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Remodeling of the Homer-Shank interactome mediates homeostatic plasticity

Whitney E. Heavner, Jonathan D. Lautz, Haley E. Speed, Edward P. Gniffke, Karen B. Immendorf, John P. Welsh, Nathan A. Baertsch, Stephen Smith

2021Science Signaling30 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

did not undergo normal PIN rearrangements, suggesting that the proteins encoded by these autism spectrum disorder-linked genes serve as structural hubs for synaptic homeostasis. Our approach demonstrates how changes in the protein content of synapses during homeostatic plasticity translate into functional PIN alterations that mediate changes in neuron excitability.

Topics & Concepts

InteractomeHomeostatic plasticityNeuroscienceSynaptic scalingNeuroplasticityHomeostasisSynaptic plasticityBiologyCell biologyMetaplasticityReceptorGeneticsGeneNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchPhotoreceptor and optogenetics researchCellular transport and secretion