2010
Delivery of GABAARs to Synapses Is Mediated by HAP1-KIF5 and Disrupted by Mutant Huntingtin
Twelvetrees A, Yuen E, Arancibia-Carcamo I, MacAskill A, Rostaing P, Lumb M, Humbert S, Triller A, Saudou F, Yan Z, Kittler J. Delivery of GABAARs to Synapses Is Mediated by HAP1-KIF5 and Disrupted by Mutant Huntingtin. Neuron 2010, 65: 53-65. PMID: 20152113, PMCID: PMC2841506, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.12.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuntingtin-associated protein 1Huntington's diseaseInhibitory postsynaptic currentsMutant huntingtinInhibitory synaptic currentsBrain excitabilityPostsynaptic currentsSynaptic inhibitionTherapeutic approachesSynaptic currentsDiseaseBrain information processingMolecular targetsSynapsesProtein 1Protein 5Protein huntingtinHuntingtinReceptorsPolyglutamine repeatsInhibitionGABAARsExcitability
2009
Ubiquitin-dependent lysosomal targeting of GABAA receptors regulates neuronal inhibition
Arancibia-Cárcamo I, Yuen E, Muir J, Lumb M, Michels G, Saliba R, Smart T, Yan Z, Kittler J, Moss S. Ubiquitin-dependent lysosomal targeting of GABAA receptors regulates neuronal inhibition. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2009, 106: 17552-17557. PMID: 19815531, PMCID: PMC2762659, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0905502106.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSynaptic inhibitionGamma2 subunitInhibitory transmissionCerebral ischemiaAnoxic insultNeuronal inhibitionGABAA receptorsExcitatory currentsSynaptic sitesLysosomal targetingPathological conditionsLysosomal activityUnknown mechanismInhibitionReceptorsMolecular mechanismsIntracellular domainTargetingPathwayIschemiaNeuropathologyEndocytic pathwayInsult