Cytosolic protein interactions of the schizophrenia susceptibility gene dysbindin.

Abstract

Using immunoprecipitation, mass spectrometry, and western blot analysis we investigated cytosolic protein interactions of the schizophrenia susceptibility gene dysbindin in mammalian cells. We identified novel interactions with members of the exocyst, dynactin and chaperonin containing T-complex protein complexes, and we confirmed interactions reported previously with all members of the biogenesis of lysosome-related organelles complex-1 and the adaptor-related protein complex 3. We report interactions between dysbindin and the exocyst and dynactin complex that confirm a link between two important schizophrenia susceptibility genes: dysbindin and disrupted-in-schizophrenia-1. To expand upon this network of interacting proteins we also investigated protein interactions for members of the exocyst and dynactin complexes in mammalian cells. Our results are consistent with the notion that impairment of aspects of the synaptic vesicle life cycle may be a pathogenic mechanism in schizophrenia.

• Authors: Carri-Lyn R Mead, Michael A Kuzyk, Annie Moradian, Gary M Wilson, Robert A Holt, Gregg B Morin
• Journal: Journal of neurochemistry (J Neurochem) Vol. 113 Issue 6 Pg. 1491-503 (Jun 2010) ISSN: 1471-4159 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 20236384 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Carrier Proteins
• DISC1 protein, human
• DTNBP1 protein, human
• Dysbindin
• Dystrophin-Associated Proteins
• Nerve Tissue Proteins
• Green Fluorescent Proteins

Topics

• Carrier Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
• Cell Line, Transformed
• Chi-Square Distribution
• Computational Biology
• Dysbindin
• Dystrophin-Associated Proteins
• Exocytosis (genetics)
• Green Fluorescent Proteins (genetics)
• Humans
• Immunoprecipitation (methods)
• Mass Spectrometry (methods)
• Mutation
• Nerve Tissue Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
• Protein Binding (genetics)
• Protein Transport (genetics)
• Schizophrenia (genetics)
• Synaptic Vesicles (genetics, metabolism)
• Transfection (methods)