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Functional coupling of Tmem74 and HCN1 channels regulates anxiety-like behavior in BLA neurons

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MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY
卷 24, 期 10, 页码 1461-1477

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NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41380-019-0402-8

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  1. National Key Research and Development Program of China [2016YFE0125400]
  2. State Key Program of National Natural Science of China [81730101]
  3. National Natural Science Foundations of China [81573411, 81673415, 81601177]
  4. Science and Technology Commission Foundation of Hangzhou [20172016A05]

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Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent psychiatric disorders, but their pathogenic mechanism remains poorly understood. Here, we report that transmembrane protein 74 (TMEM74), which contains two putative transmembrane domains and exhibits high levels of mRNA in the brain, is closely associated with the pathogenesis of anxiety disorders. TMEM74 was decreased in the serum of patients with anxiety and the basolateral amygdaloid nucleus (BLA) in chronic stress mice. Furthermore, genetic deletion of Tmem74 or selective knockdown of Tmem74 in BLA pyramidal neurons resulted in anxiety-like behaviors in mice. Whole-cell recordings in BLA pyramidal neurons revealed lower hyperpolarization-activated cation current (I-h) and greater input resistance and excitability in Tmem74(-/-) neurons than in wild-type neurons. Accordingly, surface expression of hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated 1 (HCN1) channels was also lower in the BLA of Tmem74(-/-) mice. The I-h current blocker ZD7288 mimicked these effects in BLA pyramidal neurons in wildtype mice but not in Tmem74(-/-) mice. Consistent with the improvement in anxiety-like behaviors, Tmem74 overexpression restored HCN1 channel trafficking and pyramidal neuron excitability in the BLA of Tmem74(-/-) and chronic stress mice. Mechanistically, we demonstrate that interactions between Tmem74 and HCN1 are physiologically relevant and that transmembrane domain 1 (TM1) is essential for the cellular membrane localization of Tmem74 to enhance I-h. Together, our findings suggest that Tmem74 coupling with HCN1 acts as a critical component in the pathophysiology of anxiety and is a potential target for new treatments of anxiety disorders.

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