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Casagrande S, Zuliani L, Grisold W. Paraneoplastic encephalitis. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2024; 200:131-149. [PMID: 38494274 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-823912-4.00019-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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The first reports of encephalitis associated with cancer date to the 1960s and were characterized by clinical and pathologic involvement of limbic areas. This specific association was called limbic encephalitis (LE). The subsequent discovery of several "onconeural" antibodies (Abs), i.e., Abs targeting an antigen shared by neurons and tumor cells, supported the hypothesis of an autoimmune paraneoplastic etiology of LE and other forms of rapidly progressive encephalopathy. Over the past 20 years, similar clinical pictures with different clinical courses have been described in association with novel Abs-binding neuronal membrane proteins and proved to be pathogenic. The most well-known encephalitis in this group was described in 2007 as an association of a complex neuro-psychiatric syndrome, N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-Abs, and ovarian teratoma in young women. Later on, nonparaneoplastic cases of NMDA receptor encephalitis were also described. Since then, the historical concept of LE and Ab associated encephalitis has changed. Some of these occur in fact more commonly in the absence of a malignancy (e.g., anti-LG1 Abs). Lastly, seronegative cases were also described. The term paraneoplastic encephalitis nowadays encompasses different syndromes that may be triggered by occult tumors.
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- Silvia Casagrande
- Neurology Unit, Rovereto Hospital, Trento, Italy; Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
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- Department of Neurology, San Bortolo Hospital, Azienda ULSS8 Berica, Vicenza, Italy
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology, Vienna, Austria
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Ke Y, You L, Xu Y, Wu D, Lin Q, Wu Z. DPP6 and MFAP5 are associated with immune infiltration as diagnostic biomarkers in distinguishing uterine leiomyosarcoma from leiomyoma. Front Oncol 2022; 12:1084192. [PMID: 36531033 PMCID: PMC9748670 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.1084192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/08/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Uterine leiomyosarcoma (ULMS) is the most common subtype of uterine sarcoma and is difficult to discern from uterine leiomyoma (ULM) preoperatively. The aim of the study was to determine the potential and significance of immune-related diagnostic biomarkers in distinguishing ULMS from ULM. METHODS Two public gene expression profiles (GSE36610 and GSE64763) from the GEO datasets containing ULMS and ULM samples were downloaded. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were selected and determined among 37 ULMS and 25 ULM control samples. The DEGs were used for Gene Ontology (GO), Kyoto Encyclopaedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) and Disease Ontology (DO) enrichment analyses as well as gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA). The candidate biomarkers were identified by least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) and support vector machine recursive feature elimination (SVM-RFE) analyses. The receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) was applied to evaluate diagnostic ability. For further confirmation, the biomarker expression levels and diagnostic value in ULMS were verified in the GSE9511 and GSE68295 datasets (12 ULMS and 10 ULM), and validated by immunohistochemistry (IHC). The CIBERSORT algorithm was used to calculate the compositional patterns of 22 types of immune cells in ULMS. RESULT In total, 55 DEGs were recognized via GO analysis, and KEGG analyses revealed that the DEGs were enriched in nuclear division, and cell cycle. The recognized DEGs were primarily implicated in non-small cell lung carcinoma and breast carcinoma. Gene sets related to the cell cycle and DNA replication were activated in ULMS. DPP6 and MFAP5 were distinguished as diagnostic biomarkers of ULMS (AUC = 0.957, AUC = 0.899, respectively), and they were verified in the GSE9511 and GSE68295 datasets (AUC = 0.983, AUC = 0.942, respectively). The low expression of DPP6 and MFAP5 were associated with ULMS. In addition, the analysis of the immune microenvironment indicated that resting mast cells were positively correlated with DPP6 and MFAP5 expression and that eosinophils and M0 macrophages were negatively correlated with DPP6 expression (P<0.05). CONCLUSION These findings indicated that DPP6 and MFAP5 are diagnostic biomarkers of ULMS, thereby offering a novel perspective for future studies on the occurrence, function and molecular mechanisms of ULMS.
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- Yumin Ke
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, Fujian, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, Fujian, China
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- Department of Pathology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, Fujian, China
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- Department of Gynecology, The First Hospital of Quanzhou Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, Fujian, China
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, Fujian, China
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, Fujian, China
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Rare Etiologies in Immune-Mediated Cerebellar Ataxias: Diagnostic Challenges. Brain Sci 2022; 12:brainsci12091165. [PMID: 36138901 PMCID: PMC9496914 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci12091165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Revised: 08/06/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The cerebellum is particularly enriched in antigens and represents a vulnerable target to immune attacks. Immune-mediated cerebellar ataxias (IMCAs) have diverse etiologies, such as gluten ataxia (GA), post-infectious cerebellitis (PIC), Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS), paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD), opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome (OMS), and anti-GAD ataxia. Apart from these well-established entities, cerebellar ataxia (CA) occurs also in association with autoimmunity against ion channels and related proteins, synaptic adhesion/organizing proteins, transmitter receptors, glial cells, as well as the brainstem antigens. Most of these conditions manifest diverse neurological clinical features, with CAs being one of the main clinical phenotypes. The term primary autoimmune cerebellar ataxia (PACA) refers to ataxic conditions suspected to be autoimmune even in the absence of specific well-characterized pathogenic antibody markers. We review advances in the field of IMCAs and propose a clinical approach for the understanding and diagnosis of IMCAs, focusing on rare etiologies which are likely underdiagnosed. The frontiers of PACA are discussed. The identification of rare immune ataxias is of importance since they are potentially treatable and may lead to a severe clinical syndrome in absence of early therapy.
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Malloy C, Ahern M, Lin L, Hoffman DA. Neuronal Roles of the Multifunctional Protein Dipeptidyl Peptidase-like 6 (DPP6). Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23169184. [PMID: 36012450 PMCID: PMC9409431 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23169184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Revised: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The concerted action of voltage-gated ion channels in the brain is fundamental in controlling neuronal physiology and circuit function. Ion channels often associate in multi-protein complexes together with auxiliary subunits, which can strongly influence channel expression and function and, therefore, neuronal computation. One such auxiliary subunit that displays prominent expression in multiple brain regions is the Dipeptidyl aminopeptidase-like protein 6 (DPP6). This protein associates with A-type K+ channels to control their cellular distribution and gating properties. Intriguingly, DPP6 has been found to be multifunctional with an additional, independent role in synapse formation and maintenance. Here, we feature the role of DPP6 in regulating neuronal function in the context of its modulation of A-type K+ channels as well as its independent involvement in synaptic development. The prevalence of DPP6 in these processes underscores its importance in brain function, and recent work has identified that its dysfunction is associated with host of neurological disorders. We provide a brief overview of these and discuss research directions currently underway to advance our understanding of the contribution of DPP6 to their etiology.
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Rare antibody-mediated and seronegative autoimmune encephalitis: An update. Autoimmun Rev 2022; 21:103118. [PMID: 35595048 DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2022.103118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Paralleling advances with respect to more common antibody-mediated encephalitides, such as anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) and anti-leucine-rich glioma-inactivated 1 (LGI1) Ab-mediated encephalitis, the discovery and characterisation of novel antibody-mediated encephalitides accelerated over the past decade, adding further depth etiologically to the spectrum of antibody-mediated encephalitis. Herein, we review the major mechanistic, clinical features and management considerations with respect to anti-γ-aminobutyric acid B (GABAB)-, anti-α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropinoic receptor- (AMPAR), anti-GABAA-, anti-dipeptidyl-peptidase-like protein-6 (DPPX) Ab-mediated encephalitides, delineate rarer subtypes and summarise findings to date regarding seronegative autoimmune encephalitis.
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Pereira G, Guo Y, Silva E, Bevilacqua C, Charpigny G, Lopes-da-Costa L, Humblot P. Progesterone differentially affects the transcriptomic profiles of cow endometrial cell types. BMC Genomics 2022; 23:82. [PMID: 35086476 PMCID: PMC8793221 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-022-08323-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Background The endometrium is a heterogeneous tissue composed of luminal epithelial (LE), glandular epithelial (GE), and stromal cells (ST), experiencing progesterone regulated dynamic changes during the estrous cycle. In the cow, this regulation at the transcriptomic level was only evaluated in the whole tissue. This study describes specific gene expression in the three types of cells isolated from endometrial biopsies following laser capture microdissection and the transcriptome changes induced by progesterone in GE and ST cells. Results Endometrial LE, GE, and ST cells show specific transcriptomic profiles. Most of the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in response to progesterone are cell type-specific (96%). Genes involved in cell cycle and nuclear division are under-expressed in the presence of progesterone in GE, highlighting the anti-proliferative action of progesterone in epithelial cells. Elevated progesterone concentrations are also associated with the under-expression of estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1) in GE and oxytocin receptor (OXTR) in GE and ST cells. In ST cells, transcription factors such as SOX17 and FOXA2, known to regulate uterine epithelial-stromal cross-talk conveying to endometrial receptivity, are over-expressed under progesterone influence. Conclusions The results from this study show that progesterone regulates endometrial function in a cell type-specific way, which is independent of the expression of its main receptor PGR. These novel insights into uterine physiology present the cell compartment as the physiological unit rather than the whole tissue. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12864-022-08323-z.
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- Gonçalo Pereira
- CIISA-Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU, PO Box 7054, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden
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- CIISA-Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, GABI, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, ENVA, BREED, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- CIISA-Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477, Lisbon, Portugal.
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU, PO Box 7054, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden
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Structural basis of gating modulation of Kv4 channel complexes. Nature 2021; 599:158-164. [PMID: 34552243 PMCID: PMC8566240 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03935-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Modulation of voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channels by auxiliary subunits is central to the physiological function of channels in the brain and heart1,2. Native Kv4 tetrameric channels form macromolecular ternary complexes with two auxiliary β-subunits—intracellular Kv channel-interacting proteins (KChIPs) and transmembrane dipeptidyl peptidase-related proteins (DPPs)—to evoke rapidly activating and inactivating A-type currents, which prevent the backpropagation of action potentials1–5. However, the modulatory mechanisms of Kv4 channel complexes remain largely unknown. Here we report cryo-electron microscopy structures of the Kv4.2–DPP6S–KChIP1 dodecamer complex, the Kv4.2–KChIP1 and Kv4.2–DPP6S octamer complexes, and Kv4.2 alone. The structure of the Kv4.2–KChIP1 complex reveals that the intracellular N terminus of Kv4.2 interacts with its C terminus that extends from the S6 gating helix of the neighbouring Kv4.2 subunit. KChIP1 captures both the N and the C terminus of Kv4.2. In consequence, KChIP1 would prevent N-type inactivation and stabilize the S6 conformation to modulate gating of the S6 helices within the tetramer. By contrast, unlike the reported auxiliary subunits of voltage-gated channel complexes, DPP6S interacts with the S1 and S2 helices of the Kv4.2 voltage-sensing domain, which suggests that DPP6S stabilizes the conformation of the S1–S2 helices. DPP6S may therefore accelerate the voltage-dependent movement of the S4 helices. KChIP1 and DPP6S do not directly interact with each other in the Kv4.2–KChIP1–DPP6S ternary complex. Thus, our data suggest that two distinct modes of modulation contribute in an additive manner to evoke A-type currents from the native Kv4 macromolecular complex. Cryo-electron microscopy structures of the voltage-gated potassium channel Kv4.2 alone and in complex with auxiliary subunits (DPP6S and/or KChIP1) reveal the distinct mechanisms of these two different subunits in modulating channel activity.
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Fundamental Mechanisms of Autoantibody-Induced Impairments on Ion Channels and Synapses in Immune-Mediated Cerebellar Ataxias. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21144936. [PMID: 32668612 PMCID: PMC7404345 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21144936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2020] [Revised: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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In the last years, different kinds of limbic encephalitis associated with autoantibodies against ion channels and synaptic receptors have been described. Many studies have demonstrated that such autoantibodies induce channel or receptor dysfunction. The same mechanism is discussed in immune-mediated cerebellar ataxias (IMCAs), but the pathogenesis has been less investigated. The aim of the present review is to evaluate what kind of cerebellar ion channels, their related proteins, and the synaptic machinery proteins that are preferably impaired by autoantibodies so as to develop cerebellar ataxias (CAs). The cerebellum predictively coordinates motor and cognitive functions through a continuous update of an internal model. These controls are relayed by cerebellum-specific functions such as precise neuronal discharges with potassium channels, synaptic plasticity through calcium signaling pathways coupled with voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCC) and metabotropic glutamate receptors 1 (mGluR1), a synaptic organization with glutamate receptor delta (GluRδ), and output signal formation through chained GABAergic neurons. Consistently, the association of CAs with anti-potassium channel-related proteins, anti-VGCC, anti-mGluR1, and GluRδ, and anti-glutamate decarboxylase 65 antibodies is observed in IMCAs. Despite ample distributions of AMPA and GABA receptors, however, CAs are rare in conditions with autoantibodies against these receptors. Notably, when the autoantibodies impair synaptic transmission, the autoimmune targets are commonly classified into three categories: release machinery proteins, synaptic adhesion molecules, and receptors. This physiopathological categorization impacts on both our understanding of the pathophysiology and clinical prognosis.
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Hu JH, Malloy C, Tabor GT, Gutzmann JJ, Liu Y, Abebe D, Karlsson RM, Durell S, Cameron HA, Hoffman DA. Activity-dependent isomerization of Kv4.2 by Pin1 regulates cognitive flexibility. Nat Commun 2020; 11:1567. [PMID: 32218435 PMCID: PMC7099064 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15390-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2019] [Accepted: 02/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Voltage-gated K+ channels function in macromolecular complexes with accessory subunits to regulate brain function. Here, we describe a peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase NIMA-interacting 1 (Pin1)-dependent mechanism that regulates the association of the A-type K+ channel subunit Kv4.2 with its auxiliary subunit dipeptidyl peptidase 6 (DPP6), and thereby modulates neuronal excitability and cognitive flexibility. We show that activity-induced Kv4.2 phosphorylation triggers Pin1 binding to, and isomerization of, Kv4.2 at the pThr607-Pro motif, leading to the dissociation of the Kv4.2-DPP6 complex. We generated a novel mouse line harboring a knock-in Thr607 to Ala (Kv4.2TA) mutation that abolished dynamic Pin1 binding to Kv4.2. CA1 pyramidal neurons of the hippocampus from these mice exhibited altered Kv4.2-DPP6 interaction, increased A-type K+ current, and reduced neuronal excitability. Behaviorally, Kv4.2TA mice displayed normal initial learning but improved reversal learning in both Morris water maze and lever press paradigms. These findings reveal a Pin1-mediated mechanism regulating reversal learning and provide potential targets for the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders characterized by cognitive inflexibility.
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- Jia-Hua Hu
- Section on Molecular Neurophysiology and Biophysics, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Section on Molecular Neurophysiology and Biophysics, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Section on Molecular Neurophysiology and Biophysics, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
- Medical Scientist Training Program, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Section on Molecular Neurophysiology and Biophysics, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Section on Molecular Neurophysiology and Biophysics, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Section on Molecular Neurophysiology and Biophysics, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Section on Neuroplasticity, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Section on Neuroplasticity, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Section on Molecular Neurophysiology and Biophysics, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
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Cacace R, Heeman B, Van Mossevelde S, De Roeck A, Hoogmartens J, De Rijk P, Gossye H, De Vos K, De Coster W, Strazisar M, De Baets G, Schymkowitz J, Rousseau F, Geerts N, De Pooter T, Peeters K, Sieben A, Martin JJ, Engelborghs S, Salmon E, Santens P, Vandenberghe R, Cras P, P. De Deyn P, C. van Swieten J, M. van Duijn C, van der Zee J, Sleegers K, Van Broeckhoven C. Loss of DPP6 in neurodegenerative dementia: a genetic player in the dysfunction of neuronal excitability. Acta Neuropathol 2019; 137:901-918. [PMID: 30874922 PMCID: PMC6531610 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-019-01976-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2018] [Revised: 02/07/2019] [Accepted: 02/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Emerging evidence suggested a converging mechanism in neurodegenerative brain diseases (NBD) involving early neuronal network dysfunctions and alterations in the homeostasis of neuronal firing as culprits of neurodegeneration. In this study, we used paired-end short-read and direct long-read whole genome sequencing to investigate an unresolved autosomal dominant dementia family significantly linked to 7q36. We identified and validated a chromosomal inversion of ca. 4 Mb, segregating on the disease haplotype and disrupting the coding sequence of dipeptidyl-peptidase 6 gene (DPP6). DPP6 resequencing identified significantly more rare variants-nonsense, frameshift, and missense-in early-onset Alzheimer's disease (EOAD, p value = 0.03, OR = 2.21 95% CI 1.05-4.82) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD, p = 0.006, OR = 2.59, 95% CI 1.28-5.49) patient cohorts. DPP6 is a type II transmembrane protein with a highly structured extracellular domain and is mainly expressed in brain, where it binds to the potassium channel Kv4.2 enhancing its expression, regulating its gating properties and controlling the dendritic excitability of hippocampal neurons. Using in vitro modeling, we showed that the missense variants found in patients destabilize DPP6 and reduce its membrane expression (p < 0.001 and p < 0.0001) leading to a loss of protein. Reduced DPP6 and/or Kv4.2 expression was also detected in brain tissue of missense variant carriers. Loss of DPP6 is known to cause neuronal hyperexcitability and behavioral alterations in Dpp6-KO mice. Taken together, the results of our genomic, genetic, expression and modeling analyses, provided direct evidence supporting the involvement of DPP6 loss in dementia. We propose that loss of function variants have a higher penetrance and disease impact, whereas the missense variants have a variable risk contribution to disease that can vary from high to low penetrance. Our findings of DPP6, as novel gene in dementia, strengthen the involvement of neuronal hyperexcitability and alteration in the homeostasis of neuronal firing as a disease mechanism to further investigate.
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- Rita Cacace
- Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, Antwerp, Belgium
- Institute Born-Bunge, Antwerp, Belgium
- University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, Antwerp, Belgium
- Institute Born-Bunge, Antwerp, Belgium
- University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, Antwerp, Belgium
- Institute Born-Bunge, Antwerp, Belgium
- University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Neurology, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium
- Department of Neurology and Memory Clinic, Hospital Network Antwerp (ZNA), Middelheim and Hoge Beuken, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, Antwerp, Belgium
- Institute Born-Bunge, Antwerp, Belgium
- University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, Antwerp, Belgium
- Institute Born-Bunge, Antwerp, Belgium
- University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, Antwerp, Belgium
- University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, Antwerp, Belgium
- Institute Born-Bunge, Antwerp, Belgium
- University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Neurology, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium
- Department of Neurology and Memory Clinic, Hospital Network Antwerp (ZNA), Middelheim and Hoge Beuken, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, Antwerp, Belgium
- Institute Born-Bunge, Antwerp, Belgium
- University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, Antwerp, Belgium
- University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, Antwerp, Belgium
- University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Switch Laboratory, VIB-KU Leuven Centre for Brain and Disease Research, Louvain, Belgium
- Switch Laboratory, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Louvain, Belgium
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- Switch Laboratory, VIB-KU Leuven Centre for Brain and Disease Research, Louvain, Belgium
- Switch Laboratory, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Louvain, Belgium
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- Switch Laboratory, VIB-KU Leuven Centre for Brain and Disease Research, Louvain, Belgium
- Switch Laboratory, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Louvain, Belgium
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- Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, Antwerp, Belgium
- Institute Born-Bunge, Antwerp, Belgium
- University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, Antwerp, Belgium
- University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, Antwerp, Belgium
- Institute Born-Bunge, Antwerp, Belgium
- University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, Antwerp, Belgium
- Institute Born-Bunge, Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Ghent and University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
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- Institute Born-Bunge, Antwerp, Belgium
- University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Neurology and Memory Clinic, Hospital Network Antwerp (ZNA), Middelheim and Hoge Beuken, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège and University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Ghent and University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Louvain, Belgium
- Laboratory of Cognitive Neurology, Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Leuven, Louvain, Belgium
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- Institute Born-Bunge, Antwerp, Belgium
- University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Neurology, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium
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- Institute Born-Bunge, Antwerp, Belgium
- University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Neurology and Memory Clinic, Hospital Network Antwerp (ZNA), Middelheim and Hoge Beuken, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, Antwerp, Belgium
- Institute Born-Bunge, Antwerp, Belgium
- University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, Antwerp, Belgium
- Institute Born-Bunge, Antwerp, Belgium
- University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, Antwerp, Belgium
- Institute Born-Bunge, Antwerp, Belgium
- University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Neurodegenerative Brain Diseases Group, VIB Center for Molecular Neurology, University of Antwerp, CDE, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium
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Dusaulcy R, Handgraaf S, Visentin F, Howald C, Dermitzakis ET, Philippe J, Gosmain Y. High-fat diet impacts more changes in beta-cell compared to alpha-cell transcriptome. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0213299. [PMID: 30849121 PMCID: PMC6407777 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2018] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Characterization of endocrine-cell functions and associated molecular signatures in diabetes is crucial to better understand why and by which mechanisms alpha and beta cells cause and perpetuate metabolic abnormalities. The now recognized role of glucagon in diabetes control is a major incentive to have a better understanding of dysfunctional alpha cells. To characterize molecular alterations of alpha cells in diabetes, we analyzed alpha-cell transcriptome from control and diabetic mice using diet-induced obesity model. To this aim, we quantified the expression levels of total mRNAs from sorted alpha and beta cells of low-fat and high-fat diet-treated mice through RNAseq experiments, using a transgenic mouse strain allowing collections of pancreatic alpha- and beta-cells after 16 weeks of diet. We now report that pancreatic alpha cells from obese hyperglycemic mice displayed minor variations of their transcriptome compared to controls. Depending on analyses, we identified 11 to 39 differentially expressed genes including non-alpha cell markers mainly due to minor cell contamination during purification process. From these analyses, we identified three new target genes altered in diabetic alpha cells and potently involved in cellular stress and exocytosis (Upk3a, Adcy1 and Dpp6). By contrast, analysis of the beta-cell transcriptome from control and diabetic mice revealed major alterations of specific genes coding for proteins involved in proliferation and secretion. We conclude that alpha cell transcriptome is less reactive to HFD diet compared to beta cells and display adaptations to cellular stress and exocytosis.
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- Rodolphe Dusaulcy
- Molecular Diabetes Laboratory, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Hypertension and Nutrition, University Hospital/Diabetes Center/University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Molecular Diabetes Laboratory, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Hypertension and Nutrition, University Hospital/Diabetes Center/University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Molecular Diabetes Laboratory, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Hypertension and Nutrition, University Hospital/Diabetes Center/University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Molecular Diabetes Laboratory, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Hypertension and Nutrition, University Hospital/Diabetes Center/University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Molecular Diabetes Laboratory, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Hypertension and Nutrition, University Hospital/Diabetes Center/University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
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Kelleher E, Barry H, Cotter DR, Corvin A, Murphy KC. Autoantibodies and Psychosis. Curr Top Behav Neurosci 2019; 44:85-123. [PMID: 31292938 DOI: 10.1007/7854_2019_90] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Research into antibody-mediated disease, in response to immune dysfunction or to tumour development, has rapidly expanded in recent years. Antibodies binding to neuroreceptors can cause psychiatric features, including psychosis, in a minority of patients as well as neurological features. The responsiveness of some of these cases to immunotherapy supports the hypothesis that antibody-associated mechanisms play a role in the pathogenesis of psychotic diseases. The purpose of this chapter is to review autoantibodies that are most likely to be relevant for patients with psychotic symptoms. Herein, we describe receptor structure and mechanism of action, clinical and psychiatric features for the growing number of neuronal surface antibodies, including those to the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor. The identification of a subgroup of patients with psychiatric features having antibody-mediated disease highlights the importance of considering the diagnosis, particularly in those patients presenting with a first episode of psychosis.
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- Eric Kelleher
- Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Science, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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Calloe K. Doctoral Dissertation: The transient outward potassium current in healthy and diseased hearts. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2019; 225 Suppl 717:e13225. [PMID: 30628199 DOI: 10.1111/apha.13225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2018] [Revised: 11/20/2018] [Accepted: 11/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Kirstine Calloe
- Section for Anatomy; Biochemistry and Physiology; Department for Veterinary and Animal Sciences; Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences; University of Copenhagen; Frederiksberg C Denmark
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Zemel BM, Ritter DM, Covarrubias M, Muqeem T. A-Type K V Channels in Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons: Diversity, Function, and Dysfunction. Front Mol Neurosci 2018; 11:253. [PMID: 30127716 PMCID: PMC6088260 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2018.00253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2018] [Accepted: 07/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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A-type voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channels are major regulators of neuronal excitability that have been mainly characterized in the central nervous system. By contrast, there is a paucity of knowledge about the molecular physiology of these Kv channels in the peripheral nervous system, including highly specialized and heterogenous dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. Although all A-type Kv channels display pore-forming subunits with similar structural properties and fast inactivation, their voltage-, and time-dependent properties and modulation are significantly different. These differences ultimately determine distinct physiological roles of diverse A-type Kv channels, and how their dysfunction might contribute to neurological disorders. The importance of A-type Kv channels in DRG neurons is highlighted by recent studies that have linked their dysfunction to persistent pain sensitization. Here, we review the molecular neurophysiology of A-type Kv channels with an emphasis on those that have been identified and investigated in DRG nociceptors (Kv1.4, Kv3.4, and Kv4s). Also, we discuss evidence implicating these Kv channels in neuropathic pain resulting from injury, and present a perspective of outstanding challenges that must be tackled in order to discover novel treatments for intractable pain disorders.
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- Benjamin M. Zemel
- Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, United States
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- Division of Neurology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, Vickie and Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience, Sidney Kimmel Medical College and Jefferson College of Life Sciences at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, Vickie and Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience, Sidney Kimmel Medical College and Jefferson College of Life Sciences at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Lin L, Murphy JG, Karlsson RM, Petralia RS, Gutzmann JJ, Abebe D, Wang YX, Cameron HA, Hoffman DA. DPP6 Loss Impacts Hippocampal Synaptic Development and Induces Behavioral Impairments in Recognition, Learning and Memory. Front Cell Neurosci 2018; 12:84. [PMID: 29651237 PMCID: PMC5884885 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2018.00084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2017] [Accepted: 03/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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DPP6 is well known as an auxiliary subunit of Kv4-containing, A-type K+ channels which regulate dendritic excitability in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons. We have recently reported, however, a novel role for DPP6 in regulating dendritic filopodia formation and stability, affecting synaptic development and function. These results are notable considering recent clinical findings associating DPP6 with neurodevelopmental and intellectual disorders. Here we assessed the behavioral consequences of DPP6 loss. We found that DPP6 knockout (DPP6-KO) mice are impaired in hippocampus-dependent learning and memory. Results from the Morris water maze and T-maze tasks showed that DPP6-KO mice exhibit slower learning and reduced memory performance. DPP6 mouse brain weight is reduced throughout development compared with WT, and in vitro imaging results indicated that DPP6 loss affects synaptic structure and motility. Taken together, these results show impaired synaptic development along with spatial learning and memory deficiencies in DPP6-KO mice.
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- Lin Lin
- Molecular Neurophysiology and Biophysics Section, Program in Developmental Neuroscience, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Molecular Neurophysiology and Biophysics Section, Program in Developmental Neuroscience, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Section on Neuroplasticity, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Advanced Imaging Core, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Molecular Neurophysiology and Biophysics Section, Program in Developmental Neuroscience, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Molecular Neurophysiology and Biophysics Section, Program in Developmental Neuroscience, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Advanced Imaging Core, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Section on Neuroplasticity, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Molecular Neurophysiology and Biophysics Section, Program in Developmental Neuroscience, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, United States
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Juillerat-Jeanneret L, Tafelmeyer P, Golshayan D. Fibroblast activation protein-α in fibrogenic disorders and cancer: more than a prolyl-specific peptidase? Expert Opin Ther Targets 2017; 21:977-991. [DOI: 10.1080/14728222.2017.1370455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Lucienne Juillerat-Jeanneret
- Transplantation Center and Transplantation Immunopathology Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland
- CHUV and UNIL, University Institute of Pathology, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Hybrigenics Services, Laboratories and Headquarters, Paris, France
- Hybrigenics Corporation, Cambridge Innovation Center, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Transplantation Center and Transplantation Immunopathology Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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McKinnon D, Rosati B. Transmural gradients in ion channel and auxiliary subunit expression. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2016; 122:165-186. [PMID: 27702655 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2016.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2016] [Accepted: 09/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Evolution has acted to shape the action potential in different regions of the heart in order to produce a maximally stable and efficient pump. This has been achieved by creating regional differences in ion channel expression levels within the heart as well as differences between equivalent cardiac tissues in different species. These region- and species-dependent differences in channel expression are established by regulatory evolution, evolution of the regulatory mechanisms that control channel expression levels. Ion channel auxiliary subunits are obvious targets for regulatory evolution, in order to change channel expression levels and/or modify channel function. This review focuses on the transmural gradients of ion channel expression in the heart and the role that regulation of auxiliary subunit expression plays in generating and shaping these gradients.
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- David McKinnon
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Northport, NY, USA; Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA; Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Northport, NY, USA; Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA.
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Naranjo D, Moldenhauer H, Pincuntureo M, Díaz-Franulic I. Pore size matters for potassium channel conductance. J Gen Physiol 2016; 148:277-91. [PMID: 27619418 PMCID: PMC5037345 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201611625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2016] [Accepted: 08/10/2016] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Ion channels are membrane proteins that mediate efficient ion transport across the hydrophobic core of cell membranes, an unlikely process in their absence. K+ channels discriminate K+ over cations with similar radii with extraordinary selectivity and display a wide diversity of ion transport rates, covering differences of two orders of magnitude in unitary conductance. The pore domains of large- and small-conductance K+ channels share a general architectural design comprising a conserved narrow selectivity filter, which forms intimate interactions with permeant ions, flanked by two wider vestibules toward the internal and external openings. In large-conductance K+ channels, the inner vestibule is wide, whereas in small-conductance channels it is narrow. Here we raise the idea that the physical dimensions of the hydrophobic internal vestibule limit ion transport in K+ channels, accounting for their diversity in unitary conductance.
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- David Naranjo
- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Universidad de Valparaíso, Playa Ancha, Valparaíso 2360103, Chile
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Universidad de Valparaíso, Playa Ancha, Valparaíso 2360103, Chile
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Universidad de Valparaíso, Playa Ancha, Valparaíso 2360103, Chile Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias, mención Biofísica y Biología Computacional, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 2360103, Chile
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Universidad de Valparaíso, Playa Ancha, Valparaíso 2360103, Chile Center for Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago 8370146, Chile Fraunhofer Chile Research, Las Condes 7550296, Chile
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Chefdeville A, Honnorat J, Hampe CS, Desestret V. Neuronal central nervous system syndromes probably mediated by autoantibodies. Eur J Neurosci 2016; 43:1535-52. [PMID: 26918657 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2015] [Revised: 02/09/2016] [Accepted: 02/15/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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In the last few years, a rapidly growing number of autoantibodies targeting neuronal cell-surface antigens have been identified in patients presenting with neurological symptoms. Targeted antigens include ionotropic receptors such as N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor or the α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptor, metabotropic receptors such as mGluR1 and mGluR5, and other synaptic proteins, some of them belonging to the voltage-gated potassium channel complex. Importantly, the cell-surface location of these antigens makes them vulnerable to direct antibody-mediated modulation. Some of these autoantibodies, generally targeting ionotropic channels or their partner proteins, define clinical syndromes resembling models of pharmacological or genetic disruption of the corresponding antigen, suggesting a direct pathogenic role of the associated autoantibodies. Moreover, the associated neurological symptoms are usually immunotherapy-responsive, further arguing for a pathogenic effect of the antibodies. Some studies have shown that some patients' antibodies may have structural and functional in vitro effects on the targeted antigens. Definite proof of the pathogenicity of these autoantibodies has been obtained for just a few through passive transfer experiments in animal models. In this review we present existing and converging evidence suggesting a pathogenic role of some autoantibodies directed against neuronal cell-surface antigens observed in patients with central nervous system disorders. We describe the main clinical symptoms characterizing the patients and discuss conflicting arguments regarding the pathogenicity of these antibodies.
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- Aude Chefdeville
- Institut NeuroMyoGène, INSERM U1217/UMR CNRS 5310, Lyon, France.,Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Institut NeuroMyoGène, INSERM U1217/UMR CNRS 5310, Lyon, France.,Université de Lyon, Lyon, France.,French Reference Center on Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndrome, F-69677, Bron, France.,Department of Neurology, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Neurologique, F-69677, Bron, France
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- Institut NeuroMyoGène, INSERM U1217/UMR CNRS 5310, Lyon, France.,Université de Lyon, Lyon, France.,French Reference Center on Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndrome, F-69677, Bron, France.,Department of Neurology, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Neurologique, F-69677, Bron, France
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Piepgras J, Höltje M, Michel K, Li Q, Otto C, Drenckhahn C, Probst C, Schemann M, Jarius S, Stöcker W, Balint B, Meinck HM, Buchert R, Dalmau J, Ahnert-Hilger G, Ruprecht K. Anti-DPPX encephalitis: pathogenic effects of antibodies on gut and brain neurons. Neurology 2015; 85:890-7. [PMID: 26291285 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000001907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2014] [Accepted: 05/07/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To characterize pathogenic effects of antibodies to dipeptidyl-peptidase-like protein 6 (DPPX), a subunit of Kv4.2 potassium channels, on gut and brain neurons. METHODS We identified a new patient with anti-DPPX encephalitis and analyzed the effects of the patient's serum and purified immunoglobulin G (IgG), and of serum of a previous patient with anti-DPPX encephalitis, on the activity of enteric neurons by voltage-sensitive dye imaging in guinea pig myenteric and human submucous plexus preparations. We studied the subcellular localization of DPPX by immunocytochemistry in cultured murine hippocampal neurons using sera of 4 patients with anti-DPPX encephalitis. We investigated the influence of anti-DPPX-containing serum and purified IgG on neuronal surface expression of DPPX and Kv4.2 by immunoblots of purified murine hippocampal neuron membranes. RESULTS The new patient with anti-DPPX encephalitis presented with a 2-month episode of diarrhea, which was followed by tremor, disorientation, and mild memory impairment. Anti-DPPX-IgG-containing sera and purified IgG increased the excitability and action potential frequency of guinea pig and human enteric nervous system neurons. Patient sera revealed a somatodendritic and perisynaptic neuronal surface staining that colocalized with the signal of commercial anti-DPPX and Kv4.2 antibodies. Incubation of hippocampal neurons with patient serum and purified IgG resulted in a decreased expression of DPPX and Kv4.2 in neuronal membranes. CONCLUSIONS Hyperexcitability of enteric nervous system neurons and downregulation of DPPX and Kv4.2 from hippocampal neuron membranes mirror the clinical phenotype of patients with anti-DPPX encephalitis and support a pathogenic role of anti-DPPX antibodies in anti-DPPX encephalitis.
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- Johannes Piepgras
- From the Department of Neurology (J.P., K.R.), Institute for Integrative Neuroanatomy (J.P., M.H., C.D., G.A.-H.), and Department of Nuclear Medicine (R.B.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; the Department of Human Biology (K.M., Q.L., M.S.), Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; the Department of Physiology (Q.L.), Shangdong University School of Medicine, China; St. Josefs-Krankenhaus Potsdam (C.O.); the Institute for Experimental Immunology (C.P., W.S.), affiliated to Euroimmun AG, Lübeck; Molecular Neuroimmunology and Department of Neurology (S.J., B.B., H.-M.M.), University of Heidelberg, Germany; and the Catalan Institution of Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) and Biomedical Research Institute August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) (J.D.), Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain
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- From the Department of Neurology (J.P., K.R.), Institute for Integrative Neuroanatomy (J.P., M.H., C.D., G.A.-H.), and Department of Nuclear Medicine (R.B.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; the Department of Human Biology (K.M., Q.L., M.S.), Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; the Department of Physiology (Q.L.), Shangdong University School of Medicine, China; St. Josefs-Krankenhaus Potsdam (C.O.); the Institute for Experimental Immunology (C.P., W.S.), affiliated to Euroimmun AG, Lübeck; Molecular Neuroimmunology and Department of Neurology (S.J., B.B., H.-M.M.), University of Heidelberg, Germany; and the Catalan Institution of Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) and Biomedical Research Institute August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) (J.D.), Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain
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- From the Department of Neurology (J.P., K.R.), Institute for Integrative Neuroanatomy (J.P., M.H., C.D., G.A.-H.), and Department of Nuclear Medicine (R.B.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; the Department of Human Biology (K.M., Q.L., M.S.), Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; the Department of Physiology (Q.L.), Shangdong University School of Medicine, China; St. Josefs-Krankenhaus Potsdam (C.O.); the Institute for Experimental Immunology (C.P., W.S.), affiliated to Euroimmun AG, Lübeck; Molecular Neuroimmunology and Department of Neurology (S.J., B.B., H.-M.M.), University of Heidelberg, Germany; and the Catalan Institution of Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) and Biomedical Research Institute August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) (J.D.), Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain
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- From the Department of Neurology (J.P., K.R.), Institute for Integrative Neuroanatomy (J.P., M.H., C.D., G.A.-H.), and Department of Nuclear Medicine (R.B.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; the Department of Human Biology (K.M., Q.L., M.S.), Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; the Department of Physiology (Q.L.), Shangdong University School of Medicine, China; St. Josefs-Krankenhaus Potsdam (C.O.); the Institute for Experimental Immunology (C.P., W.S.), affiliated to Euroimmun AG, Lübeck; Molecular Neuroimmunology and Department of Neurology (S.J., B.B., H.-M.M.), University of Heidelberg, Germany; and the Catalan Institution of Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) and Biomedical Research Institute August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) (J.D.), Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain
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- From the Department of Neurology (J.P., K.R.), Institute for Integrative Neuroanatomy (J.P., M.H., C.D., G.A.-H.), and Department of Nuclear Medicine (R.B.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; the Department of Human Biology (K.M., Q.L., M.S.), Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; the Department of Physiology (Q.L.), Shangdong University School of Medicine, China; St. Josefs-Krankenhaus Potsdam (C.O.); the Institute for Experimental Immunology (C.P., W.S.), affiliated to Euroimmun AG, Lübeck; Molecular Neuroimmunology and Department of Neurology (S.J., B.B., H.-M.M.), University of Heidelberg, Germany; and the Catalan Institution of Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) and Biomedical Research Institute August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) (J.D.), Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain
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- From the Department of Neurology (J.P., K.R.), Institute for Integrative Neuroanatomy (J.P., M.H., C.D., G.A.-H.), and Department of Nuclear Medicine (R.B.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; the Department of Human Biology (K.M., Q.L., M.S.), Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; the Department of Physiology (Q.L.), Shangdong University School of Medicine, China; St. Josefs-Krankenhaus Potsdam (C.O.); the Institute for Experimental Immunology (C.P., W.S.), affiliated to Euroimmun AG, Lübeck; Molecular Neuroimmunology and Department of Neurology (S.J., B.B., H.-M.M.), University of Heidelberg, Germany; and the Catalan Institution of Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) and Biomedical Research Institute August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) (J.D.), Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain
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- From the Department of Neurology (J.P., K.R.), Institute for Integrative Neuroanatomy (J.P., M.H., C.D., G.A.-H.), and Department of Nuclear Medicine (R.B.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; the Department of Human Biology (K.M., Q.L., M.S.), Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; the Department of Physiology (Q.L.), Shangdong University School of Medicine, China; St. Josefs-Krankenhaus Potsdam (C.O.); the Institute for Experimental Immunology (C.P., W.S.), affiliated to Euroimmun AG, Lübeck; Molecular Neuroimmunology and Department of Neurology (S.J., B.B., H.-M.M.), University of Heidelberg, Germany; and the Catalan Institution of Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) and Biomedical Research Institute August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) (J.D.), Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain
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- From the Department of Neurology (J.P., K.R.), Institute for Integrative Neuroanatomy (J.P., M.H., C.D., G.A.-H.), and Department of Nuclear Medicine (R.B.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; the Department of Human Biology (K.M., Q.L., M.S.), Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; the Department of Physiology (Q.L.), Shangdong University School of Medicine, China; St. Josefs-Krankenhaus Potsdam (C.O.); the Institute for Experimental Immunology (C.P., W.S.), affiliated to Euroimmun AG, Lübeck; Molecular Neuroimmunology and Department of Neurology (S.J., B.B., H.-M.M.), University of Heidelberg, Germany; and the Catalan Institution of Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) and Biomedical Research Institute August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) (J.D.), Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain
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- From the Department of Neurology (J.P., K.R.), Institute for Integrative Neuroanatomy (J.P., M.H., C.D., G.A.-H.), and Department of Nuclear Medicine (R.B.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; the Department of Human Biology (K.M., Q.L., M.S.), Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; the Department of Physiology (Q.L.), Shangdong University School of Medicine, China; St. Josefs-Krankenhaus Potsdam (C.O.); the Institute for Experimental Immunology (C.P., W.S.), affiliated to Euroimmun AG, Lübeck; Molecular Neuroimmunology and Department of Neurology (S.J., B.B., H.-M.M.), University of Heidelberg, Germany; and the Catalan Institution of Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) and Biomedical Research Institute August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) (J.D.), Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain
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- From the Department of Neurology (J.P., K.R.), Institute for Integrative Neuroanatomy (J.P., M.H., C.D., G.A.-H.), and Department of Nuclear Medicine (R.B.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; the Department of Human Biology (K.M., Q.L., M.S.), Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; the Department of Physiology (Q.L.), Shangdong University School of Medicine, China; St. Josefs-Krankenhaus Potsdam (C.O.); the Institute for Experimental Immunology (C.P., W.S.), affiliated to Euroimmun AG, Lübeck; Molecular Neuroimmunology and Department of Neurology (S.J., B.B., H.-M.M.), University of Heidelberg, Germany; and the Catalan Institution of Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) and Biomedical Research Institute August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) (J.D.), Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain
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- From the Department of Neurology (J.P., K.R.), Institute for Integrative Neuroanatomy (J.P., M.H., C.D., G.A.-H.), and Department of Nuclear Medicine (R.B.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; the Department of Human Biology (K.M., Q.L., M.S.), Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; the Department of Physiology (Q.L.), Shangdong University School of Medicine, China; St. Josefs-Krankenhaus Potsdam (C.O.); the Institute for Experimental Immunology (C.P., W.S.), affiliated to Euroimmun AG, Lübeck; Molecular Neuroimmunology and Department of Neurology (S.J., B.B., H.-M.M.), University of Heidelberg, Germany; and the Catalan Institution of Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) and Biomedical Research Institute August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) (J.D.), Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain
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- From the Department of Neurology (J.P., K.R.), Institute for Integrative Neuroanatomy (J.P., M.H., C.D., G.A.-H.), and Department of Nuclear Medicine (R.B.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; the Department of Human Biology (K.M., Q.L., M.S.), Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; the Department of Physiology (Q.L.), Shangdong University School of Medicine, China; St. Josefs-Krankenhaus Potsdam (C.O.); the Institute for Experimental Immunology (C.P., W.S.), affiliated to Euroimmun AG, Lübeck; Molecular Neuroimmunology and Department of Neurology (S.J., B.B., H.-M.M.), University of Heidelberg, Germany; and the Catalan Institution of Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) and Biomedical Research Institute August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) (J.D.), Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain
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- From the Department of Neurology (J.P., K.R.), Institute for Integrative Neuroanatomy (J.P., M.H., C.D., G.A.-H.), and Department of Nuclear Medicine (R.B.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; the Department of Human Biology (K.M., Q.L., M.S.), Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; the Department of Physiology (Q.L.), Shangdong University School of Medicine, China; St. Josefs-Krankenhaus Potsdam (C.O.); the Institute for Experimental Immunology (C.P., W.S.), affiliated to Euroimmun AG, Lübeck; Molecular Neuroimmunology and Department of Neurology (S.J., B.B., H.-M.M.), University of Heidelberg, Germany; and the Catalan Institution of Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) and Biomedical Research Institute August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) (J.D.), Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain
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- From the Department of Neurology (J.P., K.R.), Institute for Integrative Neuroanatomy (J.P., M.H., C.D., G.A.-H.), and Department of Nuclear Medicine (R.B.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; the Department of Human Biology (K.M., Q.L., M.S.), Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; the Department of Physiology (Q.L.), Shangdong University School of Medicine, China; St. Josefs-Krankenhaus Potsdam (C.O.); the Institute for Experimental Immunology (C.P., W.S.), affiliated to Euroimmun AG, Lübeck; Molecular Neuroimmunology and Department of Neurology (S.J., B.B., H.-M.M.), University of Heidelberg, Germany; and the Catalan Institution of Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) and Biomedical Research Institute August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) (J.D.), Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain
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- From the Department of Neurology (J.P., K.R.), Institute for Integrative Neuroanatomy (J.P., M.H., C.D., G.A.-H.), and Department of Nuclear Medicine (R.B.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; the Department of Human Biology (K.M., Q.L., M.S.), Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; the Department of Physiology (Q.L.), Shangdong University School of Medicine, China; St. Josefs-Krankenhaus Potsdam (C.O.); the Institute for Experimental Immunology (C.P., W.S.), affiliated to Euroimmun AG, Lübeck; Molecular Neuroimmunology and Department of Neurology (S.J., B.B., H.-M.M.), University of Heidelberg, Germany; and the Catalan Institution of Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) and Biomedical Research Institute August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) (J.D.), Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain
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- From the Department of Neurology (J.P., K.R.), Institute for Integrative Neuroanatomy (J.P., M.H., C.D., G.A.-H.), and Department of Nuclear Medicine (R.B.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; the Department of Human Biology (K.M., Q.L., M.S.), Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; the Department of Physiology (Q.L.), Shangdong University School of Medicine, China; St. Josefs-Krankenhaus Potsdam (C.O.); the Institute for Experimental Immunology (C.P., W.S.), affiliated to Euroimmun AG, Lübeck; Molecular Neuroimmunology and Department of Neurology (S.J., B.B., H.-M.M.), University of Heidelberg, Germany; and the Catalan Institution of Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) and Biomedical Research Institute August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) (J.D.), Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain.
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Kitazawa M, Kubo Y, Nakajo K. Kv4.2 and accessory dipeptidyl peptidase-like protein 10 (DPP10) subunit preferentially form a 4:2 (Kv4.2:DPP10) channel complex. J Biol Chem 2015. [PMID: 26209633 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.646794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Kv4 is a member of the voltage-gated K(+) channel family and forms a complex with various accessory subunits. Dipeptidyl aminopeptidase-like protein (DPP) is one of the auxiliary subunits for the Kv4 channel. Although DPP has been well characterized and is known to increase the current amplitude and accelerate the inactivation and recovery from inactivation of Kv4 current, it remains to be determined how many DPPs bind to one Kv4 channel. To examine whether the expression level of DPP changes the biophysical properties of Kv4, we expressed Kv4.2 and DPP10 in different ratios in Xenopus oocytes and analyzed the currents under two-electrode voltage clamp. The current amplitude and the speed of recovery from inactivation of Kv4.2 changed depending on the co-expression level of DPP10. This raised the possibility that the stoichiometry of the Kv4.2-DPP10 complex is variable and affects the biophysical properties of Kv4.2. We next determined the stoichiometry of DPP10 alone by subunit counting using single-molecule imaging. Approximately 70% of the DPP10 formed dimers in the plasma membrane, and the rest existed as monomers in the absence of Kv4.2. We next determined the stoichiometry of the Kv4.2-DPP10 complex; Kv4.2-mCherry and mEGFP-DPP10 were co-expressed in different ratios and the stoichiometries of Kv4.2-DPP10 complexes were evaluated by the subunit counting method. The stoichiometry of the Kv4.2-DPP10 complex was variable depending on the relative expression level of each subunit, with a preference for 4:2 stoichiometry. This preference may come from the bulky dimeric structure of the extracellular domain of DPP10.
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- Masahiro Kitazawa
- From the Division of Biophysics and Neurobiology, Department of Molecular Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan and the Department of Physiological Sciences, Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama, Kanagawa 240-0155, Japan
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- From the Division of Biophysics and Neurobiology, Department of Molecular Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan and the Department of Physiological Sciences, Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama, Kanagawa 240-0155, Japan
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- From the Division of Biophysics and Neurobiology, Department of Molecular Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan and the Department of Physiological Sciences, Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama, Kanagawa 240-0155, Japan
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Over the past 10 years, the continual discovery of novel forms of encephalitis associated with antibodies to cell-surface or synaptic proteins has changed the paradigms for diagnosing and treating disorders that were previously unknown or mischaracterized. We review here the process of discovery, the symptoms, and the target antigens of 11 autoimmune encephalitic disorders, grouped by syndromes and approached from a clinical perspective. Anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis, several subtypes of limbic encephalitis, stiff-person spectrum disorders, and other autoimmune encephalitides that result in psychosis, seizures, or abnormal movements are described in detail. We include a novel encephalopathy with prominent sleep dysfunction that provides an intriguing link between chronic neurodegeneration and cell-surface autoimmunity (IgLON5). Some of the caveats of limited serum testing are outlined. In addition, we review the underlying cellular and synaptic mechanisms that for some disorders confirm the antibody pathogenicity. The multidisciplinary impact of autoimmune encephalitis has been expanded recently by the discovery that herpes simplex encephalitis is a robust trigger of synaptic autoimmunity, and that some patients may develop overlapping syndromes, including anti-NMDAR encephalitis and neuromyelitis optica or other demyelinating diseases.
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- Frank Leypoldt
- Service of Neurology, Hospital Clinic, August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Institute of Clinical Chemistry, Neuroimmunology Unit and Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein Campus, Kiel, Germany
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Jerng HH, Pfaffinger PJ. Modulatory mechanisms and multiple functions of somatodendritic A-type K (+) channel auxiliary subunits. Front Cell Neurosci 2014; 8:82. [PMID: 24723849 PMCID: PMC3973911 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2014] [Accepted: 03/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Auxiliary subunits are non-conducting, modulatory components of the multi-protein ion channel complexes that underlie normal neuronal signaling. They interact with the pore-forming α-subunits to modulate surface distribution, ion conductance, and channel gating properties. For the somatodendritic subthreshold A-type potassium (ISA) channel based on Kv4 α-subunits, two types of auxiliary subunits have been extensively studied: Kv channel-interacting proteins (KChIPs) and dipeptidyl peptidase-like proteins (DPLPs). KChIPs are cytoplasmic calcium-binding proteins that interact with intracellular portions of the Kv4 subunits, whereas DPLPs are type II transmembrane proteins that associate with the Kv4 channel core. Both KChIPs and DPLPs genes contain multiple start sites that are used by various neuronal populations to drive the differential expression of functionally distinct N-terminal variants. In turn, these N-terminal variants generate tremendous functional diversity across the nervous system. Here, we focus our review on (1) the molecular mechanism underlying the unique properties of different N-terminal variants, (2) the shaping of native ISA properties by the concerted actions of KChIPs and DPLP variants, and (3) the surprising ways that KChIPs and DPLPs coordinate the activity of multiple channels to fine-tune neuronal excitability. Unlocking the unique contributions of different auxiliary subunit N-terminal variants may provide an important opportunity to develop novel targeted therapeutics to treat numerous neurological disorders.
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- Henry H. Jerng
- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of MedicineHouston, TX, USA
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The electrical output of neurons relies critically on voltage- and calcium-gated ion channels. The traditional view of ion channels is that they operate independently of each other in the plasma membrane in a manner that could be predicted according to biophysical characteristics of the isolated current. However, there is increasing evidence that channels interact with each other not just functionally but also physically. This is exemplified in the case of Cav3 T-type calcium channels, where new work indicates the ability to form signaling complexes with different types of calcium-gated and even voltage-gated potassium channels. The formation of a Cav3-K complex provides the calcium source required to activate KCa1.1 or KCa3.1 channels and, furthermore, to bestow a calcium-dependent regulation of Kv4 channels via associated KChIP proteins. Here, we review these interactions and discuss their significance in the context of neuronal firing properties.
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Fineberg JD, Ritter DM, Covarrubias M. Modeling-independent elucidation of inactivation pathways in recombinant and native A-type Kv channels. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 140:513-27. [PMID: 23109714 PMCID: PMC3483116 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201210869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A-type voltage-gated K+ (Kv) channels self-regulate their activity by inactivating directly from the open state (open-state inactivation [OSI]) or by inactivating before they open (closed-state inactivation [CSI]). To determine the inactivation pathways, it is often necessary to apply several pulse protocols, pore blockers, single-channel recording, and kinetic modeling. However, intrinsic hurdles may preclude the standardized application of these methods. Here, we implemented a simple method inspired by earlier studies of Na+ channels to analyze macroscopic inactivation and conclusively deduce the pathways of inactivation of recombinant and native A-type Kv channels. We investigated two distinct A-type Kv channels expressed heterologously (Kv3.4 and Kv4.2 with accessory subunits) and their native counterparts in dorsal root ganglion and cerebellar granule neurons. This approach applies two conventional pulse protocols to examine inactivation induced by (a) a simple step (single-pulse inactivation) and (b) a conditioning step (double-pulse inactivation). Consistent with OSI, the rate of Kv3.4 inactivation (i.e., the negative first derivative of double-pulse inactivation) precisely superimposes on the profile of the Kv3.4 current evoked by a single pulse because the channels must open to inactivate. In contrast, the rate of Kv4.2 inactivation is asynchronous, already changing at earlier times relative to the profile of the Kv4.2 current evoked by a single pulse. Thus, Kv4.2 inactivation occurs uncoupled from channel opening, indicating CSI. Furthermore, the inactivation time constant versus voltage relation of Kv3.4 decreases monotonically with depolarization and levels off, whereas that of Kv4.2 exhibits a J-shape profile. We also manipulated the inactivation phenotype by changing the subunit composition and show how CSI and CSI combined with OSI might affect spiking properties in a full computational model of the hippocampal CA1 neuron. This work unambiguously elucidates contrasting inactivation pathways in neuronal A-type Kv channels and demonstrates how distinct pathways might impact neurophysiological activity.
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- Jeffrey D Fineberg
- Graduate Program in Physiology and Molecular Biophysics, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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Social networking among voltage-activated potassium channels. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2013; 117:269-302. [PMID: 23663972 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-386931-9.00010-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Voltage-activated potassium channels (Kv channels) are ubiquitously expressed proteins that subserve a wide range of cellular functions. From their birth in the endoplasmic reticulum, Kv channels assemble from multiple subunits in complex ways that determine where they live in the cell, their biophysical characteristics, and their role in enabling different kinds of cells to respond to specific environmental signals to generate appropriate functional responses. This chapter describes the types of protein-protein interactions among pore-forming channel subunits and their auxiliary protein partners, as well as posttranslational protein modifications that occur in various cell types. This complex oligomerization of channel subunits establishes precise cell type-specific Kv channel localization and function, which in turn drives a diverse range of cellular signal transduction mechanisms uniquely suited to the physiological contexts in which they are found.
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Boronat A, Gelfand JM, Gresa-Arribas N, Jeong HY, Walsh M, Roberts K, Martinez-Hernandez E, Rosenfeld MR, Balice-Gordon R, Graus F, Rudy B, Dalmau J. Encephalitis and antibodies to dipeptidyl-peptidase-like protein-6, a subunit of Kv4.2 potassium channels. Ann Neurol 2012; 73:120-8. [PMID: 23225603 DOI: 10.1002/ana.23756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 226] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2012] [Revised: 07/28/2012] [Accepted: 09/04/2012] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To report a novel cell surface autoantigen of encephalitis that is a critical regulatory subunit of the Kv4.2 potassium channels. METHODS Four patients with encephalitis of unclear etiology and antibodies with a similar pattern of neuropil brain immunostaining were selected for autoantigen characterization. Techniques included immunoprecipitation, mass spectrometry, cell-base experiments with Kv4.2 and several dipeptidyl-peptidase-like protein-6 (DPPX) plasmid constructs, and comparative brain immunostaining of wild-type and DPPX-null mice. RESULTS Immunoprecipitation studies identified DPPX as the target autoantigen. A cell-based assay confirmed that all 4 patients, but not 210 controls, had DPPX antibodies. Symptoms included agitation, confusion, myoclonus, tremor, and seizures (1 case with prominent startle response). All patients had pleocytosis, and 3 had severe prodromal diarrhea of unknown etiology. Given that DPPX tunes up the Kv4.2 potassium channels (involved in somatodendritic signal integration and attenuation of dendritic back-propagation of action potentials), we determined the epitope distribution in DPPX, DPP10 (a protein homologous to DPPX), and Kv4.2. Patients' antibodies were found to be specific for DPPX, without reacting with DPP10 or Kv4.2. The unexplained diarrhea led to a demonstration of a robust expression of DPPX in the myenteric plexus, which strongly reacted with patients' antibodies. The course of neuropsychiatric symptoms was prolonged and often associated with relapses during decreasing immunotherapy. Long-term follow-up showed substantial improvement in 3 patients (1 was lost to follow-up). INTERPRETATION Antibodies to DPPX are associated with a protracted encephalitis characterized by central nervous system hyperexcitability (agitation, myoclonus, tremor, seizures), pleocytosis, and frequent diarrhea at symptom onset. The disorder is potentially treatable with immunotherapy.
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- Anna Boronat
- Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer and Service of Neurology, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain
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Kruse M, Hammond GRV, Hille B. Regulation of voltage-gated potassium channels by PI(4,5)P2. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 140:189-205. [PMID: 22851677 PMCID: PMC3409096 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201210806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PI(4,5)P2) regulates activities of numerous ion channels including inwardly rectifying potassium (Kir) channels, KCNQ, TRP, and voltage-gated calcium channels. Several studies suggest that voltage-gated potassium (KV) channels might be regulated by PI(4,5)P2. Wide expression of KV channels in different cells suggests that such regulation could have broad physiological consequences. To study regulation of KV channels by PI(4,5)P2, we have coexpressed several of them in tsA-201 cells with a G protein–coupled receptor (M1R), a voltage-sensitive lipid 5-phosphatase (Dr-VSP), or an engineered fusion protein carrying both lipid 4-phosphatase and 5-phosphatase activity (pseudojanin). These tools deplete PI(4,5)P2 with application of muscarinic agonists, depolarization, or rapamycin, respectively. PI(4,5)P2 at the plasma membrane was monitored by Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) from PH probes of PLCδ1 simultaneously with whole-cell recordings. Activation of Dr-VSP or recruitment of pseudojanin inhibited KV7.1, KV7.2/7.3, and Kir2.1 channel current by 90–95%. Activation of M1R inhibited KV7.2/7.3 current similarly. With these tools, we tested for potential PI(4,5)P2 regulation of activity of KV1.1/KVβ1.1, KV1.3, KV1.4, and KV1.5/KVβ1.3, KV2.1, KV3.4, KV4.2, KV4.3 (with different KChIPs and DPP6-s), and hERG/KCNE2. Interestingly, we found a substantial removal of inactivation for KV1.1/KVβ1.1 and KV3.4, resulting in up-regulation of current density upon activation of M1R but no changes in activity upon activating only VSP or pseudojanin. The other channels tested except possibly hERG showed no alteration in activity in any of the assays we used. In conclusion, a depletion of PI(4,5)P2 at the plasma membrane by enzymes does not seem to influence activity of most tested KV channels, whereas it does strongly inhibit members of the KV7 and Kir families.
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- Martin Kruse
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Accounting for a quantitative trait locus for plasma triglyceride levels: utilization of variants in multiple genes. PLoS One 2012; 7:e34614. [PMID: 22485179 PMCID: PMC3317648 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2011] [Accepted: 03/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Background For decades, research efforts have tried to uncover the underlying genetic basis of human susceptibility to a variety of diseases. Linkage studies have resulted in highly replicated findings and helped identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) for many complex traits; however identification of specific alleles accounting for linkage remains elusive. The purpose of this study was to determine whether with a sufficient number of variants a linkage signal can be fully explained. Method We used comprehensive fine-mapping using a dense set of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) across the entire quantitative trait locus (QTL) on human chromosome 7q36 linked to plasma triglyceride levels. Analyses included measured genotype and combined linkage association analyses. Results Screening this linkage region, we found an over representation of nominally significant associations in five genes (MLL3, DPP6, PAXIP1, HTR5A, INSIG1). However, no single genetic variant was sufficient to account for the linkage. On the other hand, multiple variants capturing the variation in these five genes did account for the linkage at this locus. Permutation analyses suggested that this reduction in LOD score was unlikely to have occurred by chance (p = 0.008). Discussion With recent findings, it has become clear that most complex traits are influenced by a large number of genetic variants each contributing only a small percentage to the overall phenotype. We found that with a sufficient number of variants, the linkage can be fully explained. The results from this analysis suggest that perhaps the failure to identify causal variants for linkage peaks may be due to multiple variants under the linkage peak with small individual effect, rather than a single variant of large effect.
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Foeger NC, Norris AJ, Wren LM, Nerbonne JM. Augmentation of Kv4.2-encoded currents by accessory dipeptidyl peptidase 6 and 10 subunits reflects selective cell surface Kv4.2 protein stabilization. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:9640-50. [PMID: 22311982 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.324574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Rapidly activating and inactivating somatodendritic voltage-gated K(+) (Kv) currents, I(A), play critical roles in the regulation of neuronal excitability. Considerable evidence suggests that native neuronal I(A) channels function in macromolecular protein complexes comprising pore-forming (α) subunits of the Kv4 subfamily together with cytosolic, K(+) channel interacting proteins (KChIPs) and transmembrane, dipeptidyl peptidase 6 and 10 (DPP6/10) accessory subunits, as well as other accessory and regulatory proteins. Several recent studies have demonstrated a critical role for the KChIP subunits in the generation of native Kv4.2-encoded channels and that Kv4.2-KChIP complex formation results in mutual (Kv4.2-KChIP) protein stabilization. The results of the experiments here, however, demonstrate that expression of DPP6 in the mouse cortex is unaffected by the targeted deletion of Kv4.2 and/or Kv4.3. Further experiments revealed that heterologously expressed DPP6 and DPP10 localize to the cell surface in the absence of Kv4.2, and that co-expression with Kv4.2 does not affect total or cell surface DPP6 or DPP10 protein levels. In the presence of DPP6 or DPP10, however, cell surface Kv4.2 protein expression is selectively increased. Further addition of KChIP3 in the presence of DPP10 markedly increases total and cell surface Kv4.2 protein levels, compared with cells expressing only Kv4.2 and DPP10. Taken together, the results presented here demonstrate that the expression and localization of the DPP accessory subunits are independent of Kv4 α subunits and further that the DPP6/10 and KChIP accessory subunits independently stabilize the surface expression of Kv4.2.
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- Nicholas C Foeger
- Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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DPP6 establishes the A-type K(+) current gradient critical for the regulation of dendritic excitability in CA1 hippocampal neurons. Neuron 2011; 71:1102-15. [PMID: 21943606 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Subthreshold-activating A-type K(+) currents are essential for the proper functioning of the brain, where they act to delay excitation and regulate firing frequency. In CA1 hippocampal pyramidal neuron dendrites, the density of A-type K(+) current increases with distance from the soma, playing an important role in synaptic integration and plasticity. The mechanism underlying this gradient has, however, remained elusive. Here, dendritic recordings from mice lacking the Kv4 transmembrane auxiliary subunit DPP6 revealed that this protein is critical for generating the A-current gradient. Loss of DPP6 led to a decrease in A-type current, specifically in distal dendrites. Decreased current density was accompanied by a depolarizing shift in the voltage dependence of channel activation. Together these changes resulted in hyperexcitable dendrites with enhanced dendritic AP back-propagation, calcium electrogenesis, and induction of synaptic long-term potentiation. Despite enhanced dendritic excitability, firing behavior evoked by somatic current injection was mainly unaffected in DPP6-KO recordings, indicating compartmentalized regulation of neuronal excitability.
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Kanyshkova T, Broicher T, Meuth SG, Pape HC, Budde T. A-type K+ currents in intralaminar thalamocortical relay neurons. Pflugers Arch 2011; 461:545-56. [PMID: 21437601 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-011-0953-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2011] [Accepted: 02/22/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Transient A-type K+ currents (I(A)) are known to influence the firing pattern of a number of thalamic cell types, but have not been investigated in intralaminar thalamocortical (TC) relay neurons yet. We therefore combined whole-cell patch-clamp techniques, PCR analysis, and immunohistochemistry to investigate the voltage-dependent and pharmacological properties of I(A) and to determine its molecular basis in TC neurons from the centrolateral, paracentral, and centromedial thalamic nuclei. I(A) revealed half-maximal (V (h)) activation and inactivation at about -17 and -67 mV, respectively. At a concentration of 5-10 mM 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) completely blocked I(A). Furthermore, I(A) was nearly unaffected by two sea anemone toxins (blood depressing substances 1 and 2, BDS1 and BDS2; 6-8% block at a concentration of 1 μM) but strongly sensitive to the K(V)4 channel blocker Heteropoda venatoria toxin 2 (HpTx2; about 45% block at a concentration of 5 μM). PCR screening revealed the expression of K(V)4.1-4.3, with strongest expression for K(V)4.2 and weak expression for K(V)4.1. Accordingly K(V)4.1 was not detected in immunohistochemical staining. Furthermore, K(V)4.2 and K(V)4.3 revealed mainly dendritic and somatic staining, respectively. Together with current clamp recordings, these findings point to a scenario where the fast transient I(A) in intralaminar TC neurons has a depolarized threshold at potentials negative to -50 mV, is substantially generated by K(V)4.2 and K(V)4.3 channels, allows prominent burst firing at hyperpolarized potentials, prevents the generation of high-threshold potentials, generates a delayed onset of firing at more depolarized potentials, and allows fast tonic firing.
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- Tatyana Kanyshkova
- Institute of Physiology I, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Robert-Koch-Str. 27a, 48149, Münster, Germany
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Marionneau C, Townsend RR, Nerbonne JM. Proteomic analysis highlights the molecular complexities of native Kv4 channel macromolecular complexes. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2010; 22:145-52. [PMID: 20959143 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2010.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2010] [Revised: 10/07/2010] [Accepted: 10/08/2010] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Voltage-gated K(+) (Kv) channels are key determinants of membrane excitability in the nervous and cardiovascular systems, functioning to control resting membrane potentials, shape action potential waveforms and influence the responses to neurotransmitters and neurohormones. Consistent with this functional diversity, multiple types of Kv currents, with distinct biophysical properties and cellular/subcellular distributions, have been identified. Rapidly activating and inactivating Kv currents, typically referred to as I(A) (A-type) in neurons, for example, regulate repetitive firing rates, action potential back-propagation (into dendrites) and modulate synaptic responses. Currents with similar properties, referred to as I(to,f) (fast transient outward), expressed in cardiomyocytes, control the early phase of myocardial action potential repolarization. A number of studies have demonstrated critical roles for pore-forming (α) subunits of the Kv4 subfamily in the generation of native neuronal I(A) and cardiac I(to,f) channels. Studies in heterologous cells have also suggested important roles for a number of Kv channel accessory and regulatory proteins in the generation of functional I(A) and I(to,f) channels. Quantitative mass spectrometry-based proteomic analysis is increasingly recognized as a rapid and, importantly, unbiased, approach to identify the components of native macromolecular protein complexes. The recent application of proteomic approaches to identify the components of native neuronal (and cardiac) Kv4 channel complexes has revealed even greater complexity than anticipated. The continued emphasis on development of improved biochemical and analytical proteomic methods seems certain to accelerate progress and to provide important new insights into the molecular determinants of native ion channel protein complexes.
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- Céline Marionneau
- L'Institut du Thorax, INSERM UMR-915, Institut de Recherche Thérapeutique-Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
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Kudryashova IV. Structural and functional characteristics of potassium channels and their role in neuroplasticity. NEUROCHEM J+ 2010. [DOI: 10.1134/s1819712410030013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Lundby A, Jespersen T, Schmitt N, Grunnet M, Olesen SP, Cordeiro JM, Calloe K. Effect of the I(to) activator NS5806 on cloned K(V)4 channels depends on the accessory protein KChIP2. Br J Pharmacol 2010; 160:2028-44. [PMID: 20649599 PMCID: PMC2958647 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.00859.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2009] [Revised: 02/09/2010] [Accepted: 03/22/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The compound NS5806 increases the transient outward current (I(to)) in canine ventricular cardiomyocytes and slows current decay. In human and canine ventricle, I(to) is thought to be mediated by K(V)4.3 and various ancillary proteins, yet, the exact subunit composition of I(to) channels is still debated. Here we characterize the effect of NS5806 on heterologously expressed putative I(to) channel subunits and other potassium channels. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Cloned K(V)4 channels were co-expressed with KChIP2, DPP6, DPP10, KCNE2, KCNE3 and K(V)1.4 in Xenopus laevis oocytes or CHO-K1 cells. KEY RESULTS NS5806 increased K(V)4.3/KChIP2 peak current amplitudes with an EC(50) of 5.3 +/- 1.5microM and significantly slowed current decay. KCNE2, KCNE3, DPP6 and DPP10 modulated K(V)4.3 currents and the response to NS5806, but current decay was slowed only in complexes containing KChIP2. The effect of NS5806 on K(V)4.2 was similar to that on K(V)4.3, and current decay was only slowed in presence of KChIP2. However, for K(V)4.1, the slowing of current decay by NS5806 was independent of KChIP2. K(V)1.4 was strongly inhibited by 10 microM NS5806 and K(V)1.5 was inhibited to a smaller extent. Effects of NS5806 on kinetics of currents generated by K(V)4.3/KChIP2/DPP6 with K(V)1.4 in oocytes could reproduce those on cardiac I(to) in canine ventricular myocytes. K(V)7.1, K(V)11.1 and K(ir)2 currents were unaffected by NS5806. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS NS5806 modulated K(V)4 channel gating depending on the presence of KChIP2, suggesting that NS5806 can potentially be used to address the molecular composition as well as the physiological role of cardiac I(to).
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- A Lundby
- The Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Cardiac Arrhythmia, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Since the first discovery of Kvbeta-subunits more than 15 years ago, many more ancillary Kv channel subunits were characterized, for example, KChIPs, KCNEs, and BKbeta-subunits. The ancillary subunits are often integral parts of native Kv channels, which, therefore, are mostly multiprotein complexes composed of voltage-sensing and pore-forming Kvalpha-subunits and of ancillary or beta-subunits. Apparently, Kv channels need the ancillary subunits to fulfill their many different cell physiological roles. This is reflected by the large structural diversity observed with ancillary subunit structures. They range from proteins with transmembrane segments and extracellular domains to purely cytoplasmic proteins. Ancillary subunits modulate Kv channel gating but can also have a great impact on channel assembly, on channel trafficking to and from the cellular surface, and on targeting Kv channels to different cellular compartments. The importance of the role of accessory subunits is further emphasized by the number of mutations that are associated in both humans and animals with diseases like hypertension, epilepsy, arrhythmogenesis, periodic paralysis, and hypothyroidism. Interestingly, several ancillary subunits have in vitro enzymatic activity; for example, Kvbeta-subunits are oxidoreductases, or modulate enzymatic activity, i.e., KChIP3 modulates presenilin activity. Thus different modes of beta-subunit association and of functional impact on Kv channels can be delineated, making it difficult to extract common principles underlying Kvalpha- and beta-subunit interactions. We critically review present knowledge on the physiological role of ancillary Kv channel subunits and their effects on Kv channel properties.
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- Olaf Pongs
- Institut für Neurale Signalverarbeitung, Zentrum für Molekulare Neurobiologie Hamburg, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
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