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Ablation of Vacuole Protein Sorting 18 (Vps18) Gene Leads to Neurodegeneration and Impaired Neuronal Migration by Disrupting Multiple Vesicle Transport Pathways to Lysosomes

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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 287, 期 39, 页码 32861-32873

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AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.384305

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  1. National Basic Research Program of China [2011CB510102, 2006CB806700]
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China [31171406, 30971666, 30630043]
  3. Hi-tech Research and Development Program of China [2007AA022101]
  4. Science and Technology Committee of Shanghai Municipality [08JC1400800]
  5. Project 211 of the Chinese Ministry of Education
  6. Project 985 of the Chinese Ministry of Education

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Intracellular vesicle transport pathways are critical for neuronal survival and central nervous system development. The Vps-C complex regulates multiple vesicle transport pathways to the lysosome in lower organisms. However, little is known regarding its physiological function in mammals. We deleted Vps18, a central member of Vps-C core complex, in neural cells by generating Vps18(F/F); Nestin-Cre mice (Vps18 conditional knock-out mice). These mice displayed severe neurodegeneration and neuronal migration defects. Mechanistic studies revealed that Vps18 deficiency caused neurodegeneration by blocking multiple vesicle transport pathways to the lysosome, including autophagy, endocytosis, and biosynthetic pathways. Our study also showed that ablation of Vps18 resulted in up-regulation of beta 1 integrin in mouse brain probably due to lysosome dysfunction but had no effects on the reelin pathway, expression of N-cadherin, or activation of JNK, which are implicated in the regulation of neuronal migration. Finally, we demonstrated that knocking down beta 1 integrin partially rescued the migration defects, suggesting that Vps18 deficiency-mediated up-regulation of beta 1 integrin may contribute to the defect of neuronal migration in the Vps18-deficient brain. Our results demonstrate important roles of Vps18 in neuron survival and migration, which are disrupted in multiple neural disorders.

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