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The Evolution of Lipophilin Genes from Invertebrates to Tetrapods: DM-20 Cannot Replace Proteolipid Protein in CNS Myelin

Barbara Stecca, Cherie M. Southwood, Alexander Gragerov, Kevin A. Kelley, Victor L. Friedrich Jr, and Alexander Gow

Brookdale Center for Developmental and Molecular Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, 10029

The proteolipid protein (PLP) gene encodes two myelin-specific protein isoforms, DM-20 and PLP, which are members of the highly conserved lipophilin family of transmembrane proteins. While the functions of this family are poorly understood, the fact that null mutations of the PLP gene cause leukodystrophy in man is testament to the importance of DM-20 and PLP in normal CNS function. PLP differs from DM-20 by the presence of a 35 amino acid domain exposed to the cytoplasm, which is not encoded by other lipophilin genes and appears to have arisen in amphibians ~300 million years before present. However, the lipophilin gene family can be traced back at least 550 million years and is represented in Drosophila and silkworms. Thus, from an evolutionary perspective PLP can reasonably be anticipated to perform functions in CNS myelin that cannot be accomplished by other lipophilins. Herein we use a novel knock-in strategy to generate mice expressing wild-type levels of a Plp gene that has been modified to encode only DM-20. Although DM-20 is incorporated into functional compact myelin sheaths in young animals, our data show that the 35 amino acid PLP-specific peptide is required to engender the normal myelin period and to confer long-term stability on this multilamellar membrane.

Key words: CNS; Drosophila melanogaster; embryonic stem cells; cre recombinase; DM-20; homologous recombination; invertebrate; knock-out mice; lipophilin family; M6a; M6b; myelin; neurodegeneration; Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease; PLP; proteolipid protein; silkworm

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