Functional maintenance of calcium store by ShcB adaptor protein in cerebellar Purkinje cells

Sci Rep. 2020 Sep 2;10(1):14475. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-71414-y.

Abstract

Intracellular Ca2+ levels are changed by influx from extracellular medium and release from intracellular stores. In the central nervous systems, Ca2+ release is involved in various physiological events, such as neuronal excitability and transmitter release. Although stable Ca2+ release in response to stimulus is critical for proper functions of the nervous systems, regulatory mechanisms relating to Ca2+ release are not fully understood in central neurons. Here, we demonstrate that ShcB, an adaptor protein expressed in central neurons, has an essential role in functional maintenance of Ca2+ store in cerebellar Purkinje cells (PCs). ShcB-knockout (KO) mice showed defects in cerebellar-dependent motor function and long-term depression (LTD) at cerebellar synapse. The reduced LTD was accompanied with an impairment of intracellular Ca2+ release. Although the expression of Ca2+ release channels and morphology of Ca2+ store looked intact, content of intracellular Ca2+ store and activity of sarco/endoplasmic reticular Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA) were largely decreased in the ShcB-deficient cerebellum. Furthermore, when ShcB was ectopically expressed in the ShcB-KO PCs, the Ca2+ release and its SERCA-dependent component were restored. These data indicate that ShcB plays a key role in the functional maintenance of ER Ca2+ store in central neurons through regulation of SERCA activity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Calcium / metabolism
  • Calcium Signaling / genetics
  • Cerebellum / metabolism*
  • Cerebellum / pathology
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum / genetics
  • Humans
  • Long-Term Synaptic Depression / genetics*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Motor Disorders / genetics
  • Motor Disorders / physiopathology
  • Neuronal Plasticity / genetics
  • Purkinje Cells / metabolism
  • Purkinje Cells / pathology
  • Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases / genetics*
  • Src Homology 2 Domain-Containing, Transforming Protein 2 / genetics*
  • Synapses / genetics*

Substances

  • Src Homology 2 Domain-Containing, Transforming Protein 2
  • Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases
  • Calcium