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Central repeat fragment of reelin leads to active reelin intracellular signaling and rescues cognitive deficits in a mouse model of reelin deficiency

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CELLULAR SIGNALLING
卷 109, 期 -, 页码 -

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2023.110763

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Reelin; ApoER2; Clustering; Assay; Intracellular signaling

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In this study, a novel cell-based assay using a split-luciferase approach was developed to investigate ApoER2 dimerization. The results showed that ApoER2 receptors can dimerize in transfected cells and the central fragment of reelin can activate intracellular signaling pathways through receptor clustering. Furthermore, the central fragment of reelin was able to rescue phenotypic deficits in heterozygous reeler mice.
Reelin and its receptor, ApoER2, play important roles in prenatal brain development and postnatally in synaptic plasticity, learning, and memory. Previous reports suggest that reelin's central fragment binds to ApoER2 and receptor clustering is involved in subsequent intracellular signaling. However, limitations of currently available assays have not established cellular evidence of ApoER2 clustering upon binding of the central reelin fragment. In the present study, we developed a novel, cell-based assay of ApoER2 dimerization using a split-luciferase approach. Specifically, cells were co-transfected with one recombinant ApoER2 receptor fused to the N-terminus of luciferase and one ApoER2 receptor fused to the C-terminus of luciferase. Using this assay, we directly observed basal ApoER2 dimerization/clustering in transfected HEK293T cells and, significantly, an increase in ApoER2 clustering in response to that central fragment of reelin. Furthermore, the central fragment of reelin activated intracellular signal transduction of ApoER2, indicated by increased levels of phosphorylation of Dab1, ERK1/2, and Akt in primary cortical neurons. Functionally, we were able to demonstrate that injection of the central fragment of reelin rescued phenotypic deficits observed in the heterozygous reeler mouse. These data are the first to test the hypothesis that the central fragment of reelin contributes to facilitating the reelin intracellular signaling pathway through receptor clustering.

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