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The Journal of Neuroscience, January 1, 2002, 22(1):176-182

Jerky, a Protein Deficient in a Mouse Epilepsy Model, Is Associated with Translationally Inactive mRNA in Neurons

Wencheng Liu¹, Jeremy Seto², Gerald Donovan³, and Miklos Toth^{1, 2}

¹ Department of Pharmacology, Weill Medical College and ² Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Cornell University, New York, New York 10021, and ³ Gene Expression, Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, New York 10591

Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is a common seizure disorder, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are unknown. We reported previously that inactivation of the jerky gene in mice causes recurrent limbic seizures highly similar to TLE. Electrophysiological studies showed abnormal firing in hippocampal neurons in these mice, but it is not known how a deficiency in the Jerky protein leads to neuronal hyperexcitability. Here we show that Jerky is a brain-specific protein with a high expression level in neurons. Jerky binds mRNAs with high affinity, and it is a component of messenger ribonucleoprotein complexes in vivo. However, Jerky is not associated with ribosomes and actively translating mRNAs. These data suggest that Jerky may regulate mRNA use in neurons, and its deficiency could lead to perturbations in the regulated use of preexisting mRNAs.

Key words: Jerky; epilepsy; seizure; neuron; animal model; RNA binding protein; RNA-protein interaction; mRNA; translation

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