PMID- 22375002 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120702 LR - 20211021 IS - 1083-351X (Electronic) IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 287 IP - 18 DP - 2012 Apr 27 TI - Protein implicated in nonsyndromic mental retardation regulates protein kinase A (PKA) activity. PG - 14644-58 LID - 10.1074/jbc.M111.261875 [doi] AB - Mutation of the coiled-coil and C2 domain-containing 1A (CC2D1A) gene, which encodes a C2 domain and DM14 domain-containing protein, has been linked to severe autosomal recessive nonsyndromic mental retardation. Using a mouse model that produces a truncated form of CC2D1A that lacks the C2 domain and three of the four DM14 domains, we show that CC2D1A is important for neuronal differentiation and brain development. CC2D1A mutant neurons are hypersensitive to stress and have a reduced capacity to form dendrites and synapses in culture. At the biochemical level, CC2D1A transduces signals to the cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP)-protein kinase A (PKA) pathway during neuronal cell differentiation. PKA activity is compromised, and the translocation of its catalytic subunit to the nucleus is also defective in CC2D1A mutant cells. Consistently, phosphorylation of the PKA target cAMP-responsive element-binding protein, at serine 133, is nearly abolished in CC2D1A mutant cells. The defects in cAMP/PKA signaling were observed in fibroblast, macrophage, and neuronal primary cells derived from the CC2D1A KO mice. CC2D1A associates with the cAMP-PKA complex following forskolin treatment and accumulates in vesicles or on the plasma membrane in wild-type cells, suggesting that CC2D1A may recruit the PKA complex to the membrane to facilitate signal transduction. Together, our data show that CC2D1A is an important regulator of the cAMP/PKA signaling pathway, which may be the underlying cause for impaired mental function in nonsyndromic mental retardation patients with CC2D1A mutation. FAU - Al-Tawashi, Azza AU - Al-Tawashi A AD - Center for Molecular Discovery, Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. azza.altawashi@kaust.edu.sa FAU - Jung, Sung Yun AU - Jung SY FAU - Liu, Dou AU - Liu D FAU - Su, Bing AU - Su B FAU - Qin, Jun AU - Qin J LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20120228 PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (CC2D1A protein, human) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Freud-1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Nerve Tissue Proteins) RN - 0 (Repressor Proteins) RN - EC 2.7.11.11 (Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases) SB - IM MH - Active Transport, Cell Nucleus/physiology MH - Animals MH - Brain/*embryology/metabolism MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Nucleus/genetics/*metabolism MH - Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/genetics/*metabolism MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Genetic Diseases, Inborn/genetics/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Intellectual Disability/genetics/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Neurons/*metabolism MH - Protein Structure, Tertiary MH - Repressor Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Response Elements/physiology MH - Signal Transduction/*physiology PMC - PMC3340277 EDAT- 2012/03/01 06:00 MHDA- 2012/07/03 06:00 PMCR- 2012/02/28 CRDT- 2012/03/01 06:00 PHST- 2012/03/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/03/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/07/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/02/28 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0021-9258(20)47957-8 [pii] AID - M111.261875 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.M111.261875 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2012 Apr 27;287(18):14644-58. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M111.261875. Epub 2012 Feb 28.