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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 297, Issue 2, Pages R250-R257Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90832.2008
Keywords
brain (P)RR expression; functional (P)RR; X-linked mental retardation
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- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [HD26202]
- South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs
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Contrepas A, Walker J, Koulakoff A, Franek KJ, Qadri F, Giaume C, Corvol P, Schwartz CE, Nguyen G. A role of the (pro)renin receptor in neuronal cell differentiation. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 297: R250-R257, 2009. First published May 27, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90832.2008.-The (pro)renin receptor [(P)RR] plays a pivotal role in the renin-angiotensin system. Experimental models emphasize the role of (P)RR in organ damage associated with hypertension and diabetes. However, a mutation of the (P)RR gene, resulting in frame deletion of exon 4 [Delta 4-(P)RR] is associated with X-linked mental retardation (XLMR) and epilepsy pointing to a novel role of (P)RR in brain development and cognitive function. We have studied (P)RR expression in mouse brain, as well as the effect of transfection of Delta 4-(P)RR on neuronal differentiation of rat neuroendocrine PC-12 cells induced by nerve growth factor (NGF). In situ hybridization showed a wide distribution of (P)RR, including in key regions involved in the regulation of blood pressure and body fluid homeostasis. In mouse neurons, the receptor is on the plasma membrane and in synaptic vesicles, and stimulation by renin provokes ERK1/2 phosphorylation. In PC-12 cells, (P)RR localized mainly in the Golgi and in endoplasmic reticulum and redistributed to neurite projections during NGF-induced differentiation. In contrast, Delta 4-(P)RR remained cytosolic and inhibited NGF-induced neuronal differentiation and ERK1/2 activation. Cotransfection of PC-12 cells with (P)RR and Delta 4-(P)RR cDNA resulted in altered localization of (P) RR and inhibited (P)RR redistribution to neurite projections upon NGF stimulation. Furthermore, (P)RR dimerized with itself and with Delta 4-(P)RR, suggesting that the XLMR and epilepsy phenotype resulted from a dominant-negative effect of Delta 4-(P)RR, which coexists with normal transcript in affected males. In conclusion, our results show that (P)RR is expressed in mouse brain and suggest that the XLMR and epilepsy phenotype might result from a dominant-negative effect of the Delta 4-(P)RR protein.
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