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Prostate stem cell antigen is an endogenous lynx1-like prototoxin that antagonizes α7-containing nicotinic receptors and prevents programmed cell death of parasympathetic neurons

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Title:Prostate stem cell antigen is an endogenous lynx1-like prototoxin that antagonizes α7-containing nicotinic receptors and prevents programmed cell death of parasympathetic neurons
Creators Name:Hruska, M., Keefe, J., Wert, D., Tekinay, A.B., Hulce, J.J., Ibanez-Tallon, I. and Nishi, R.
Abstract:Vertebrate alpha-bungarotoxin-like molecules of the Ly-6 superfamily have been implicated as balancers of activity and survival in the adult nervous system. To determine whether a member of this family could be involved in the development of the avian ciliary ganglion, we identified 6 Gallus genes by their homology in structure to mouse lynx1 and lynx2. One of these genes, an ortholog of prostate stem cell antigen (psca), is barely detectable at embryonic day (E) 8, before neuronal cell loss in the ciliary ganglion, but increases >100-fold as the number of neurons begins to decline between E9 and E14. PSCA is highly expressed in chicken and mouse telencephalon and peripheral ganglia and correlates with expression of alpha7-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (alpha7-nAChRs). Misexpressing PSCA before cell death in the ciliary ganglion blocks alpha7-nAChR activation by nicotine and rescues the choroid subpopulation from dying. Thus, PSCA, a molecule previously identified as a marker of prostate cancer, is a member of the Ly-6 neurotoxin-like family in the nervous system, and is likely to play a role as a modulator of alpha7 signaling-induced cell death during development.
Keywords:Amino Acid Sequence, Apoptosis, Avian Proteins, Base Sequence, Parasympathetic Ganglia, Developmental Gene Expression Regulation, Membrane Glycoproteins, Molecular Sequence Data, Neoplasm Proteins, Neurons, Neuropeptides, Neurotoxins, Nicotinic Agonists, Nicotinic Antagonists, Nicotinic Receptors, Nucleic Acid Sequence Homology, Telencephalon, Animals, Chickens, Mice
Source:Journal of Neuroscience
ISSN:0270-6474
Publisher:Society for Neuroscience
Volume:29
Number:47
Page Range:14847-14854
Date:25 November 2009
Official Publication:https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2271-09.2009
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