Mouse SJ, LC-MS/MS - Proteome rearrangements after auditory learning: high-resolution profiling of synapse-enriched protein fractions from mouse brain

ABSTRACT: Learning and memory processes are accompanied by rearrangements of synaptic protein networks. While various studies have demonstrated the regulation of individual synaptic proteins during these processes, much less is known about the complex regulation of entire synaptic proteomes. Recently, we reported that auditory discrimination learning in mice is associated with a relative down-regulation of proteins involved in the structural organization of synapses in various brain regions. Aiming at the identification of biological processes and signaling pathways involved in auditory memory formation, here a label-free quantification approach was utilized to identify regulated synaptic junctional proteins and phosphoproteins in the auditory cortex, frontal cortex, hippocampus and striatum of mice 24 h after the learning experiment. Twenty proteins, including postsynaptic scaffolds, actin modeling proteins and RNA-binding proteins, were regulated in at least three brain regions pointing to common, cross-regional mechanisms. Most of the detected synaptic proteome changes were, however, restricted to individual brain regions. For example, several members of the Septin family of cytoskeletal proteins were upregulated only in the hippocampus, while Septin-9 was down-regulated in the hippocampus, the frontal cortex and the striatum. Meta analyses utilizing several databases were employed to identify underlying cellular functions and biological pathways.

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ORGANISM(S): Mus Musculus (mouse)

TISSUE(S): Brain, Central Nervous System Neuron

SUBMITTER: Thilo Kaehne  

LAB HEAD: Thilo Kaehne

PROVIDER: PXD003089 | Pride | 2016-04-14

REPOSITORIES: Pride