Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Canonical versus non-canonical transsynaptic signaling of neuroligin 3 tunes development of sociality in mice

  • Tomoyuki Yoshida,
  • Atsushi Yamagata,
  • Ayako Imai,
  • Juhyon Kim,
  • Hironori Izumi,
  • Shogo Nakashima,
  • Tomoko Shiroshima,
  • Asami Maeda,
  • Shiho Iwasawa-Okamoto,
  • Kenji Azechi,
  • Fumina Osaka,
  • Takashi Saitoh,
  • Katsumi Maenaka,
  • Takashi Shimada,
  • Yuko Fukata,
  • Masaki Fukata,
  • Jumpei Matsumoto,
  • Hisao Nishijo,
  • Keizo Takao,
  • Shinji Tanaka,
  • Shigeo Okabe,
  • Katsuhiko Tabuchi,
  • Takeshi Uemura,
  • Masayoshi Mishina,
  • Hisashi Mori,
  • Shuya Fukai

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22059-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Mutations of Neuroligin 3 (NLGN3) have been associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Here, the authors identify a previously undescribed interaction between NLGN3 and a splice variant of protein tyrosine phosphatase δ (PTP δ) and its role in development of social behaviour in mice.