title: Neuronal vulnerability of CLN3 deletion to calcium-induced cytotoxicity is mediated by calsenilin.
abstract: Calsenilin/DREAM/KChIP3, a neuronal Ca(2+)-binding protein, has multifunctions in nucleus and cytosol. Here, we identified CLN3 as a calsenilin-binding partner whose mutation or deletion is observed in Batten disease. In vitro binding and immunoprecipitation assays show that calsenilin interacts with the C-terminal region of CLN3 and the increase of Ca(2+) concentration in vitro and in cells causes significant dissociation of calsenilin from CLN3. Ectopic expression of CLN3 or its deletion mutant containing only the C-terminus (153-438) and capable of binding to calsenilin suppresses thapsigargin or A23187-induced death of neuronal cells. In contrast, CLN3 deletion mutant containing the N-terminus (1-153) or (1-263), which is frequently found in Batten disease, induces the perturbation of Ca(2+) transient and fails to inhibit the cell death. In addition, the expression of calsenilin is increased in the brain tissues of CLN3 knock-out mice and SH-SY5Y/CLN3 knock-down cells. Down-regulation of CLN3 expression sensitizes SH-SY5Y cells to thapsigargin or A23187. However, additional decrease of calsenilin expression rescues the sensitivity of SH-SY5Y/CLN3 knock-down cells to Ca(2+)-mediated cell death. These results suggest that the vulnerability of CLN3 knock-out or CLN3 deletion (1-153)-expressing neuronal cells to Ca(2+)-induced cell death may be mediated by calsenilin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 500-712, Korea.
authors.forename: Jae-Woong
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Hyunwoo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Hyun-Ji
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dong-Gyu
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Jo
authors.forename: Young-Jun
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.forename: Jee-Yeon
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Noh
authors.forename: Woo Jin
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Yong-Keun
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Jung
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016923:Cell Death / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D017353:Gene Deletion; D006801:Humans; D051605:Kv Channel-Interacting Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D018832:Molecular Chaperones / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D019636:Neurodegenerative Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary
chemical_list: C102229:CLN3 protein, mouse; D051605:Kv Channel-Interacting Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D002118:Calcium