Megalencephalic Leukoencephalopathy with Subcortical Cysts Disease-Linked MLC1 Protein Favors Gap-Junction Intercellular Communication by Regulating Connexin 43 Trafficking in Astrocytes.

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Angela LanciottiElena Ambrosini

Abstract

Astrocytes, the most numerous cells of the central nervous system, exert critical functions for brain homeostasis. To this purpose, astrocytes generate a highly interconnected intercellular network allowing rapid exchange of ions and metabolites through gap junctions, adjoined channels composed of hexamers of connexin (Cx) proteins, mainly Cx43. Functional alterations of Cxs and gap junctions have been observed in several neuroinflammatory/neurodegenerative diseases. In the rare leukodystrophy megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts (MLC), astrocytes show defective control of ion/fluid exchanges causing brain edema, fluid cysts, and astrocyte/myelin vacuolation. MLC is caused by mutations in MLC1, an astrocyte-specific protein of elusive function, and in GlialCAM, a MLC1 chaperon. Both proteins are highly expressed at perivascular astrocyte end-feet and astrocyte-astrocyte contacts where they interact with zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1) and Cx43 junctional proteins. To investigate the possible role of Cx43 in MLC pathogenesis, we studied Cx43 properties in astrocytoma cells overexpressing wild type (WT) MLC1 or MLC1 carrying pathological mutations. Using biochemical and electrophysiological techniques, we found th...Continue Reading

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