Defects in exosome biogenesis are associated with sensorimotor defects in zebrafish vps4a mutants.

Autor:	Shipman A; Department of Otolaryngology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States., Gao Y; Department of Otolaryngology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States., Liu D; State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China., Sun S; State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China., Zang J; Department of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland., Sun P; Department of Otolaryngology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States., Syed Z; Department of Otolaryngology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States., Bhagavathi A; Department of Otolaryngology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States., Smith E; Department of Otolaryngology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.; Present address: Biotechne Corporation, Newark, CA United States 94304., Erickson T; Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada., Hill M; Department of Otolaryngology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.; Present address: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States., Neuhauss S; Department of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland., Sui SF; State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China., Nicolson T; Department of Otolaryngology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience [J Neurosci] 2024 Oct 25. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 25.
DOI:	10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0680-24.2024
Abstrakt:	Mutations in human VPS4A are associated with neurodevelopmental defects, including motor delays and defective muscle tone. VPS4A encodes a AAA-ATPase required for membrane scission, but how mutations in VPS4A lead to impaired control of motor function is not known. Here we identified a mutation in zebrafish vps4a , T248I, that affects sensorimotor transformation. Biochemical analyses indicate that the T248I mutation reduces the ATPase activity of Vps4a and disassembly of ESCRT filaments, which mediate membrane scission. Consistent with the role for Vps4a in exosome biogenesis, vps4a T248I larvae have enlarged endosomal compartments in the CNS and decreased numbers of circulating exosomes in brain ventricles. Resembling the central form of hypotonia in VPS4A patients, motor neurons and muscle cells are functional in mutant zebrafish. Both somatosensory and vestibular inputs robustly evoke tail and eye movements, respectively. In contrast, optomotor responses, vestibulospinal, and acoustic startle reflexes are absent or strongly impaired in vps4a T248I larvae, indicating a greater sensitivity of these circuits to the T248I mutation. ERG recordings revealed intensity-dependent deficits in the retina, and in vivo calcium imaging of the auditory pathway identified a moderate reduction in afferent neuron activity, partially accounting for the severe motor impairments in mutant larvae. Further investigation of central pathways in vps4a T248I mutants showed that activation of descending vestibulospinal and midbrain motor command neurons by sensory cues is strongly reduced. Our results suggest that defects in sensorimotor transformation underly the profound yet selective effects on motor reflexes resulting from the loss of membrane scission mediated by Vps4a. Significance Statement Here we present a T248I mutation in vps4a , which causes sensorimotor defects in zebrafish larvae. Vps4a plays a key role in membrane scission. Spanning biochemical to systems level analyses, our study indicates that a reduction in Vps4a enzymatic activity leads to abnormalities in membrane-scission dependent processes such as endosomal protein trafficking and exosome biogenesis, resulting in pronounced deficits in sensorimotor transformation of visual, auditory, and vestibular cues. We suggest that the mechanisms underlying this type of dysfunction in zebrafish may also contribute to the condition seen in human patients with de novo mutations in the human VPS4A orthologue. (Copyright © 2024 the authors.)
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