Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5)-dependent phosphorylation of p70 ribosomal S6 kinase 1 (S6K) is required for dendritic spine morphogenesis

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The maturation and maintenanceofdendritic spines depends on neuronal activity and protein synthesis. One potential mechanism involves mammalian targetofrapamycin, which promotes protein synthesis through phosphorylation of eIF4E-binding protein and p70 ribosomal S6 kinase 1 (S6K). Upon extracellular stimulation, mammalian target of rapamycin phosphorylates S6K at Thr-389. S6K also undergoes phosphorylation at other sites, including four serine residues in the autoinhibitory domain. Despite extensive biochemical studies, the importance of phosphorylation in the autoinhibitory domain in S6K function remains unresolved, and its role has not been explored in the cellular context. Here we demonstrated that S6K in neuron was phosphorylated at Ser-411 within the autoinhibitory domain by cyclin-dependent kinase 5. Ser-411 phosphorylation was regulatedbyneuronal activity and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). Knockdown of S6K in hippocampal neurons by RNAi led to loss of dendritic spines, an effect that mimics neuronal activity blockade by tetrodotoxin. Notably, coexpression of wild type S6K, but not the phospho-deficient S411A mutant, could rescue the spine defects. These findings reveal the importance of cyclin-dependent kinase 5-mediated phosphorylation of S6K at Ser-411 in spine morphogenesis driven by BDNF and neuronal activity.

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Lai, K. O., Liang, Z., Fei, E., Huang, H., & Ip, N. Y. (2015). Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5)-dependent phosphorylation of p70 ribosomal S6 kinase 1 (S6K) is required for dendritic spine morphogenesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 290(23), 14637–14646. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M114.627117

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