of long-term synaptic plasticity and memory in vertebrates and invertebrates.
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Abbreviations
- AMPA:
-
α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolpropionic acid receptor
- aPKC:
-
atypical protein kinase C
- CaMKII:
-
Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II
- cAMP:
-
cyclic adenosine monophosphate
- CBP:
-
CREB-binding protein
- CRE:
-
cAMP response-element
- CREB:
-
a protein binding cAMP-sensitive element (CRE-binding protein)
- DAG:
-
diacylglycerol
- DNMT:
-
DNA methyltransferase
- DTEs:
-
dendritic targeting elements
- E-LTP/L-LTP:
-
early/late longterm potentiation
- ERK:
-
extracellular signal-regulated kinase
- GluA:
-
subunit of glutamate receptor AMPA
- GluA1AMPA/GluA2-AMPA:
-
glutamate AMPA-receptor containing GluA1/GluA2 subunit
- HDAC:
-
histone deacetylase
- LTP:
-
longterm potentiation
- mTOR:
-
mammalian target of rapamycin
- PICK1:
-
protein interacting with C kinase
- PI3K:
-
phosphoinositide-3-kinase
- PIN1:
-
peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase NIMA-interacting 1
- PKA:
-
protein kinase A
- PKC:
-
protein kinase C
- PKCλ:
-
protein kinase Cλ
- PKMζ:
-
protein kinase Mζ
- PS:
-
phosphatidylserine
- shRNA:
-
short hairpin RNA
- TSA:
-
trichostatin A
- uORF:
-
upstream open reading frame
- UTRs:
-
untranslated regions
- ZIP:
-
Zeta Inhibitory Peptide
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Original Russian Text © A. A. Borodinova, A. B. Zuzina, P. M. Balaban, 2017, published in Biokhimiya, 2017, Vol. 82, No. 3, pp. 372-388.
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Borodinova, A.A., Zuzina, A.B. & Balaban, P.M. Role of atypical protein kinases in maintenance of long-term memory and synaptic plasticity. Biochemistry Moscow 82, 243–256 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0006297917030026
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