Enrichment of GABARAP relative to LC3 in the axonal initial segments of neurons.
GABAA receptor-associated protein (GABARAP) was initially identified as a protein that interacts with GABAA receptor. Although LC3 (microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3), a GABARAP homolog, has been localized in the dendrites and cell bodies of neurons under normal conditions, the subcellu...
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| author | Masato Koike Isei Tanida Tomohisa Nanao Norihiro Tada Jun-ichi Iwata Takashi Ueno Eiki Kominami Yasuo Uchiyama |
| author_facet | Masato Koike Isei Tanida Tomohisa Nanao Norihiro Tada Jun-ichi Iwata Takashi Ueno Eiki Kominami Yasuo Uchiyama |
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| description | GABAA receptor-associated protein (GABARAP) was initially identified as a protein that interacts with GABAA receptor. Although LC3 (microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3), a GABARAP homolog, has been localized in the dendrites and cell bodies of neurons under normal conditions, the subcellular distribution of GABARAP in neurons remains unclear. Subcellular fractionation indicated that endogenous GABARAP was localized to the microsome-enriched and synaptic vesicle-enriched fractions of mouse brain as GABARAP-I, an unlipidated form. To investigate the distribution of GABARAP in neurons, we generated GFP-GABARAP transgenic mice. Immunohistochemistry in these transgenic mice showed that positive signals for GFP-GABARAP were widely distributed in neurons in various brain regions, including the hippocampus and cerebellum. Interestingly, intense diffuse and/or fibrillary expression of GFP-GABARAP was detected along the axonal initial segments (AIS) of hippocampal pyramidal neurons and cerebellar Purkinje cells, in addition to the cell bodies and dendrites of these neurons. In contrast, only slight amounts of LC3 were detected along the AIS of these neurons, while diffuse and/or fibrillary staining for LC3 was mainly detected in their cell bodies and dendrites. These results indicated that, compared with LC3, GABARAP is enriched in the AIS, in addition to the cell bodies and dendrites, of these hippocampal pyramidal neurons and cerebellar Purkinje cells. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-84a39521f012497ab6c1d2ae476499102022-12-21T21:43:15ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032013-01-0185e6356810.1371/journal.pone.0063568Enrichment of GABARAP relative to LC3 in the axonal initial segments of neurons.Masato KoikeIsei TanidaTomohisa NanaoNorihiro TadaJun-ichi IwataTakashi UenoEiki KominamiYasuo UchiyamaGABAA receptor-associated protein (GABARAP) was initially identified as a protein that interacts with GABAA receptor. Although LC3 (microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3), a GABARAP homolog, has been localized in the dendrites and cell bodies of neurons under normal conditions, the subcellular distribution of GABARAP in neurons remains unclear. Subcellular fractionation indicated that endogenous GABARAP was localized to the microsome-enriched and synaptic vesicle-enriched fractions of mouse brain as GABARAP-I, an unlipidated form. To investigate the distribution of GABARAP in neurons, we generated GFP-GABARAP transgenic mice. Immunohistochemistry in these transgenic mice showed that positive signals for GFP-GABARAP were widely distributed in neurons in various brain regions, including the hippocampus and cerebellum. Interestingly, intense diffuse and/or fibrillary expression of GFP-GABARAP was detected along the axonal initial segments (AIS) of hippocampal pyramidal neurons and cerebellar Purkinje cells, in addition to the cell bodies and dendrites of these neurons. In contrast, only slight amounts of LC3 were detected along the AIS of these neurons, while diffuse and/or fibrillary staining for LC3 was mainly detected in their cell bodies and dendrites. These results indicated that, compared with LC3, GABARAP is enriched in the AIS, in addition to the cell bodies and dendrites, of these hippocampal pyramidal neurons and cerebellar Purkinje cells.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23671684/?tool=EBI |
| spellingShingle | Masato Koike Isei Tanida Tomohisa Nanao Norihiro Tada Jun-ichi Iwata Takashi Ueno Eiki Kominami Yasuo Uchiyama Enrichment of GABARAP relative to LC3 in the axonal initial segments of neurons. PLoS ONE |
| title | Enrichment of GABARAP relative to LC3 in the axonal initial segments of neurons. |
| title_full | Enrichment of GABARAP relative to LC3 in the axonal initial segments of neurons. |
| title_fullStr | Enrichment of GABARAP relative to LC3 in the axonal initial segments of neurons. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enrichment of GABARAP relative to LC3 in the axonal initial segments of neurons. |
| title_short | Enrichment of GABARAP relative to LC3 in the axonal initial segments of neurons. |
| title_sort | enrichment of gabarap relative to lc3 in the axonal initial segments of neurons |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23671684/?tool=EBI |
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