Frontiers in Neuroscience (May 2022)

Transmembrane Batten Disease Proteins Interact With a Shared Network of Vesicle Sorting Proteins, Impacting Their Synaptic Enrichment

  • Mitchell J. Rechtzigel,
  • Brandon L. Meyerink,
  • Brandon L. Meyerink,
  • Hannah Leppert,
  • Tyler B. Johnson,
  • Jacob T. Cain,
  • Gavin Ferrandino,
  • Danielle G. May,
  • Kyle J. Roux,
  • Kyle J. Roux,
  • Jon J. Brudvig,
  • Jon J. Brudvig,
  • Jill M. Weimer,
  • Jill M. Weimer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.834780
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16

Abstract

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Batten disease is unique among lysosomal storage disorders for the early and profound manifestation in the central nervous system, but little is known regarding potential neuron-specific roles for the disease-associated proteins. We demonstrate substantial overlap in the protein interactomes of three transmembrane Batten proteins (CLN3, CLN6, and CLN8), and that their absence leads to synaptic depletion of key partners (i.e., SNAREs and tethers) and altered synaptic SNARE complexing in vivo, demonstrating a novel shared etiology.

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