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ATP-binding cassette subfamily A member 13 (ABCA13) is predicted to be the largest ABC protein, consisting of 5058 amino acids and a long N-terminal region. Mutations in the ABCA13 gene were reported to increase the susceptibility to schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression. However, little is known about the molecular functions of ABCA13 or how they associate with psychiatric disorders. Here, we examined the biochemical activity of ABCA13 using HEK293 cells transfected with mouse ABCA13. The expression of ABCA13 induced the internalization of cholesterol and gangliosides from the plasma membrane to intracellular vesicles. Cholesterol internalization by ABCA13 required the long N-terminal region and ATP hydrolysis. To examine the physiological roles of ABCA13, we generated Abca13 KO mice using CRISPR/Cas and found that these mice exhibited deficits of prepulse inhibition. Vesicular cholesterol accumulation and synaptic vesicle endocytosis were impaired in primary cultures of Abca13 KO cortical neurons. Furthermore, mutations in ABCA13 gene associated with psychiatric disorders disrupted the protein's subcellular localization and impaired cholesterol trafficking. These findings suggest that ABCA13 accelerates cholesterol internalization by endocytic retrograde transport in neurons and that loss of this function is associated with the pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders. Copyright © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Mitsuhiro Nakato, Naoko Shiranaga, Maiko Tomioka, Hitomi Watanabe, Junko Kurisu, Mineko Kengaku, Naoko Komura, Hiromune Ando, Yasuhisa Kimura, Noriyuki Kioka, Kazumitsu Ueda. ABCA13 dysfunction associated with psychiatric disorders causes impaired cholesterol trafficking. The Journal of biological chemistry. 2021 Jan-Jun;296:100166

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