Reduction of α1GABAA receptor mediated by tyrosine kinase C (PKC) phosphorylation in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) caused by lack of fragile X mental retardation protein (Fmr1) is the most common cause of inherited intellectual disability and characterized by many cognitive disturbances like attention deficit, autistic behavior, and audiogenic seizure and have region-specific altered expression of some gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABAA) receptor subunits. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and western blot experiments were performed in the cultured cortical neurons and forebrain obtained from wild-type (WT) and Fmr1 KO mice demonstrate the reduction in the expression of α1 gamma-aminobutyric acid (α1GABAA) receptor, phospho-α1GABAA receptor, PKC and phosphor-PKC in Fmr1 KO mice comparing with WT mice, both in vivo and in vitro. Furthermore, we found that the phosphorylation of the α1GABAA receptor was mediated by PKC. Our results elucidate that the lower phosphorylation of the α1GABAA receptor mediated by PKC neutralizes the seizure-promoting effects in Fmr1 KO mice and point to the potential therapeutic targets of α1GABAA agonists for the treatment of fragile X syndrome.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

International journal of clinical and experimental medicine - 8(2015), 8 vom: 09., Seite 13219-26

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhao, Weidong [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jiaqin [VerfasserIn]
Song, Shunyi [VerfasserIn]
Li, Fang [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Fangfang [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

α1GABAA receptor
Fragile X syndrome
Journal Article
Tyrosine kinase C (PKC)

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Date Completed 09.11.2015

Date Revised 24.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM254460496