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Kauwe G, Pareja-Navarro KA, Yao L, Chen JH, Wong I, Saloner R, Cifuentes H, Nana AL, Shah S, Li Y, Le D, Spina S, Grinberg LT, Seeley WW, Kramer JH, Sacktor TC, Schilling B, Gan L, Casaletto KB, Tracy TE. KIBRA repairs synaptic plasticity and promotes resilience to tauopathy-related memory loss. J Clin Invest 2024; 134:e169064. [PMID: 38299587 PMCID: PMC10836803 DOI: 10.1172/jci169064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 02/02/2024] Open
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Synaptic plasticity is obstructed by pathogenic tau in the brain, representing a key mechanism that underlies memory loss in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related tauopathies. Here, we found that reduced levels of the memory-associated protein KIdney/BRAin (KIBRA) in the brain and increased KIBRA protein levels in cerebrospinal fluid are associated with cognitive impairment and pathological tau levels in disease. We next defined a mechanism for plasticity repair in vulnerable neurons using the C-terminus of the KIBRA protein (CT-KIBRA). We showed that CT-KIBRA restored plasticity and memory in transgenic mice expressing pathogenic human tau; however, CT-KIBRA did not alter tau levels or prevent tau-induced synapse loss. Instead, we found that CT-KIBRA stabilized the protein kinase Mζ (PKMζ) to maintain synaptic plasticity and memory despite tau-mediated pathogenesis. Thus, our results distinguished KIBRA both as a biomarker of synapse dysfunction and as the foundation for a synapse repair mechanism to reverse cognitive impairment in tauopathy.
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- Grant Kauwe
- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, California, USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, California, USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, California, USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, California, USA
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- Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, California, USA
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- Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, California, USA
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- Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, Califoria, USA
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- Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, Califoria, USA
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- Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
- Weill Institute for Neurosciences, Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
- Weill Institute for Neurosciences, Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- The Robert F. Furchgott Center of Neural and Behavioral Science, Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, Anesthesiology, and Neurology, State University of New York Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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- Helen and Robert Appel Alzheimer Disease Research Institute, Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, California, USA
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TAOK1 Promotes Proliferation and Invasion of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Cells by Inhibition of WWC1. COMPUTATIONAL AND MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN MEDICINE 2022; 2022:3157448. [PMID: 36158126 PMCID: PMC9499761 DOI: 10.1155/2022/3157448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Revised: 08/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Background For patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), targeted therapy significantly improves the therapeutic effect of NSCLC patients. With the development of molecular targeted therapy, more and more NSCLC-related genes have been found. Thousand and one amino-acid kinase 1 (TAOK1) has been identified as a potential target for drug research in various cancers. The main objective of this study was to explore the expression and function of TAOK1 in NSCLC. Methods Western blotting was employed to assess TAOK1 expression in NSCLC cell lines. The effects of TAOK1 on biological behaviors, including proliferation, invasion, and apoptosis of NSCLC cells, were assessed. The relationship between TAOK1 and WW and C2 domain containing 1 (WWC1) was assessed by Co-IP assay. The subcutaneous injection of tumor cells in nude mice was used to verify it in vivo. Results As expected, TAOK1 was increased in NSCLC cell lines. Following TAOK1 knockdown, NSCLC cells exhibited a significant decrease in the invasion and increased apoptosis in vitro. Instead, the TAOK1 elevation showed the opposite results. The Co-IP assay identified that TAOK1 specifically interacted with WWC1. Knockdown of WWC1 overturned TAOK1 silencing-mediated malignant phenotype of NSCLC cells. Additionally, subcutaneous tumorigenesis assays in nude mice confirmed that TAOK1 knockdown markedly restrained the proliferation capacity of NSCLC cells in vivo. Conclusion Surprisingly, TAOK1 overexpression in NSCLC promotes tumor cell growth and invasion, which is associated with downregulation of its downstream protein WWC1, and this result might provide a robust research basis to inquire about the precise therapeutic targets for NSCLC.
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Wang J, Wu S, Sun Y, Lu J, Zhang J, Fang Y, Qing Z, Liang X, Zhang W, Chen Q, Zhang X, Zhang B. Brain microstructural alterations in the left precuneus mediate the association between KIBRA polymorphism and working memory in healthy adults: a diffusion kurtosis imaging study. Brain Imaging Behav 2022; 16:2487-2496. [PMID: 35854194 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-022-00703-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kidney and brain expressed protein (KIBRA) rs17070145 is associated with working memory function and cognitive processes. However, the neural mechanisms underlying these associations are not fully understood. This study aimed to explore the effect of KIBRA polymorphism on brain microstructure and blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) fluctuations using diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in 163 young adults. We also investigated that whether the imaging alterations mediated the association between KIBRA gene and working memory performance. Voxel-based analysis of DKI data showed that KIBRA C-allele carriers exhibited increased axial diffusivity (AD), radial diffusivity (RD) and mean diffusivity (MD) as well as decreased fractional anisotropy (FA), mean kurtosis (MK) and radial kurtosis (RK) compared with KIBRA TT homozygotes, primarily involving the prefrontal lobe, left precuneus and the left superior parietal white matter. Meanwhile, KIBRA C-allele carriers exhibited decreased amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) in the left precuneus compared to KIBRA TT homozygotes. Mediation analysis revealed that the DKI metrics (MK and RK) of the left precuneus mediated the effect of the KIBRA polymorphism on working memory performance. Moreover, the MK and RK in the left precuneus were positively correlated with ALFF in the same brain region. These findings suggest that abnormal DKI parameters may provide a gene-brain-behavior pathway in which KIBRA rs17070145 affects working memory by modulating brain microstructure in the left precuneus. This illustrates that DKI may provide additional biological information and reveal new insights into the neural mechanisms of the KIBRA polymorphism.
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- Junxia Wang
- Department of Radiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, China.,Institute for Brain Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210008, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210008, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, China. .,Institute for Brain Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210008, China.
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Brücher VC, Egbring C, Plagemann T, Nedvetsky PI, Höffken V, Pavenstädt H, Eter N, Kremerskothen J, Heiduschka P. Lack of WWC2 Protein Leads to Aberrant Angiogenesis in Postnatal Mice. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:5321. [PMID: 34070186 PMCID: PMC8158494 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22105321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Revised: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The WWC protein family is an upstream regulator of the Hippo signalling pathway that is involved in many cellular processes. We examined the effect of an endothelium-specific WWC1 and/or WWC2 knock-out on ocular angiogenesis. Knock-outs were induced in C57BL/6 mice at the age of one day (P1) and evaluated at P6 (postnatal mice) or induced at the age of five weeks and evaluated at three months of age (adult mice). We analysed morphology of retinal vasculature in retinal flat mounts. In addition, in vivo imaging and functional testing by electroretinography were performed in adult mice. Adult WWC1/2 double knock-out mice differed neither functionally nor morphologically from the control group. In contrast, the retinas of the postnatal WWC knock-out mice showed a hyperproliferative phenotype with significantly enlarged areas of sprouting angiogenesis and a higher number of tip cells. The branching and end points in the peripheral plexus were significantly increased compared to the control group. The deletion of the WWC2 gene was decisive for these effects; while knocking out WWC1 showed no significant differences. The results hint strongly that WWC2 is an essential regulator of ocular angiogenesis in mice. As an activator of the Hippo signalling pathway, it prevents excessive proliferation during physiological angiogenesis. In adult animals, WWC proteins do not seem to be important for the maintenance of the mature vascular plexus.
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- Viktoria Constanze Brücher
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Münster Medical School, 48149 Münster, Germany; (V.C.B.); (C.E.); (T.P.); (N.E.)
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Münster Medical School, 48149 Münster, Germany; (V.C.B.); (C.E.); (T.P.); (N.E.)
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Münster Medical School, 48149 Münster, Germany; (V.C.B.); (C.E.); (T.P.); (N.E.)
- Department of Nephrology, Internal Medicine D, Hypertension and Rheumatology, University of Münster Medical School, 48149 Münster, Germany; (P.I.N.); (H.P.); (J.K.)
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- Department of Nephrology, Internal Medicine D, Hypertension and Rheumatology, University of Münster Medical School, 48149 Münster, Germany; (P.I.N.); (H.P.); (J.K.)
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- Medical Cell Biology, Medical Clinic D, University of Münster Medical School, 48149 Münster, Germany;
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- Department of Nephrology, Internal Medicine D, Hypertension and Rheumatology, University of Münster Medical School, 48149 Münster, Germany; (P.I.N.); (H.P.); (J.K.)
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Münster Medical School, 48149 Münster, Germany; (V.C.B.); (C.E.); (T.P.); (N.E.)
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- Department of Nephrology, Internal Medicine D, Hypertension and Rheumatology, University of Münster Medical School, 48149 Münster, Germany; (P.I.N.); (H.P.); (J.K.)
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Münster Medical School, 48149 Münster, Germany; (V.C.B.); (C.E.); (T.P.); (N.E.)
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Höffken V, Hermann A, Pavenstädt H, Kremerskothen J. WWC Proteins: Important Regulators of Hippo Signaling in Cancer. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13020306. [PMID: 33467643 PMCID: PMC7829927 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13020306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2020] [Revised: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Simple Summary The conserved Hippo pathway regulates cell proliferation and apoptosis via a complex interplay of transcriptional activities, post-translational protein modifications, specific protein–protein interactions and cellular transport processes. Deregulating this highly balanced system can lead to hyperproliferation, organ overgrowth and cancer. Although WWC proteins are known as components of the Hippo signaling pathway, their association with tumorigenesis is often neglected. This review aims to summarize the current knowledge on WWC proteins and their contribution to Hippo signaling in the context of cancer. Abstract The Hippo signaling pathway is known to regulate cell differentiation, proliferation and apoptosis. Whereas activation of the Hippo signaling pathway leads to phosphorylation and cytoplasmic retention of the transcriptional coactivator YAP, decreased Hippo signaling results in nuclear import of YAP and subsequent transcription of pro-proliferative genes. Hence, a dynamic and precise regulation of the Hippo signaling pathway is crucial for organ size control and the prevention of tumor formation. The transcriptional activity of YAP is controlled by a growing number of upstream regulators including the family of WWC proteins. WWC1, WWC2 and WWC3 represent cytosolic scaffolding proteins involved in intracellular transport processes and different signal transduction pathways. Earlier in vitro experiments demonstrated that WWC proteins positively regulate the Hippo pathway via the activation of large tumor suppressor kinases 1/2 (LATS1/2) kinases and the subsequent cytoplasmic accumulation of phosphorylated YAP. Later, reduced WWC expression and subsequent high YAP activity were shown to correlate with the progression of human cancer in different organs. Although the function of WWC proteins as upstream regulators of Hippo signaling was confirmed in various studies, their important role as tumor modulators is often overlooked. This review has been designed to provide an update on the published data linking WWC1, WWC2 and WWC3 to cancer, with a focus on Hippo pathway-dependent mechanisms.
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Kwok E, Rodriguez DJ, Kremerskothen J, Nyarko A. Intrinsic disorder and amino acid specificity modulate binding of the WW2 domain in kidney and brain protein (KIBRA) to synaptopodin. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:17383-17394. [PMID: 31597702 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.009589] [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] [Received: 05/29/2019] [Revised: 10/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The second WW domain (WW2) of the kidney and brain scaffolding protein, KIBRA, has an isoleucine (Ile-81) rather than a second conserved tryptophan and is primarily unstructured. However, it adopts the canonical triple-stranded antiparallel β-sheet structure of WW domains when bound to a two-PPXY motif peptide of the synaptic protein Dendrin. Here, using a series of biophysical experiments, we demonstrate that the WW2 domain remains largely disordered when bound to a 69-residue two-PPXY motif polypeptide of the synaptic and podocyte protein synaptopodin (SYNPO). Isothermal titration calorimetry and CD experiments revealed that the interactions of the disordered WW2 domain with SYNPO are significantly weaker than SYNPO's interactions with the well-folded WW1 domain and that an I81W substitution in the WW2 domain neither enhances binding affinity nor induces substantial WW2 domain folding. In the tandem polypeptide, the two WW domains synergized, enhancing the overall binding affinity with the I81W variant tandem polypeptide 2-fold compared with the WT polypeptide. Solution NMR results showed that SYNPO binding induces small but definite chemical shift perturbations in the WW2 domain, confirming the disordered state of the WW2 domain in this complex. These analyses also disclosed that SYNPO binds the tandem WW domain polypeptide in an antiparallel manner, that is, the WW1 domain binds the second PPXY motif of SYNPO. We propose a binding model consisting of a bipartite interaction mode in which the largely disordered WW2 forms a "fuzzy" complex with SYNPO. This binding mode may be important for specific cellular functions.
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- Ethiene Kwok
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331
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KIBRA Team Up with Partners to Promote Breast Cancer Metastasis. Pathol Oncol Res 2019; 26:627-634. [DOI: 10.1007/s12253-019-00660-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2019] [Accepted: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Wang D, Hu L, Xu X, Ma X, Li Y, Liu Y, Wang Q, Zhuo C. KIBRA and APOE Gene Variants Affect Brain Functional Network Connectivity in Healthy Older People. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2019; 74:1725-1733. [PMID: 30715155 DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glz004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Genetic factors play a critical role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Kidney and brain expressed protein (KIBRA) and apolipoprotein E (APOE) are involved in episodic memory performance and AD. However, the interactions between KIBRA and APOE on brain functional network connectivity (FNC) remain unknown in healthy older people. Using independent component analysis, we systematically investigated additive and epistatic interactions of KIBRA rs1707045 and APOE on FNC in 170 healthy older Chinese people of Han ethnicity. We found significant additive KIBRA–APOE interactions on brain FNC in the right medial prefrontal cortex, the posterior cingulate cortex in the default-mode network, and the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex in the salience network. We also found significant epistatic KIBRA–APOE interactions on brain FNC in the left superior frontal gyrus and left angular gyrus in default-mode network. No significant KIBRA–APOE interactions were detected in other brain resting-state networks. These findings suggest that healthy older people have additive and epistatic interactions of KIBRA and APOE gene variants, which modulate brain FNC and may partly elucidate their association with episodic memory performance and AD.
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- Dawei Wang
- Department of Radiology, Qilu Hospital of Shangdong University, China
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- Department of Radiology, Qilu Hospital of Shangdong University, China
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- Department of Radiology, Qilu Hospital of Shangdong University, China
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- Department of Radiology, Qilu Hospital of Shangdong University, China
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- Department of Neurology, Qilu Hospital of Shangdong University, China
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- Brainnetome Center, National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Qilu Hospital of Shangdong University, China
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- Department of Psychiatric-Neuroimaging-Genetics and Comorbidity Laboratory (PNGC-Lab), Tianjin Anding Hospital, China
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Merkulov VM, Leberfarb EY, Merkulova TI. Regulatory SNPs and their widespread effects on the transcriptome. J Biosci 2018; 43:1069-1075. [PMID: 30541964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Currently, it is generally accepted that the cis-acting effects of noncoding variants on gene expression are a major factor for phenotypic variation in complex traits and disease susceptibility. Meanwhile, the protein products of many target genes for the identified cis-regulatory variants (rSNPs) are regulatory molecules themselves (transcription factors, effectors, components of signal transduction pathways, etc.), which implies dramatic downstream effects of these variations on complex gene networks. Here, we brief the results of recent most comprehensive studies on the role of rSNPs in transcriptional regulation across the genome.
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- Vasily M Merkulov
- Laboratory of Gene Expression Regulation, Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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Posner MG, Upadhyay A, Ishima R, Kalli AC, Harris G, Kremerskothen J, Sansom MSP, Crennell SJ, Bagby S. Distinctive phosphoinositide- and Ca 2+-binding properties of normal and cognitive performance-linked variant forms of KIBRA C2 domain. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:9335-9344. [PMID: 29724824 PMCID: PMC6005455 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.002279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2018] [Revised: 05/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Kidney- and brain-expressed protein (KIBRA), a multifunctional scaffold protein with around 20 known binding partners, is involved in memory and cognition, organ size control via the Hippo pathway, cell polarity, and membrane trafficking. KIBRA includes tandem N-terminal WW domains, a C2 domain, and motifs for binding atypical PKC and PDZ domains. A naturally occurring human KIBRA variant involving residue changes at positions 734 (Met-to-Ile) and 735 (Ser-to-Ala) within the C2 domain affects cognitive performance. We have elucidated 3D structures and calcium- and phosphoinositide-binding properties of human KIBRA C2 domain. Both WT and variant C2 adopt a canonical type I topology C2 domain fold. Neither Ca2+ nor any other metal ion was bound to WT or variant KIBRA C2 in crystal structures, and Ca2+ titration produced no significant reproducible changes in NMR spectra. NMR and X-ray diffraction data indicate that KIBRA C2 binds phosphoinositides via an atypical site involving β-strands 5, 2, 1, and 8. Molecular dynamics simulations indicate that KIBRA C2 interacts with membranes via primary and secondary sites on the same domain face as the experimentally identified phosphoinositide-binding site. Our results indicate that KIBRA C2 domain association with membranes is calcium-independent and involves distinctive C2 domain-membrane relative orientations.
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- Mareike G. Posner
- From the Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom
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- From the Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom
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- Department of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
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- Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS9 7TF, United Kingdom, ,Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0FA, United Kingdom
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- Internal Medicine D, Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Rheumatology, University Hospital Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany, and
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom
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- From the Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom
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- From the Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom, , To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel.:
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Zlomuzica A, Preusser F, Roberts S, Woud ML, Lester KJ, Dere E, Eley TC, Margraf J. The role of KIBRA in reconstructive episodic memory. Mol Med 2018; 24:7. [PMID: 30134813 PMCID: PMC6016870 DOI: 10.1186/s10020-018-0007-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2018] [Accepted: 02/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In order to retrieve episodic past events, the missing information needs to be reconstructed using information stored in semantic memory. Failures in these reconstructive processes are expressed as false memories. KIBRA single nucleotide polymorphism (rs17070145) has been linked to episodic memory performance as well as an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). METHODS Here, the role of KIBRA rs17070145 polymorphism (male and female CC vs. CT/TT carriers) in reconstructive episodic memory in the Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) paradigm was investigated in N = 219 healthy individuals. RESULTS Female participants outperformed males in the free recall condition. Furthermore, a trend towards a gender x genotype interaction was found for false recognition rates. Female CT/TT carriers exhibited a lower proportion of false recognition rates for associated critical lures as compared to male CT/TT. Additionally, an association between KIBRA rs17070145 genotype, familiarity and recollection based recognition performance was found. In trials with correct recognition of listed items CT/TT carriers showed more "remember", but fewer "know" responses as compared to CC carriers. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that the T-allele of KIBRA rs17070145 supports recollection based episodic memory retrieval and contributes to memory accuracy in a gender dependent manner. Findings are discussed in the context of the specific contribution of KIBRA related SNPs to reconstructive episodic memory and its implications for cognitive and emotional symptoms in dementia and PTSD.
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- Armin Zlomuzica
- Mental Health Research and Treatment Center, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 150, 44780, Bochum, Germany.
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- Mental Health Research and Treatment Center, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 150, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, King's College London, London, UK
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- Mental Health Research and Treatment Center, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 150, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, King's College London, London, UK
- School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
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- Teaching and Research Unit. Life Sciences (UFR927), University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France
- Clinical Neuroscience, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, King's College London, London, UK
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- Mental Health Research and Treatment Center, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 150, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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Stickel A, Kawa K, Walther K, Glisky E, Richholt R, Huentelman M, Ryan L. Age-Modulated Associations between KIBRA, Brain Volume, and Verbal Memory among Healthy Older Adults. Front Aging Neurosci 2018; 9:431. [PMID: 29375362 PMCID: PMC5767716 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2017.00431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2017] [Accepted: 12/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The resource modulation hypothesis suggests that the influence of genes on cognitive functioning increases with age. The KIBRA single nucleotide polymorphism rs17070145, associated with episodic memory and working memory, has been suggested to follow such a pattern, but few studies have tested this assertion directly. The present study investigated the relationship between KIBRA alleles (T carriers vs. CC homozygotes), cognitive performance, and brain volumes in three groups of cognitively healthy adults-middle aged (ages 52-64, n = 38), young old (ages 65-72, n = 45), and older old (ages 73-92, n = 62)-who were carefully matched on potentially confounding variables including apolipoprotein ε4 status and hypertension. Consistent with our prediction, T carriers maintained verbal memory performance with increasing age while CC homozygotes declined. Voxel-based morphometric analysis of magnetic resonance images showed an advantage for T carriers in frontal white matter volume that increased with age. Focusing on the older old group, this advantage for T carriers was also evident in left lingual gyrus gray matter and several additional frontal white matter regions. Contrary to expectations, neither KIBRA nor the interaction between KIBRA and age predicted hippocampal volumes. None of the brain regions investigated showed a CC homozygote advantage. Taken together, these data suggest that KIBRA results in decreased verbal memory performance and lower brain volumes in CC homozygotes compared to T carriers, particularly among the oldest old, consistent with the resource modulation hypothesis.
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- Ariana Stickel
- Cognition and Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
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- Cognition and Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
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- Epilepsy Center Erlangen, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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- Aging and Cognition Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
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- Neurogenomics Division, The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ, United States
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- Neurogenomics Division, The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ, United States
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- Cognition and Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
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Hu L, Xu Q, Li J, Wang F, Xu X, Sun Z, Ma X, Liu Y, Wang Q, Wang D. No differences in brain microstructure between young KIBRA-C carriers and non-carriers. Oncotarget 2018; 9:1200-1209. [PMID: 29416687 PMCID: PMC5787430 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.23348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2017] [Accepted: 12/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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KIBRA rs17070145 polymorphism is associated with variations in memory function and the microstructure of related brain areas. Diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) as an extension of diffusion tensor imaging that can provide more information about changes in microstructure, based on the idea that water diffusion in biological tissues is heterogeneous due to structural hindrance and restriction. We used DKI to explore the relationship between KIBRA gene polymorphism and brain microstructure in young adults. We recruited 100 healthy young volunteers, including 53 TT carriers and 47 C allele carriers. No differences were detected between the TT homozygotes and C-allele carriers for any diffusion and kurtosis parameter. These results indicate KIBRA rs17070145 polymorphism likely has little or no effect on brain microstructure in young adults.
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- Li Hu
- Department of Radiology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- Medical Examination Center, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- Mental Health Center of Shandong Province, Jinan 250012, China
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- Department of Radiology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- Department of Radiology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- Department of Radiology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- Department of Radiology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- Brainnetome Center, National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Department of Radiology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- Department of Radiology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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Stepan J, Anderzhanova E, Gassen NC. Hippo Signaling: Emerging Pathway in Stress-Related Psychiatric Disorders? Front Psychiatry 2018; 9:715. [PMID: 30627107 PMCID: PMC6309125 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2018] [Accepted: 12/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Discovery of the Hippo pathway and its core components has made a significant impact on our progress in the understanding of organ development, tissue homeostasis, and regeneration. Upon diverse extracellular and intracellular stimuli, Hippo signaling regulates stemness, cell proliferation and apoptosis by a well-conserved signaling cascade, and disruption of these systems has been implicated in cancer as well as metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases. The central role of Hippo signaling in cell biology also results in prominent links to stress-regulated pathways. Genetic variations, epigenetically provoked upregulation of Hippo pathway members and dysregulation of cellular processes implicated in learning and memory, are linked to an increased risk of stress-related psychiatric disorders (SRPDs). In this review, we summarize recent findings, supporting the role of Hippo signaling in SRPDs by canonical and non-canonical Hippo pathway interactions.
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- Jens Stepan
- Department Translational Research in Psychiatry, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Clinic and Polyclinic of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Bonn University Clinic, Bonn, Germany
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- Clinic and Polyclinic of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Bonn University Clinic, Bonn, Germany
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Bearden CE, Glahn DC. Cognitive genomics: Searching for the genetic roots of neuropsychological functioning. Neuropsychology 2017; 31:1003-1019. [PMID: 29376674 PMCID: PMC5791763 DOI: 10.1037/neu0000412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Human cognition has long been known to be under substantial genetic control. With the complete mapping of the human genome, genome-wide association studies for many complex traits have proliferated; however, the highly polygenic nature of intelligence has made the identification of the precise genes that influence both global and specific cognitive abilities more difficult than anticipated. METHOD Here, we review the latest developments in the genomics of cognition, including a discussion of methodological advances in the genetic analysis of complex traits, and shared genetic contributions to cognitive abilities and neuropsychiatric disorders. RESULTS A wealth of twin and family studies have provided compelling evidence for a strong heritable component of both global and specific cognitive abilities, and for the existence of "generalist genes" responsible for a large portion of the variance in diverse cognitive abilities. Increasingly sophisticated analytic tools and ever-larger sample sizes are now facilitating the identification of specific genetic and molecular underpinnings of cognitive abilities, leading to optimism regarding possibilities for novel treatments for illnesses related to cognitive function. CONCLUSIONS We conclude with a set of future directions for the field, which will further accelerate discoveries regarding the biological pathways relevant to cognitive abilities. These, in turn, may be further interrogated in order to link biological mechanisms to behavior. (PsycINFO Database Record
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- Carrie E Bearden
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California at Los Angeles
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Schuck NW, Petok JR, Meeter M, Schjeide BMM, Schröder J, Bertram L, Gluck MA, Li SC. Aging and a genetic KIBRA polymorphism interactively affect feedback- and observation-based probabilistic classification learning. Neurobiol Aging 2017; 61:36-43. [PMID: 29032191 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2017.08.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2015] [Revised: 08/03/2017] [Accepted: 08/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Probabilistic category learning involves complex interactions between the hippocampus and striatum that may depend on whether acquisition occurs via feedback or observation. Little is known about how healthy aging affects these processes. We tested whether age-related behavioral differences in probabilistic category learning from feedback or observation depend on a genetic factor known to influence individual differences in hippocampal function, the KIBRA gene (single nucleotide polymorphism rs17070145). Results showed comparable age-related performance impairments in observational as well as feedback-based learning. Moreover, genetic analyses indicated an age-related interactive effect of KIBRA on learning: among older adults, the beneficial T-allele was positively associated with learning from feedback, but negatively with learning from observation. In younger adults, no effects of KIBRA were found. Our results add behavioral genetic evidence to emerging data showing age-related differences in how neural resources relate to memory functions, namely that hippocampal and striatal contributions to probabilistic category learning may vary with age. Our findings highlight the effects genetic factors can have on differential age-related decline of different memory functions.
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- Nicolas W Schuck
- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA; Max Planck Research Group NeuroCode and Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany.
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- Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University-Newark, Newark, NJ, USA; Department of Psychology, Saint Olaf College, Northfield, MN, USA.
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- Department of Cognitive Psychology, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Neuropsychiatric Genetics Group, Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Research Group NeuroCode and Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany; Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Neuropsychiatric Genetics Group, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Neuropsychiatric Genetics Group, Berlin, Germany; Platform for Genome Analytics, Institutes of Neurogenetics and Integrative & Experimental Genomics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany; Neuroepidemiology and Ageing Research Unit, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, The Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine, London, UK
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- Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University-Newark, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Max Planck Research Group NeuroCode and Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany; Technische Universität Dresden, Department of Psychology, Chair of Lifespan Developmental Neuroscience, Dresden, Germany
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De Novo Coding Variants Are Strongly Associated with Tourette Disorder. Neuron 2017; 94:486-499.e9. [PMID: 28472652 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.04.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2017] [Revised: 04/15/2017] [Accepted: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Whole-exome sequencing (WES) and de novo variant detection have proven a powerful approach to gene discovery in complex neurodevelopmental disorders. We have completed WES of 325 Tourette disorder trios from the Tourette International Collaborative Genetics cohort and a replication sample of 186 trios from the Tourette Syndrome Association International Consortium on Genetics (511 total). We observe strong and consistent evidence for the contribution of de novo likely gene-disrupting (LGD) variants (rate ratio [RR] 2.32, p = 0.002). Additionally, de novo damaging variants (LGD and probably damaging missense) are overrepresented in probands (RR 1.37, p = 0.003). We identify four likely risk genes with multiple de novo damaging variants in unrelated probands: WWC1 (WW and C2 domain containing 1), CELSR3 (Cadherin EGF LAG seven-pass G-type receptor 3), NIPBL (Nipped-B-like), and FN1 (fibronectin 1). Overall, we estimate that de novo damaging variants in approximately 400 genes contribute risk in 12% of clinical cases. VIDEO ABSTRACT.
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Anuj, Arivazhagan L, Surabhi RP, Kanakarajan A, Sundaram S, Pitani RS, Mudduwa L, Kremerskothen J, Venkatraman G, Rayala SK. KIBRA attains oncogenic activity by repressing RASSF1A. Br J Cancer 2017:bjc2017192. [PMID: 28664913 PMCID: PMC5558681 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2017.192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2017] [Revised: 05/24/2017] [Accepted: 05/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND KIBRA-initially identified as a neuronal associated protein is now shown to be functionally associated with other tissue types as well. KIBRA interacts with dyenin light chain 1 and this interaction is essential for oestrogen receptor transactivation in breast cancer cells. KIBRA as a substrate of Cdk1, Aurora kinase and ERK plays an important role in regulating cell cycle, cell proliferation and migration. Despite these evidences, the exact role of KIBRA in cancer progression is not known. METHODS We studied the expression of KIBRA in breast tissues and breast cancer cell lines by western blotting, immunohistochemisry (IHC) and RT-PCR. Stable over expression and knockdown clones were generated to study the transforming properties of KIBRA by conventional assays. Xenograft studies were performed in nude mice to study the in vivo tumourigenic efficacy of KIBRA. qPCR array was performed to understand the molecular mechanism behind oncogenic activity of KIBRA. RESULTS Our results showed that KIBRA is upregulated in breast cancer cells and in malignant human breast tumours by both western blotting and IHC. Interestingly, we found that KIBRA expression level goes up with increase in breast cancer progression in well-established MCF10A model system. Further, results from stable overexpression clones of KIBRA in fibroblasts (Rat-1) and epithelial breast cancer cells (ZR75) and lentiviral short hairpin RNA-mediated knockdown (KD) clones of KIBRA in ZR75 showed increase in transforming properties with KIBRA overexpression and vice-versa. Results also showed that fibroblasts stably overexpressing KIBRA showed increased tumourigenic potential in nude mice. By adopting a quantitative PCR array-based approach, we identified RASSF1A, a tumour suppressor, as a transcriptional target of KIBRA. CONCLUSIONS This is the first study to demonstrate the in vivo tumourigenic property of KIBRA in a nude mouse model and also unravel the underlying molecular mechanism of KIBRA-mediated transformation via repression of RASSF1A.British Journal of Cancer advance online publication, 29 June 2017; doi:10.1038/bjc.2017.192 www.bjcancer.com.
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- Anuj
- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai 600036, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai 600036, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai 600036, India
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- Pathology, Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, Chennai 600116, India
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- Community Medicine, Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, Chennai 600116, India
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle 80000, Sri Lanka
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- Internal Medicine D, Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Rheumatology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster 48149, Germany
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- Departments of Human Genetics, Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, Chennai 600116, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai 600036, India
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Piras IS, Krate J, Schrauwen I, Corneveaux JJ, Serrano GE, Sue L, Beach TG, Huentelman MJ. Whole transcriptome profiling of the human hippocampus suggests an involvement of the KIBRA rs17070145 polymorphism in differential activation of the MAPK signaling pathway. Hippocampus 2017; 27:784-793. [PMID: 28380666 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2016] [Revised: 02/26/2017] [Accepted: 03/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The rs17070145-T variant of the WWC1 gene, coding for the KIBRA protein, has been associated with both increased episodic memory performance and lowered risk for late onset Alzheimer's disease, although the mechanism behind this protective effect has not been completely elucidated. To achieve a better understanding of the pathways modulated by rs17070145 and its associated functional variant(s), we used laser capture microdissection (LCM) and RNA-sequencing to investigate the effect of rs17070145 genotypes on whole transcriptome expression in the human hippocampus (HP) of 22 neuropathologically normal individuals, with a specific focus on the dentate gyrus (DG) and at the pyramidal cells (PC) of CA1 and CA3 sub-regions. Differential expression analysis of RNA-seq data within the HP based on the rs17070145 genotype revealed an overexpression of genes involved in the MAPK signaling pathway, potentially driven by the T/T genotype. The most important contribution comes from genes dysregulated within the DG region. Other genes significantly dysregulated, and not involved in the MAPK pathway (Adj P < 0.01 and Fold Change > |1.00|) were: RSPO4 (HP); ARC, DUSP5, DNAJB5, EGR4, PPP1R15A, WBP11P1, EGR1, GADD45B (DG); CH25H, HSPA1A, HSPA1B, TNFSF9, and NPAS4 (PC). Several evidences suggested that the MAPK signaling pathway is linked with memory and learning processes. In non-neuronal cells, the KIBRA protein is phosphorylated by ERK1/2 (involved in the MAPK signaling) in cells as well as in vitro. Several of the other dysregulated genes are involved in memory and learning processes, as well as in Alzheimer's Disease. In conclusion, our results suggest that the effect of the WWC1 rs17070145 polymorphism on memory performance and Alzheimer's disease might be due to a differential regulation of the MAPK signaling, a key pathway involved in memory and learning processes.
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- Ignazio S Piras
- Neurogenomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, 85004
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- Neurogenomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, 85004
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- Neurogenomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, 85004
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- Neurogenomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, 85004
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- Civin Laboratory of Neuropathology at Banner Sun Health Research Institute, Sun City, Arizona, 85351
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- Civin Laboratory of Neuropathology at Banner Sun Health Research Institute, Sun City, Arizona, 85351
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- Civin Laboratory of Neuropathology at Banner Sun Health Research Institute, Sun City, Arizona, 85351
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- Neurogenomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, 85004
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Phosphorylation-Dependent Regulation of the DNA Damage Response of Adaptor Protein KIBRA in Cancer Cells. Mol Cell Biol 2016; 36:1354-65. [PMID: 26929199 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01004-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2015] [Accepted: 02/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Multifunctional adaptor proteins encompassing various protein-protein interaction domains play a central role in the DNA damage response pathway. In this report, we show that KIBRA is a physiologically interacting reversible substrate of ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) kinase. We identified the site of phosphorylation in KIBRA as threonine 1006, which is embedded within the serine/threonine (S/T) Q consensus motif, by site-directed mutagenesis, and we further confirmed the same with a phospho-(S/T) Q motif-specific antibody. Results from DNA repair functional assays such as the γ-H2AX assay, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), Comet assay, terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay, and clonogenic cell survival assay using stable overexpression clones of wild-type (wt.) KIBRA and active (T1006E) and inactive (T1006A) KIBRA phosphorylation mutants showed that T1006 phosphorylation on KIBRA is essential for optimal DNA double-strand break repair in cancer cells. Further, results from stable retroviral short hairpin RNA-mediated knockdown (KD) clones of KIBRA and KIBRA knockout (KO) model cells generated by a clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)-Cas9 system showed that depleting KIBRA levels compromised the DNA repair functions in cancer cells upon inducing DNA damage. All these phenotypic events were reversed upon reconstitution of KIBRA into cells lacking KIBRA knock-in (KI) model cells. All these results point to the fact that phosphorylated KIBRA might be functioning as a scaffolding protein/adaptor protein facilitating the platform for further recruitment of other DNA damage response factors. In summary, these data demonstrate the imperative functional role of KIBRAper se(KIBRA phosphorylation at T1006 site as a molecular switch that regulates the DNA damage response, possibly via the nonhomologous end joining [NHEJ] pathway), suggesting that KIBRA could be a potential therapeutic target for modulating chemoresistance in cancer cells.
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Stauffer S, Chen X, Zhang L, Chen Y, Dong J. KIBRA promotes prostate cancer cell proliferation and motility. FEBS J 2016; 283:1800-11. [PMID: 27220053 DOI: 10.1111/febs.13718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2015] [Revised: 03/14/2016] [Accepted: 03/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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KIBRA is a regulator of the Hippo-yes-associated protein (YAP) pathway, which plays a critical role in tumorigenesis. In the present study, we show that KIBRA is a positive regulator in prostate cancer cell proliferation and motility. We found that KIBRA is transcriptionally upregulated in androgen-insensitive LNCaPC4-2 and LNCaP-C81 cells compared to parental androgen-sensitive LNCaP cells. Ectopic expression of KIBRA enhances cell proliferation, migration and invasion in both immortalized and cancerous prostate epithelial cells. Accordingly, knockdown of KIBRA reduces migration, invasion and anchorage-independent growth in LNCaP-C4-2/C81 cells. Moreover, KIBRA expression is induced by androgen signaling and KIBRA is partially required for androgen receptor signaling activation in prostate cancer cells. In line with these findings, we further show that KIBRA is overexpressed in human prostate tumors. Our studies uncover unexpected results and identify KIBRA as a tumor promoter in prostate cancer.
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- Seth Stauffer
- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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Tracy TE, Sohn PD, Minami SS, Wang C, Min SW, Li Y, Zhou Y, Le D, Lo I, Ponnusamy R, Cong X, Schilling B, Ellerby LM, Huganir RL, Gan L. Acetylated Tau Obstructs KIBRA-Mediated Signaling in Synaptic Plasticity and Promotes Tauopathy-Related Memory Loss. Neuron 2016; 90:245-60. [PMID: 27041503 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2015] [Revised: 01/17/2016] [Accepted: 02/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Tau toxicity has been implicated in the emergence of synaptic dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the mechanism by which tau alters synapse physiology and leads to cognitive decline is unclear. Here we report abnormal acetylation of K274 and K281 on tau, identified in AD brains, promotes memory loss and disrupts synaptic plasticity by reducing postsynaptic KIdney/BRAin (KIBRA) protein, a memory-associated protein. Transgenic mice expressing human tau with lysine-to-glutamine mutations to mimic K274 and K281 acetylation (tauKQ) exhibit AD-related memory deficits and impaired hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP). TauKQ reduces synaptic KIBRA levels and disrupts activity-induced postsynaptic actin remodeling and AMPA receptor insertion. The LTP deficit was rescued by promoting actin polymerization or by KIBRA expression. In AD patients with dementia, we found enhanced tau acetylation is linked to loss of KIBRA. These findings suggest a novel mechanism by which pathogenic tau causes synaptic dysfunction and cognitive decline in AD pathogenesis.
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- Tara E Tracy
- Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, San Francisco, CA 91458, USA; Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 91458, USA
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- Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, San Francisco, CA 91458, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 91458, USA
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- Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, San Francisco, CA 91458, USA; Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 91458, USA
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- Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, San Francisco, CA 91458, USA; Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 91458, USA
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- Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, San Francisco, CA 91458, USA; Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 91458, USA
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- Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, San Francisco, CA 91458, USA
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- Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, San Francisco, CA 91458, USA
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- Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, San Francisco, CA 91458, USA
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- Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, San Francisco, CA 91458, USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA 94945, USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA 94945, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, San Francisco, CA 91458, USA; Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 91458, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 91458, USA.
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Witte AV, Köbe T, Kerti L, Rujescu D, Flöel A. Impact of KIBRA Polymorphism on Memory Function and the Hippocampus in Older Adults. Neuropsychopharmacology 2016; 41:781-90. [PMID: 26156558 PMCID: PMC4707824 DOI: 10.1038/npp.2015.203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2015] [Revised: 05/08/2015] [Accepted: 06/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The single nucleotide polymorphism rs17070145 within the KIBRA gene (kidney and brain expressed protein) has been associated with variations in memory functions and related brain areas. However, previous studies yielded conflicting results, which might be due to divergent sample characteristics or task-specific effects. Therefore, we aimed to determine the impact of KIBRA genotype on learning and memory formation, and volume, microstructural integrity and functional connectivity (FC) of the hippocampus and its subfields in a well-characterized cohort of healthy older adults. One-hundred and forty subjects (72 women, age 50-80) were KIBRA genotyped and memory was tested using the Auditory Verbal Learning Task. Also, subjects underwent structural and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging at 3T. Subfields were delineated using automated segmentation (FreeSurfer software). Microstructural integrity was measured using mean diffusivity (MD) derived from diffusion tensor images. Seed-based analyses were used to assess FC patterns of the hippocampus. KIBRA T-allele carriers showed a trend for better memory performance, and in the hippocampus significantly higher volumes and partly lower MD, indicative for better microstructure, compared with non-T-allele carriers in the cornu ammonis (CA)2/3 and CA4/dentate gyrus subfields (all P⩽0.008, Bonferroni corrected). Also, T-allele carriers exhibited lower FC of the left hippocampus with areas outside the synchronized HC network. In sum, we could show for the first time that older T-allele carriers exhibited larger volumes and better microstructure within those hippocampus subfields that are implicated in long-term potentiation and neurogenesis, key features of memory processes. Moreover, T-allele carriers showed a more selective FC network of the hippocampus.
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- A Veronica Witte
- Department of Neurology, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, CCM, Berlin, Germany,NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany,Department of Neurology, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, CCM, Charitéplatz 1, Berlin 10117, Germany, Tel: + 49 30 450 560 185, Fax: + 49 30 450 756 0140, E-mail:
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- Department of Neurology, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, CCM, Berlin, Germany,NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, CCM, Berlin, Germany,NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik, Universitätsklinikum Halle (Saale), Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, CCM, Berlin, Germany,NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany,Center for Stroke Research Berlin, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Genetic Association Between KIBRA Polymorphism and Alzheimer's Disease with in a Japanese Population. Neuromolecular Med 2015; 17:170-7. [PMID: 25800888 DOI: 10.1007/s12017-015-8348-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2014] [Accepted: 03/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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KIBRA plays an important role in synaptic plasticity in human hippocampus related to cognitive function. Functional studies suggest that KIBRA is a potential candidate gene for memory and Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk. A single nucleotide polymorphism, Rs17070145 C allele affects the onset of AD in an age-dependent manner comparing with T/T genotypes and is also associated with risk of substance abuse and relapse. The aim of this case-control study was to investigate whether the rs17070145 polymorphism affected the onset of AD in an age-dependent manner in a Japanese population. We analysed KIBRA and APOE genotypes in 237 young AD cases, 154 age-matched control cases and 160 old AD cases. The analyses were performed by stratifying alcohol consumption and the APOE status. We used single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) to analyse patients with AD with the rs17070145 polymorphism. The genotypic and allelic frequencies of the young AD group differed significantly from those of control and old AD groups. There was a significant association among high alcohol consumption (HAC-AD group) and the genotypic and allelic frequencies of the rs17070145 polymorphism. Logistic regression analyses demonstrate synergism between the APOE genotype and the rs17070145 C allele to increase the risk of AD in the young group; this was confirmed in the HAC-AD group. The SPECT study revealed hyperperfusion in the C allele carrier group was detected in the right inferior frontal gyrus compared with the T/T group. KIBRA rs17070145 affects specific phenotypes of patients with AD.
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Bailey HR, Sargent JQ, Flores S, Nowotny P, Goate A, Zacks JM. APOE ε4 genotype predicts memory for everyday activities. NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENT, AND COGNITION. SECTION B, AGING, NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITION 2015; 22:639-66. [PMID: 25754878 PMCID: PMC4537694 DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2015.1020916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The apolipoprotein E (ApOE) ε4 allele is associated with neuropathological buildup of amyloid in the brain, and with lower performance on some laboratory measures of memory in some populations. In two studies, we tested whether ApOE genotype affects memory for everyday activities. In Study 1, participants aged 20-79 years old (n = 188) watched movies of actors engaged in daily activities and completed memory tests for the activities in the movies. In Study 2, cognitively healthy and demented older adults (n = 97) watched and remembered similar movies, and also underwent structural MRI scanning. All participants provided saliva samples for genetic analysis. In both samples we found that, in older adults, ApOE ε4 carriers demonstrated worse everyday memory performance than did ε4 noncarriers. In Study 2, ApOE ε4 carriers had smaller medial temporal lobes (MTL) volumes, and MTL volume mediated the relationship between ApOE genotype and everyday memory performance. These everyday memory tasks measure genetically determined cognitive decline that can occur prior to a clinical diagnosis of dementia. Further, these tasks are easily administered and may be a useful clinical tool in identifying ε4 carriers who may be at risk for MTL atrophy and further cognitive decline that is a common characteristic of the earliest stages of Alzheimer's disease.
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- Heather R Bailey
- a Department of Psychology , Washington University , St. Louis , MO , USA
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Blanque A, Repetto D, Rohlmann A, Brockhaus J, Duning K, Pavenstädt H, Wolff I, Missler M. Deletion of KIBRA, protein expressed in kidney and brain, increases filopodial-like long dendritic spines in neocortical and hippocampal neurons in vivo and in vitro. Front Neuroanat 2015; 9:13. [PMID: 25750616 PMCID: PMC4335192 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2015.00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2014] [Accepted: 01/31/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Spines are small protrusions arising from dendrites that receive most excitatory synaptic input in the brain. Dendritic spines represent dynamic structures that undergo activity-dependent adaptations, for example, during synaptic plasticity. Alterations of spine morphology, changes of spine type ratios or density have consequently been found in paradigms of learning and memory, and accompany many neuropsychiatric disorders. Polymorphisms in the gene encoding KIBRA, a protein present in kidney and brain, are linked to memory performance and cognition in humans and mouse models. Deletion of KIBRA impairs long-term synaptic plasticity and postsynaptic receptor recycling but no information is available on the morphology of dendritic spines in null-mutant mice. Here, we directly examine the role of KIBRA in spinous synapses using knockout mice. Since KIBRA is normally highly expressed in neocortex and hippocampus at juvenile age, we analyze synapse morphology in intact tissue and in neuronal cultures from these brain regions. Quantification of different dendritic spine types in Golgi-impregnated sections and in transfected neurons coherently reveal a robust increase of filopodial-like long protrusions in the absence of KIBRA. While distribution of pre- and postsynaptic marker proteins, overall synapse ultrastructure and density of asymmetric contacts were remarkably normal, electron microscopy additionally uncovered less perforated synapses and spinules in knockout neurons. Thus, our results indicate that KIBRA is involved in the maintenance of normal ratios of spinous synapses, and may thus provide a structural correlate of altered cognitive functions when this memory-associated molecule is mutated.
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- Anja Blanque
- Institute of Anatomy and Molecular Neurobiology, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Molecular Neurobiology, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Molecular Neurobiology, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Molecular Neurobiology, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster, Germany
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- Internal Medicine D, Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Rheumatology, University Hospital Münster Münster, Germany
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- Internal Medicine D, Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Rheumatology, University Hospital Münster Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Molecular Neurobiology, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Molecular Neurobiology, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster, Germany ; Cluster of Excellence EXC 1003, Cells in Motion, CiM Münster, Germany
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Redina OE, Smolenskaya SE, Klimov LO, Markel AL. Candidate genes in quantitative trait loci associated with absolute and relative kidney weight in rats with Inherited Stress Induced Arterial Hypertension. BMC Genet 2015; 16 Suppl 1:S1. [PMID: 25707311 PMCID: PMC4331803 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-16-s1-s1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The kidney mass is significantly increased in hypertensive ISIAH rats with Inherited Stress Induced Arterial Hypertension as compared with normotensive WAG rats. The QTL/microarray approach was carried out to determine the positional candidate genes in the QTL for absolute and relative kidney weight. RESULTS Several known and predicted genes differentially expressed in ISIAH and WAG kidney were mapped to genetic loci associated with the absolute and relative kidney weight in 6-month old F2 hybrid (ISIAHxWAG) males. The knowledge-driven filtering of the list of candidates helped to suggest several positional candidate genes, which may be related to the structural and mass changes in hypertensive ISIAH kidney. CONCLUSIONS The further experimental validation of causative genes and detection of polymorphisms will provide opportunities to advance our understanding of the underlying nature of structural and mass changes in hypertensive ISIAH kidney.
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Franks KH, Summers MJ, Vickers JC. KIBRA gene polymorphism has no association with verbal or visual episodic memory performance. Front Aging Neurosci 2014; 6:270. [PMID: 25339899 PMCID: PMC4189412 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2014] [Accepted: 09/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Inter-individual variability in memory performance has been suggested to result, in part, from genetic differences in the coding of proteins involved in long-term potentiation (LTP). The present study examined the effect of a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the KIBRA gene (rs17070145) on episodic memory performance, using multiple measures of verbal and visual episodic memory. A total of 256 female and 130 male healthy, older adults (mean age = 60.86 years) were recruited from the Tasmanian Healthy Brain Project (THBP), undergoing both neuropsychological and genetic testing. The current study showed no significant effect of the KIBRA polymorphism on performance on the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Task, Logical Memory test, Paired Associates Learning test or Rey Complex Figure Task. The results suggest there is little to no functional significance of KIBRA genotype on episodic memory performance, regardless of modality.
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- Katherine H Franks
- Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, Faculty of Health, University of Tasmania Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, Faculty of Health, University of Tasmania Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, Faculty of Health, University of Tasmania Hobart, TAS, Australia
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Schwab LC, Luo V, Clarke CL, Nathan PJ. Effects of the KIBRA Single Nucleotide Polymorphism on Synaptic Plasticity and Memory: A Review of the Literature. Curr Neuropharmacol 2014; 12:281-8. [PMID: 24851092 PMCID: PMC4023458 DOI: 10.2174/1570159x11666140104001553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2013] [Revised: 11/19/2013] [Accepted: 01/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
There has been a great deal
of interest recently in genetic effects on neurocognitive performance in the
healthy population. KIBRA –a postsynaptic protein from the WWC family of
proteins– was identified in 2003 in the human brain and kidney and has recently
been associated with memory performance and synaptic plasticity. Through
genome-wide screening, a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) was detected in
the ninth intron of KIBRA gene (T→ C substitution) and was implicated in human
memory and the underlying neuronal circuitry. This review presents a synopsis of
the current findings on the effects of the KIBRA SNP on human memory and
synaptic plasticity. Overall the findings suggest impaired memory performance
and less efficient or impaired hippocampal/medial temporal lobe (MTL) activation
in CC homozygotes (in comparison to T carriers) with some differences between
young and older subjects. This review also highlights limitations and potential
sources for variability of studies’ imaging findings along with future
perspectives and implications for the role of KIBRA in memory-related brain
systems.
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- Clinical Unit Cambridge, GlaxoSmithKline, UK
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- Brain Mapping Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, UK; ; School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University, Australia; ; Neuroscience Discovery Medicine, UCB Pharma, Belgium
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Zhang L, Yang S, Wennmann DO, Chen Y, Kremerskothen J, Dong J. KIBRA: In the brain and beyond. Cell Signal 2014; 26:1392-9. [PMID: 24642126 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2014.02.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2014] [Accepted: 02/28/2014] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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In mammals, the KIBRA locus has been associated with memory performance and cognition by genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism screening. Genetic studies in Drosophila and human cells have identified KIBRA as a novel regulator of the Hippo signaling pathway, which plays a critical role in human tumorigenesis. Recent studies also indicated that KIBRA is involved in other physiological processes including cell polarity, membrane/vesicular trafficking, mitosis and cell migration. At the biochemical level, KIBRA protein is highly phosphorylated by various kinases in epithelial cells. Here, we discuss the updates concerning the function and regulation of KIBRA in the brain and beyond.
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- Lin Zhang
- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA.
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Schneider A, Rogalewski A, Wafzig O, Kirsch F, Gretz N, Krüger C, Diederich K, Pitzer C, Laage R, Plaas C, Vogt G, Minnerup J, Schäbitz WR. Forced arm use is superior to voluntary training for motor recovery and brain plasticity after cortical ischemia in rats. EXPERIMENTAL & TRANSLATIONAL STROKE MEDICINE 2014; 6:3. [PMID: 24528872 PMCID: PMC3937028 DOI: 10.1186/2040-7378-6-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2014] [Accepted: 01/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Background and purpose Both the immobilization of the unaffected arm combined with physical therapy (forced arm use, FAU) and voluntary exercise (VE) as model for enriched environment are promising approaches to enhance recovery after stroke. The genomic mechanisms involved in long-term plasticity changes after different means of rehabilitative training post-stroke are largely unexplored. The present investigation explored the effects of these physical therapies on behavioral recovery and molecular markers of regeneration after experimental ischemia. Methods 42 Wistar rats were randomly treated with either forced arm use (FAU, 1-sleeve plaster cast onto unaffected limb at 8/10 days), voluntary exercise (VE, connection of a freely accessible running wheel to cage), or controls with no access to a running wheel for 10 days starting at 48 hours after photothrombotic stroke of the sensorimotor cortex. Functional outcome was measured using sensorimotor test before ischemia, after ischemia, after the training period of 10 days, at 3 and 4 weeks after ischemia. Global gene expression changes were assessed from the ipsi- and contralateral cortex and the hippocampus. Results FAU-treated animals demonstrated significantly improved functional recovery compared to the VE-treated group. Both were superior to cage control. A large number of genes are altered by both training paradigms in the ipsi- and contralateral cortex and the hippocampus. Overall, the extent of changes observed correlated well with the functional recovery obtained. One category of genes overrepresented in the gene set is linked to neuronal plasticity processes, containing marker genes such as the NMDA 2a receptor, PKC ζ, NTRK2, or MAP 1b. Conclusions We show that physical training after photothrombotic stroke significantly and permanently improves functional recovery after stroke, and that forced arm training is clearly superior to voluntary running training. The behavioral outcomes seen correlate with patterns and extent of gene expression changes in all brain areas examined. We propose that physical training induces a fundamental change in plasticity-relevant gene expression in several brain regions that enables recovery processes. These results contribute to the debate on optimal rehabilitation strategies, and provide a valuable source of molecular entry points for future pharmacological enhancement of recovery.
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- Neurology Department Bethel EVKB Bielefeld and Dept. of Neurology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Ctr. for Med. Res., Fac. for Clin. Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Neurology Department Bethel EVKB Bielefeld and Dept. of Neurology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Neurology Department Bethel EVKB Bielefeld and Dept. of Neurology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Neurology Department Bethel EVKB Bielefeld and Dept. of Neurology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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Yang S, Ji M, Zhang L, Chen Y, Wennmann DO, Kremerskothen J, Dong J. Phosphorylation of KIBRA by the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)-ribosomal S6 kinase (RSK) cascade modulates cell proliferation and migration. Cell Signal 2013; 26:343-51. [PMID: 24269383 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2013.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2013] [Revised: 11/06/2013] [Accepted: 11/14/2013] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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In mammals, KIBRA is defined as a memory performance-associated protein. The physiological function and regulation of KIBRA in non-neuronal cells are much less understood. Recent studies have identified KIBRA as a novel regulator of the Hippo signaling pathway, which plays a critical role in tumorigenesis by inhibiting cell proliferation and promoting apoptosis. We recently reported that KIBRA is phosphorylated by the mitotic kinases Aurora and cyclin-dependent kinase 1 during mitosis. In this current study, we show that KIBRA is also phosphorylated by the ERK (extracellular signal-regulated kinases)-RSK (p90 ribosomal S6 kinases) cascade. We demonstrated that ERK1/2 phosphorylate KIBRA at Ser(548) in cells as well as in vitro. Moreover, we found that RSK1/2 specifically phosphorylates KIBRA at two highly conserved sites (Thr(929) and Ser(947)) in vitro and in cells. RSK-mediated phosphorylation is required for KIBRA binding to RSK1, but not RSK2. Surprisingly, KIBRA knockdown impaired cell migration and proliferation in breast cancer cells. By using inducible-expression cell lines, we further show that phospho-regulation of KIBRA by ERK1/2 and RSK1/2 is required for proper cell proliferation and RSK-mediated phosphorylation also modulates KIBRA's migratory activity in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. Our findings uncover unexpected results and a new mechanism through which KIBRA regulates cell migration and proliferation.
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- Shuping Yang
- The Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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- The Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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- The Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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- The Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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- The Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA.
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Vogt-Eisele A, Krüger C, Duning K, Weber D, Spoelgen R, Pitzer C, Plaas C, Eisenhardt G, Meyer A, Vogt G, Krieger M, Handwerker E, Wennmann DO, Weide T, Skryabin BV, Klugmann M, Pavenstädt H, Huentelmann MJ, Kremerskothen J, Schneider A. KIBRA (KIdney/BRAin protein) regulates learning and memory and stabilizes Protein kinase Mζ. J Neurochem 2013; 128:686-700. [PMID: 24117625 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2013] [Revised: 09/25/2013] [Accepted: 09/30/2013] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The WWC1 gene has been genetically associated with human episodic memory performance, and its product KIdney/BRAin protein (KIBRA) has been shown to interact with the atypical protein kinase protein kinase M ζ (PKMζ). Although recently challenged, PKMζ remains a candidate postsynaptic regulator of memory maintenance. Here, we show that PKMζ is subject to rapid proteasomal degradation and that KIBRA is both necessary and sufficient to counteract this process, thus stabilizing the kinase and maintaining its function for a prolonged time. We define the binding sequence on KIBRA, a short amino acid motif near the C-terminus. Both hippocampal knock-down of KIBRA in rats and KIBRA knock-out in mice result in decreased learning and memory performance in spatial memory tasks supporting the notion that KIBRA is a player in episodic memory. Interestingly, decreased memory performance is accompanied by decreased PKMζ protein levels. We speculate that the stabilization of synaptic PKMζ protein levels by KIBRA may be one mechanism by which KIBRA acts in memory maintenance. KIBRA/WWC1 has been genetically associated with human episodic memory. KIBRA has been shown to be post-synaptically localized, but its function remained obscure. Here, we show that KIBRA shields PKMζ, a kinase previously linked to memory maintenance, from proteasomal degradation via direct interaction. KIBRA levels in the rodent hippocampus correlate closely both to spatial memory performance in rodents and to PKMζ levels. Our findings support a role for KIBRA in memory, and unveil a novel function for this protein.
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Wang DC, Liu PC, Hung HS, Chen TJ. Both PKMζ and KIBRA are closely related to reference memory but not working memory in a T-maze task in rats. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 2013; 200:77-82. [PMID: 24141945 DOI: 10.1007/s00359-013-0862-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2013] [Accepted: 10/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Protein kinase M zeta (PKMζ) and the kidney and brain protein (KIBRA) play important roles in various forms of memories. However, whether they are involved in performing the T-maze task is still unknown. In this study, the delayed nonmatch-to-sample (DNMS) task in a T-maze was given to rats. The percentage of correct choices denoting the performance accuracy was calculated and the protein levels of PKMζ and KIBRA in rat's prefrontal cortex were measured. The results showed significantly increased performance accuracy after the training phase, which was maintained on the next day in groups with a delay of 10 s but not 30 s, indicating that 30 s is too long for rats to maintain working memory. As for the expressions of PKMζ and KIBRA, significant increases were observed 1 day after the training phase, indicating that the formation of reference memory accompanies an increase in PKMζ and KIBRA. No significant difference was found among groups with various delay intervals, indicating that the expressions of PKMζ and KIBRA exert no effects on the performance of working memory. These results provide the first evidence that KIBRA as well as PKMζ is closely related to reference memory but not working memory in rats.
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- Dean-Chuan Wang
- Department of Sports Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 807, Taiwan
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Duning K, Wennmann DO, Bokemeyer A, Reissner C, Wersching H, Thomas C, Buschert J, Guske K, Franzke V, Flöel A, Lohmann H, Knecht S, Brand SM, Pöter M, Rescher U, Missler M, Seelheim P, Pröpper C, Boeckers TM, Makuch L, Huganir R, Weide T, Brand E, Pavenstädt H, Kremerskothen J. Common exonic missense variants in the C2 domain of the human KIBRA protein modify lipid binding and cognitive performance. Transl Psychiatry 2013; 3:e272. [PMID: 23778582 PMCID: PMC3693407 DOI: 10.1038/tp.2013.49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The human KIBRA gene has been linked to human cognition through a lead intronic single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP; rs17070145) that is associated with episodic memory performance and the risk to develop Alzheimer's disease. However, it remains unknown how this relates to the function of the KIBRA protein. Here, we identified two common missense SNPs (rs3822660G/T [M734I], rs3822659T/G [S735A]) in exon 15 of the human KIBRA gene to affect cognitive performance, and to be in almost complete linkage disequilibrium with rs17070145. The identified SNPs encode variants of the KIBRA C2 domain with distinct Ca(2+) dependent binding preferences for monophosphorylated phosphatidylinositols likely due to differences in the dynamics and folding of the lipid-binding pocket. Our results further implicate the KIBRA protein in higher brain function and provide direction to the cellular pathways involved.
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- K Duning
- Internal Medicine D, Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Rheumatology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Internal Medicine D, Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Rheumatology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Internal Medicine D, Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Rheumatology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Anatomy and Molecular Neurobiology, University Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Internal Medicine D, Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Rheumatology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Internal Medicine D, Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Rheumatology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Internal Medicine D, Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Rheumatology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Internal Medicine D, Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Rheumatology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Sports Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Center for Molecular Biology of Inflammation, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Center for Molecular Biology of Inflammation, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Anatomy and Molecular Neurobiology, University Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Howard Hughes Medical Center, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Center, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Internal Medicine D, Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Rheumatology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Internal Medicine D, Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Rheumatology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Internal Medicine D, Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Rheumatology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Internal Medicine D, Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Rheumatology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany,Internal Medicine D, Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Rheumatology, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, 48149 Münster, Germany. E-mail:
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Yoshihama Y, Chida K, Ohno S. The KIBRA-aPKC connection: A potential regulator of membrane trafficking and cell polarity. Commun Integr Biol 2012; 5:146-51. [PMID: 22808318 PMCID: PMC3376049 DOI: 10.4161/cib.18849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The kidney and brain protein (KIBRA) is a scaffold or an adaptor-like protein with WW, C2-like and atypical protein kinase C (aPKC)-binding domains. Genetic studies in Drosophila revealed that KIBRA is an upstream regulator of the conserved Hippo pathway, which is implicated in organ size determination. In addition, genome-wide studies revealed an association between the single nucleotide polymorphism in the KIBRA gene locus and human episodic memory performance. However, the mechanism of action through which KIBRA is linked to these functions remains poorly understood. Recent studies on the biochemical and cellular properties of KIBRA reveal the role of KIBRA as a regulator of membrane trafficking. Further, KIBRA directly inhibits the activity of the cell polarity regulator, aPKC, which is required for apical protein exocytosis. Here, we discuss how this KIBRA-aPKC connection, a potential regulator of membrane trafficking and cell polarity, can contribute to the recently discovered functions of KIBRA.
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Bearden CE, Karlsgodt KH, Bachman P, van Erp TGM, Winkler AM, Glahn DC. Genetic architecture of declarative memory: implications for complex illnesses. Neuroscientist 2012; 18:516-32. [PMID: 21832260 PMCID: PMC3545476 DOI: 10.1177/1073858411415113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Why do memory abilities vary so greatly across individuals and cognitive domains? Although memory functions are highly heritable, what exactly is being genetically transmitted? Here we review evidence for the contribution of both common and partially independent inheritance of distinct aspects of memory function. We begin by discussing the assessment of long-term memory and its underlying neural and molecular basis. We then consider evidence for both specialist and generalist genes underlying individual variability in memory, indicating that carving memory into distinct subcomponents may yield important information regarding its genetic architecture. And finally we review evidence from both complex and single-gene disorders, which provide insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying the genetic basis of human memory function.
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- Carrie E Bearden
- Departments of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Psychology, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Zhang L, Iyer J, Chowdhury A, Ji M, Xiao L, Yang S, Chen Y, Tsai MY, Dong J. KIBRA regulates aurora kinase activity and is required for precise chromosome alignment during mitosis. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:34069-77. [PMID: 22904328 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.385518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The Hippo pathway controls organ size and tumorigenesis by inhibiting cell proliferation and promoting apoptosis. KIBRA was recently identified as a novel regulator of the Hippo pathway. Several of the components of the Hippo pathway are important regulators of mitosis-related cell cycle events. We recently reported that KIBRA is phosphorylated by the mitotic kinases Aurora-A and -B. However, the role KIBRA plays in mitosis has not been established. Here, we show that KIBRA activates the Aurora kinases and is required for full activation of Aurora kinases during mitosis. KIBRA also promotes the phosphorylation of large tumor suppressor 2 (Lats2) on Ser(83) by activating Aurora-A, which controls Lats2 centrosome localization. However, Aurora-A is not required for KIBRA to associate with Lats2. We also found that Lats2 inhibits the Aurora-mediated phosphorylation of KIBRA on Ser(539), probably via regulating protein phosphatase 1. Consistent with playing a role in mitosis, siRNA-mediated knockdown of KIBRA causes mitotic abnormalities, including defects of spindle and centrosome formation and chromosome misalignment. We propose that the KIBRA-Aurora-Lats2 protein complexes form a novel axis that regulates precise mitosis.
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- Lin Zhang
- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198, USA
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Foster TC. Dissecting the age-related decline on spatial learning and memory tasks in rodent models: N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors and voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels in senescent synaptic plasticity. Prog Neurobiol 2012; 96:283-303. [PMID: 22307057 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2012.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2011] [Revised: 01/09/2012] [Accepted: 01/19/2012] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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In humans, heterogeneity in the decline of hippocampal-dependent episodic memory is observed during aging. Rodents have been employed as models of age-related cognitive decline and the spatial water maze has been used to show variability in the emergence and extent of impaired hippocampal-dependent memory. Impairment in the consolidation of intermediate-term memory for rapidly acquired and flexible spatial information emerges early, in middle-age. As aging proceeds, deficits may broaden to include impaired incremental learning of a spatial reference memory. The extent and time course of impairment has been be linked to senescence of calcium (Ca²⁺) regulation and Ca²⁺-dependent synaptic plasticity mechanisms in region CA1. Specifically, aging is associated with altered function of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs), voltage-dependent Ca²⁺ channels (VDCCs), and ryanodine receptors (RyRs) linked to intracellular Ca²⁺ stores (ICS). In young animals, NMDAR activation induces long-term potentiation of synaptic transmission (NMDAR-LTP), which is thought to mediate the rapid consolidation of intermediate-term memory. Oxidative stress, starting in middle-age, reduces NMDAR function. In addition, VDCCs and ICS can actively inhibit NMDAR-dependent LTP and oxidative stress enhances the role of VDCC and RyR-ICS in regulating synaptic plasticity. Blockade of L-type VDCCs promotes NMDAR-LTP and memory in older animals. Interestingly, pharmacological or genetic manipulations to reduce hippocampal NMDAR function readily impair memory consolidation or rapid learning, generally leaving incremental learning intact. Finally, evidence is mounting to indicate a role for VDCC-dependent synaptic plasticity in associative learning and the consolidation of remote memories. Thus, VDCC-dependent synaptic plasticity and extrahippocampal systems may contribute to incremental learning deficits observed with advanced aging.
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- Thomas C Foster
- Department of Neuroscience, Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, PO Box 100244, Gainesville, FL 32610-0244, USA. ,
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Several studies have linked the KIBRA rs17070145 T polymorphism to superior episodic memory in healthy humans. One study investigated the effect of KIBRA on brain activation patterns (Papassotiropoulos et al., 2006) and observed increased hippocampal activation in noncarriers of the T allele during retrieval. Noncarriers were interpreted to need more hippocampal activation to reach the same performance level as T carriers. Using large behavioral (N = 2230) and fMRI (N = 83) samples, we replicated the KIBRA effect on episodic memory performance, but found increased hippocampal activation in T carriers during episodic retrieval. There was no evidence of compensatory brain activation in noncarriers within the hippocampal region. In the main fMRI sample, T carriers performed better than noncarriers during scanning but, importantly, the difference in hippocampus activation remained after post hoc matching according to performance, sex, and age (N = 64). These findings link enhanced memory performance in KIBRA T allele carriers to elevated hippocampal functioning, rather than to neural compensation in noncarriers.
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Makuch L, Volk L, Anggono V, Johnson RC, Yu Y, Duning K, Kremerskothen J, Xia J, Takamiya K, Huganir RL. Regulation of AMPA receptor function by the human memory-associated gene KIBRA. Neuron 2011; 71:1022-9. [PMID: 21943600 PMCID: PMC3200575 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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KIBRA has recently been identified as a gene associated with human memory performance. Despite the elucidation of the role of KIBRA in several diverse processes in nonneuronal cells, the molecular function of KIBRA in neurons is unknown. We found that KIBRA directly binds to the protein interacting with C-kinase 1 (PICK1) and forms a complex with α-amino-3-hydroxyl-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionate receptors (AMPARs), the major excitatory neurotransmitter receptors in the brain. KIBRA knockdown accelerates the rate of AMPAR recycling following N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-induced internalization. Genetic deletion of KIBRA in mice impairs both long-term depression and long-term potentiation at hippocampal Schaffer collateral-CA1 synapses. Moreover, KIBRA knockout mice have severe deficits in contextual fear learning and memory. These results indicate that KIBRA regulates higher brain function by regulating AMPAR trafficking and synaptic plasticity.
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- Lauren Makuch
- Department of Neuroscience, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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- Department of Molecular Nephrology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Miyazaki Faculty of Medicine, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Neuroscience, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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The rs17070145 polymorphism (C → T substitution, intron 9) of the KIBRA gene has recently been associated with episodic memory and cognitive flexibility. These findings were inconsistent across reports though, and largely lacked gene-gene or gene-environment interactions. The aim of the present study was to determine the impact of the rs17070145 polymorphism on clinically relevant cognitive domains and its interaction with the modifiers 'lifestyle' and 'cardiovascular risk factors'. Five-hundred forty-five elderly volunteers (mean age 64 years, ±7 years, 56% women) accomplished a comprehensive cognitive testing. Principal component analysis was used to reveal the internal structure of the data, rendering four composite scores: verbal memory, word fluency, executive function/psychomotor speed, and working memory. Lifestyle was assessed with a detailed questionnaire, age-associated risk factors by clinical interview and examination. There was no main effect of the rs17070145 genotype on any cognitive composite scores. However, we found worse performance in executive functions for T-allele carriers in the presence of arterial hypertension (β=-0.365, p=0.0077 and 0.031 after Bonferroni correction). This association was further modified by gender, showing the strongest association in hypertensive females (β=-0.500, p=0.0072 and 0.029 after Bonferroni correction). The effect of KIBRA on cognitive function seems to be complex and modified by gender and arterial hypertension.
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Xiao L, Chen Y, Ji M, Dong J. KIBRA regulates Hippo signaling activity via interactions with large tumor suppressor kinases. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:7788-7796. [PMID: 21233212 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.173468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The Hippo pathway controls tissue growth and tumorigenesis by inhibiting cell proliferation and promoting apoptosis. Recent genetic studies in Drosophila identified Kibra as a novel regulator of Hippo signaling. Human KIBRA has been associated with memory performance and cell migration. However, it is unclear whether or how KIBRA is connected to the Hippo pathway in mammalian cells. Here, we show that KIBRA associates with and activates Lats (large tumor suppressor) 1 and 2 kinases by stimulating their phosphorylation on the hydrophobic motif. KIBRA overexpression stimulates the phosphorylation of Yes-associated protein (YAP), the Hippo pathway effector. Conversely, depletion of KIBRA by RNA interference reduces YAP phosphorylation. Furthermore, KIBRA stabilizes Lats2 by inhibiting its ubiquitination. We also found that KIBRA mRNA is induced by YAP overexpression in both murine and human cells, suggesting the evolutionary conservation of KIBRA as a transcriptional target of the Hippo signaling pathway. Thus, our study revealed a new connection between KIBRA and mammalian Hippo signaling.
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- Ling Xiao
- From the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198
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- From the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198
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- From the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198
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- From the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198.
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Burgess JD, Pedraza O, Graff-Radford NR, Hirpa M, Zou F, Miles R, Nguyen T, Li M, Lucas JA, Ivnik RJ, Crook J, Pankratz VS, Dickson DW, Petersen RC, Younkin SG, Ertekin-Taner N. Association of common KIBRA variants with episodic memory and AD risk. Neurobiol Aging 2010; 32:557.e1-9. [PMID: 21185624 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2010] [Revised: 11/01/2010] [Accepted: 11/02/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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KIBRA single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs17070145 was identified in a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of memory performance, with some but not all follow-up studies confirming association of its T allele with enhanced memory. This allele was associated with reduced Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk in 1 study, which also found overexpression of KIBRA in memory-related brain regions of AD. We genotyped rs17070145 and 14 additional SNPs in 2571 late onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) patients vs. 2842 controls, including African-Americans. We found significantly reduced risk for rs17070145 T allele in the older African-American subjects (p = 0.007) and a suggestive effect in the older Caucasian series. Meta-analysis of this allele in > 8000 subjects from our and published series showed a suggestive protective effect (p = 0.07). Analysis of episodic memory in control subjects did not identify associations with rs17070145, though other SNPs showed significant associations in 1 series. KIBRA showed evidence of overexpression in the AD temporal cortex (p = 0.06) but not cerebellum. These results suggest a modest role for KIBRA as a cognition and AD risk gene, and also highlight the multifactorial complexity of its genetic associations.
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- Jeremy D Burgess
- Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
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Hofmann SG, Smits JAJ, Asnaani A, Gutner CA, Otto MW. Cognitive enhancers for anxiety disorders. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2010; 99:275-84. [PMID: 21134394 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2010.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2010] [Revised: 11/17/2010] [Accepted: 11/26/2010] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Cognitive-behavioral therapy is an effective intervention for anxiety disorders. However, a significant number of people do not respond or only show partial response even after an adequate course of the treatment. Recent research has shown that the efficacy of the intervention can be improved by the use of cognitive enhancers that augment the core learning processes of cognitive-behavior therapy. This manuscript provides a review of the current state of cognitive enhancers for the treatment of anxiety disorders.
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- Stefan G Hofmann
- Department of Psychology, Boston University, 648 Beacon Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215-2002, USA.
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Schimanski LA, Barnes CA. Neural Protein Synthesis during Aging: Effects on Plasticity and Memory. Front Aging Neurosci 2010; 2. [PMID: 20802800 PMCID: PMC2928699 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2010.00026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2009] [Accepted: 06/15/2010] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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During aging, many experience a decline in cognitive function that includes memory loss. The encoding of long-term memories depends on new protein synthesis, and this is also reduced during aging. Thus, it is possible that changes in the regulation of protein synthesis contribute to the memory impairments observed in older animals. Several lines of evidence support this hypothesis. For instance, protein synthesis is required for a longer period following learning to establish long-term memory in aged rodents. Also, under some conditions, synaptic activity or pharmacological activation can induce de novo protein synthesis and lasting changes in synaptic transmission in aged, but not young, rodents; the opposite results can be observed in other conditions. These changes in plasticity likely play a role in manifesting the altered place field properties observed in awake and behaving aged rats. The collective evidence suggests a link between memory loss and the regulation of protein synthesis in senescence. In fact, pharmaceuticals that target the signaling pathways required for induction of protein synthesis have improved memory, synaptic plasticity, and place cell properties in aged animals. We suggest that a better understanding of the mechanisms that lead to different protein expression patterns in the neural circuits that change as a function of age will enable the development of more effective therapeutic treatments for memory loss.
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- Lesley A Schimanski
- Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute and Division of Neural Systems, Memory and Aging, Arizona Research Laboratories, University of Arizona Tucson, AZ, USA
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