RRC ID 48849
著者 Ogino H, Hisanaga A, Kohno T, Kondo Y, Okumura K, Kamei T, Sato T, Asahara H, Tsuiji H, Fukata M, Hattori M.
タイトル Secreted Metalloproteinase ADAMTS-3 Inactivates Reelin.
ジャーナル J Neurosci
Abstract The secreted glycoprotein Reelin regulates embryonic brain development and adult brain functions. It has been suggested that reduced Reelin activity contributes to the pathogenesis of several neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders, such as schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease; however, noninvasive methods that can upregulate Reelin activity in vivo have yet to be developed. We previously found that the proteolytic cleavage of Reelin within Reelin repeat 3 (N-t site) abolishes Reelin activity in vitro, but it remains controversial as to whether this effect occurs in vivo Here we partially purified the enzyme that mediates the N-t cleavage of Reelin from the culture supernatant of cerebral cortical neurons. This enzyme was identified as a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs-3 (ADAMTS-3). Recombinant ADAMTS-3 cleaved Reelin at the N-t site. ADAMTS-3 was expressed in excitatory neurons in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus. N-t cleavage of Reelin was markedly decreased in the embryonic cerebral cortex of ADAMTS-3 knock-out (KO) mice. Importantly, the amount of Dab1 and the phosphorylation level of Tau, which inversely correlate with Reelin activity, were significantly decreased in the cerebral cortex of ADAMTS-3 KO mice. Conditional KO mice, in which ADAMTS-3 was deficient only in the excitatory neurons of the forebrain, showed increased dendritic branching and elongation in the postnatal cerebral cortex. Our study shows that ADAMTS-3 is the major enzyme that cleaves and inactivates Reelin in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus. Therefore, inhibition of ADAMTS-3 may be an effective treatment for neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT ADAMTS-3 was identified as the protease that cleaves and inactivates Reelin in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus. ADAMTS-3 was expressed in the excitatory neurons of the embryonic and postnatal cerebral cortex and hippocampus. Cleavage by ADAMTS-3 is the major contributor of Reelin inactivation in vivo Tau phosphorylation was decreased and dendritic branching and elongation was increased in ADAMTS-3-deficient mice. Therefore, inhibition of ADAMTS-3 upregulates Reelin activity and may be a potential therapeutic strategy for the prevention or treatment of neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders, such as schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease.
巻・号 37(12)
ページ 3181-3191
公開日 2017-3-22
DOI 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3632-16.2017
PII JNEUROSCI.3632-16.2017
PMID 28213441
PMC PMC6596773
MeSH ADAMTS Proteins / metabolism* Animals Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal / metabolism* Cells, Cultured Cerebral Cortex / metabolism* Enzyme Activation Extracellular Matrix Proteins / metabolism* Hippocampus / metabolism* Mice Mice, Inbred C57BL Mice, Inbred ICR Mice, Knockout Nerve Tissue Proteins / metabolism* Neurons / metabolism* Procollagen N-Endopeptidase / metabolism* Protein Binding Reelin Protein Serine Endopeptidases / metabolism* Signal Transduction / physiology*
IF 5.674
引用数 21
WOS 分野 NEUROSCIENCES
リソース情報
実験動物マウス RBRC01834