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Diversity in the brain system by CNR/protocadherin family Yoji Murata 1 , Shun Hamada 1 , Takeshi Yagi 1 1KOKORO Biology Group, Laboratories for Integrated Biology, Graduate School of Fronteir Biosciences, Osaka University Keyword: カドヘリン , 多様性 , 神経回路 , タンパク質複合体 pp.115-127
Published Date 2005/2/10
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1431100012
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Cell-recognition molecules play significant roles in the building of neuronal networks in the central nervous system. The protocadherins(Pcdhs)and cadherin-related neuronal receptor(CNR)are putative trans-synaptic recognition molecules that have six EC domains and a cytoplasmic domain. Genes for the CNR/Pcdhs are organized into clusters(termed α(CNR), β and γ). CNR/Pcdhα and Pcdhγ are widely expressed in the brain. Single-cell analyses using RT-PCR and in situ hybridization have revealed that that each neuronal cell expresses distinct sets of CNR/Pcdhα and Pcdhγ proteins. CNR/Pcdhα and Pcdhγ proteins are commonly concentrated in the post-synaptic density fraction. The deletion of the Pcdhγ locus in mice was shown to cause severe apoptosis of the interneurons in the spinal cord and to decrease of the number of neuronal cells in the basal forebrain, thalamus, cerebral cortex, and hippocampus. The biochemical and functional interactions of CNR/Pcdhα and Pcdhγ, however, remain unknown. Here we show that CNR/Pcdhα and Pcdhγ formed a protein complex in the brain. They bound each other at sites in both their extracellular and cytoplasmic domains. Formation of the complex enhanced the cell-surface expression of the CNR/Pcdhα proteins in neurons. Thus CNR/Pcdhα and Pcdhγ proteins form hetero protein complex, which plays a role in the regulation of protein localization to the plasma membrane. These protein complexes also may provide new diverse receptor units to generate diversity of neuronal cells and the formation of neuronal connectivity in the nervous system.


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