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标题：Critical role of CRAG, a splicing variant of centaurin-γ3/AGAP3, in ELK1-dependent SRF activation at PML bodies
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作者：Shun Nagashima ; Keisuke Takeda ; Isshin Shiiba 等
期刊名称：Scientific Reports
电子版ISSN：2045-2322
出版年度：2019
卷号：9
期号：1
页码：1-10
DOI：10.1038/s41598-019-56559-9
出版社：Springer Nature
摘要：CRMP-5-associated GTPase (CRAG), a short splicing variant of centaurin-γ3/AGAP3, is predominantly expressed in the developing brain. We previously demonstrated that CRAG, but not centaurin-γ3, translocates to the nucleus and activates the serum response factor (SRF)-c-Fos pathway in cultured neuronal cells. However, the physiological relevance of CRAG in vivo is unknown. Here, we found that CRAG/centaurin-γ3-knockout mice showed intensively suppressed kainic acid-induced c-fos expression in the hippocampus. Analyses of molecular mechanisms underlying CRAG-mediated SRF activation revealed that CRAG has an essential role in GTPase activity, interacts with ELK1 (a co-activator of SRF), and activates SRF in an ELK1-dependent manner. Furthermore, CRAG and ELK1 interact with promyelocytic leukaemia bodies through SUMO-interacting motifs, which is required for SRF activation. These results suggest that CRAG plays a critical role in ELK1-dependent SRF-c-fos activation at promyelocytic leukaemia bodies in the developing brain.