PMID- 10383464 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990727 LR - 20211203 IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 274 IP - 27 DP - 1999 Jul 2 TI - Arcadlin is a neural activity-regulated cadherin involved in long term potentiation. PG - 19473-1979 AB - Neural activity results in long term changes that underlie synaptic plasticity. To examine the molecular basis of activity-dependent plasticity, we have used differential cloning techniques to identify genes that are rapidly induced in brain neurons by synaptic activity. Here, we identify a novel cadherin molecule Arcadlin (activity-regulated cadherin-like protein). arcadlin mRNA is rapidly and transiently induced in hippocampal granule cells by seizures and by N-methyl-D-aspartate-dependent synaptic activity in long term potentiation. The extracellular domain of Arcadlin is most homologous to protocadherin-8; however, the cytoplasmic region is distinct from that of any cadherin family member. Arcadlin protein is expressed at the synapses and shows a homophilic binding activity in a Ca2+-dependent manner. Furthermore, application of Arcadlin antibody reduces excitatory postsynaptic potential amplitude and blocks long term potentiation in hippocampal slices. Its close homology with cadherins, its rapid inducibility by neural activity, and its involvement in synaptic transmission suggest that Arcadlin may play an important role in activity-induced synaptic reorganization underlying long term memory. FAU - Yamagata, K AU - Yamagata K AD - Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience, Fuchu 183, Japan. kyamagat@tmin.ac.jp FAU - Andreasson, K I AU - Andreasson KI FAU - Sugiura, H AU - Sugiura H FAU - Maru, E AU - Maru E FAU - Dominique, M AU - Dominique M FAU - Irie, Y AU - Irie Y FAU - Miki, N AU - Miki N FAU - Hayashi, Y AU - Hayashi Y FAU - Yoshioka, M AU - Yoshioka M FAU - Kaneko, K AU - Kaneko K FAU - Kato, H AU - Kato H FAU - Worley, P F AU - Worley PF LA - eng SI - GENBANK/AB026154 PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (Antibodies) RN - 0 (Cadherins) RN - 0 (Pcdh8 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Protocadherins) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Animals MH - Antibodies/pharmacology MH - Base Sequence MH - Cadherins/immunology/*physiology MH - Calcium/metabolism MH - Electrophysiology MH - Hippocampus/physiology MH - In Situ Hybridization MH - L Cells MH - *Long-Term Potentiation MH - Mice MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Protocadherins MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - Rats MH - *Synaptic Transmission EDAT- 1999/06/26 00:00 MHDA- 1999/06/26 00:01 CRDT- 1999/06/26 00:00 PHST- 1999/06/26 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/06/26 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/06/26 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1074/jbc.274.27.19473 [doi] AID - S0021-9258(19)74176-3 [pii] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 1999 Jul 2;274(27):19473-1979. doi: 10.1074/jbc.274.27.19473.