Neuroscience: PRMT8 as a phospholipase regulates Purkinje cell dendritic arborization and motor coordination

Jun Dal Kim, Kyung Eui Park, Junji Ishida, Koichiro Kako, Juri Hamada, Shuichi Kani, Miki Takeuchi, Kana Namiki, Hajime Fukui, Shigetomo Fukuhara, Masahiko Hibi, Makoto Kobayashi, Yasunori Kanaho, Yoshitoshi Kasuya, Naoki Mochizuki, Akiyoshi Fukamizu*

*この論文の責任著者

研究成果: ジャーナルへの寄稿学術論文査読

47 被引用数 (Scopus)

抄録

The development of vertebrate neurons requires a change in membrane phosphatidylcholine (PC) metabolism. Although PC hydrolysis is essential for enhanced axonal outgrowth mediated by phospholipase D (PLD), less is known about the determinants of PC metabolism on dendritic arborization. We show that protein arginine methyltransferase 8 (PRMT8) acts as a phospholipase that directly hydrolyzes PC, generating choline and phosphatidic acid. We found that PRMT8 knockout mice (prmt8-/-) displayed abnormal motor behaviors, including hindlimb clasping and hyperactivity. Moreover, prmt8-/-mice and TALEN-induced zebrafish prmt8 mutants and morphants showed abnormal phenotypes, including the development of dendritic trees in Purkinje cells and altered cerebellar structure. Choline and acetylcholine levels were significantly decreased, whereas PC levels were increased, in the cerebellum of prmt8-/-mice. Our findings suggest that PRMT8 acts both as an arginine methyltransferase and as a PC-hydrolyzing PLD that is essential for proper neurological functions.

本文言語英語
論文番号e1500615
ジャーナルScience Advances
1
11
DOI
出版ステータス出版済み - 2015/12

ASJC Scopus 主題領域

  • 一般

フィンガープリント

「Neuroscience: PRMT8 as a phospholipase regulates Purkinje cell dendritic arborization and motor coordination」の研究トピックを掘り下げます。これらがまとまってユニークなフィンガープリントを構成します。

引用スタイル