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ArticleThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2017

Structural Similarities between Neuregulin 1-3 Isoforms Determine Their Subcellular Distribution and Signaling Mode in Central Neurons.

Detlef Vullhorst, Tanveer Ahmad, Irina Karavanova, Carolyn Keating, Andres Buonanno

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Article in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Detlef VullhorstSection on Molecular Neurobiology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
Tanveer AhmadSection on Molecular Neurobiology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
Irina KaravanovaSection on Molecular Neurobiology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
Carolyn KeatingSection on Molecular Neurobiology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
Andres BuonannoSection on Molecular Neurobiology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 buonanno@mail.nih.gov.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · US

Funding

Neuregulin-ErbB Signaling in Neuronal Development and Psychiatric DisordersZIAHD000711 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI BUONANNO, ANDRES · 2009 to 2024
$24.4M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Neuregulin (NRG) family of ErbB ligands is comprised of numerous variants originating from the use of different genes, alternative promoters, and splice variants. NRGs have generally been thought to be transported to axons and presynaptic terminals where they signal via ErbB3/4 receptors in paracrine or juxtacrine mode. However, we recently demonstrated that unprocessed pro-NRG2 accumulates on cell bodies and proximal dendrites, and that NMDAR activity is required for shedding of its ectodomain by metalloproteinases. Here we systematically investigated the subcellular distribution and processing of major NRG isoforms in rat hippocampal neurons. We show that NRG1 isotypes I and II, which like NRG2 are single-pass transmembrane proteins with an Ig-like domain, share the same subcellular distribution and ectodomain shedding properties. We furthermore show that NRG3, like CRD-NRG1, is a dual-pass transmembrane protein that harbors a second transmembrane domain near its amino terminus. Both NRG3 and CRD-NRG1 cluster on axons through juxtacrine interactions with ErbB4 present on GABAergic interneurons. Interestingly, although single-pass NRGs accumulate as unprocessed proforms, axonal puncta of CRD-NRG1 and NRG3 are comprised of processed protein. Mutations of CRD-NRG1 and NRG3 that render them resistant to BACE cleavage, as well as BACE inhibition, result in the loss of axonal puncta and in the accumulation of unprocessed proforms in neuronal soma. Together, these results define two groups of NRGs with distinct membrane topologies and fundamentally different targeting and processing properties in central neurons. The implications of this functional diversity for the regulation of neuronal processes by the NRG/ErbB pathway are discussed.

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Signal TransductionAnimalsAspartic Acid EndopeptidasesAxonal TransportCells, CulturedCerebral CortexFemaleHEK293 CellsHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeuregulin-1NeuronsProtein IsoformsProtein TransportAspartic Acid EndopeptidasesNeuregulin-1Protein IsoformsReceptor, ErbB-4BACEErbB4metalloproteinasesNeuregulinNMDA receptorprocessing

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PMCPMC5456106
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