ß-Arrestin2 Couples Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 to Neuronal Protein Synthesis and Is a Potential Target to Treat Fragile X
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Auerbach, Benjamin D.
Lefkowitz, Robert J.
Stoppel, Laura Jane
Senter, Rebecca K
Preza, Anthony R.
Bear, Mark
Date Issued
March 2017
Journal
Cell Reports
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Elsevier
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Stoppel, Laura J. et al. “ß-Arrestin2 Couples Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 to Neuronal Protein Synthesis and Is a Potential Target to Treat Fragile X.” Cell Reports 18.12 (2017): 2807–2814.
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Abstract
Synaptic protein synthesis is essential for modification of the brain by experience and is aberrant in several genetically defined disorders, notably fragile X (FX), a heritable cause of autism and intellectual disability. Neural activity directs local protein synthesis via activation of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGlu[subscript 5]), yet how mGlu[subscript 5] couples to the intracellular signaling pathways that regulate mRNA translation is poorly understood. Here, we provide evidence that β-arrestin2 mediates mGlu[subscript 5]-stimulated protein synthesis in the hippocampus and show that genetic reduction of β-arrestin2 corrects aberrant synaptic plasticity and cognition in the Fmr[superscript 1−/y] mouse model of FX. Importantly, reducing β-arrestin2 does not induce psychotomimetic activity associated with full mGlu[subscript 5] inhibitors and does not affect G[subscript q] signaling. Thus, in addition to identifying a key requirement for mGlu[subscript 5]-stimulated protein synthesis, these data suggest that β-arrestin2-biased negative modulators of mGlu[subscript 5] offer significant advantages over first-generation inhibitors for the treatment of FX and related disorders.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2017.02.075
