Asami M, Suzuki Y, Sakane F. Dopamine and the phosphorylated dopamine transporter are increased in the diacylglycerol kinase η-knockout mouse brain.
FEBS Lett 2021;
595:1313-1321. [PMID:
33599293 DOI:
10.1002/1873-3468.14059]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2020] [Revised: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
The molecular mechanisms generating the mania-like abnormal behaviors caused by diacylglycerol (DG) kinase (DGK) η deficiency remain unclear. Here, we found that DGKη knockout markedly increased dopamine (DA) levels in the midbrain (DA-producing region, 2.8-fold) and cerebral cortex (DA projection region, 1.2-fold). Moreover, DGKη deficiency significantly augmented phosphorylated DA transporter (DAT) levels (1.4-fold increase), which induce DA efflux to the synaptic cleft, in the cerebral cortex. Moreover, phosphorylation levels of protein kinase C-β, which is activated by DG and involved in DAT phosphorylation, were also increased. DAT expressed in Neuro-2a cells recruited DGKη to the plasma membrane and colocalized with it. These results strongly suggest that dopaminergic hyperfunction caused by DGKη deficiency in the brain leads to mania-like behaviors.
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