PMID- 32049026 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210308 LR - 20210308 IS - 2211-1247 (Electronic) VI - 30 IP - 6 DP - 2020 Feb 11 TI - Loss of IQSEC3 Disrupts GABAergic Synapse Maintenance and Decreases Somatostatin Expression in the Hippocampus. PG - 1995-2005.e5 LID - S2211-1247(20)30078-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.01.053 [doi] AB - Gephyrin interacts with various GABAergic synaptic proteins to organize GABAergic synapse development. Among the multitude of gephyrin-binding proteins is IQSEC3, a recently identified component at GABAergic synapses that acts through its ADP ribosylation factor-guanine nucleotide exchange factor (ARF-GEF) activity to orchestrate GABAergic synapse formation. Here, we show that IQSEC3 knockdown (KD) reduced GABAergic synaptic density in vivo, suggesting that IQSEC3 is required for GABAergic synapse maintenance in vivo. We further show that IQSEC3 KD in the dentate gyrus (DG) increases seizure susceptibility and triggers selective depletion of somatostatin (SST) peptides in the DG hilus in an ARF-GEP activity-dependent manner. Strikingly, selective introduction of SST into SST interneurons in DG-specific IQSEC3-KD mice reverses GABAergic synaptic deficits. Thus, our data suggest that IQSEC3 is required for linking gephyrin-GABA(A) receptor complexes with ARF-dependent pathways to prevent aberrant, runaway excitation and thereby contributes to the integrity of SST interneurons and proper GABAergic synapse maintenance. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Kim, Seungjoon AU - Kim S AD - Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), 333 Techno Jungangdae-Ro, Hyeonpoong-Eup, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu 42988, Korea. FAU - Kim, Hyeonho AU - Kim H AD - Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), 333 Techno Jungangdae-Ro, Hyeonpoong-Eup, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu 42988, Korea. FAU - Park, Dongseok AU - Park D AD - Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), 333 Techno Jungangdae-Ro, Hyeonpoong-Eup, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu 42988, Korea. FAU - Kim, Jinhu AU - Kim J AD - Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), 333 Techno Jungangdae-Ro, Hyeonpoong-Eup, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu 42988, Korea. FAU - Hong, Joohyeon AU - Hong J AD - Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea. FAU - Kim, Jae Seong AU - Kim JS AD - Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea. FAU - Jung, Hyeji AU - Jung H AD - Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), 333 Techno Jungangdae-Ro, Hyeonpoong-Eup, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu 42988, Korea. FAU - Kim, Dongwook AU - Kim D AD - Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), 333 Techno Jungangdae-Ro, Hyeonpoong-Eup, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu 42988, Korea. FAU - Cheong, Eunji AU - Cheong E AD - Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea. FAU - Ko, Jaewon AU - Ko J AD - Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), 333 Techno Jungangdae-Ro, Hyeonpoong-Eup, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu 42988, Korea. Electronic address: jaewonko@dgist.ac.kr. FAU - Um, Ji Won AU - Um JW AD - Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), 333 Techno Jungangdae-Ro, Hyeonpoong-Eup, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu 42988, Korea; Core Protein Resources Center, DGIST, 333 Techno Jungangdae-Ro, Hyeonpoong-Eup, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu 42988, Korea. Electronic address: jiwonum@dgist.ac.kr. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Cell Rep JT - Cell reports JID - 101573691 RN - 0 (Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors) RN - 0 (IQSEC3 protein, human) RN - 0 (Iqsec3 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (gephyrin) RN - 51110-01-1 (Somatostatin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors/*deficiency/*metabolism MH - HEK293 Cells MH - Hippocampus/cytology/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Membrane Proteins/*metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Somatostatin/*metabolism MH - Synapses/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - ARF6 OT - GABA OT - IQSEC3 OT - dentate gyrus OT - epilepsy OT - excitation-inhibition balance OT - gephyrin OT - inhibitory synapse OT - somatostatin COIS- Declaration of Interests The authors declare no competing interests. EDAT- 2020/02/13 06:00 MHDA- 2021/03/09 06:00 CRDT- 2020/02/13 06:00 PHST- 2019/09/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/12/28 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/01/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/02/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/02/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/03/09 06:00 [medline] AID - S2211-1247(20)30078-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.01.053 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Rep. 2020 Feb 11;30(6):1995-2005.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.01.053.