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Supplisson S. Dynamic role of GlyT1 as glycine sink or source: Pharmacological implications for the gain control of NMDA receptors. Neuroscience 2024:S0306-4522(24)00350-6. [PMID: 39059742 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2024.07.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2024] [Revised: 07/03/2024] [Accepted: 07/22/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024]
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Glycine transporter 1 (GlyT1) mediates the termination of inhibitory glycinergic receptor signaling in the spinal cord and brainstem, and is also present diffusely in the forebrain. Here, it regulates the ambient glycine concentration and influences the 'glycine' site occupancy of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors (NMDARs). GlyT1 is a reversible transporter with a substantial, but not excessive, sodium-motive force for uphill transport. This study investigates its role as a potential source of glycine supply, either by reverse uptake or heteroexchange. Indeed, glutamate alone does not induce NMDAR current in "naive" oocytes co-expressing GluN1/GluN2A and GlyT1, a previously characterized cellular model. However, after substantial intracellular glycine accumulation, GlyT1 reverses its transport mode, and begins to release glycine into the external compartment, allowing NMDAR activation by glutamate alone. These uptake-dependent glutamate currents were blocked by ALX-5407 and potentiated by sarcosine, a specific inhibitor and substrate of GlyT1, respectively, suggesting a higher occupancy of the co-agonist site when GlyT1 functions as a glycine source either by reversed-uptake or by heteroexchange. These two glycine release mechanisms can be distinguished by their voltage dependence, as the reversed-uptake cycle decreases at hyperpolarized potentials, whereas heteroexchange electroneutrality preserves glycine efflux and NMDAR activation at these potentials. These results establish GlyT1-mediated efflux as a positive regulator of NMDAR coagonist site occupancy, and demonstrate the efficacy of sarcosine heteroexchange in enhancing coagonist site occupancy. Because NMDAR facilitation by GlyT1-inhibitors and sarcosine relies on different transport mechanisms, their actions may be a source of variability in reversing NMDAR hypofunction in schizophrenia.
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- Stéphane Supplisson
- Institut de Biologie de l'ENS (IBENS), Ecole normale supérieure, Université PSL, CNRS, INSERM, Paris, F-75005, France.
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Kumari R, Fazekas EA, Morvai B, Udvari EB, Dóra F, Zachar G, Székely T, Pogány Á, Dobolyi Á. Transcriptomics of Parental Care in the Hypothalamic-Septal Region of Female Zebra Finch Brain. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23052518. [PMID: 35269661 PMCID: PMC8910180 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23052518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Revised: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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(1) Background: The objective of this study was to uncover genomic causes of parental care. Since birds do not lactate and, therefore, do not show the gene expressional changes required for lactation, we investigate gene expression associated with parenting in caring and non-caring females in an avian species, the small passerine bird zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Here, we compare expression patterns in the hypothalamic–septal region since, previously, we showed that this area is activated in parenting females. (2) Methods: Transcriptome sequencing was first applied in a dissected part of the zebra finch brain related to taking care of the nestlings as compared to a control group of social pairs without nestlings. (3) Results: We found genes differentially expressed between caring and non-caring females. When introducing a log2fold change threshold of 1.5, 13 annotated genes were significantly upregulated in breeding pairs, while 39 annotated genes were downregulated. Significant enrichments of dopamine and acetylcholine biosynthetic processes were identified among upregulated pathways, while pro-opiomelanocortin and thyroid hormone pathways were downregulated, suggesting the importance of these systems in parental care. Network analysis further suggested neuro-immunological changes in mothers. (4) Conclusions: The results confirm the roles of several hypothesized major pathways in parental care, whereas novel pathways are also proposed.
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- Rashmi Kumari
- MTA-ELTE Laboratory of Molecular and Systems Neurobiology, Eötvös Loránd Network of Research Excellence and Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (R.K.); (E.A.F.); (E.B.U.)
- Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- MTA-ELTE Laboratory of Molecular and Systems Neurobiology, Eötvös Loránd Network of Research Excellence and Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (R.K.); (E.A.F.); (E.B.U.)
- Department of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (B.M.); (Á.P.)
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- Department of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (B.M.); (Á.P.)
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- MTA-ELTE Laboratory of Molecular and Systems Neurobiology, Eötvös Loránd Network of Research Excellence and Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (R.K.); (E.A.F.); (E.B.U.)
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- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Semmelweis University, 1093 Budapest, Hungary; (F.D.); (G.Z.)
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- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Semmelweis University, 1093 Budapest, Hungary; (F.D.); (G.Z.)
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- Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK;
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- Department of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (B.M.); (Á.P.)
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- MTA-ELTE Laboratory of Molecular and Systems Neurobiology, Eötvös Loránd Network of Research Excellence and Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (R.K.); (E.A.F.); (E.B.U.)
- Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +36-1-372-2500 (ext. 8775)
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Yarra T, Ramesh K, Blaxter M, Hüning A, Melzner F, Clark MS. Transcriptomic analysis of shell repair and biomineralization in the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis. BMC Genomics 2021; 22:437. [PMID: 34112105 PMCID: PMC8194122 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07751-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Biomineralization by molluscs involves regulated deposition of calcium carbonate crystals within a protein framework to produce complex biocomposite structures. Effective biomineralization is a key trait for aquaculture, and animal resilience under future climate change. While many enzymes and structural proteins have been identified from the shell and in mantle tissue, understanding biomieralization is impeded by a lack of fundamental knowledge of the genes and pathways involved. In adult bivalves, shells are secreted by the mantle tissue during growth, maintenance and repair, with the repair process, in particular, amenable to experimental dissection at the transcriptomic level in individual animals. RESULTS Gene expression dynamics were explored in the adult blue mussel, Mytilus edulis, during experimentally induced shell repair, using the two valves of each animal as a matched treatment-control pair. Gene expression was assessed using high-resolution RNA-Seq against a de novo assembled database of functionally annotated transcripts. A large number of differentially expressed transcripts were identified in the repair process. Analysis focused on genes encoding proteins and domains identified in shell biology, using a new database of proteins and domains previously implicated in biomineralization in mussels and other molluscs. The genes implicated in repair included many otherwise novel transcripts that encoded proteins with domains found in other shell matrix proteins, as well as genes previously associated with primary shell formation in larvae. Genes with roles in intracellular signalling and maintenance of membrane resting potential were among the loci implicated in the repair process. While haemocytes have been proposed to be actively involved in repair, no evidence was found for this in the M. edulis data. CONCLUSIONS The shell repair experimental model and a newly developed shell protein domain database efficiently identified transcripts involved in M. edulis shell production. In particular, the matched pair analysis allowed factoring out of much of the inherent high level of variability between individual mussels. This snapshot of the damage repair process identified a large number of genes putatively involved in biomineralization from initial signalling, through calcium mobilization to shell construction, providing many novel transcripts for future in-depth functional analyses.
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- Tejaswi Yarra
- Ashworth Laboratories, University of Edinburgh, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Charlotte Auerbach Road, EH9 3FL, Edinburgh, UK
- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, CB3 0ET, Cambridge, UK
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- GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, 24105, Kiel, Germany
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- Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, CB10 1SA, Saffron Walden, UK
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- GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, 24105, Kiel, Germany
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- GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, 24105, Kiel, Germany
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- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, CB3 0ET, Cambridge, UK.
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Sun P, Yu S, Merchant A, Lei C, Zhou X, Huang Q. Downregulation of Orco and 5-HTT Alters Nestmate Discrimination in the Subterranean Termite Odontotermes formosanus (Shiraki). Front Physiol 2019; 10:714. [PMID: 31244679 PMCID: PMC6579916 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2019] [Accepted: 05/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Nestmate discrimination allows social insects to recognize nestmates from non-nestmates using colony-specific chemosensory cues, which typically evoke aggressive behavior toward non-nestmates. Functional analysis of genes associated with nestmate discrimination has been primarily focused on inter-colonial discrimination in Hymenopterans, and parallel studies in termites, however, are grossly lacking. To fill this gap, we investigated the role of two genes, Orco and 5-HTT, associated with chemosensation and neurotransmission respectively, in nestmate discrimination in a highly eusocial subterranean termite, Odontotermes formosanus (Shiraki). We hypothesized that knocking down of these genes will compromise the nestmate recognition and lead to the antagonistic behavior. To test this hypothesis, we carried out (1) an in vivo RNAi to suppress the expression of Orco and 5-HTT, respectively, (2) a validation study to examine the knockdown efficiency, and finally, (3) a behavioral assay to document the phenotypic impacts/behavioral consequences. As expected, the suppression of either of these two genes elevated stress level (e.g., vibrations and retreats), and led to aggressive behaviors (e.g., biting) in O. formosanus workers toward their nestmates, suggesting both Orco and 5-HTT can modulate nestmate discrimination in termites. This research links chemosensation and neurotransmission with nestmate discrimination at the genetic basis, and lays the foundation for functional analyses of nestmate discrimination in termites.
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- Pengdong Sun
- Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States
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- Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States
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- Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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Han Z, Li W, Zhu W, Sun S, Ye K, Xie Y, Wang Z. Near-complete genome assembly and annotation of the yellow drum ( Nibea albiflora) provide insights into population and evolutionary characteristics of this species. Ecol Evol 2019; 9:568-575. [PMID: 30680137 PMCID: PMC6342179 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2018] [Revised: 11/02/2018] [Accepted: 11/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Yellow drum (Nibea albiflora) is an important fish species in capture fishery and aquaculture in East Asia. We herein report the first and near-complete genome assembly of an ultra-homologous gynogenic female yellow drum using Illumina short sequencing reads. In summary, a total of 154.2 Gb of raw reads were generated via whole-genome sequencing and were assembled to 565.3 Mb genome with a contig N50 size of 50.3 kb and scaffold N50 size of 2.2 Mb (BUSCO completeness of 97.7%), accounting for 97.3%-98.6% of the estimated genome size of this fish. We further identified 22,448 genes using combined methods of ab initio prediction, RNAseq annotation, and protein homology searching, of which 21,614 (96.3%) were functionally annotated in NCBI nr, trEMBL, SwissProt, and KOG databases. We also investigated the nucleotide diversity (around 1/390) of aquacultured individuals and found the genetic diversity of the aquacultured population decreased due to inbreeding. Evolutionary analyses illustrated significantly expanded and extracted gene families, such as myosin and sodium: neurotransmitter symporter (SNF), could help explain swimming motility of yellow drum. The presented genome will be an important resource for future studies on population genetics, conservation, understanding of evolutionary history and genetic breeding of the yellow drum and other Nibea species.
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- Zhaofang Han
- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries CollegeJimei UniversityXiamenChina
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries CollegeJimei UniversityXiamenChina
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries CollegeJimei UniversityXiamenChina
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries CollegeJimei UniversityXiamenChina
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries CollegeJimei UniversityXiamenChina
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries CollegeJimei UniversityXiamenChina
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries CollegeJimei UniversityXiamenChina
- Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production ProcessesQingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and TechnologyQingdaoChina
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Glycine transporter 1 (GLYT1) and GLYT2 are the glycine transporters in CNS. While GLYT2 is largely expressed in glycinergic neurons, GLYT1 has long been considered to be exclusively present in glial cells. There is increasing evidence that significant amounts of the 'glial' transporter also exist on neurons, particularly on pre-synaptic nerve endings of glutamatergic neurons. The functions of 'neuronal GLYT1' may be manifold and are discussed in this review. Of major interest are the interactions between neuronal GLYT1 and glutamatergic receptors of the NMDA type the activity of which is modulated not only by astrocytic GLYT1 but also by neuronal GLYT1. Pathophysiological roles and therapeutic implications of neuronal GLYT1 are emerging from recent studies with genetically modified mice, particularly with animals lacking forebrain neuron-specific GLYT1 transporters. These mutant mice exhibit promnesic phenotypes reflecting enhancement of NMDA receptor function, as it occurs following administration of GLYT1 inhibitors. Inactivation of neuronal GLYT1 in the forebrain may represent an effective therapeutic intervention for the treatment of schizophrenia.
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- Luca Raiteri
- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy.
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Control of NMDA receptor activation by a glycine transporter co-expressed in Xenopus oocytes. J Neurosci 1997. [PMID: 9169519 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-12-04580.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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We present evidence that membrane transporters can control the membrane receptor's agonist concentration in restricted extracellular spaces of a biological model. The model is constructed by co-expressing glycine/Na/Cl cotransporters (GLYT1b) and NMDA receptors (NMDARs) (composed of the subunits NR1 and NR2A or NR2B) in Xenopus oocytes. We use the high-affinity glycine site of the NMDARs as a sensor of the actual juxtamembrane glycine concentration. We show that glycine uptake by GLYT1b dramatically reduces NMDAR currents by reducing the glycine concentration in extracellular spaces in which diffusion is restricted. This effect appears only in oocytes in which GLYT1b and NMDAR are co-expressed. It is Na+- and voltage-dependent, and is abolished when Na+ is replaced by Li+ and when glycine is replaced by D-serine (a coagonist of the NMDAR that is not transported by GLYT1b). These results demonstrate the ability of the GLYT transporter to reduce glycine concentration at the level of NMDARs in restricted diffusion spaces. This observation could account for a prevalent role of membrane transporters in the modulation of synapse transmission in the CNS. From a more general point of view, our results draw attention to possible significant discrepancies between local concentrations at the level of substrate targets in biological membranes and their concentration in the bulk solution when membrane transporters are present.
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Tzeng MC, Yen CH, Tsai MD. Binding proteins on synaptic membranes for certain phospholipases A2 with presynaptic toxicity. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1996; 391:271-8. [PMID: 8726066 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0361-9_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- M C Tzeng
- Institute of Biological Chemistry Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Frommer WB, Kwart M, Hirner B, Fischer WN, Hummel S, Ninnemann O. Transporters for nitrogenous compounds in plants. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1994; 26:1651-1670. [PMID: 7858208 DOI: 10.1007/bf00016495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The identification of two gene families encoding neurotransmitter transporters was a major step towards a better understanding of these proteins and their function in neurotransmission. The recent isolation of additional members of these families underscores their high molecular diversity and implies a delicate regulation of transmitter uptake.
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- P Schloss
- Department of Neurochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt, Germany
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Hayward DC, Delaney SJ, Campbell HD, Ghysen A, Benzer S, Kasprzak AB, Cotsell JN, Young IG, Miklos GL. The sluggish-A gene of Drosophila melanogaster is expressed in the nervous system and encodes proline oxidase, a mitochondrial enzyme involved in glutamate biosynthesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1993; 90:2979-83. [PMID: 8096642 PMCID: PMC46220 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.7.2979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Certain gene mutations in Drosophila melanogaster cause sluggish motor activity. We have localized the transcription unit of the sluggish-A gene to a 14.7-kb region at the base of the X chromosome and have cloned corresponding cDNAs. The predicted protein product has significant sequence similarity to Saccharomyces cerevisiae proline oxidase (EC 1.5.99.8), a mitochondrial enzyme which catalyzes the first step in the conversion of proline to glutamate. In the mutant fly, mitochondrial proline oxidase activity is reduced and has kinetic properties different from those of the wild type, providing further evidence that the gene encodes proline oxidase. Indeed, the free proline level in mutant flies is elevated. When the mutant is rescued by transformation, the proline oxidase and free proline levels, as well as the motor and phototactic behavior, are restored to normal. During embryonic development the sluggish-A transcript is predominantly expressed in the nervous system. Significantly, it has previously been reported that a mouse mutant, PRO/Re, which has reduced proline oxidase activity and elevated free proline levels, also exhibits sluggish behavior.
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- D C Hayward
- Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
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