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ArticleThe Journal of comparative neurology2021

LRRTM4 is a member of the transsynaptic complex between rod photoreceptors and bipolar cells.

Melina A Agosto, Theodore G Wensel

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Article in The Journal of comparative neurology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Melina A AgostoVerna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3647-1926
Theodore G WenselVerna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Baylor College of Medicine · US

Funding

Cilium-Associated Structures in Rod CellsR01EY026545 · NEI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI WENSEL, THEODORE G · 2016 to 2024
$3.7M
Light regulation of retinal phosphoinositidesR01EY025218 · NEI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI WENSEL, THEODORE G · 2016 to 2019
$1.6M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY025218NEI NIH HHS R01 EY026545
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Leucine rich repeat transmembrane (LRRTM) proteins are synaptic adhesion molecules with roles in synapse formation and signaling. LRRTM4 transcripts were previously shown to be enriched in rod bipolar cells (BCs), secondary neurons of the retina that form synapses with rod photoreceptors. Using two different antibodies, LRRTM4 was found to reside primarily at rod BC dendritic tips, where it colocalized with the transduction channel protein, TRPM1. LRRTM4 was not detected at dendritic tips of ON-cone BCs. Following somatic knockout of LRRTM4 in BCs by subretinal injection and electroporation of CRISPR/Cas9, LRRTM4 was abolished or reduced in the dendritic tips of transfected cells. Knockout cells had a normal complement of TRPM1 at their dendritic tips, while GPR179 accumulation was partially reduced. In experiments with heterologously expressed protein, the extracellular domain of LRRTM4 was found to engage in heparan-sulfate dependent binding with pikachurin. These results implicate LRRTM4 in the GPR179-pikachurin-dystroglycan transsynaptic complex at rod synapses.

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AnimalsChlorocebus aethiopsCOS CellsHEK293 CellsHumansMembrane ProteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNerve Tissue ProteinsRetinal Bipolar CellsRetinal Rod Photoreceptor CellsSynapsesLRRTM4 protein, mouseMembrane ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsLRRTM4pikachurinrod bipolar cellrod photoreceptorRRID:AB_2138196RRID:AB_2284227RRID:AB_2336642RRID:Addgene_18817RRID:Addgene_59313RRID: CVCL_0045RRID: IMSR_CRL:22synaptic adhesion molecule

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PMID32390181
PMCPMC7652719
OpenAlexW3021707481

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