Transmembrane protein 108 is required for glutamatergic transmission in dentate gyrus

Abstract

Neurotransmission in dentate gyrus (DG) is critical for spatial coding, learning memory, and emotion processing. Although DG dysfunction is implicated in psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, underlying pathological mechanisms remain unclear. Here we report that transmembrane protein 108 (Tmem108), a novel schizophrenia susceptibility gene, is highly enriched in DG granule neurons and its expression increased at the postnatal period critical for DG development. Tmem108 is specifically expressed in the nervous system and enriched in the postsynaptic density fraction. Tmem108-deficient neurons form fewer and smaller spines, suggesting that Tmem108 is required for spine formation and maturation. In agreement, excitatory postsynaptic currents of DG granule neurons were decreased in Tmem108 mutant mice, indicating a hypofunction of glutamatergic activity. Further cell biological studies indicate that Tmem108 is necessary for surface expression of AMPA receptors. Tmem108-deficient mice display compromised sensorimotor gating and cognitive function. Together, these observations indicate that Tmem108 plays a critical role in regulating spine development and excitatory transmission in DG granule neurons. When Tmem108 is mutated, mice displayed excitatory/inhibitory imbalance and behavioral deficits relevant to schizophrenia, revealing potential pathophysiological mechanisms of schizophrenia. dentate gyrus | spine | glutamatergic transmission | AMPA receptors | schizophrenia S chizophrenia is a disabling psychiatric disorder that affects 1% of the general population. It is thought to be a neurodevelopment disorder, as many symptoms appear or worsen during adolescence, a time of great transition and refinements in brain structure and function (1, 2). Consequently, patients display characteristic positive symptoms including delusions and hallucinations, negative symptoms including abnormal emotional reactivity and anhedonia and cognitive deficits. Underlying pathophysiological mechanisms have been explored extensively. The medial temporal lobe, including hippocampal dentate gyrus (DG), is thought to be involved in mediating aspects of psychosis and memory deficits in schizophrenia (3, 4). Impaired glutamatergic transmission in DG causes deficits in spatial coding, learning, and memory and emotion processing (5-7). However, detailed molecular mechanisms of DG dysfunction in schizophrenia remain unclear.Identification of risk genes in recent genetic studies has contributed to a better understanding of pathophysiological mechanisms of schizophrenia. Transmembrane protein 108 (TMEM108) has recently been linked with schizophrenia and alcoholism in genome-wide association studies (8, 9). In human, TMEM108 is located on chromosome 3q21-q22, a risk locus for bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and other psychosis (10, 11). In particular, an intronic single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) (rs7624858) is associated with schizophrenia (8). These findings raise an important question regarding the physiological function of TMEM108 a...

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