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The GDP-GTP exchange factor collybistin: An essential determinant of neuronal gephyrin clustering

Harvey, K; Duguid, IC; Alldred, MJ; Beatty, SE; Ward, H; Keep, NH; Lingenfelter, SE; ... Harvey, RJ; + view all (2004) The GDP-GTP exchange factor collybistin: An essential determinant of neuronal gephyrin clustering. J NEUROSCI , 24 (25) 5816 - 5826. 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1184-04.2004. Green open access

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Abstract

Glycine receptors (GlyRs) and specific subtypes of GABA(A) receptors are clustered at synapses by the multidomain protein gephyrin, which in turn is translocated to the cell membrane by the GDP-GTP exchange factor collybistin. We report the characterization of several new variants of collybistin, which are created by alternative splicing of exons encoding an N-terminal src homology 3 (SH3) domain and three alternate C termini (CB1, CB2, and CB3). The presence of the SH3 domain negatively regulates the ability of collybistin to translocate gephyrin to submembrane microaggregates in transfected mammalian cells. Because the majority of native collybistin isoforms appear to harbor the SH3 domain, this suggests that collybistin activity may be regulated by protein-protein interactions at the SH3 domain. We localized the binding sites for collybistin and the GlyR beta subunit to the C-terminal MoeA homology domain of gephyrin and show that multimerization of this domain is required for collybistin-gephyrin and GlyR-gephyrin interactions. We also demonstrate that gephyrin clustering in recombinant systems and cultured neurons requires both collybistin-gephyrin interactions and an intact collybistin pleckstrin homology domain. The vital importance of collybistin for inhibitory synaptogenesis is underlined by the discovery of a mutation (G55A) in exon 2 of the human collybistin gene (ARHGEF9) in a patient with clinical symptoms of both hyperekplexia and epilepsy. The clinical manifestation of this collybistin missense mutation may result, at least in part, from mislocalization of gephyrin and a major GABA(A) receptor subtype.

Type: Article
Title: The GDP-GTP exchange factor collybistin: An essential determinant of neuronal gephyrin clustering
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1184-04.2004
Additional information: This work is available to the public to copy, distribute, or display under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Keywords: dendritic transport, epilepsy, GABA(A) receptor, glycine receptor, hyperekplexia, trafficking, INHIBITORY GLYCINE RECEPTOR, ESCHERICHIA-COLI MOEA, CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE, BETA-SUBUNIT, PROTEIN GEPHYRIN, SH3 DOMAIN, BINDING, IDENTIFICATION, HYPEREKPLEXIA, MUTATIONS
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Neuro, Physiology and Pharmacology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Structural and Molecular Biology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy > Pharmacology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/9558
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