Attenuated palmitoylation of serotonin receptor 5-HT1A affects receptor function and contributes to depression-like behaviors.

The serotonergic system and in particular serotonin 1A receptor (5-HT1AR) are implicated in major depressive disorder (MDD). Here we demonstrated that 5-HT1AR is palmitoylated in human and rodent brains, and identified ZDHHC21 as a major palmitoyl acyltransferase, whose depletion reduced palmitoylation and consequently signaling functions of 5-HT1AR. Two rodent models for depression-like behavior show reduced brain ZDHHC21 expression and attenuated 5-HT1AR palmitoylation. Moreover, selective knock-down of ZDHHC21 in the murine forebrain induced depression-like behavior. We also identified the microRNA miR-30e as a negative regulator of Zdhhc21 expression. Through analysis of the post-mortem brain samples in individuals with MDD that died by suicide we find that miR-30e expression is increased, while ZDHHC21 expression, as well as palmitoylation of 5-HT1AR, are reduced within the prefrontal cortex. Our study suggests that downregulation of 5-HT1AR palmitoylation is a mechanism involved in depression, making the restoration of 5-HT1AR palmitoylation a promising clinical strategy for the treatment of MDD.

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Nataliya Gorinski, Monika Bijata, Sonal Prasad, Alexander Wirth, Dalia Abdel Galil, Andre Zeug, Daria Bazovkina, Elena Kondaurova, Elizabeth Kulikova, Tatiana Ilchibaeva, Monika Zareba-Koziol, Francesco Papaleo, Diego Scheggia, Gaga Kochlamazashvili, Alexander Dityatev, Ian Smyth, Adam Krzystyniak, Jakub Wlodarczyk, Diethelm W Richter, Tatyana Strekalova, Stephan Sigrist, Claudia Bang, Lisa Hobuß, Jan Fiedler, Thomas Thum, Vladimir S Naumenko, Ghanshyam Pandey, Evgeni Ponimaskin. Attenuated palmitoylation of serotonin receptor 5-HT1A affects receptor function and contributes to depression-like behaviors. Nature communications. 2019 Sep 02;10(1):3924

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