Point mutation in an AMPA receptor gene rescues lethality in mice deficient in 
the RNA-editing enzyme ADAR2

Higuchi, Miyoko; Maas, Stefan; Single, Frank Nicolai; Hartner, Jochen C.; Rozov, Andrej; Burnashev, Nail; Feldmeyer, Dirk; Sprengel, Rolf; Seeburg, Peter H.

doi:10.1038/35017558

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Point mutation in an AMPA receptor gene rescues lethality in mice deficient in the RNA-editing enzyme ADAR2

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Higuchi, Miyoko
Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Max Planck Society;

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Maas, Stefan
Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Max Planck Society;

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Single, Frank Nicolai
Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Max Planck Society;

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Hartner, Jochen C.
Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Max Planck Society;

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Rozov, Andrej
Department of Cell Physiology, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Max Planck Society;
Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Max Planck Society;

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Burnashev, Nail
Department of Cell Physiology, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Max Planck Society;

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Feldmeyer, Dirk
Department of Cell Physiology, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Max Planck Society;

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Sprengel, Rolf
Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Max Planck Society;

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Seeburg, Peter H.
Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Max Planck Society;

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Higuchi, M., Maas, S., Single, F. N., Hartner, J. C., Rozov, A., Burnashev, N., et al. (2000). Point mutation in an AMPA receptor gene rescues lethality in mice deficient in the RNA-editing enzyme ADAR2. Nature, 406(6791), 78-81. doi:10.1038/35017558.

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Abstract

RNA editing by site-selective deamination of adenosine to inosine alters codons and splicing in nuclear transcripts, and therefore protein function. ADAR2 (refs 7, 8) is a candidate mammalian editing enzyme that is widely expressed in brain and other tissues, but its RNA substrates are unknown. Here we have studied ADAR2-mediated RNA editing by generating mice that are homozygous for a targeted functional null allele. Editing in ADAR2-/- mice was substantially reduced at most of 25 positions in diverse transcripts; the mutant mice became prone to seizures and died young. The impaired phenotype appeared to result entirely from a single underedited position, as it reverted to normal when both alleles for the underedited transcript were substituted with alleles encoding the edited version exonically. The critical position specifies an ion channel determinant, the Q/R site, in AMPA (alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate) receptor GluR-B pre-messenger RNA. We conclude that this transcript is the physiologically most important substrate of ADAR2.