Postsynaptic densities (PSDs) are membrane semi-enclosed, submicron protein-enriched cellular compartments beneath postsynaptic membranes, which constantly exchange their components with bulk aqueous cytoplasm in synaptic spines. Formation and activity-dependent modulation of PSDs is considered as one of the most basic molecular events governing synaptic plasticity in the nervous system. In thi...

Postsynatptic density protein (PSD-95) is a 95 kDa scaffolding protein that assembles signaling complexes at synapses. Over-expression of PSD-95 in primary hippocampal neurons selectively increases synaptic localization of AMPA receptors; however, mice lacking PSD-95 display grossly normal glutamatergic transmission in hippocampus. To further study the scaffolding role of PSD-95 at excitatory s...

Synaptic transmission at excitatory synapses can be regulated by changing the number of synaptic glutamate receptors (GluRs) through endocytosis and exocytosis. The endocytosis of GluRs has recently been shown to require the activity of the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS): proteasome inhibitors or dominant negative forms of ubiquitin block the ligand-stimulated internalization of GluRs. We ha...

This study aimed to investigate the serum level of monoamine neurotransmitters, inflammatory cytokines, leptin, EPO, VEGF, NGF and orexins in ischemic stroke patients with (n=38) and without (n=52) depression and explore the correlation between these parameters and post-stroke depression (PSD). When compared with non-PSD group, the VEGF, EPO, NE, 5-HT, DA and NGF reduced significantly (P < 0.05...

Recent studies have reported on the molecular mechanisms underlying dendritic spine (spine) dynamics. Because most of these studies investigated spine dynamics by overexpressing constitutively active or dominant-negative PSD (postsynaptic density) proteins in cultured mature neurons, the results represent the enlargement of mature spines or their return to an immature state. Here, we developed ...

BACKGROUND Poststroke depression (PSD) is a common form of stroke patients. Whether the risk of PSD is influenced by the stroke lesion location and sex remains a matter of debate. The objective of this study was to examine the association between the risk of PSD and the stroke lesion location and sex by performing a systematic meta-analysis. METHODS Subgroup analyses were performed according ...

Poststroke depression (PSD), the most common psychiatric disease that stroke survivors face, is estimated to affect ~30% of poststroke patients. However, there are still no objective methods to diagnose PSD. In this study, to explore the differential metabolites in the urine of PSD subjects and to identify a potential biomarker panel for PSD diagnosis, the nuclear magnetic resonance-based metab...

UNLABELLED Postsynaptic density (PSD)-95, the most abundant postsynaptic scaffolding protein, plays a pivotal role in synapse development and function. Continuous palmitoylation cycles on PSD-95 are essential for its synaptic clustering and regulation of AMPA receptor function. However, molecular mechanisms for palmitate cycling on PSD-95 remain incompletely understood, as PSD-95 depalmitoylati...

PSD-95/SAP90, which binds to the C-terminus of NMDA receptor and Shaker-type potassium channel, is one of the major postsynaptic density proteins. Recently, novel class of proteins interacting with the guanylate kinase domain of PSD-95 have been identified, guanylate kinaseassociated protein (GKAP) and SAP90/PSD-95-associated proteins (SAPAPs). Here we report the isolation of new isoforms of PS...