CDB25:0003933 LRRTM4 — PTPRS

Experimentally validated in Rat; Orthology-inferred in Human, Mouse, Frog, Zebrafish, Chicken, Macaque, Pig, Dog, Cow, Chimp, Horse, Marmoset, Sheep

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PTPσ functions as a presynaptic receptor for the glypican-4/LRRTM4 complex and is essential for excitatory synaptic transmission.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2015; PubMed, Rattus norvegicus Lrrtm4 — Rattus norvegicus Ptprs
ABSTRACT: Leukocyte common antigen-related receptor protein tyrosine phosphatases--comprising LAR, PTPδ, and PTPσ--are synaptic adhesion molecules that organize synapse development. Here, we identify glypican 4 (GPC-4) as a ligand for PTPσ. GPC-4 showed strong (nanomolar) affinity and heparan sulfate (HS)-dependent interaction with the Ig domains of PTPσ. PTPσ bound only to proteolytically cleaved GPC-4 and formed additional complex with leucine-rich repeat transmembrane protein 4 (LRRTM4) in rat brains. Moreover, single knockdown (KD) of PTPσ, but not LAR, in cultured neurons significantly reduced the synaptogenic activity of LRRTM4, a postsynaptic ligand of GPC-4, in heterologous synapse-formation assays. Finally, PTPσ KD dramatically decreased both the frequency and amplitude of excitatory synaptic transmission. This effect was reversed by wild-type PTPσ, but not by a HS-binding-defective PTPσ mutant. Our results collectively suggest that presynaptic PTPσ, together with GPC-4, acts in a HS-dependent manner to maintain excitatory synapse development and function.
Basic Information on LRRTM4
Ligand Name: leucine rich repeat transmembrane neuronal 4
Other Symbols: FLJ12568
Ligand Location: cell membrane based on perplexity, uniprot
HGNC Gene Symbol Report: LRRTM4
GeneCards: LRRTM4
HGNC Gene Group: unknown
Interactions with other Receptors for LRRTM4
Basic Information on PTPRS
Receptor Name: protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor type S
Other Symbols: PTPsigma, PTP-sigma
Receptor Location: cell membrane based on hpa, perplexity, uniprot