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Inhibition of STAT3 signal pathway recovers postsynaptic plasticity to improve cognitive impairment caused by chronic intermittent hypoxia. Sleep Breath 2022; 27:893-902. [DOI: 10.1007/s11325-022-02671-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Revised: 06/08/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Guha D, Lorenz DR, Misra V, Chettimada S, Morgello S, Gabuzda D. Proteomic analysis of cerebrospinal fluid extracellular vesicles reveals synaptic injury, inflammation, and stress response markers in HIV patients with cognitive impairment. J Neuroinflammation 2019; 16:254. [PMID: 31805958 PMCID: PMC6896665 DOI: 10.1186/s12974-019-1617-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Accepted: 10/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nano-sized particles present in most body fluids including cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Little is known about CSF EV proteins in HIV+ individuals. Here, we characterize the CSF EV proteome in HIV+ subjects and its relationship to neuroinflammation, stress responses, and HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND). METHODS CSF EVs isolated from 20 HIV+ subjects with (n = 10) or without (n = 10) cognitive impairment were characterized by electron microscopy, nanoparticle tracking analysis, immunoblotting, and untargeted LC/MS/MS mass spectrometry. Functional annotation was performed by gene ontology (GO) mapping and expression annotation using Biobase Transfac and PANTHER software. Cultured astrocytic U87 cells were treated with hydrogen peroxide for 4 h to induce oxidative stress and EVs isolated by ultracentrifugation. Selected markers of astrocytes (GFAP, GLUL), inflammation (CRP), and stress responses (PRDX2, PARK7, HSP70) were evaluated in EVs released by U87 cells following induction of oxidative stress and in CSF EVs from HIV+ patients by immunoblotting. RESULTS Mass spectrometry identified 2727 and 1626 proteins in EV fractions and EV-depleted CSF samples, respectively. CSF EV fractions were enriched with exosomal markers including Alix, syntenin, tetraspanins, and heat-shock proteins and a subset of neuronal, astrocyte, oligodendrocyte, and choroid plexus markers, in comparison to EV-depleted CSF. Proteins related to synapses, immune/inflammatory responses, stress responses, metabolic processes, mitochondrial functions, and blood-brain barrier were also identified in CSF EV fractions by GO mapping. HAND subjects had higher abundance of CSF EVs and proteins mapping to GO terms for synapses, glial cells, inflammation, and stress responses compared to those without HAND. GFAP, GLUL, CRP, PRDX2, PARK7, and HSP70 were confirmed by immunoblotting of CSF EVs from subjects with HAND and were also detected in EVs released by U87 cells under oxidative stress. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that CSF EVs derived from neurons, glial cells, and choroid plexus carry synaptic, immune/inflammation-related, and stress response proteins in HIV+ individuals with cognitive impairment, representing a valuable source for biomarker discovery.
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- Debjani Guha
- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, CLS 1010, 450 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, CLS 1010, 450 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, CLS 1010, 450 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, CLS 1010, 450 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Departments of Neurology, Neuroscience and Pathology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, CLS 1010, 450 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, USA. .,Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Kim JH, Lee CH, Kim HG, Kim HR. Decreased dopamine in striatum and difficult locomotor recovery from MPTP insult after exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields. Sci Rep 2019; 9:1201. [PMID: 30718744 PMCID: PMC6362053 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-37874-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Accepted: 12/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Concern is growing about possible neuronal effects of human exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields because of the increasing usage of cell phones and the close proximity of these devices to the brain when in use. We found that exposure to a radiofrequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) of 835 MHz (4.0 W/kg specific absorption rate [SAR] for 5 h/day for 12 weeks) affects striatal neurons in C57BL/6 mice. The number of synaptic vesicles (SVs) in striatal presynaptic boutons was significantly decreased after RF-EMF exposure. The expression levels of synapsin I and II were also significantly decreased in the striatum of the RF-EMF-exposed group. RF-EMF exposure led to a reduction in dopamine concentration in the striatum and also to a decrease in the expression of tyrosine hydroxylase in striatal neurons. Furthermore, in behavioral tests, exposure to RF-EMF impeded the recovery of locomotor activities after repeated treatments with 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP). These results suggest that the observed decrease in dopamine concentration in the striatum was caused by both a reduction in the number of dopaminergic neurons and a decline in the number of SVs. The decreased dopamine neuron numbers and concentration seen after RF-EMF exposure would have caused the difficult recovery after MPTP treatment. In summary, our results strongly suggest that exposing the brain to RF-EMF can decrease the number of SVs and dopaminergic neurons in the striatum. These primary changes impair the recovery of locomotor activities following MPTP damage to the striatum.
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- Ju Hwan Kim
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Chungnam, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Dankook University, Cheonan, Chungnam, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Chungnam, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Chungnam, Republic of Korea.
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Gaboyard-Niay S, Travo C, Saleur A, Broussy A, Brugeaud A, Chabbert C. Correlation between afferent rearrangements and behavioral deficits after local excitotoxic insult in the mammalian vestibule: a rat model of vertigo symptoms. Dis Model Mech 2016; 9:1181-1192. [PMID: 27483344 PMCID: PMC5087823 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.024521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2016] [Accepted: 06/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Damage to inner ear afferent terminals is believed to result in many auditory and vestibular dysfunctions. The sequence of afferent injuries and repair, as well as their correlation with vertigo symptoms, remains poorly documented. In particular, information on the changes that take place at the primary vestibular endings during the first hours following a selective insult is lacking. In the present study, we combined histological analysis with behavioral assessments of vestibular function in a rat model of unilateral vestibular excitotoxic insult. Excitotoxicity resulted in an immediate but transient alteration of the balance function that was resolved within a week. Concomitantly, vestibular primary afferents underwent a sequence of structural changes followed by spontaneous repair. Within the first two hours after the insult, a first phase of pronounced vestibular dysfunction coincided with extensive swelling of afferent terminals. In the next 24 h, a second phase of significant but incomplete reduction of the vestibular dysfunction was accompanied by a resorption of swollen terminals and fiber retraction. Eventually, within 1 week, a third phase of complete balance restoration occurred. The slow and progressive withdrawal of the balance dysfunction correlated with full reconstitution of nerve terminals. Competitive re-innervation by afferent and efferent terminals that mimicked developmental synaptogenesis resulted in full re-afferentation of the sensory epithelia. By deciphering the sequence of structural alterations that occur in the vestibule during selective excitotoxic impairment, this study offers new understanding of how a vestibular insult develops in the vestibule and how it governs the heterogeneity of vertigo symptoms. Summary: Early sequence of afferent injury and repair in vestibular sensory epithelium that correlates with balance disorders and functional restoration is detailed in a rodent model of excitotoxicity.
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- INSERM U1051, Montpellier 34090, France Aix Marseille University UMR 7260, 13331 Marseille, France
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Stafford RL, Hinde E, Knight MJ, Pennella MA, Ear J, Digman MA, Gratton E, Bowie JU. Tandem SAM domain structure of human Caskin1: a presynaptic, self-assembling scaffold for CASK. Structure 2012; 19:1826-36. [PMID: 22153505 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2011.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2011] [Revised: 08/30/2011] [Accepted: 09/18/2011] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The synaptic scaffolding proteins CASK and Caskin1 are part of the fibrous mesh of proteins that organize the active zones of neural synapses. CASK binds to a region of Caskin1 called the CASK interaction domain (CID). Adjacent to the CID, Caskin1 contains two tandem sterile α motif (SAM) domains. Many SAM domains form polymers so they are good candidates for forming the fibrous structures seen in the active zone. We show here that the SAM domains of Caskin1 form a new type of SAM helical polymer. The Caskin1 polymer interface exhibits a remarkable segregation of charged residues, resulting in a high sensitivity to ionic strength in vitro. The Caskin1 polymers can be decorated with CASK proteins, illustrating how these proteins may work together to organize the cytomatrix in active zones.
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- Ryan L Stafford
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA-DOE Institute of Genomics and Proteomics, Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1570, USA
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Myers RA, Casals F, Gauthier J, Hamdan FF, Keebler J, Boyko AR, Bustamante CD, Piton AM, Spiegelman D, Henrion E, Zilversmit M, Hussin J, Quinlan J, Yang Y, Lafrenière RG, Griffing AR, Stone EA, Rouleau GA, Awadalla P. A population genetic approach to mapping neurological disorder genes using deep resequencing. PLoS Genet 2011; 7:e1001318. [PMID: 21383861 PMCID: PMC3044677 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2010] [Accepted: 01/24/2011] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Deep resequencing of functional regions in human genomes is key to identifying potentially causal rare variants for complex disorders. Here, we present the results from a large-sample resequencing (n = 285 patients) study of candidate genes coupled with population genetics and statistical methods to identify rare variants associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Schizophrenia. Three genes, MAP1A, GRIN2B, and CACNA1F, were consistently identified by different methods as having significant excess of rare missense mutations in either one or both disease cohorts. In a broader context, we also found that the overall site frequency spectrum of variation in these cases is best explained by population models of both selection and complex demography rather than neutral models or models accounting for complex demography alone. Mutations in the three disease-associated genes explained much of the difference in the overall site frequency spectrum among the cases versus controls. This study demonstrates that genes associated with complex disorders can be mapped using resequencing and analytical methods with sample sizes far smaller than those required by genome-wide association studies. Additionally, our findings support the hypothesis that rare mutations account for a proportion of the phenotypic variance of these complex disorders. It is widely accepted that genetic factors play important roles in the etiology of neurological diseases. However, the nature of the underlying genetic variation remains unclear. Critical questions in the field of human genetics relate to the frequency and size effects of genetic variants associated with disease. For instance, the common disease–common variant model is based on the idea that sets of common variants explain a significant fraction of the variance found in common disease phenotypes. On the other hand, rare variants may have strong effects and therefore largely contribute to disease phenotypes. Due to their high penetrance and reduced fitness, such variants are maintained in the population at low frequencies, thus limiting their detection in genome-wide association studies. Here, we use a resequencing approach on a cohort of 285 Autism Spectrum Disorder and Schizophrenia patients and preformed several analyses, enhanced with population genetic approaches, to identify variants associated with both diseases. Our results demonstrate an excess of rare variants in these disease cohorts and identify genes with negative (deleterious) selection coefficients, suggesting an accumulation of variants of detrimental effects. Our results present further evidence for rare variants explaining a component of the genetic etiology of autism and schizophrenia.
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- Rachel A. Myers
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
- CHU Sainte-Justine Research Centre, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
- Bioinformatics Research Centre, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
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- Centre of Excellence in Neuromics of Université de Montréal, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Université of Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Centre of Excellence in Neuromics of Université de Montréal, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Université of Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
- CHU Sainte-Justine Research Centre, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
- Bioinformatics Research Centre, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Centre of Excellence in Neuromics of Université de Montréal, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Université of Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Centre of Excellence in Neuromics of Université de Montréal, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Université of Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Centre of Excellence in Neuromics of Université de Montréal, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Université of Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
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- Centre of Excellence in Neuromics of Université de Montréal, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Université of Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Centre of Excellence in Neuromics of Université de Montréal, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Université of Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Bioinformatics Research Centre, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Bioinformatics Research Centre, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
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- CHU Sainte-Justine Research Centre, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
- Centre of Excellence in Neuromics of Université de Montréal, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Université of Montréal, Montreal, Canada
- * E-mail: (PA); (GAR)
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
- CHU Sainte-Justine Research Centre, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
- Bioinformatics Research Centre, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
- Centre of Excellence in Neuromics of Université de Montréal, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Université of Montréal, Montreal, Canada
- * E-mail: (PA); (GAR)
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Genome-wide mapping analyses are now commonplace in many species and several networks of interacting loci have been reported. However, relatively few details regarding epistatic interactions and their contribution to complex trait variation in multicellular organisms are available and the identification of positional candidate loci for epistatic QTL (epiQTL) is hampered, especially in mammals, by the limited genetic resolution inherent in most study designs. Here we further investigate the genetic architecture of reproductive fatpad weight in mice using the F(10) generation of the LG,SM advanced intercross (AI) line. We apply multiple mapping techniques including a single-locus model, locus-specific composite interval mapping (CIM), and tests for multiple QTL per chromosome to the 12 chromosomes known to harbor single-locus QTL (slQTL) affecting obesity in this cross. We also perform a genome-wide scan for pairwise epistasis. Using this combination of approaches we detect 199 peaks spread over all 19 autosomes, which potentially contribute to trait variation including all eight original F(2) loci (Adip1-8), novel slQTL peaks on chromosomes 7 and 9, and several novel epistatic loci. Extensive epistasis is confirmed involving both slQTL confidence intervals (C.I.) as well as regions that show no significant additive or dominance effects. These results provide important new insights into mapping complex genetic architectures and the role of epistasis in complex trait variation.
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Castillo Bennett J, Roggero CM, Mancifesta FE, Mayorga LS. Calcineurin-mediated dephosphorylation of synaptotagmin VI is necessary for acrosomal exocytosis. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:26269-78. [PMID: 20551332 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.095752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Regulated secretion is a fundamental process underlying the function of many cell types. In particular, acrosomal exocytosis in mammalian sperm is essential for egg fertilization. In general, exocytosis is initiated by a cytosolic calcium increase. In this report we show that calcium affects several factors during human sperm acrosomal exocytosis. By using an antibody that specifically recognizes synaptotagmin VI phosphorylated at the polybasic region of the C2B domain, we showed that a calcium-dependent dephosphorylation of this protein occurred at early stages of the acrosomal exocytosis in streptolysin O-permeabilized sperm. We identified the phosphatase as calcineurin and showed that the activity of this enzyme is absolutely required during the early steps of the secretory process. When added to sperm, an inhibitor-insensitive, catalytically active domain of calcineurin was able to rescue the effect of the specific calcineurin inhibitor cyclosporin A. This same domain dephosphorylated recombinant synaptotagmin VI C2B domain, validating this protein as a new substrate for calcineurin. When sperm were treated with catalytically active calcineurin before stimulation, exocytosis was inhibited, an effect that was rescued by the phosphomimetic synaptotagmin VI C2B-T418E,T419E mutant domain. These observations indicate that synaptotagmin must be dephosphorylated at a specific window of time and suggest that phosphorylated synaptotagmin has an active role at early stages of the acrosomal exocytosis.
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- Jimena Castillo Bennett
- Instituto de Histología y Embriología, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza 5500, Argentina
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Yanay C, Morpurgo N, Linial M. Evolution of insect proteomes: insights into synapse organization and synaptic vesicle life cycle. Genome Biol 2008; 9:R27. [PMID: 18257909 PMCID: PMC2374702 DOI: 10.1186/gb-2008-9-2-r27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2007] [Revised: 12/06/2007] [Accepted: 02/07/2008] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The molecular components in synapses that are essential to the life cycle of synaptic vesicles are well characterized. Nonetheless, many aspects of synaptic processes, in particular how they relate to complex behaviour, remain elusive. The genomes of flies, mosquitoes, the honeybee and the beetle are now fully sequenced and span an evolutionary breadth of about 350 million years; this provides a unique opportunity to conduct a comparative genomics study of the synapse. RESULTS We compiled a list of 120 gene prototypes that comprise the core of presynaptic structures in insects. Insects lack several scaffolding proteins in the active zone, such as bassoon and piccollo, and the most abundant protein in the mammalian synaptic vesicle, namely synaptophysin. The pattern of evolution of synaptic protein complexes is analyzed. According to this analysis, the components of presynaptic complexes as well as proteins that take part in organelle biogenesis are tightly coordinated. Most synaptic proteins are involved in rich protein interaction networks. Overall, the number of interacting proteins and the degrees of sequence conservation between human and insects are closely correlated. Such a correlation holds for exocytotic but not for endocytotic proteins. CONCLUSION This comparative study of human with insects sheds light on the composition and assembly of protein complexes in the synapse. Specifically, the nature of the protein interaction graphs differentiate exocytotic from endocytotic proteins and suggest unique evolutionary constraints for each set. General principles in the design of proteins of the presynaptic site can be inferred from a comparative study of human and insect genomes.
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- Chava Yanay
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Institute of Life Sciences, Givat Ram Campus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
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