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Activity-Induced SUMOylation of Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase Is Associated with Plasticity of Synaptic Transmission and Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase 1/2 Signaling
Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) and nitric oxide (NO) signaling have been implicated in learning, memory, and underlying long-lasting synaptic plasticity. In this study, we aimed at detecting whether nNOS is a target protein of SUMOylation in the hippocampus and its contributions to hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP) of synaptic transmission.
Results:
We showed that N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor-dependent neuronal activity enhancement induced the attachment of small ubiquitin-like modifier 1 (SUMO1) to nNOS. Protein inhibitor of activated STAT3 (PIAS3) promoted SUMO1 conjugation at K725 and K739 on nNOS, which upregulated NO production and nNOS S1412 phosphorylation (activation). In addition, the N-terminus (amino acids 43–86) of PIAS3 bound nNOS directly. Tat-tagged PIAS3 segment representing amino acids 43–86, a cell-permeable peptide containing PIAS3 residues 43–86, suppressed activity-induced nNOS SUMOylation by disrupting PIAS3-nNOS association. It also decreased LTP-related expression of Arc and brain-derived neurotrophic factor and blocked signaling via extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) 1/2 and Elk-1 in the hippocampus. More importantly, PIAS3-mediated nNOS SUMOylation was required for activity-regulated ERK1/2 activation in nNOS-positive neurons and hippocampal LTP induction.
Innovation and Conclusion:
These findings indicated that network activity-regulated nNOS SUMOylation underlies excitatory synaptic LTP by facilitating nNOS–NO–ERK1/2 signal cascades.
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