TY - JOUR
T1 - Regulation of postsynaptic function by the dementia-related ESCRT-III subunit CHMP2B
AU - Chassefeyre, Romain
AU - Martínez-Hernández, José
AU - Bertaso, Federica
AU - Bouquier, Nathalie
AU - Blot, Béatrice
AU - Laporte, Marine
AU - Fraboulet, Sandrine
AU - Couté, Yohann
AU - Devoy, Anny
AU - Isaacs, Adrian M.
AU - Pernet-Gallay, Karin
AU - Sadoul, Rémy
AU - Fagni, Laurent
AU - Goldberg, Yves
PY - 2015/2/18
Y1 - 2015/2/18
N2 - The charged multivesicular body proteins (Chmp1-7) are an evolutionary conserved family of cytosolic proteins that transiently assembles into helical polymers that change the curvature of cellular membrane domains. Mutations in human CHMP2B cause fronto-temporal dementia, suggesting that this protein may normally control some neuron-specific process. Here, we examined the function, localization, and interactions of neuronal Chmp2b. The protein was highly expressed in mouse brain and could be readily detected in neuronal dendrites and spines. Depletion of endogenous Chmp2b reduced dendritic branching of cultured hippocampal neurons, decreased excitatory synapse density in vitro and in vivo, and abolished activity-induced spine enlargement and synaptic potentiation. To understand the synaptic effects of Chmp2b, we determined its ultrastructural distribution by quantitative immuno-electron microscopy and its biochemical interactions by coimmunoprecipitation and mass spectrometry. In the hippocampus in situ, a subset of neuronal Chmp2b was shown to concentrate beneath the perisynaptic membrane of dendritic spines. In synaptoneurosome lysates, Chmp2b was stably bound to a large complex containing other members of the Chmp family, as well as postsynaptic scaffolds. The supramolecular Chmp assembly detected here corresponds to a stable form of the endosomal sorting complex required for transport-III (ESCRT-III), a ubiquitous cytoplasmic protein complex known to play a central role in remodeling of lipid membranes. We conclude that Chmp2b-containing ESCRT-III complexes are also present at dendritic spines, where they regulate synaptic plasticity. We propose that synaptic ESCRT-III filaments may function as a novel element of the submembrane cytoskeleton of spines.
AB - The charged multivesicular body proteins (Chmp1-7) are an evolutionary conserved family of cytosolic proteins that transiently assembles into helical polymers that change the curvature of cellular membrane domains. Mutations in human CHMP2B cause fronto-temporal dementia, suggesting that this protein may normally control some neuron-specific process. Here, we examined the function, localization, and interactions of neuronal Chmp2b. The protein was highly expressed in mouse brain and could be readily detected in neuronal dendrites and spines. Depletion of endogenous Chmp2b reduced dendritic branching of cultured hippocampal neurons, decreased excitatory synapse density in vitro and in vivo, and abolished activity-induced spine enlargement and synaptic potentiation. To understand the synaptic effects of Chmp2b, we determined its ultrastructural distribution by quantitative immuno-electron microscopy and its biochemical interactions by coimmunoprecipitation and mass spectrometry. In the hippocampus in situ, a subset of neuronal Chmp2b was shown to concentrate beneath the perisynaptic membrane of dendritic spines. In synaptoneurosome lysates, Chmp2b was stably bound to a large complex containing other members of the Chmp family, as well as postsynaptic scaffolds. The supramolecular Chmp assembly detected here corresponds to a stable form of the endosomal sorting complex required for transport-III (ESCRT-III), a ubiquitous cytoplasmic protein complex known to play a central role in remodeling of lipid membranes. We conclude that Chmp2b-containing ESCRT-III complexes are also present at dendritic spines, where they regulate synaptic plasticity. We propose that synaptic ESCRT-III filaments may function as a novel element of the submembrane cytoskeleton of spines.
KW - ESCRT filaments
KW - Frontotemporal dementia
KW - Postsynaptic scaffold
KW - Spinoskeleton
KW - Structural plasticity
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U2 - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0586-14.2015
DO - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0586-14.2015
M3 - Article
C2 - 25698751
AN - SCOPUS:84923021231
SN - 0270-6474
VL - 35
SP - 3155
EP - 3173
JO - Journal of Neuroscience
JF - Journal of Neuroscience
IS - 7
ER -