Nature Communications (May 2022)

Novel role of the synaptic scaffold protein Dlgap4 in ventricular surface integrity and neuronal migration during cortical development

  • Delfina M. Romero,
  • Karine Poirier,
  • Richard Belvindrah,
  • Imane Moutkine,
  • Anne Houllier,
  • Anne-Gaëlle LeMoing,
  • Florence Petit,
  • Anne Boland,
  • Stephan C. Collins,
  • Mariano Soiza-Reilly,
  • Binnaz Yalcin,
  • Jamel Chelly,
  • Jean-François Deleuze,
  • Nadia Bahi-Buisson,
  • Fiona Francis

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30443-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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The Dlgap protein family members are known for their role in synapses. Here the authors reveal important involvement in earlier steps of brain development, identifying DLGAP4 mutations in patients with cortical malformations, and also demonstrating a role in progenitors and migrating neurons.