Epilepsy and intellectual disability linked protein Shrm4 interaction with 
GABABRs shapes inhibitory neurotransmission

Zapata, J.; Moretto, E.; Hannan, S.; Murru, L.; Longatti, A.; Mazza, D.; Benedetti, L.; Fossati, M.; Heise, C.; Ponzoni, L.; Valnegri, P.; Braida, D.; Sala, M.; Francolini, M.; Hildebrand, J.; Kalscheuer, V.; Fanelli, F.; Sala, C.; Bettler, B.; Bassani, S.; Smart, T. G.; Passafaro, M.

doi:10.1038/ncomms14536

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Epilepsy and intellectual disability linked protein Shrm4 interaction with GABABRs shapes inhibitory neurotransmission

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Kalscheuer, V.
Chromosome Rearrangements and Disease (Vera Kalscheuer), Research Group Development & Disease (Head: Stefan Mundlos), Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Society;

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Zapata, J., Moretto, E., Hannan, S., Murru, L., Longatti, A., Mazza, D., et al. (2017). Epilepsy and intellectual disability linked protein Shrm4 interaction with GABABRs shapes inhibitory neurotransmission. Nature Communications, 8: 8:14536. doi:10.1038/ncomms14536.

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Abstract

Shrm4, a protein expressed only in polarized tissues, is encoded by the KIAA1202 gene, whose mutations have been linked to epilepsy and intellectual disability. However, a physiological role for Shrm4 in the brain is yet to be established. Here, we report that Shrm4 is localized to synapses where it regulates dendritic spine morphology and interacts with the C terminus of GABAB receptors (GABABRs) to control their cell surface expression and intracellular trafficking via a dynein-dependent mechanism. Knockdown of Shrm4 in rat severely impairs GABABR activity causing increased anxiety-like behaviour and susceptibility to seizures. Moreover, Shrm4 influences hippocampal excitability by modulating tonic inhibition in dentate gyrus granule cells, in a process involving crosstalk between GABABRs and extrasynaptic delta-subunit-containing GABAARs. Our data highlights a role for Shrm4 in synaptogenesis and in maintaining GABABR-mediated inhibition, perturbation of which may be responsible for the involvement of Shrm4 in cognitive disorders and epilepsy.