Department of Biotechnology
inStem (Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine)

A sex difference in the response of the rodent postsynaptic density to synGAP haploinsufficiency.

Publication Type

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Date of Publication

January 15, 2020

Journal

eLife

Volume/Issue

9

ISSN

2050-084X

SynGAP is a postsynaptic density (PSD) protein that binds to PDZ domains of the scaffold protein PSD-95. We previously reported that heterozygous deletion of in mice is correlated with increased steady-state levels of other key PSD proteins that bind PSD-95, although the level of PSD-95 remains constant (Walkup et al., 2016). For example, the ratio to PSD-95 of Transmembrane AMPA-Receptor-associated Proteins (TARPs), which mediate binding of AMPA-type glutamate receptors to PSD-95, was increased in young mice. Here we show that only females and not males show a highly significant correlation between an increase in TARP and a decrease in synGAP in the PSDs of rodents. The data reveal a sex difference in the adaptation of the PSD scaffold to synGAP haploinsufficiency.

Alternate Journal

Elife

PubMed ID

31939740

PubMed Central ID

PMC6994236

Authors

Tara L Mastro
Anthony Preza
Shinjini Basu
Sumantra Chattarji
Sally M Till
Peter C Kind
Mary B Kennedy

Keywords

CRISPR-Cas Systems
Mice, Knockout
Phosphorylation
Animals
GTPase-Activating Proteins
Haploinsufficiency
Mice
Post-Synaptic Density
Female
Sex Factors
Male