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Bellanda M, Damulewicz M, Zambelli B, Costanzi E, Gregoris F, Mammi S, Tosatto SCE, Costa R, Minervini G, Mazzotta GM. A PDZ scaffolding/CaM-mediated pathway in Cryptochrome signaling. Protein Sci 2024; 33:e4914. [PMID: 38358255 PMCID: PMC10868427 DOI: 10.1002/pro.4914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2023] [Revised: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/13/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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Cryptochromes are cardinal constituents of the circadian clock, which orchestrates daily physiological rhythms in living organisms. A growing body of evidence points to their participation in pathways that have not traditionally been associated with circadian clock regulation, implying that cryptochromes may be subject to modulation by multiple signaling mechanisms. In this study, we demonstrate that human CRY2 (hCRY2) forms a complex with the large, modular scaffolding protein known as Multi-PDZ Domain Protein 1 (MUPP1). This interaction is facilitated by the calcium-binding protein Calmodulin (CaM) in a calcium-dependent manner. Our findings suggest a novel cooperative mechanism for the regulation of mammalian cryptochromes, mediated by calcium ions (Ca2+ ) and CaM. We propose that this Ca2+ /CaM-mediated signaling pathway may be an evolutionarily conserved mechanism that has been maintained from Drosophila to mammals, most likely in relation to its potential role in the broader context of cryptochrome function and regulation. Further, the understanding of cryptochrome interactions with other proteins and signaling pathways could lead to a better definition of its role within the intricate network of molecular interactions that govern circadian rhythms.
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- Department of Cell Biology and ImagingJagiellonian UniversityKrakówPoland
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- Department of Pharmacy and BiotechnologyUniversity of BolognaBolognaItaly
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- Department of Chemical SciencesUniversity of PadovaPadovaItaly
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- Department of Chemical SciencesUniversity of PadovaPadovaItaly
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of PadovaPadovaItaly
- Institute of Neuroscience, National Research Council of Italy (CNR)PadovaItaly
- Chronobiology Section, Faculty of Health and Medical SciencesUniversity of SurreyGuildfordUK
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Peltz G, Tan Y. What Have We Learned (or Expect to) From Analysis of Murine Genetic Models Related to Substance Use Disorders? Front Psychiatry 2022; 12:793961. [PMID: 35095607 PMCID: PMC8790171 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.793961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The tremendous public health problem created by substance use disorders (SUDs) presents a major opportunity for mouse genetics. Inbred mouse strains exhibit substantial and heritable differences in their responses to drugs of abuse (DOA) and in many of the behaviors associated with susceptibility to SUD. Therefore, genetic discoveries emerging from analysis of murine genetic models can provide critically needed insight into the neurobiological effects of DOA, and they can reveal how genetic factors affect susceptibility drug addiction. There are already indications, emerging from our prior analyses of murine genetic models of responses related to SUDs that mouse genetic models of SUD can provide actionable information, which can lead to new approaches for alleviating SUDs. Lastly, we consider the features of murine genetic models that enable causative genetic factors to be successfully identified; and the methodologies that facilitate genetic discovery.
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- Gary Peltz
- Department of Anesthesia, Pain and Perioperative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
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Yang J, Simonneau C, Kilker R, Oakley L, Byrne MD, Nichtova Z, Stefanescu I, Pardeep-Kumar F, Tripathi S, Londin E, Saugier-Veber P, Willard B, Thakur M, Pickup S, Ishikawa H, Schroten H, Smeyne R, Horowitz A. Murine MPDZ-linked hydrocephalus is caused by hyperpermeability of the choroid plexus. EMBO Mol Med 2019; 11:emmm.201809540. [PMID: 30518636 PMCID: PMC6328942 DOI: 10.15252/emmm.201809540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Though congenital hydrocephalus is heritable, it has been linked only to eight genes, one of which is MPDZ. Humans and mice that carry a truncated version of MPDZ incur severe hydrocephalus resulting in acute morbidity and lethality. We show by magnetic resonance imaging that contrast medium penetrates into the brain ventricles of mice carrying a Mpdz loss‐of‐function mutation, whereas none is detected in the ventricles of normal mice, implying that the permeability of the choroid plexus epithelial cell monolayer is abnormally high. Comparative proteomic analysis of the cerebrospinal fluid of normal and hydrocephalic mice revealed up to a 53‐fold increase in protein concentration, suggesting that transcytosis through the choroid plexus epithelial cells of Mpdz KO mice is substantially higher than in normal mice. These conclusions are supported by ultrastructural evidence, and by immunohistochemistry and cytology data. Our results provide a straightforward and concise explanation for the pathophysiology of Mpdz‐linked hydrocephalus.
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- Junning Yang
- Cardeza Center for Vascular Biology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Cardeza Center for Vascular Biology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Cardeza Center for Vascular Biology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Cardeza Center for Vascular Biology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Computational Medicine Center, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Proteomics Core Facility, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Laboratory of Clinical Regenerative Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba-City, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University Children's Hospital Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Neuroscience, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Cardeza Center for Vascular Biology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA .,Department of Cancer Biology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Chew LA, Bellampalli SS, Dustrude ET, Khanna R. Mining the Na v1.7 interactome: Opportunities for chronic pain therapeutics. Biochem Pharmacol 2019; 163:9-20. [PMID: 30699328 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2019.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2019] [Accepted: 01/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The peripherally expressed voltage-gated sodium NaV1.7 (gene SCN9A) channel boosts small stimuli to initiate firing of pain-signaling dorsal root ganglia (DRG) neurons and facilitates neurotransmitter release at the first synapse within the spinal cord. Mutations in SCN9A produce distinct human pain syndromes. Widely acknowledged as a "gatekeeper" of pain, NaV1.7 has been the focus of intense investigation but, to date, no NaV1.7-selective drugs have reached the clinic. Elegant crystallographic studies have demonstrated the potential of designing highly potent and selective NaV1.7 compounds but their therapeutic value remains untested. Transcriptional silencing of NaV1.7 by a naturally expressed antisense transcript has been reported in rodents and humans but whether this represents a viable opportunity for designing NaV1.7 therapeutics is currently unknown. The demonstration that loss of NaV1.7 function is associated with upregulation of endogenous opioids and potentiation of mu- and delta-opioid receptor activities, suggests that targeting only NaV1.7 may be insufficient for analgesia. However, the link between opioid-dependent analgesic mechanisms and function of sodium channels and intracellular sodium-dependent signaling remains controversial. Thus, additional new targets - regulators, modulators - are needed. In this context, we mine the literature for the known interactome of NaV1.7 with a focus on protein interactors that affect the channel's trafficking or link it to opioid signaling. As a case study, we present antinociceptive evidence of allosteric regulation of NaV1.7 by the cytosolic collapsin response mediator protein 2 (CRMP2). Throughout discussions of these possible new targets, we offer thoughts on the therapeutic implications of modulating NaV1.7 function in chronic pain.
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- Lindsey A Chew
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
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- Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA; Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA; The Center for Innovation in Brain Sciences, The University of Arizona Health Sciences, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.
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Feldner A, Adam MG, Tetzlaff F, Moll I, Komljenovic D, Sahm F, Bäuerle T, Ishikawa H, Schroten H, Korff T, Hofmann I, Wolburg H, von Deimling A, Fischer A. Loss of Mpdz impairs ependymal cell integrity leading to perinatal-onset hydrocephalus in mice. EMBO Mol Med 2018; 9:890-905. [PMID: 28500065 PMCID: PMC5494508 DOI: 10.15252/emmm.201606430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Hydrocephalus is a common congenital anomaly. LCAM1 and MPDZ (MUPP1) are the only known human gene loci associated with non‐syndromic hydrocephalus. To investigate functions of the tight junction‐associated protein Mpdz, we generated mouse models. Global Mpdz gene deletion or conditional inactivation in Nestin‐positive cells led to formation of supratentorial hydrocephalus in the early postnatal period. Blood vessels, epithelial cells of the choroid plexus, and cilia on ependymal cells, which line the ventricular system, remained morphologically intact in Mpdz‐deficient brains. However, flow of cerebrospinal fluid through the cerebral aqueduct was blocked from postnatal day 3 onward. Silencing of Mpdz expression in cultured epithelial cells impaired barrier integrity, and loss of Mpdz in astrocytes increased RhoA activity. In Mpdz‐deficient mice, ependymal cells had morphologically normal tight junctions, but expression of the interacting planar cell polarity protein Pals1 was diminished and barrier integrity got progressively lost. Ependymal denudation was accompanied by reactive astrogliosis leading to aqueductal stenosis. This work provides a relevant hydrocephalus mouse model and demonstrates that Mpdz is essential to maintain integrity of the ependyma.
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- Anja Feldner
- Vascular Signaling and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Vascular Signaling and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Vascular Signaling and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Vascular Signaling and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Medical Physics in Radiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuropathology, German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Medical Physics in Radiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of NDU Life Sciences, School of Life Dentistry, Nippon Dental University, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, Japan
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- Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University Children's Hospital Mannheim Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Cardiovascular Research, Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Vascular Oncology and Metastasis, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.,Vascular Biology, CBTM, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Pathology and Neuropathology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuropathology, German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Vascular Signaling and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany .,Vascular Biology, CBTM, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.,Medical Clinic I, Endocrinology and Clinical Chemistry, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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Saugier-Veber P, Marguet F, Lecoquierre F, Adle-Biassette H, Guimiot F, Cipriani S, Patrier S, Brasseur-Daudruy M, Goldenberg A, Layet V, Capri Y, Gérard M, Frébourg T, Laquerrière A. Hydrocephalus due to multiple ependymal malformations is caused by mutations in the MPDZ gene. Acta Neuropathol Commun 2017; 5:36. [PMID: 28460636 PMCID: PMC5412059 DOI: 10.1186/s40478-017-0438-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2017] [Accepted: 04/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Congenital hydrocephalus is considered as either acquired due to haemorrhage, infection or neoplasia or as of developmental nature and is divided into two subgroups, communicating and obstructive. Congenital hydrocephalus is either syndromic or non-syndromic, and in the latter no cause is found in more than half of the patients. In patients with isolated hydrocephalus, L1CAM mutations represent the most common aetiology. More recently, a founder mutation has also been reported in the MPDZ gene in foetuses presenting massive hydrocephalus, but the neuropathology remains unknown. We describe here three novel homozygous null mutations in the MPDZ gene in foetuses whose post-mortem examination has revealed a homogeneous phenotype characterized by multiple ependymal malformations along the aqueduct of Sylvius, the third and fourth ventricles as well as the central canal of the medulla, consisting in multifocal rosettes with immature cell accumulation in the vicinity of ependymal lining early detached from the ventricular zone. MPDZ also named MUPP1 is an essential component of tight junctions which are expressed from early brain development in the choroid plexuses and ependyma. Alterations in the formation of tight junctions within the ependyma very likely account for the lesions observed and highlight for the first time that primary multifocal ependymal malformations of the ventricular system is genetically determined in humans. Therefore, MPDZ sequencing should be performed when neuropathological examination reveals multifocal ependymal rosette formation within the aqueduct of Sylvius, of the third and fourth ventricles and of the central canal of the medulla.
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Donaldson R, Sun Y, Liang DY, Zheng M, Sahbaie P, Dill DL, Peltz G, Buck KJ, Clark JD. The multiple PDZ domain protein Mpdz/MUPP1 regulates opioid tolerance and opioid-induced hyperalgesia. BMC Genomics 2016; 17:313. [PMID: 27129385 PMCID: PMC4850636 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-2634-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2015] [Accepted: 04/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Opioids are a mainstay for the treatment of chronic pain. Unfortunately, therapy-limiting maladaptations such as loss of treatment effect (tolerance), and paradoxical opioid-induced hyperalgesia (OIH) can occur. The objective of this study was to identify genes responsible for opioid tolerance and OIH. RESULTS These studies used a well-established model of ascending morphine administration to induce tolerance, OIH and other opioid maladaptations in 23 strains of inbred mice. Genome-wide computational genetic mapping was then applied to the data in combination with a false discovery rate filter. Transgenic mice, gene expression experiments and immunoprecipitation assays were used to confirm the functional roles of the most strongly linked gene. The behavioral data processed using computational genetic mapping and false discovery rate filtering provided several strongly linked biologically plausible gene associations. The strongest of these was the highly polymorphic Mpdz gene coding for the post-synaptic scaffolding protein Mpdz/MUPP1. Heterozygous Mpdz +/- mice displayed reduced opioid tolerance and OIH. Mpdz gene expression and Mpdz/MUPP1 protein levels were lower in the spinal cords of low-adapting 129S1/Svlm mice than in high-adapting C57BL/6 mice. Morphine did not alter Mpdz expression levels. In addition, association of Mpdz/MUPP1 with its known binding partner CaMKII did not differ between these high- and low-adapting strains. CONCLUSIONS The degrees of maladaptive changes in response to repeated administration of morphine vary greatly across inbred strains of mice. Variants of the multiple PDZ domain gene Mpdz may contribute to the observed inter-strain variability in tolerance and OIH by virtue of changes in the level of their expression.
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- Robin Donaldson
- Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Anesthesiology Service, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, 3801 Miranda Ave., Anesthesiology, 112A, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, USA.,Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Anesthesiology Service, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, 3801 Miranda Ave., Anesthesiology, 112A, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, USA.,Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Anesthesiology Service, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, 3801 Miranda Ave., Anesthesiology, 112A, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, USA.,Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Anesthesiology Service, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, 3801 Miranda Ave., Anesthesiology, 112A, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, USA. .,Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
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Zhu H, Liu Z, Huang Y, Zhang C, Li G, Liu W. Biochemical and structural characterization of MUPP1-PDZ4 domain from Mus musculus. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) 2015; 47:199-206. [PMID: 25662616 DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmv002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Specific protein-protein interactions are important for biological signal transduction. The postsynaptic density-95, disc-large, and zonulin-1 (PDZ) domain is one of the most abundant protein interaction modules. Multi-PDZ-domain protein 1 (MUPP1), as a scaffold protein, contains 13 PDZ domains and plays an important role in cytoskeletal organization, cell polarity, and cell proliferation. The study on PDZ domain of MUPP1 helps to understand the mechanisms and functions of MUPP1. In the present study, the fourth PDZ domain of MUPP1 (MUPP1-PDZ4) from Mus musculus was cloned, expressed, purified, and characterized. The MUPP1-PDZ4 domain was subcloned into a pET-vector and expressed in Escherichia coli. Affinity chromatography and size-exclusion chromatography were used to purify the protein. MUPP1-PDZ4 protein was a monomer with a molar mass of 16.4 kDa in solution and had a melting point of 60.3°C. Using the sitting-drop vapor-diffusion method, MUPP1-PDZ4 protein crystals were obtained in a solution (pH 7.0) containing 2% (v/v) polyethylene glycol 400, 0.1 M imidazole, and 24% (w/v) polyethylene glycol monoethyl ether 5000. Finally, the crystal was diffracted with 1.6 Å resolution. The crystal structure showed that MUPP1-PDZ4 domain contained three α-helices and six β-strands in the core. The GLGI motif, L562/A564 on the β-strand B, and H605/V608/L612 on the α-helix B formed a PDZ binding pocket which could bind to the C-terminal of the binding partners. This biochemical and structural information will provide insights into how PDZ binds to its target peptide and the theoretical foundation for the function of MUPP1.
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- Haili Zhu
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Neuronal Structural Biology, Biomedical Research Institute, Shenzhen Peking University-The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Medical Center, Shenzhen 518036, China
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- Division of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Neuronal Structural Biology, Biomedical Research Institute, Shenzhen Peking University-The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Medical Center, Shenzhen 518036, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Neuronal Structural Biology, Biomedical Research Institute, Shenzhen Peking University-The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Medical Center, Shenzhen 518036, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Neuronal Structural Biology, Biomedical Research Institute, Shenzhen Peking University-The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Medical Center, Shenzhen 518036, China Division of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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Milner LC, Shirley RL, Kozell LB, Walter NA, Kruse LC, Komiyama NH, Grant SG, Buck KJ. Novel MPDZ/MUPP1 transgenic and knockdown models confirm Mpdz's role in ethanol withdrawal and support its role in voluntary ethanol consumption. Addict Biol 2015; 20:143-7. [PMID: 24118405 PMCID: PMC3997615 DOI: 10.1111/adb.12087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Association studies implicate multiple PDZ domain protein (MPDZ/MUPP1) sequence and/or expression in risk for alcoholism in humans and ethanol withdrawal (EW) in mice, but confirmation has been hindered by the dearth of targeted genetic models. We report the creation of transgenic (MPDZ-TG) and knockout heterozygote (Mpdz(+/-) ) mice, with increased (2.9-fold) and decreased (53%) target expression, respectively. Both models differ in EW compared with wild-type littermates (P ≤ 0.03), providing compelling evidence for an inverse relationship between Mpdz expression and EW severity. Additionally, ethanol consumption is reduced up to 18% (P = 0.006) in Mpdz(+/-) , providing the first evidence implicating Mpdz in ethanol self-administration.
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- Lauren C. Milner
- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Oregon Health & Science University, 3710 SW US Veterans Hospital Road, mail code RD40, Portland, OR 97239-3098, USA
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- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Oregon Health & Science University, 3710 SW US Veterans Hospital Road, mail code RD40, Portland, OR 97239-3098, USA
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- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Oregon Health & Science University, 3710 SW US Veterans Hospital Road, mail code RD40, Portland, OR 97239-3098, USA
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- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Oregon Health & Science University, 3710 SW US Veterans Hospital Road, mail code RD40, Portland, OR 97239-3098, USA
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- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Oregon Health & Science University, 3710 SW US Veterans Hospital Road, mail code RD40, Portland, OR 97239-3098, USA
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- Edinburgh University, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK
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- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Oregon Health & Science University, 3710 SW US Veterans Hospital Road, mail code RD40, Portland, OR 97239-3098, USA
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Tanabe Y, Fujita E, Hayashi YK, Zhu X, Lubbert H, Mezaki Y, Senoo H, Momoi T. Synaptic adhesion molecules in Cadm family at the neuromuscular junction. Cell Biol Int 2013; 37:731-6. [DOI: 10.1002/cbin.10092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2012] [Accepted: 02/19/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Yuko Tanabe
- Center for Medical Science; International University of Health and Welfare; Kitakanamaru, Otawara, Tochigi; Japan
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- Department of Neuromuscular Research; National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry; Ogawa-Higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo; Japan
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- Department of Animal Physiology; Ruhr-University Bochum; Bochum; Germany
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- Department of Animal Physiology; Ruhr-University Bochum; Bochum; Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology and Morphology; Akita University Graduate School of Medicine; Hondo, Akita; Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology and Morphology; Akita University Graduate School of Medicine; Hondo, Akita; Japan
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- Center for Medical Science; International University of Health and Welfare; Kitakanamaru, Otawara, Tochigi; Japan
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Fujita E, Tanabe Y, Imhof BA, Momoi MY, Momoi T. A complex of synaptic adhesion molecule CADM1, a molecule related to autism spectrum disorder, with MUPP1 in the cerebellum. J Neurochem 2012; 123:886-94. [PMID: 22994563 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2012] [Revised: 06/27/2012] [Accepted: 09/10/2012] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Mutations in the synaptic adhesion protein CADM1 (RA175/SynCAM1) are associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a neurodevelopmental disorder of uncertain molecular origin. Cadm1-knock out (KO) mice exhibit smaller cerebella with decreased number of synapse of Purkinje cells and some ASD-like symptoms, including impaired ultrasonic vocalization. In this study, we examined the alteration of the Cadm1 synaptic complex in the mouse cerebellum at post-natal stages. The C-terminal peptide of Cadm1 associated with Mupp1 at PSD-95/Dlg/ZO-1 (PDZ)(1-5), a scaffold protein containing 13 PDZ domains, which interacted with gamma-aminobutyric acid type B receptor (GABBR)2 at PDZ13, but not with PSD-95. The GABBR2 was detected in a set of proteins interacting with Cadm1 C-terminal. Cadm1 colocalized with Mupp1 and GABBR2 on the dendrites of Purkinje cells in the molecular layers of the developing cerebellum and on the dendrites of hippocampal neurons cultured in vitro. These observations suggest that the Cadm1 synaptic receptor complex, including Mupp1-GABBR2, is located on the dendrites of Purkinje cells. The amount of GABBR2 protein, but not mRNA, was increased in the cerebella of Cadm1 KO mice, suggesting that lack of Cadm1 does not affect transcription of GABBR2, but may stabilize the Mupp1-GABBR2 complex; the Mupp1-GABBR2 interaction may be stabilized by conformational change in Mupp1 or association with other adhesion molecules and by anchorage to the post-synaptic membrane. Up-regulation of GABBR2 in the cerebellum in the absence of CADM1 may be associated with ASD pathogenesis.
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- Eriko Fujita
- Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
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Sindic A, Huang C, Chen AP, Ding Y, Miller-Little WA, Che D, Romero MF, Miller RT. MUPP1 complexes renal K+ channels to alter cell surface expression and whole cell currents. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2009; 297:F36-45. [PMID: 19420109 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.90559.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We previously found that the Ca(2+)-sensing receptor (CaR) interacts with and inactivates the inwardly rectifying K(+) channel Kir4.2 that is expressed in the kidney cortex and that has a COOH-terminal PDZ domain. To identify potential scaffolding proteins that could organize a macromolecular signaling complex involving the CaR and Kir4.2, we used yeast two-hybrid cloning with the COOH-terminal 125 amino acids (AA) of Kir4.2 as bait to screen a human kidney cDNA library. We identified two independent partial cDNAs corresponding to the COOH-terminal 900 AA of MUPP1, a protein containing 13 PDZ binding domains that is expressed in the kidney in tight junctions and lateral borders of epithelial cells. When expressed in human embryonic kidney (HEK)-293 cells, Kir4.2 coimmunoprecipitates reciprocally with MUPP1 but not with a Kir4.2 construct lacking the four COOH-terminal amino acids, Kir5.1, or the CaR. MUPP1 and Kir4.2 coimmunoprecipitate reciprocally from rat kidney cortex extracts. Coexpression of MUPP1 with Kir4.2 in HEK-293 cells leads to reduced cell surface expression of Kir4.2 as assessed by cell surface biotinylation. Coexpression of MUPP1 and Kir4.2 in Xenopus oocytes results in reduced whole cell currents compared with expression of Kir4.2 alone, whereas expression of Kir4.2DeltaPDZ results in minimal currents and is not affected by coexpression with MUPP1. Immunofluorescence studies of oocytes demonstrate that MUPP1 reduces Kir4.2 membrane localization. These results indicate that Kir4.2 interacts selectively with MUPP1 to affect its cell surface expression. Thus MUPP1 and Kir4.2 may participate in a protein complex in the nephron that could regulate transport of K(+) as well as other ions.
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- Aleksandra Sindic
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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Baliova M, Knab A, Franekova V, Jursky F. Modification of the cytosolic regions of GABA transporter GAT1 by calpain. Neurochem Int 2009; 55:288-94. [PMID: 19576516 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2009.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2008] [Revised: 02/20/2009] [Accepted: 03/18/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Cytosolic regions of sodium dependent neurotransmitter transporters regulate their surface density and transporting function by interconnecting themselves with intracellular signaling pathways. Here we show that calpain activation in rat brain synaptosomes leads to cleavage of both N- and C-terminal regions of GABA transporter GAT1. In the C-terminal region, calpain removes a short segment of amino acids involved in binding of GAT1 to a high-density PDZ anchoring matrix. Using a protein pull-down assay, we found that C-terminal truncation of GAT1 results in modification of its interacting proteome in vitro. Results indicate that calpain activation/inhibition in GABAergic terminals may influence the scaffolding and surface expression of GABA transporter GAT1 under normal conditions or imbalance GAT1-mediated GABAergic transmission under pathological states.
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- Martina Baliova
- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Institute of Molecular Biology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska cesta 21, 84251 Bratislava, Slovakia
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Li X, Penes M, Odermatt B, Willecke K, Nagy JI. Ablation of Cx47 in transgenic mice leads to the loss of MUPP1, ZONAB and multiple connexins at oligodendrocyte-astrocyte gap junctions. Eur J Neurosci 2008; 28:1503-17. [PMID: 18973575 PMCID: PMC2746910 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06431.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Oligodendrocytes in CNS are linked to astrocytes by heterotypic gap junctions composed of Cx32 and Cx47 in oligodendrocytes and Cx30 and Cx43 in astrocytes. These gap junctions also harbour regulatory proteins, including ZO-1 and ZONAB. Here, we investigated the localization of multi-PDZ domain protein 1 (MUPP1) at these gap junctions and examined accessory proteins and connexins associated with oligodendrocytes in Cx47-knockout mice. In every CNS region tested, punctate immunolabelling for MUPP1 was found on all oligodendrocyte somata in wild-type mice. These MUPP1-positive puncta were colocalized with punctate labelling for oligodendrocytic Cx32 or Cx47, and with astrocytic Cx30 or Cx43 at oligodendrocyte-astrocyte (O/A) gap junctions, but were not found at astrocyte-astrocyte gap junctions. In Cx47-knockout mice, immunolabelling of MUPP1 and ZONAB was absent on oligodendrocytes, whereas some ZO-1-positive puncta remained. In Cx32-knockout mice, MUPP1 and ZONAB persisted at O/A gap junctions. The absence of Cx47 in Cx47-knockout mice was accompanied by a total loss of punctate labelling for Cx30, Cx32 and Cx43 on oligodendrocyte somata, and by a dramatic increase in immunolabelling for Cx32 along myelinated fibers. These results demonstrate MUPP1 at O/A gap junctions and Cx47-dependent targeting of connexins to the plasma membranes of oligodendrocyte somata. Further, it appears that deficits in myelination reported in Cx47-knockout mice may arise not only from a loss of Cx47 but also from the accompanied loss of gap junctions and their regulatory proteins at oligodendrocyte somata, and that loss of Cx47 may be partly compensated for by elevated levels of Cx32 along myelinated fibers.
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- Xinbo Li
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada
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Estévez MA, Henderson JA, Ahn D, Zhu XR, Poschmann G, Lübbert H, Marx R, Baraban JM. The neuronal RhoA GEF, Tech, interacts with the synaptic multi-PDZ-domain-containing protein, MUPP1. J Neurochem 2008; 106:1287-97. [PMID: 18537874 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2008.05472.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Tech is a RhoA guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) that is highly enriched in hippocampal and cortical neurons. To help define its function, we have conducted studies aimed at identifying partner proteins that bind to its C-terminal PDZ ligand motif. Yeast two hybrid studies using the Tech C-terminal segment as bait identified MUPP1, a protein that contains 13 PDZ domains and has been localized to the post-synaptic compartment, as a candidate partner protein for Tech. Co-transfection of Tech and MUPP1 in human embryonic kidney 293 cells confirmed that these full-length proteins interact in a PDZ-dependent fashion. Furthermore, we confirmed that endogenous Tech co-precipitates with MUPP1, but not PSD-95, from hippocampal and cortical extracts prepared from rat brain. In addition, immunostaining of primary cortical cultures revealed co-localization of MUPP1 and Tech puncta in the vicinity of synapses. In assessing which PDZ domains of MUPP1 mediate binding to Tech, we found that Tech can bind to either PDZ domain 10 or 13 of MUPP1 as mutation of both these domains is needed to disrupt their interaction. Taken together, these findings demonstrate that Tech binds to MUPP1 and suggest that it regulates RhoA signaling pathways in the vicinity of synapses.
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- Marcel A Estévez
- Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Guillaume JL, Daulat AM, Maurice P, Levoye A, Migaud M, Brydon L, Malpaux B, Borg-Capra C, Jockers R. The PDZ protein mupp1 promotes Gi coupling and signaling of the Mt1 melatonin receptor. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:16762-71. [PMID: 18378672 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m802069200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Intracellular signaling events are often organized around PDZ (PSD-95/Drosophila Disc large/ZO-1 homology) domain-containing scaffolding proteins. The ubiquitously expressed multi-PDZ protein MUPP1, which is composed of 13 PDZ domains, has been shown to interact with multiple viral and cellular proteins and to play important roles in receptor targeting and trafficking. In this study, we show that MUPP1 binds to the G protein-coupled MT(1) melatonin receptor and directly regulates its G(i)-dependent signal transduction. Structural determinants involved in this interaction are the PDZ10 domain of MUPP1 and the valine of the canonical class III PDZ domain binding motif DSV of the MT(1) carboxyl terminus. This high affinity interaction (K(d) approximately 4 nm), which is independent of MT(1) activation, occurs in the ovine pars tuberalis of the pituitary expressing both proteins endogenously. Although the disruption of the MT(1)/MUPP1 interaction has no effect on the subcellular localization, trafficking, or degradation of MT(1), it destabilizes the interaction between MT(1) and G(i) and abolishes G(i)-mediated signaling of MT(1). Our findings highlight a previously unappreciated role of PDZ proteins in promoting G protein coupling to receptors.
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- Jean-Luc Guillaume
- Institut Cochin, Department of Cell Biology, Université Paris Descartes, CNRS (UMR8104), Paris 75014, France
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5-HT2C and GABAB receptors influence handling-induced convulsion severity in chromosome 4 congenic and DBA/2J background strain mice. Brain Res 2008; 1198:124-31. [PMID: 18262506 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2007] [Revised: 12/21/2007] [Accepted: 01/05/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Progress towards elucidating the underlying genetic variation for susceptibility to complex central nervous system (CNS) hyperexcitability states has just begun. Genetic mapping analyses suggest that a gene(s) on mid-chromosome 4 has pleiotropic effects on multiple CNS hyperexcitability states in mice, including alcohol and barbiturate withdrawal and convulsions elicited by chemical and audiogenic stimuli. We recently identified Mpdz within this chromosomal region as a gene that influences alcohol and barbiturate withdrawal convulsions. Mpdz encodes the multi-PDZ domain protein (MPDZ). Currently, there is limited information available about the mechanism by which MPDZ influences drug withdrawal and/or other CNS hyperexcitability states, but may involve its interaction with 5-HT2C and/or GABAB receptors. One of the most useful tools we have developed thus far is a congenic strain that possesses a segment of chromosome 4 from the C57BL/6J (donor) mouse strain superimposed on a genetic background that is >99% from the DBA/2J strain. The introduced segment spans the Mpdz gene. Here, we demonstrate that handling-induced convulsions are less severe in congenic vs. background strain mice in response to either a 5-HT2C receptor antagonist (SB242084) or a GABAB receptor agonist (baclofen), but not a GABAA receptor channel blocker (pentylenetetrazol). These data suggest that allelic variation in Mpdz, or a linked gene, influences SB242084- and baclofen-enhanced convulsions. Our results are consistent with the hypothesis that Mpdz's effects on CNS hyperexcitability, including alcohol and barbiturate withdrawal, involve MPDZ interaction with 5-HT2C and/or GABAB receptors. However, additional genes reside within the congenic interval and may also influence CNS hyperexcitability.
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Ackermann F, Zitranski N, Heydecke D, Wilhelm B, Gudermann T, Boekhoff I. The Multi-PDZ domain protein MUPP1 as a lipid raft-associated scaffolding protein controlling the acrosome reaction in mammalian spermatozoa. J Cell Physiol 2007; 214:757-68. [PMID: 17894389 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The success of acrosomal exocytosis, a complex process with a variety of interrelated steps, relies on the coordinated interaction of participating signaling molecules. Since scaffolding proteins are known to spatially organize sequential signaling pathways, we examined whether the Multi-PDZ domain protein MUPP1, recently identified in mammalian spermatozoa, is functionally active in controlling acrosomal secretion in mammalian sperm cells. To address this question, permeabilized mouse sperm were loaded with inhibitory antibodies against MUPP1 as well as with a photosensitive Ca(2+) chelator which allows a controlled release of acrosomal Ca(2+). The results revealed that MUPP1 controls initial tethering and docking of the acrosomal vesicle, whereas syntaxin 2, a t-SNARE protein also expressed in the acrosomal cap of mammalian spermatozoa, appears to take part in the final process of acrosomal fusion. Interestingly, using immunogold electron microscopy, it was found that MUPP1 is detectable in the region of the periacrosomal membrane. Furthermore, in isolated detergent-insoluble glycolipid-enriched membrane domains from epididymal spermatozoa, MUPP1 was found to show a striking association with the Triton X-100 insoluble membrane fraction, which did not change significantly upon sperm capacitation or partial chemical extraction of cholesterol. This evidence points to a role of MUPP1 as a membrane raft-associated molecular organizer, and suggests that mammalian spermatozoa may use a scaffolding protein and distinct membrane subdomains to spatially organize components involved in the process of acrosomal exocytosis.
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- Frauke Ackermann
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
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Balasubramanian S, Fam SR, Hall RA. GABAB receptor association with the PDZ scaffold Mupp1 alters receptor stability and function. J Biol Chem 2006; 282:4162-71. [PMID: 17145756 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m607695200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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gamma-Aminobutyric acid, type B (GABA(B)) receptors are heterodimeric G protein-coupled receptors that mediate slow inhibitory synaptic transmission in the central nervous system. To identify novel interacting partners that might regulate GABA(B) receptor (GABA(B)R) functionality, we screened the GABA(B)R2 carboxyl terminus against a recently created proteomic array of 96 distinct PDZ (PSD-95/Dlg/ZO-1 homology) domains. The screen identified three specific PDZ domains that exhibit interactions with GABA(B)R2: Mupp1 PDZ13, PAPIN PDZ1, and Erbin PDZ. Biochemical analysis confirmed that full-length Mupp1 and PAPIN interact with GABA(B)R2 in cells. Disruption of the GABA(B)R2 interaction with PDZ scaffolds by a point mutation to the carboxyl terminus of the receptor dramatically decreased receptor stability and attenuated the duration of GABA(B) receptor signaling. The effects of mutating the GABA(B)R2 carboxyl terminus on receptor stability and signaling were mimicked by small interference RNA knockdown of endogenous Mupp1. These findings reveal that GABA(B) receptor stability and signaling can be modulated via GABA(B)R2 interactions with the PDZ scaffold protein Mupp1, which may contribute to cell-specific regulation of GABA(B) receptors in the central nervous system.
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Nichols CD. Drosophila melanogaster neurobiology, neuropharmacology, and how the fly can inform central nervous system drug discovery. Pharmacol Ther 2006; 112:677-700. [PMID: 16935347 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2006.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2006] [Accepted: 05/24/2006] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Central nervous system (CNS) drug discovery in the post-genomic era is rapidly evolving. Older empirical methods are giving way to newer technologies that include bioinformatics, structural biology, genetics, and modern computational approaches. In the search for new medical therapies, and in particular treatments for disorders of the central nervous system, there has been increasing recognition that identification of a single biological target is unlikely to be a recipe for success; a broad perspective is required. Systems biology is one such approach, and has been increasingly recognized as a very important area of research, as it places specific molecular targets within a context of overall biochemical action. Understanding the complex interactions between the components within a given biological system that lead to modifications in output, such as changes in behavior or development, may be important avenues of discovery to identify new therapies. One avenue to drug discovery that holds tremendous potential is the use of model genetic organisms such as the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. The similarity between mode of drug action, behavior, and gene response in D. melanogaster and mammalian systems, combined with the power of genetics, have recently made the fly a very attractive system to study fundamental neuropharmacological processes relevant to human diseases. The promise that the use of model organisms such as the fly offers is speed, high throughput, and dramatically reduced overall costs that together should result in an enhanced rate of discovery.
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- Charles D Nichols
- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, LSU Health Sciences Center, 1901 Perdido St., New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
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Xiao H, Hapiak VM, Smith KA, Lin L, Hobson RJ, Plenefisch J, Komuniecki R. SER-1, a Caenorhabditis elegans 5-HT2-like receptor, and a multi-PDZ domain containing protein (MPZ-1) interact in vulval muscle to facilitate serotonin-stimulated egg-laying. Dev Biol 2006; 298:379-91. [PMID: 16890216 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.06.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2006] [Revised: 06/22/2006] [Accepted: 06/26/2006] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Serotonin (5-HT) stimulation of egg-laying in Caenorhabditis elegans is abolished in ser-1 (ok345) animals and is rescued by ser-1 expression in vulval muscle. A PDZ binding motif (ETFL) at the SER-1 C-terminus is not essential for rescue, but facilitates SER-1 signaling. SER-1 binds specifically to PDZ domain 10 of the multi-PDZ domain protein, MPZ-1, based on GST pulldown and co-immunoprecipitation. mpz-1 is expressed in about 60 neurons and body wall and vulval muscles. In neurons, GFP-tagged MPZ-1 is punctate and colocalizes with the synaptic marker, synaptobrevin. The expression patterns of ser-1 and mpz-1 overlap in 3 pairs of neurons and vulval muscle. In addition, MPZ-1 also interacts with other GPCRs with acidic amino acids in the -3 position of their PDZ binding motifs. mpz-1 RNAi reduces 5-HT stimulated egg-laying in wild type animals and in ser-1 mutants rescued by muscle expression of SER-1. In contrast, mpz-1 RNAi has no effect on 5-HT stimulated egg-laying in ser-1 mutants rescued by expression of a truncated SER-1 that lacks the C-terminal PDZ binding motif. The overexpression of MPZ-1 PDZ domain 10 also inhibits 5-HT stimulated egg-laying. These studies suggest that the SER-1/MPZ-1 interaction facilitates SER-1 mediated signaling.
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- Hong Xiao
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft Street, Toledo, OH 43606, USA
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Krapivinsky G, Medina I, Krapivinsky L, Gapon S, Clapham DE. SynGAP-MUPP1-CaMKII Synaptic Complexes Regulate p38 MAP Kinase Activity and NMDA Receptor- Dependent Synaptic AMPA Receptor Potentiation. Neuron 2004; 43:563-74. [PMID: 15312654 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2004.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 213] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2004] [Revised: 06/01/2004] [Accepted: 07/28/2004] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The synapse contains densely localized and interacting proteins that enable it to adapt to changing inputs. We describe a Ca2+-sensitive protein complex involved in the regulation of AMPA receptor synaptic plasticity. The complex is comprised of MUPPI, a multi-PDZ domain-containing protein; SynGAP, a synaptic GTPase-activating protein; and the Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinase CaMKII. In synapses of hippocampal neurons, SynGAP and CaMKII are brought together by direct physical interaction with the PDZ domains of MUPP1, and in this complex, SynGAP is phosphorylated. Ca2+CaM binding to CaMKII dissociates it from the MUPP1 complex, and Ca2+ entering via the NMDAR drives the dephosphorylation of SynGAP. Specific peptide-induced SynGAP dissociation from the MUPP1-CaMKII complex results in SynGAP dephosphorylation accompanied by P38 MAPK inactivation, potentiation of synaptic AMPA responses, and an increase in the number of AMPAR-containing clusters in hippocampal neuron synapses. siRNA-mediated SynGAP knockdown confirmed these results. These data implicate SynGAP in NMDAR- and CaMKII-dependent regulation of AMPAR trafficking.
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- Grigory Krapivinsky
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Children's Hospital, 1309 Enders Building, 320 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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