The SNARE protein Ykt6 drives insertion of the GluA1 and GluA2 glutamate receptors at synaptic spines during long-term potentiation.

ABSTRACT: Long-term potentiation (LTP), a crucial form of synaptic plasticity essential for memory and learning, depends on protein synthesis and the upregulation of GluA1 and GluA2 at postsynaptic compartments. While extensive research has focused on the role of endosomal trafficking in GluA1 and GluA2 regulation, the contribution of the secretory pathway, namely endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi trafficking pathways remains largely unexplored. A key opportunity to investigate this emerged from Ykt6, an evolutionarily conserved SNARE protein and a master regulator of vesicular fusion along the secretory pathway. Here, we demonstrate that Ykt6 is highly expressed in the mammalian hippocampus, localizes to synaptic spines where it regulates GluA1 and GluA2 surface expression in an LTP-dependent manner. Fu

SUBMITTER: Takahashi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12475530 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature