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The ZSWIM8 ubiquitin ligase regulates neurodevelopment by guarding the protein quality of intrinsically disordered Dab1

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CEREBRAL CORTEX
Volume 33, Issue 7, Pages 3866-3881

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OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhac313

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protein quality control; brain development; Reelin and Dab1 signaling; intrinsically disordered region; Cullin-RING E3 ubiquitin ligase

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Protein quality control is critical for maintaining protein homeostasis and accurate neurodevelopment. ZSWIM8, a homolog of EBAX-1, has been identified as essential for the stability of mammalian brain development by regulating the protein quality of key signal molecule Dab1. Loss of ZSWIM8 leads to cellular stress, neural progenitor cell migration defects, impaired spine formation and synaptogenesis, as well as learning and memory deficits in adult survivors.
Protein quality control (PQC) is essential for maintaining protein homeostasis and guarding the accuracy of neurodevelopment. Previously, we found that a conserved EBAX-type CRL regulates the protein quality of SAX-3/ROBO guidance receptors in Caenorhabditis elegans. Here, we report that ZSWIM8, the mammalian homolog of EBAX-1, is essential for developmental stability of mammalian brains. Conditional deletion of Zswim8 in the embryonic nervous system causes global cellular stress, partial perinatal lethality and defective migration of neural progenitor cells. CRISPR-mediated knockout of ZSWIM8 impairs spine formation and synaptogenesis in hippocampal neurons. Mechanistic studies reveal that ZSWIM8 controls protein quality of Disabled 1 (Dab1), a key signal molecule for brain development, thus protecting the signaling strength of Dab1. As a ubiquitin ligase enriched with intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs), ZSWIM8 specifically recognizes IDRs of Dab1 through a disorder targets misorder mechanism and eliminates misfolded Dab1 that cannot be properly phosphorylated. Adult survivors of ZSWIM8 CKO show permanent hippocampal abnormality and display severely impaired learning and memory behaviors. Altogether, our results demonstrate that ZSWIM8-mediated PQC is critical for the stability of mammalian brain development.

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