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Title: | GPR37 Receptors and Megalencephalic Leukoencephalopathy with Subcortical Cysts |
Author: | Pla Casillanis, Adrià Ferigle, Laura Alonso Gardón, Marta Xicoy Espaulella, Efren Errasti Murugarren, Ekaitz Marazziti, Daniela Estévez, Raúl |
Keywords: | Malalties cerebrals Neuròglia Brain diseases Neuroglia |
Issue Date: | 16-May-2022 |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Abstract: | Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts (MLC) is a rare type of vacuolating leukodystrophy (white matter disorder), which is mainly caused by defects in MLC1 or glial cell adhesion molecule (GlialCAM) proteins. In addition, autoantibodies to GlialCAM are involved in the pathology of multiple sclerosis. MLC1 and GLIALCAM genes encode for membrane proteins of unknown function, which has been linked to the regulation of different ion channels and transporters, such as the chloride channel VRAC (volume regulated anion channel), ClC-2 (chloride channel 2), and connexin 43 or the Na+/K+-ATPase pump. However, the mechanisms by which MLC proteins regulate these ion channels and transporters, as well as the exact function of MLC proteins remain obscure. It has been suggested that MLC proteins might regulate signalling pathways, but the mechanisms involved are, at present, unknown. With the aim of answering these questions, we have recently described the brain GlialCAM interactome. Within the identified proteins, we could validate the interaction with several G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), including the orphan GPRC5B and the proposed prosaposin receptors GPR37L1 and GPR37. In this review, we summarize new aspects of the pathophysiology of MLC disease and key aspects of the interaction between GPR37 receptors and MLC proteins. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23105528 |
It is part of: | International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022, vol. 23, num. 10 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/187073 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23105528 |
ISSN: | 1422-0067 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d'lnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL)) Articles publicats en revistes (Ciències Fisiològiques) |
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