Disturbance of cerebellar synaptic maturation in mutant mice lacking BSRPs, a novel brain-specific receptor-like protein family

Taisuke Miyazaki, Kouichi Hashimoto, Atsushi Uda, Hiroyuki Sakagami, Yoshitaka Nakamura, Shin ya Saito, Miyuki Nishi, Hideaki Kume, Akira Tohgo, Izumi Kaneko, Hisatake Kondo, Kohji Fukunaga, Masanobu Kano, Masahiko Watanabe, Hiroshi Takeshima

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Abstract

By DNA cloning, we have identified the BSRP (brain-specific receptor-like proteins) family of three members in mammalian genomes. BSRPs were predominantly expressed in the soma and dendrites of neurons and localized in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Expression levels of BSRPs seemed to fluctuate greatly during postnatal cerebellar maturation. Triple-knockout mice lacking BSRP members exhibited motor discoordination, and Purkinje cells (PCs) were often innervated by multiple climbing fibers with different neuronal origins in the mutant cerebellum. Moreover, the phosphorylation levels of protein kinase Cα (PKCα) were significantly downregulated in the mutant cerebellum. Because cerebellar maturation and plasticity require metabotropic glutamate receptor signaling and resulting PKC activation, BSRPs are likely involved in ER functions supporting PKCα activation in PCs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4057-4064
Number of pages8
JournalFEBS Letters
Volume580
Issue number17
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006 Jul 24
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cerebellum
  • Endoplasmic reticulum
  • Knockout mouse
  • Protein kinase C

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biophysics
  • Structural Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Cell Biology

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