title: A variant of Nesprin1 giant devoid of KASH domain underlies the molecular etiology of autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia type I.
abstract: Nonsense mutations across the whole coding sequence of Syne1/Nesprin1 have been linked to autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia Type I (ARCA1). However, nothing is known about the molecular etiology of this late-onset debilitating pathology. In this work, we report that Nesprin1 giant is specifically expressed in CNS tissues. We also identified a CNS-specific splicing event that leads to the abundant expression of a KASH-LESS variant of Nesprin1 giant (KLNes1g) in the cerebellum. KLNes1g displayed a noncanonical localization at glomeruli of cerebellar mossy fibers whereas Nesprin2 exclusively decorated the nuclear envelope of all cerebellar neurons. In immunogold electron microscopy, KLNes1g colocalized both with synaptic vesicles within mossy fibers and with dendritic membranes of cerebellar granule neurons. We further identified vesicle- and membrane-associated proteins in KLNes1g immunoprecipitates. Together, our results suggest that the loss of function of KLNes1g resulting from Nesprin1 nonsense mutations underlies the molecular etiology of ARCA1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid, St Louis, MO 63110, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Razafsky
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid, St Louis, MO 63110, USA. Electronic address: hodzicd@vision.wustl.edu.
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hodzic
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D051379:Mice; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D020754:Spinocerebellar Ataxias / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; C485901:Syne1 protein, mouse
keywords: ARCA1; Autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia Type I; Cerebellar granule neuron; Cerebellar mossy fiber; Cerebellum; KASH; KLNes1g; Nesprin; Spinocerebellar ataxia
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