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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 106, Issue 16, Pages 6706-6711Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0810599106
Keywords
cerebellum; dendritogenesis; trp channel; mouse mutant
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- U.K. Medical Research Council
- U.K. Motor Neuron Disease Association
- International Human Frontier Science Program Organization
- Medical Research Council [MC_U142684173, MC_U137761449, MC_UP_1502/1, MC_U142684175, MC_U142684172, G0500288] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [MC_UP_1502/1, G0500288, MC_U142684172, MC_U142684175, MC_U142684173, MC_U137761449] Funding Source: UKRI
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The hereditary ataxias are a complex group of neurological disorders characterized by the degeneration of the cerebellum and its associated connections. The molecular mechanisms that trigger the loss of Purkinje cells in this group of diseases remain incompletely understood. Here, we report a previously undescribed dominant mouse model of cerebellar ataxia, moonwalker (Mwk), that displays motor and coordination defects and loss of cerebellar Purkinje cells. Mwk mice harbor a gain-of-function mutation (T635A) in the Trpc3 gene encoding the nonselective transient receptor potential cation channel, type C3 (TRPC3), resulting in altered TRPC3 channel gating. TRPC3 is highly expressed in Purkinje cells during the phase of dendritogenesis. Interestingly, growth and differentiation of Purkinje cell dendritic arbors are profoundly impaired in Mwk mice. Our findings define a previously unknown role for TRPC3 in both dendritic development and survival of Purkinje cells, and provide a unique mechanism underlying cerebellar ataxia.
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