title: A novel NE-dlg/SAP102-associated protein, p51-nedasin, related to the amidohydrolase superfamily, interferes with the association between NE-dlg/SAP102 and N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor.
abstract: The membrane-associated guanylate kinase proteins have been known to interact various membrane receptors with their N-terminal segments designated the PDZ domains and to cluster these receptors at the target site of the cell membrane. NE-dlg/SAP102, a neuronal and endocrine tissue-specific MAGUK family protein, was found to be expressed in both dendrites and cell bodies in neuronal cells. Although NE-dlg/SAP102 localized at dendrites was shown to interact with N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor 2B via the PDZ domains to compose postsynaptic density, the binding proteins existing in the cell body of the neuron are still unknown. Here we report the isolation of a novel NE-dlg/SAP102-associated protein, p51-nedasin. Nedasin has a significant homology with amidohydrolase superfamily proteins and shows identical sequences to a recently identified protein that has guanine aminohydrolase activity. Nedasin has four alternative splice variants (S, V1, V2, and V3) that exhibited different C-terminal structures. NE-dlg/SAP102 is shown to interact with only the S form of nedasin which is predominantly expressed in brain. The expression of nedasin in neuronal cells increases in parallel with the progress of synaptogenesis and is mainly detected in cell bodies where it co-localizes with NE-dlg/SAP102. Furthermore, nedasin interferes with the association between NE-dlg/SAP102 and NMDA receptor 2B in vitro. These findings suggest that alternative splicing of nedasin may play a role in the formation and/or structural change in synapses during neuronal development by modifying clustering of neurotransmitter receptors at the synaptic sites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tumor Genetics, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, 2-2-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuwahara
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Araki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Makino
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Masuko
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaibuchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukunaga
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saya
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000581:Amidohydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000619:Aminohydrolases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D000074288:Discs Large Homolog 1 Protein; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009474:Neurons / Q000737:chemistry; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000378:metabolism*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance; D014157:Transcription Factors
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; C513314:DLG1 protein, human; C116869:DLG3 protein, human; D000074288:Discs Large Homolog 1 Protein; C501119:Dlg1 protein, rat; C101195:Dlg3 protein, rat; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009479:Neuropeptides; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000581:Amidohydrolases; D000619:Aminohydrolases; C400750:nedasin