Increased expression of Kalirin-9 in the auditory cortex of schizophrenia subjects: Its role in dendritic pathology

Abstract Reductions in dendritic arbor length and complexity are among the most consistently replicated changes in neuronal structure in post mortem studies of cerebral cortical samples from subjects with schizophrenia, however, the underlying molecular mechanisms have not been identified. This stud...

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Published inNeurobiology of disease Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 796 - 803
Main Authors Deo, Anthony J, Cahill, Michael E, Li, Siyu, Goldszer, Isaac, Henteleff, Ruth, VanLeeuwen, Jon-Eric, Rafalovich, Igor, Gao, Ruoqi, Stachowski, Erin K, Sampson, Allan R, Lewis, David A, Penzes, Peter, Sweet, Robert A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 2011
Subjects
Neurology
Schizoaffective
Endophenotypes
Kalirin
Schizophrenia
Auditory cortex
Dendrite
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Summary:Abstract Reductions in dendritic arbor length and complexity are among the most consistently replicated changes in neuronal structure in post mortem studies of cerebral cortical samples from subjects with schizophrenia, however, the underlying molecular mechanisms have not been identified. This study is the first to identify an alteration in a regulatory protein which is known to promote both dendritic length and arborization in developing neurons, Kalirin-9. We found Kalirin-9 expression to be paradoxically increased in schizophrenia. We followed up this observation by overexpressing Kalirin-9 in mature primary neuronal cultures, causing reduced dendritic length and complexity. Kalirin-9 overexpression represents a potential mechanism for dendritic changes seen in schizophrenia.
ISSN:0969-9961
DOI:10.1016/j.nbd.2011.11.003