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Chan CCM, Wong AK, Liu J, Steeves JD, Tetzlaff W. ROCK inhibition with Y27632 activates astrocytes and increases their expression of neurite growth-inhibitory chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans. Glia 2007; 55:369-84. [PMID: 17136770 DOI: 10.1002/glia.20466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Inhibition of Rho-kinase (ROCK) with Y27632 stimulates sprouting by injured corticospinal tract and dorsal column tract axons, and accelerates functional recovery. However, regeneration of these axons across the glial scar was not observed. Here we examined the effects of Y27632 treatment on chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (CSPG) expression by astrocytes, which are a key component of the reactive gliosis inhibiting axonal regeneration. In vivo, rats underwent a dorsal column transection and were treated with Y27632 via intrathecal pump infusion. Compared with controls, Y27632-treated injury sites displayed exaggerated upregulation of glial fibrillary acid protein and neurocan immunoreactivity along the lesion edge. In vitro, astrocytes assumed a reactive morphology (stellate shape) and increased their expression of CSPGs after Y27632 treatment. Neurite growth by dissociated cortical neurons decreased when cultured on the extracellular matrix (ECM) derived from Y27632-treated astrocytes. This decrease in neurite growth was reversed with chondroitinase-ABC (ChABC) digestion, indicating that the inhibition was due to CSPG depositions within the ECM. Interestingly, conditioned medium (CM) from untreated astrocytes was inhibitory to neurite growth, which was overcome by ChABC digestion. Such inhibitory activity was not found in the CM of Y27632-treated astrocytes. Taken together, these data support a model where ROCK inhibition by Y27632 modifies astrocytic processing of CSPGs, and increases the presence of CSPGs within the ECM while reduces CSPGs in the CM (cerebrospinal fluid in vivo). This increased expression of inhibitory CSPGs in the ECM of the glial scar may counteract the growth promoting effects of ROCK inhibition on axonal growth cones.
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- Carmen C M Chan
- International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Liu BP, Cafferty WB, Budel SO, Strittmatter SM. Extracellular regulators of axonal growth in the adult central nervous system. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2006; 361:1593-610. [PMID: 16939977 PMCID: PMC1664666 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Robust axonal growth is required during development to establish neuronal connectivity. However, stable fibre patterns are necessary to maintain adult mammalian central nervous system (CNS) function. After adult CNS injury, factors that maintain axonal stability limit the recovery of function. Extracellular molecules play an important role in preserving the stability of the adult CNS axons and in restricting recovery from pathological damage. Adult axonal growth inhibitors include a group of proteins on the oligodendrocyte, Nogo-A, myelin-associated glycoprotein, oligodendrocyte-myelin glycoprotein and ephrin-B3, which interact with axonal receptors, such as NgR1 and EphA4. Extracellular proteoglycans containing chondroitin sulphates also inhibit axonal sprouting in the adult CNS, particularly at the sites of astroglial scar formation. Therapeutic perturbations of these extracellular axonal growth inhibitors and their receptors or signalling mechanisms provide a degree of axonal sprouting and regeneration in the adult CNS. After CNS injury, such interventions support a partial return of neurological function.
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of MedicinePO Box 208018, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Lin HW, Basu A, Druckman C, Cicchese M, Krady JK, Levison SW. Astrogliosis is delayed in type 1 interleukin-1 receptor-null mice following a penetrating brain injury. J Neuroinflammation 2006; 3:15. [PMID: 16808851 PMCID: PMC1533808 DOI: 10.1186/1742-2094-3-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2006] [Accepted: 06/30/2006] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The cytokines IL-1α and IL-1β are induced rapidly after insults to the CNS, and their subsequent signaling through the type 1 IL-1 receptor (IL-1R1) has been regarded as essential for a normal astroglial and microglial/macrophage response. To determine whether abrogating signaling through the IL-1R1 will alter the cardinal astrocytic responses to injury, we analyzed molecules characteristic of activated astrocytes in response to a penetrating stab wound in wild type mice and mice with a targeted deletion of IL-1R1. Here we show that after a stab wound injury, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) induction on a per cell basis is delayed in the IL-1R1-null mice compared to wild type counterparts. However, the induction of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans, tenascin, S-100B as well as glutamate transporter proteins, GLAST and GLT-1, and glutamine synthetase are independent of IL-1RI signaling. Cumulatively, our studies on gliosis in the IL-1R1-null mice indicate that abrogating IL-1R1 signaling delays some responses of astroglial activation; however, many of the important neuroprotective adaptations of astrocytes to brain trauma are preserved. These data recommend the continued development of therapeutics to abrogate IL-1R1 signaling to treat traumatic brain injuries. However, astroglial scar related proteins were induced irrespective of blocking IL-1R1 signaling and thus, other therapeutic strategies will be required to inhibit glial scarring.
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- Hsiao-Wen Lin
- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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- National Brain Research Centre, Gurgaon – 122 050, India
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- Dept. of Neural and Behavioral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Dept. of Neural and Behavioral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Dept. of Neural and Behavioral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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Ichijo H. Restricted distribution of D-unit-rich chondroitin sulfate carbohydrate chains in the neuropil encircling the optic tract and on a subset of retinal axons in chick embryos. J Comp Neurol 2006; 495:470-9. [PMID: 16485291 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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To obtain basic information about the structural diversity and functional specificity of chondroitin sulfates (CSs) in the formation of the retinotectal pathway in chick embryos, the distribution of CSs around the optic tract was investigated by using anti-CS monoclonal antibodies with different specificities. The CSs are unbranched polymers composed of repeating disaccharide units of glucuronic acid (GlcA) and N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc). The disaccharide units are classified into O-, A-, C-, D-, and E-units based on the position(s) of the added sulfate group(s). The MO-225 monoclonal antibody recognizes CSs that are rich in the D-unit [GlcA(2S)beta1-3GalNAc(6S)]; the MO-225 epitopes were distributed in the diencephalotelencephalic boundary and the neuropil encircling the optic tract. In addition, they were distributed on membrane surfaces of the retinal axons running in an interface layer in contact with the neuropil encircling the optic tract. The results suggest that D-unit-rich CSs are involved in delimiting the border of the optic tract and in the chronological sorting of the retinal axons.
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- Hiroyuki Ichijo
- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan.
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Ida M, Shuo T, Hirano K, Tokita Y, Nakanishi K, Matsui F, Aono S, Fujita H, Fujiwara Y, Kaji T, Oohira A. Identification and Functions of Chondroitin Sulfate in the Milieu of Neural Stem Cells. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:5982-91. [PMID: 16373347 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m507130200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The behavior of cells is generally considered to be regulated by environmental factors, but the molecules in the milieu of neural stem cells have been little studied. We found by immunohistochemistry that chondroitin sulfate (CS) existed in the surroundings of nestin-positive cells or neural stem/progenitor cells in the rat ventricular zone of the telencephalon at embryonic day 14. Brain-specific chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs), including neurocan, phosphacan/receptor-type protein-tyrosine phosphatase beta, and neuroglycan C, were detected in the ventricular zone. Neurospheres formed by cells from the fetal telencephalon also expressed these CSPGs and NG2 proteoglycan. To examine the structural features and functions of CS polysaccharides in the milieu of neural stem cells, we isolated and purified CS from embryonic day 14 telencephalons. The CS preparation consisted of two fractions differing in size and extent of sulfation: small CS polysaccharides with low sulfation and large CS polysaccharides with high sulfation. Interestingly, both CS polysaccharides and commercial preparations of dermatan sulfate CS-B and an E-type of highly sulfated CS promoted the fibroblast growth factor-2-mediated proliferation of neural stem/progenitor cells. None of these CS preparations promoted the epidermal growth factor-mediated neural stem cell proliferation. These results suggest that these CSPGs are involved in the proliferation of neural stem cells as a group of cell microenvironmental factors.
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- Michiru Ida
- Department of Perinatology, Institute for Developmental Research, Aichi Human Service Center, Kasugai, Aichi 480-0392, Japan
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Shimazaki Y, Nagata I, Ishii M, Tanaka M, Marunouchi T, Hata T, Maeda N. Developmental change and function of chondroitin sulfate deposited around cerebellar Purkinje cells. J Neurosci Res 2006; 82:172-83. [PMID: 16175577 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Chondroitin sulfate is a long sulfated polysaccharide with enormous structural heterogeneity that binds with various proteins, such as growth factors, in a structure-dependent manner. In this study, we analyzed the expression of chondroitin sulfate in the postnatally developing cerebellar cortex by using three monoclonal antibodies against chondroitin sulfate, MO-225, 2H6, and CS-56, which recognize different structural domains in this polysaccharide. During the first postnatal week, the patterns of immunohistochemical staining made by these antibodies were quite similar, and the molecular layer, the granule cell layer, and Bergmann glial fibers in the external granular layer were densely stained. After postnatal day 12 (P12), the expression of 2H6 epitopes was down-regulated in the molecular layer, and the expression of CS-56 epitopes in this layer was also reduced after P16. On the other hand, the strong expression of MO-225 epitopes, GlcA(2S)beta1-3GalNAc(6S) (D unit)-containing structures, remained until adulthood. These chondroitin sulfate epitopes were observed around Purkinje cells, including cell soma and dendrites. Detailed immunohistochemical analysis suggested that chondroitin sulfate was deposited between Purkinje cell surfaces and the processes of Bergmann glia. Furthermore, the amount of pleiotrophin, a heparin-binding growth factor, in the cultured cerebellar slices was remarkably diminished after treatment with chondroitinase ABC or D unit-rich chondroitin sulfate. With the previous findings that pleiotrophin binds to D unit-rich chondroitin sulfate, we suggest that the D-type structure is important for the signaling of pleiotrophin, which plays roles in Purkinje cell-Bergmann glia interaction, and that the structural changes of chondroitin sulfate regulate this signaling pathway.
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- Yumiko Shimazaki
- Department of Developmental Neuroscience, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience, Tokyo, Japan
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Matsui F, Oohira A. Isolation, purification, and analysis of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans. ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY (SAN DIEGO, CALIF.) 2006; 53:3-20. [PMID: 17239759 DOI: 10.1016/s1054-3589(05)53001-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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- Fumiko Matsui
- Department of Perinatology Institute for Developmental Research Aichi Human Service Center Kasugai, Aichi 480-0392, Japan
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Li HP, Oohira A, Ogawa M, Kawamura K, Kawano H. Aberrant trajectory of thalamocortical axons associated with abnormal localization of neurocan immunoreactivity in the cerebral neocortex of reeler mutant mice. Eur J Neurosci 2005; 22:2689-96. [PMID: 16324103 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04491.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We examined the molecular mechanisms underlying the formation of the thalamocortical pathway in the cerebral neocortex of normal and reeler mutant mice. During normal development of the mouse neocortex, thalamic axons immunoreactive for the neural cell adhesion molecule L1 rarely invaded the cortical plate and ran centered in the subplate which is immunoreactive for neurocan, a brain-specific chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan. On the other hand, in homozygous reeler mutant mice, thalamic axons took an aberrant course to run obliquely through the cortical plate. Injection of bromodeoxyuridine at embryonic day 11 specifically labeled subplate neurons in normal mice, whilst in the reeler neocortex it labeled cells scattered in the cortical plate as well as in the superficial layer (superplate). Neurocan immunoreactivity was associated with the bromodeoxyuridine-positive cells in the superplate, as well as being present in oblique bands within the cortical plate, along which L1-bearing thalamic axons preferentially ran. The present results support our previous hypothesis proposed for normal rats that a heterophilic molecular interaction between L1 and neurocan is involved in determining the thalamocortical pathway within the neocortical anlage [T. Fukuda et al. (1997) Journal of Comparative Neurology, 382, 141-152].
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- Hong-Peng Li
- Department of Developmental Morphology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience, 2-6 Musashidai, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8526, Japan
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McQuillen PS, Ferriero DM. Perinatal subplate neuron injury: implications for cortical development and plasticity. Brain Pathol 2005; 15:250-60. [PMID: 16196392 PMCID: PMC8096042 DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2005.tb00528.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Perinatal brain injury may result in widespread deficits in visual, motor and cognitive systems suggesting disrupted brain development. Neurosensory and cognitive impairment are observed at increasing frequency with decreasing gestational ages, suggesting a unique vulnerability of the developing brain. The peak of human subplate neuron development coincides with the gestational ages of highest vulnerability to perinatal brain injury in the premature infant. At the same time, human thalamocortical connections are forming and being refined by activity-dependent mechanisms during critical periods. Subplate neurons are the first cortical neurons to mature and are selectively vulnerable to early hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in animal models. Timing of subplate neuron death determines the resulting defect in thalamocortical development: very early excitotoxic subplate neuron death results in failure of thalamocortical innervation, while later subplate neuron death interferes with the refinement of thalamocortical connections into mature circuits. We suggest that subplate neuron injury may be a central component of perinatal brain injury resulting in specific neurodevelopmental consequences.
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- P S McQuillen
- Department of Pediatrics, Box 0106, University of California San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94143-0106, USA.
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Koga T, Inatani M, Hirata A, Inomata Y, Zako M, Kimata K, Oohira A, Gotoh T, Mori M, Tanihara H. Expression of a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan, versican (PG-M), during development of rat cornea. Curr Eye Res 2005; 30:455-63. [PMID: 16020278 DOI: 10.1080/02713680590959376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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PURPOSE To understand the role of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans during the development of rat cornea, expression of chondroitin sulfate and versican (PG-M) was studied. METHODS Chondroitin sulfate and keratan sulfate in rat cornea were analyzed by immunohistochemical techniques. Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans was performed. Versican expression was studied by RT-PCR, immunohistochemical, and dot blot analyses. Expression of hyaluronan was evaluated histochemically using biotinylated hyaluronan binding protein. RESULTS Chondroitin sulfate was abundant in rat cornea at postnatal day 1 (P1) and became undetectable at P14. RT-PCR analysis showed that versican mRNA was highly expressed at P1 but was little expressed at P42. mRNAs for other chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans including biglycan, aggrecan, and decorin did not change much between P1 and P42. Expression for all versican splicing isoforms (V0-V3) was detectable from P1 through P14 but was undetectable after P21. mRNA for V0, the largest form with many chondroitin sulfate binding sites, decreased markedly in early stages from P1 to P14, whereas mRNA for V3, the shortest form with no chondroitin sulfate binding site, increased. mRNAs for middle-sized forms, V1 and V2, remained little changed during these periods. Immunohistochemical and dot blot analyses showed that versican is highly expressed at early stages of development and little expressed at adulthood. Similarly, hyaluronan, a versican-bound glycosaminoglycan, was highly expressed at early stages and little expressed at adulthood. CONCLUSIONS Versican and hyaluronan, which can form a large molecular complex, may play an important role in the early phase of corneal development.
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- Takahisa Koga
- Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Science and Molecular Genetics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Honjo 2-2-1, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan.
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Kawano H, Li HP, Sango K, Kawamura K, Raisman G. Inhibition of collagen synthesis overrides the age-related failure of regeneration of nigrostriatal dopaminergic axons. J Neurosci Res 2005; 80:191-202. [PMID: 15742363 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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To investigate the mechanism of the age-related failure of regeneration of transected axons, nigrostriatal dopaminergic axons were unilaterally transected in the lateral hypothalamus in adult mice and in immature mice aged postnatal days 7, 14, and 21. Ten days after the transection, tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive axons had regenerated from caudally to rostrally across the lesion site in mice transected at postnatal day 7, whereas they stopped and did not extend across the lesion site in mice transected at postnatal day 14 or older. Reactive astrocytes bearing chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans were observed around the lesion in mice transected at all ages. However, a fibrotic scar containing type IV collagen-immunoreactive deposits, which was consistently formed at the lesion site in mice transected at postnatal day 14 or older, was not formed in mice lesioned at postnatal day 7. When 2,2'-dipyridyl, an inhibitor of collagen synthesis, was injected into the lesion site at the time of transection in both postnatal day 14 and adult mice, the deposition of type IV collagen and the formation of a fibrotic scar were completely prevented, and large numbers of tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive axons extended across the lesion and reinnervated the striatum. These results imply that the fibrotic scar formed in the lesion site is a crucial impediment to the regeneration of ascending dopaminergic axons in adult mice and suggest that type IV collagen is required for the development of the fibrotic response to adult brain injury.
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- Hitoshi Kawano
- Department of Developmental Morphology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan.
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Li HP, Honma S, Miki T, Takeuchi Y, Takeuchi K, Kawano H. Multiple defects in the formation of rat cortical axonal pathways following prenatal X-ray irradiation. Eur J Neurosci 2005; 21:1847-58. [PMID: 15869480 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04018.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Prenatal X-ray irradiation is known to result in severe defects of neuronal migration and laminar formation in the cerebral cortex. We examined the formation of cortical afferent and efferent pathways in rats that had been exposed to X-ray irradiation (1.0 Gy) at embryonic day 14 (E14), by birthdating with bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) and axonal labeling with 1-1'-dioctodecyl-3,3,3',3'- tetramethyl-indocarbocyanine perchlorate (DiI), in addition to immunohistochemical staining for various axonal markers including neurofilament, and cell adhesion molecules L1 and TAG-1. The results obtained were as follows. (i) The neuroepithelium formed germinal rosettes and concavities in the cortical anlage from 2 days after irradiation. Neurons generated in the neuroepithelium accumulated to form subcortical heterotopia and obstructed pathway formation in the intermediate zone, resulting in an aberrant trajectory of TAG-1-immunoreactive cortical efferent axons. (ii) In rats exposed to X-ray irradiation at E14, cystic cavities were formed in the cortex-striatum boundary region between E15 and E17, probably because of delayed cell death of neurons generated at E14. These cavities transiently interrupted both cortical afferent (L1-positive) and efferent (TAG-1-positive) axons. (iii) X-ray irradiation at E14 partially destroyed subplate neurons (transient targets of thalamic afferent axons) and disturbed the arrangement of the subplate layer. This resulted in a misrouting of neurofilament- and L1-immunoreactive thalamocortical axons that obliquely traversed the cortical plate to run up to the superficial layer. The present study demonstrates for the first time that X-ray irradiation during initial cortical development causes multiple defects in the formation of cortical afferent and efferent pathways.
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- Hong-Peng Li
- Department of Developmental Morphology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience, 2-6 Musashidai, Fuchu, 183-8526, Japan
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Deguchi K, Takaishi M, Hayashi T, Oohira A, Nagotani S, Li F, Jin G, Nagano I, Shoji M, Miyazaki M, Abe K, Huh NH. Expression of neurocan after transient middle cerebral artery occlusion in adult rat brain. Brain Res 2005; 1037:194-9. [PMID: 15777769 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2004] [Revised: 12/06/2004] [Accepted: 12/08/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Neurocan is one of the major chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans in the nervous tissues. The expression and proteolytic cleavage of neurocan are developmentally regulated in the normal rat brain, and the full-length neurocan is detected in juvenile brains but not in normal adult brains. Recently, some studies showed that the full-length neurocan was detectable even in the adult brain when it was exposed to mechanical incision or epileptic stimulation. In the present study, we demonstrated by Western blot analysis that the full-length neurocan transiently appeared in the peri-ischemic region of transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (tMCAO) in adult rat with a peak level at 4 days after tMCAO. Immunohistochemical analysis showed that a clear positive signal of neurocan was observed 4 days after tMCAO in the peri-ischemic region of cerebral cortex and caudate, where cells strongly positive in GFAP expression were also distributed. These results indicate that accumulation of the full-length neurocan produced by reactive astrocytes may be one of the processes for tissue repair and reconstruction of neural networks after focal brain ischemia as well.
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- Kentaro Deguchi
- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama University, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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Smith GM, Strunz C. Growth factor and cytokine regulation of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans by astrocytes. Glia 2005; 52:209-18. [PMID: 15968632 DOI: 10.1002/glia.20236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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After injury to the adult central nervous system (CNS), numerous cytokines and growth factors are released that contribute to reactive gliosis and extracellular matrix production. In vitro examination of these cytokines revealed that the presence of transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) and epidermal growth factor (EGF) greatly increased the production of several chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPG) by astrocytes. Treatment of astrocytes with other EGF-receptor (ErbB1) ligands, such as TGF-alpha and HB-EGF, produced increases in CSPG production similar to those observed with EGF. Treatment of astrocytes, however, with heregulin, which signals through other members of the EGF-receptor family (ErbB2, ErbB3, ErbB4), did not induce CSPG upregulation. The specificity of activation through the ErbB1 receptor was further verified by using a selective antagonist (AG1478) to this tyrosine kinase receptor. Western blot analysis of astrocyte supernatant pre-digested with chondroitinase ABC indicated the presence of multiple core proteins containing 4-sulfated or 6-sulfated chondroitin. To identify some of these CSPGs, Western blots were screened using antibodies to several known CSPG core proteins. These analyses showed that treatment of astrocytes with EGF increased phosphacan expression, whereas treatment with TGF-beta1 increased neurocan expression. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to examine the expression of these molecules in vivo, which result in increased expression of TGF-beta1, EGF-receptor, neurocan, and phosphacan after injury to the brain. These data begin to elucidate some of the injury-induced growth factors that regulate the expression of CSPGs which could be targeted in the future to modulate CSPG production after injury to the central nervous system.
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- George M Smith
- Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY 40536-0298, USA.
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Matsui F, Kakizawa H, Nishizuka M, Hirano K, Shuo T, Ida M, Tokita Y, Aono S, Keino H, Oohira A. Changes in the amounts of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans in rat brain after neonatal hypoxia-ischemia. J Neurosci Res 2005; 81:837-45. [PMID: 16041802 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans have been shown to participate in the pathogenesis of neuronal damages in the injured adult central nervous system (CNS). Upregulated expression of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans has been reported around the injured sites and depletion of these chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans brings about increased axonal regeneration in the injured adult CNS. To examine if chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans are also involved in the pathologic process of hypoxia-ischemia in the neonatal brain, expressions of three chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans, neurocan, phosphacan, and neuroglycan C, were examined in rat brains after neonatal hypoxia-ischemia. Hypoxic-ischemic rats were produced by ligating the right carotid artery of 7-day-old rats, followed by 8% oxygen exposure. Western blot analysis revealed that in contrast to injured adult CNS, the amount of neurocan was reduced 24 hr after hypoxia in the neonatal hypoxic-ischemic cerebral hemisphere. The amounts of phosphacan and neuroglycan C were also reduced significantly 24 hr after hypoxia at the right injured cortex compared to those at the left cortex. Surprisingly, the immunohistologic staining for phosphacan was conversely intensified both at 24 hr and 8 days after hypoxia at the infarcted area. In addition, the habenula and fascicules retroflexus in the right cerebral hemisphere degenerated and became intensely immunostained with the anti-phosphacan antibody shortly after hypoxia. Hypoxic-ischemic insult may unmask phosphacan epitopes at the injured sites, resulting in intensified immunostaining. Because intensified immunostaining for neurocan and neuroglycan C was not observed, unmasking seems to be specific to phosphacan among these three chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans.
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- Fumiko Matsui
- Department of Perinatology, Institute for Developmental Research, Aichi Human Service Center,Kasugai, Aichi, Japan.
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Proteoglycan is a family of glycoproteins which carry covalently-linked glycosaminoglycan chains, such as chondroitin sulfate and heparan sulfate. Proteoglycans are believed to play important roles in morphogenesis and maintenance of various tissues including the central nervous system (CNS) through interactions with cell adhesion molecules and growth factors. In the CNS, a significant amount of evidence has been accumulated to show that proteoglycans function as modulators in various cellular events not only in the development, but also in the pathogenesis of neuronal diseases and lesions. When the CNS is injured, several chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPG) are up-regulated in glial scars formed around the lesion site. The glial scar also contains some molecules inhibitory to axonal growth, such as myelin-associated glycoprotein, Nogo, and Semaphorin. In vitro studies revealed that CSPG largely exert a repulsive effect on axonal regeneration, and a signal from CSPG modulates the actin cytoskeleton of outgrowing neurites through the Rho/ROCK pathway. These findings suggest that CSPG are responsible for unsuccessful axonal regeneration in glial scars. Various attempts to overcome the inhibitory effect of CSPG have been pursued in vivo. Digestion of chondroitin sulfate chains by chondroitinase ABC, suppression of CSPG core protein synthesis by decorin, suppression of glycosaminoglycan chain synthesis by a DNA enzyme, and inhibition of the Rho/ROCK pathway with specific inhibitors were all successful for increasing axonal regeneration. For a clinical application, the most effective combination of these treatments needs to be examined in the future.
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- Fumiko Matsui
- Department of Perinatology, Institute for Developmental Research, Aichi Human Service Center, Kasugai, Aichi 480-0392, Japan.
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Kinugasa Y, Ishiguro H, Tokita Y, Oohira A, Ohmoto H, Higashiyama S. Neuroglycan C, a novel member of the neuregulin family. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 321:1045-9. [PMID: 15358134 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.07.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2004] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Neuroglycan C (NGC) is a transmembrane chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan expressed predominantly in the brain that possesses an EGF-like extracellular domain. The goal of the present study was to determine whether NGC may activate ErbB tyrosine kinases. A recombinant human NGC extracellular domain induced tyrosine phosphorylation of ErbB2 and ErbB3 as well as cell growth of the human breast tumor cell lines, T47D and MDA-MB-453. In vitro pull-down assay revealed that NGC could directly bind to a recombinant ErbB3-immunoglobulin Fc fusion protein (ErbB3-Fc) but not to ErbB1-Fc, ErbB2-Fc or ErbB4-Fc. A newly established anti-ErbB3 neutralizing monoclonal antibody (#5C3) almost completely blocked NGC-induced ErbB activation in MDA-MB-453 cells. Taken together, these data indicate that NGC is an active growth factor and a direct ligand for ErbB3 and that NGC transactivates ErbB2. Thus, NGC should be classified as the sixth member (neuregulin-6) of the neuregulin family.
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- Yumi Kinugasa
- Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Cellular and Molecular Genetics, Ehime University School of Medicine, Shitukawa, Shigenobu-cho, Onsen-gun, Ehime 791-0295, Japan
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Miyata S, Akagi A, Hayashi N, Watanabe K, Oohira A. Activity-dependent regulation of a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 6B4 phosphacan/RPTPbeta in the hypothalamic supraoptic nucleus. Brain Res 2004; 1017:163-71. [PMID: 15261112 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.05.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/10/2004] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The hypothalamic magnocellular neurons, synthesizing arginine vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin, are well known to show structural plasticity during chronic physiological stimulation. We have previously reported that 6B4 phosphacan/receptor-type protein-tyrosine phosphatasebeta (RPTPbeta), a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan is highly expressed in the supraoptic nucleus (SON) of adult hypothalamus. Here, we undertook to study the activity-dependent regulation of 6B4 phosphacan/RPTPbeta in this system. Double labeling confocal microscopy demonstrated in the SON that 6B4 phosphacan/RPTPbeta-immunoreactive perineuronal nets were seen around AVP-containing somata and dendrites and its distribution pattern was well coincided with that of TAG-1. Quantitative immunohistochemical and Western analyses showed that 1-week salt loading, known as the chronic physiological stimulation for inducing the structural changes such as synaptic remodeling and direct neuronal membrane apposition, decreased 6B4 phosphacan/RPTPbeta levels in the SON, but did not alter TAG-1 levels. The 6B4 phosphacan/RPTPbeta levels were returned to control basal values within 3 weeks after the cessation of the chronic stimulation. Activity-dependent decreases in 6B4 phosphacan/RPTPbeta levels of the SON were confirmed when Western and immunohistochemical samples were digested with chondroitinase ABC, indicating that the decrease in 6B4 phosphacan/RPTPbeta levels was due to disappearance of 6B4 phosphacan/RPTPbeta core protein rather than increase in chondroitin sulfate glycosaminoglycans. With electron microscopy, the electron-dense immunoproducts for 6B4 phosphacan/RPTPbeta were found on the membrane surface of axons and glial processes, but not at synaptic junctions in control SON, and its immunoreactivity was eliminated with the chronic salt loading. The present results indicate that the levels of 6B4 phosphacan/RPTPbeta are regulated with activity-dependent manner and may be concerned with the structural plasticity seen in the SON.
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- Seiji Miyata
- Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan.
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Sandvig A, Berry M, Barrett LB, Butt A, Logan A. Myelin-, reactive glia-, and scar-derived CNS axon growth inhibitors: expression, receptor signaling, and correlation with axon regeneration. Glia 2004; 46:225-51. [PMID: 15048847 DOI: 10.1002/glia.10315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 285] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Axon regeneration is arrested in the injured central nervous system (CNS) by axon growth-inhibitory ligands expressed in oligodendrocytes/myelin, NG2-glia, and reactive astrocytes in the lesion and degenerating tracts, and by fibroblasts in scar tissue. Growth cone receptors (Rc) bind inhibitory ligands, activating a Rho-family GTPase intracellular signaling pathway that disrupts the actin cytoskeleton inducing growth cone collapse/repulsion. The known inhibitory ligands include the chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPG) Neurocan, Brevican, Phosphacan, Tenascin, and NG2, as either membrane-bound or secreted molecules; Ephrins expressed on astrocyte/fibroblast membranes; the myelin/oligodendrocyte-derived growth inhibitors Nogo, MAG, and OMgp; and membrane-bound semaphorins (Sema) produced by meningeal fibroblasts invading the scar. No definitive CSPG Rc have been identified, although intracellular signaling through the Rho family of G-proteins is probably common to all the inhibitory ligands. Ephrins bind to signalling Ephs. The ligand-binding Rc for all the myelin inhibitors is NgR and requires p75(NTR) for transmembrane signaling. The neuropilin (NP)/plexin (Plex) Rc complex binds Sema. Strategies for promoting axon growth after CNS injury are thwarted by the plethora of inhibitory ligands and the ligand promiscuity of some of their Rc. There is also paradoxical reciprocal expression of many of the inhibitory ligands/Rc in normal and damaged neurons, and NgR expression is restricted to a limited number of neuronal populations. All these factors, together with an incomplete understanding of the normal functions of many of these molecules in the intact CNS, presently confound interpretive acumen in regenerative studies.
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- Axel Sandvig
- Laboratory of Regenerative Neurobiology, Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Ullevål University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
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Carulli D, Buffo A, Strata P. Reparative mechanisms in the cerebellar cortex. Prog Neurobiol 2004; 72:373-98. [PMID: 15177783 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2004.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2003] [Accepted: 03/17/2004] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In the adult brain, different neuronal populations display different degrees of plasticity. Here, we describe the highly different plastic properties of inferior olivary neurones and Purkinje cells. Olivary neurones show a basal expression of growth-associated proteins, such as GAP-43 and Krox24/EGR-1, and remarkable remodelling capabilities of their terminal arbour. They also regenerate their transected neurites into growth-permissive territories and may reinnervate the lost target. Sprouting and regrowing olivary axons are able to follow specific positional information cues to establish new connections according to the original projection map. In addition, they set a strong cell body reaction to injury, which in specific olivary subsets is regulated by inhibitory target-derived cues. In contrast, Purkinje cells do not have a constitutive level of growth-associated genes, and show little cell body reaction, no axonal regeneration after axotomy, and weak sprouting capabilities. Block of myelin-derived signals allows terminal arbour remodelling, but not regeneration, while selective over-expression of GAP-43 induces axonal sprouting along the axonal surface and at the level of the lesion. We suggest that the high constitutive intrinsic plasticity of the inferior olive neurones allows their terminal arbour to sustain the activity-dependent ongoing competition with the parallel fibres in order to maintain the post-synaptic territory, and possibly underlies mechanisms of learning and memory. Such a plasticity is used also as a reparative mechanism following axotomy. In contrast, in Purkinje cells, poor intrinsic regenerative capabilities and myelin-derived signals stabilise the mature connectivity and prevent axonal regeneration after lesion.
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- Daniela Carulli
- Department of Neuroscience, Rita Levi Montalcini Center for Brain Repair, University of Turin, C.so Raffaello 30, 10125 Turin, Italy
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Law AKT, Gupta D, Levy S, Wallace DC, McKeon RJ, Buck CR. TGF-beta1 induction of the adenine nucleotide translocator 1 in astrocytes occurs through Smads and Sp1 transcription factors. BMC Neurosci 2004; 5:1. [PMID: 14720305 PMCID: PMC324399 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-5-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2003] [Accepted: 01/13/2004] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Background The adenine nucleotide translocator 1 (Ant1) is an inner mitochondrial membrane protein involved with energy mobilization during oxidative phosphorylation. We recently showed that rodent Ant1 is upregulated by transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) in reactive astrocytes following CNS injury. In the present study, we describe the molecular mechanisms by which TGF-β1 regulates Ant1 gene expression in cultured primary rodent astrocytes. Results Transcription reporter analysis verified that TGF-β1 regulates transcription of the mouse Ant1 gene, but not the gene encoding the closely related Ant2 isoform. A 69 basepair TGF-β1 responsive element of the Ant1 promoter was also identified. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays demonstrated that astrocyte nuclear proteins bind to this response element and TGF-β1 treatment recruits additional nuclear protein binding to this element. Antibody supershift and promoter deletion analyses demonstrated that Sp1 consensus binding sites in the RE are important for TGF-β1 regulation of Ant1 in astrocytes. Additionally, we demonstrate that Smad 2, 3 and 4 transcription factors are expressed in injured cerebral cortex and in primary astrocyte cultures. TGF-β1 activated Smad transcription factors also contribute to Ant1 regulation since transcription reporter assays in the presence of dominant negative (DN)-Smads 3 and 4 significantly reduced induction of Ant1 by TGF-β1. Conclusion The specific regulation of Ant1 by TGF-β1 in astrocytes involves a cooperative interaction of both Smad and Sp1 binding elements located immediately upstream of the transcriptional start site. The first report of expression of Smads 2, 3 and 4 in astrocytes provided here is consistent with a regulation of Ant1 gene expression by these transcription factors in reactive astrocytes. Given the similarity in TGF-β1 regulation of Ant1 with other genes that are thought to promote neuronal survival, this interaction may represent a general mechanism that underlies the neuroprotective effects of TGF-β1.
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- Alick KT Law
- Department of Physiology, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
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- The Center for Molecular Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
- Oridis Biomed, Graz, Austria
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Okamoto M, Sakiyama J, Mori S, Kurazono S, Usui S, Hasegawa M, Oohira A. Kainic acid-induced convulsions cause prolonged changes in the chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans neurocan and phosphacan in the limbic structures. Exp Neurol 2004; 184:179-95. [PMID: 14637091 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-4886(03)00251-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Systemic administration of kainic acid induces repeated convulsive seizures (KA convulsions) that result in neuropathological changes similar to temporal lobe epilepsy and the appearance of spontaneous recurrent seizures (SRS). The appearance of SRS is considered a result of the remodeling of neuronal networks following neuronal degeneration. We investigated the changes in chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) in the limbic structures after KA convulsions in the rat using monoclonal antibodies 1G2, which recognizes full-length neurocan and the C-terminal half of neurocan, neurocan C, and 6B4, which recognize phosphacan and protein tyrosine phosphatase zeta. After KA convulsions, full-length neurocan appeared by 24 h and reached a peak by 48 to 72 h, whereas phosphacan decreased within 24 h in the hippocampus. In immunohistochemistry, neurocan increased in the limbic structures coincident with the appearance of reactive astrocytes. Phosphacan decreased coincident with pyramidal cell loss in the hippocampus, and the number of phosphacan-positive perineuronal nets around parvalbumin neurons decreased, whereas parvalbumin neurons were relatively conserved. In contrast, phosphacan increased in the entorhinal and piriform cortices in correlation with the severity of neuronal loss. Both neurocan and phosphacan recovered to the control level by 8 weeks after KA convulsions in some rats, but the changes in neurocan and phosphacan described above still persisted in more than half the rats. The results indicate that KA convulsions induce prolonged changes in neurocan and phosphacan similar to those in the developing rat brain and suggest a role of these CSPGs in the remodeling of neuronal networks related to the establishment or enhancement of epileptogenesis.
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- Motoi Okamoto
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, Japan.
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Rhodes KE, Fawcett JW. Chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans: preventing plasticity or protecting the CNS? J Anat 2004; 204:33-48. [PMID: 14690476 PMCID: PMC1571240 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2004.00261.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 234] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/05/2003] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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It is well established that axonal regeneration in the adult CNS is largely unsuccessful. Numerous axon-inhibitory molecules are now known to be present in the injured CNS, and various strategies for overcoming these obstacles and enhancing CNS regeneration have been experimentally developed. Recently, the use of chondroitinase-ABC to treat models of CNS injury in vivo has proven to be highly beneficial towards regenerating axons, by degrading the axon-inhibitory chondroitin sulphate glycosaminoglycan chains found on many proteoglycans in the astroglial scar. This enzyme has now been shown to restore synaptic plasticity in the visual cortex of adult rats by disrupting perineuronal nets, which contain high levels of chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans (CS-PGs) and are expressed postnatally around groups of certain neurons in the normal CNS. The findings suggest exciting prospects for enhancing growth and plasticity in the adult CNS; however, some protective roles of CS-PGs in the CNS have also been demonstrated. Clearly many questions concerning the mechanisms regulating expression of extracellular matrix molecules in CNS pathology remain to be answered.
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- K E Rhodes
- Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge, UK.
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Maeda N, He J, Yajima Y, Mikami T, Sugahara K, Yabe T. Heterogeneity of the chondroitin sulfate portion of phosphacan/6B4 proteoglycan regulates its binding affinity for pleiotrophin/heparin binding growth-associated molecule. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:35805-11. [PMID: 12840014 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m305530200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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PTP zeta is a receptor-type protein-tyrosine phosphatase that is synthesized as a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan and uses pleiotrophin as a ligand. The chondroitin sulfate portion of this receptor is essential for high affinity binding to pleiotrophin. Here, we purified phosphacan, which corresponds to the extracellular domain of PTP zeta, from postnatal day 7 (P7) and P12 rat cerebral cortex (PG-P7 and PG-P12, respectively) and from P20 rat whole brain (PG-P20). The chondroitin sulfate of these preparations displayed immunologically and compositionally different structures. In particular, only PG-P20 reacted with the monoclonal antibody MO-225, which recognizes chondroitin sulfate containing the GlcA(2S)beta 1-3GalNAc(6S) disaccharide unit (D unit). Analysis of the chondroitinase digestion products revealed that GlcA beta 1-3GalNAc(4S) disaccharide unit (A unit) was the major component in these preparations and that PG-P20 contained 1.3% D unit, which was not detected in PG-P7 and PG-P12. Interaction analysis using a surface plasmon resonance biosensor indicated that PG-P20 had approximately 5-fold stronger affinity for pleiotrophin (dissociation constant (KD) = 0.14 nM) than PG-P7 and PG-P12, although all these preparations showed similar low affinity binding to pleiotrophin after chondroitinase ABC digestion (KD = 1.4 approximately 1.6 nM). We also found that shark cartilage chondroitin sulfate D containing approximately 20% D unit bound to pleiotrophin with moderate affinity (KD = 2.7 nM), whereas whale cartilage chondroitin sulfate A showed no binding to this growth factor. These results suggest that variation of chondroitin sulfate plays important roles in the regulation of signal transduction in the brain.
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- Nobuaki Maeda
- Department of Developmental Neuroscience, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience, 2-6 Musashidai, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8526.
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Sango K, Oohira A, Ajiki K, Tokashiki A, Horie M, Kawano H. Phosphacan and neurocan are repulsive substrata for adhesion and neurite extension of adult rat dorsal root ganglion neurons in vitro. Exp Neurol 2003; 182:1-11. [PMID: 12821372 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-4886(03)00090-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Phosphacan (PC) and neurocan (NC) are major chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CS-PGs) in nervous tissue and are involved in the modulation of cell adhesion and neurite outgrowth during neural development and regeneration. In the present study, we examined the effects of PC and NC on the attachment and neurite extension of adult rat dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons in vitro. Treatment with PC and NC on poly-L-lysine (PL) significantly impaired both neuronal attachment and neurite extension in a concentration-dependent manner (10 microg/ml > 1 microg/ml >> 0.1 microg/ml), and they were partially suppressed by chondroitinase ABC (ChABC) digestion. The CS-PGs applied to culture medium (1 microg/ml) also displayed inhibitory effects on neurite extension, which were not altered by ChABC treatment. These results show that PC and NC are repulsive substrata for adhesion and neurite regeneration of adult DRG neurons in vitro and suggest that both chondroitin sulfate moieties and core proteins are responsible for the inhibitory actions of the CS-PGs. We also conducted immunohistochemical analyses with the monoclonal antibodies to core proteins of PC (mAb 6B4) and NC (mAb 1G2), which revealed that only a few neurons in the DRG section were stained with these antibodies. In contrast, most DRG neurons at different stages (12 h, 1 day, 2 days, and 4 days) in culture were immunoreactive to mAb 6B4 and mAb 1G2. Taking these findings together, it is plausible that both CS-PGs expressed in the cultured neurons may play a role in the modulation of attachment, survival, and neurite regeneration.
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- Kazunori Sango
- Department of Developmental Morphology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience, 2-6 Musashidai, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8526, Japan.
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This review of ECM molecules shows quite clearly the function of the ECM in development but more importantly in the mature CNS after injury. Most of the proteoglycans, especially the large CS-PGs, are able to inhibit neurite outgrowth and in vivo experiments are now in progress to specifically inhibit these important molecules. The nature of growth promoter ECM molecules in the CNS after injury, either within or distant from the injury is now becoming better appreciated and we suggest that the laminin family should be important targets for exploration. Indeed, a better understanding of the interaction of laminin with those ECM components that are inhibitory is a clear goal for the future. Our ultimate aim must be to change the balance of factors at lesion sites to allow the more permissive environment after CNS injury to predominate.
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- Barbara Grimpe
- Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Department of Neurosciences, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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Morgenstern DA, Asher RA, Fawcett JW. Chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans in the CNS injury response. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2002; 137:313-32. [PMID: 12440375 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(02)37024-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 345] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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As the preceding discussion has demonstrated, experimental data now indicate that the expression of a number of different CSPGs is increased following CNS injury. The hyalectans neurocan, versican and [figure: see text] brevican, plus NG2 and phosphacan are upregulated following injury and all have been shown to exhibit inhibitory effects on neurite outgrowth in vitro. It is likely therefore that the increased expression of these molecules contributes to the non-permissive nature of the glial scar. The relative contributions of individual molecules remain, however, to be determined. It is important to remember also that not only does the glial scar contain many different inhibitory molecules, but that these are the products of a number of different cells, including not just astrocytes, but also oligodendrocyte progenitor and meningeal cells. It is arguable that the latter two cell types make a greater contribution than astrocytes to the inhibitory environment of the injured CNS. Recently, attempts have been made to alter the CSPG component of the glial scar in the hope that this will facilitate improved axonal regeneration. Three studies (Bradbury et al., 2002; Yick et al., 2000; Moon et al., 2001) have reported an improved regenerative response following treatment of the injured CNS with chondroitinase ABC. CSPGs represent a significant source of inhibition within the injured CNS; these studies indicate that successful CNS regeneration may be brought about by interventions which target these molecules and/or the cells which produce them.
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- Daniel A Morgenstern
- Physiological Laboratory, Centre for Brain Repair, Cambridge University, E.D. Adrian Building, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 2PY, UK
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Rhee J, Mahfooz NS, Arregui C, Lilien J, Balsamo J, VanBerkum MFA. Activation of the repulsive receptor Roundabout inhibits N-cadherin-mediated cell adhesion. Nat Cell Biol 2002; 4:798-805. [PMID: 12360290 DOI: 10.1038/ncb858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2002] [Revised: 07/16/2002] [Accepted: 08/21/2002] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The formation of axon trajectories requires integration of local adhesive interactions with directional information from attractive and repulsive cues. Here, we show that these two types of information are functionally integrated; activation of the transmembrane receptor Roundabout (Robo) by its ligand, the secreted repulsive guidance cue Slit, inactivates N-cadherin-mediated adhesion. Loss of N-cadherin-mediated adhesion is accompanied by tyrosine phosphorylation of beta-catenin and its loss from the N-cadherin complex, concomitant with the formation of a supramolecular complex containing Robo, Abelson (Abl) kinase and N-cadherin. Local formation of such a receptor complex is an ideal mechanism to steer the growth cone while still allowing adhesion and growth in other directions.
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- Jinseol Rhee
- Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Miyata S, Shinga I, Taguchi K, Nakashima T, Kiyohara T, Oohira A. Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan phosphacan/RPTPbeta in the hypothalamic magnocellular nuclei. Brain Res 2002; 949:112-21. [PMID: 12213306 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(02)02971-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system synthesizes and releases arginine vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin (OXT) with physiological stimulation. In the present study, we investigated localization of a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (CSPG), phosphacan/RPTPbeta, in the supraoptic nucleus (SON) and paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of adult rats at both the light and electron microscopic levels. Immunohistochemical analyses demonstrated stronger phosphacan/RPTPbeta immunoreactivity within the SON and PVN compared with adjacent hypothalamic areas. Double labeling experiments showed phosphacan/RPTPbeta immunoreactivity constituting punctate networks to surround the somata and dendrites of AVP- and OXT-secreting magnocellular neurons. Electron microscopic examination further revealed strong phosphacan/RPTPbeta immunoreactivity at extracellular membrane surface of some axons, somata, and dendrites of the SON, but not of synaptic junctions. Interestingly, phosphacan/RPTPbeta immunoreactivity was also observed at extracellular surface membrane between astrocytic processes and neurons rather than between magnocellular neurons. The present results indicate the high expression of the CSPG, phosphacan/RPTPbeta at the extracellular space in the hypothalamic AVP- and OXT-secreting magnocellular neurons.
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- Seiji Miyata
- Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan.
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Matsui F, Kawashima S, Shuo T, Yamauchi S, Tokita Y, Aono S, Keino H, Oohira A. Transient expression of juvenile-type neurocan by reactive astrocytes in adult rat brains injured by kainate-induced seizures as well as surgical incision. Neuroscience 2002; 112:773-81. [PMID: 12088737 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(02)00136-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Neurocan is one of the major chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans expressed in nervous tissues. The expression of neurocan is developmentally regulated, and full-length neurocan is detected in juvenile brains but not in adult brains. In the present study, we demonstrated by western blot analysis that full-length neurocan transiently appeared in adult rat hippocampus when it was lesioned by kainate-induced seizures. Immunohistochemical studies showed that neurocan was detected mainly around the CA1 region although the seizure resulted in neuronal cell degeneration in both the CA1 and CA3 regions of the hippocampus. Double-labeling for neurocan mRNA and glial fibrillary acidic protein demonstrated that many reactive astrocytes expressed neurocan mRNA. The re-expression of full-length neurocan was also observed in the surgically injured adult rat brain. In contrast, the expression of other nervous tissue chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans, such as phosphacan and neuroglycan C, was not intensified but rather was either reduced in the kainate-lesioned hippocampus or in the surgically injured cerebral cortex. These observations indicate that induction of neurocan expression by reactive astrocytes is a common phenomenon in the repair process of adult brain injury, and therefore, it can be postulated that juvenile-type neurocan plays some roles in brain repair.
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- F Matsui
- Department of Perinatology, Institute for Developmental Research, Kasugai, Aichi 480-0392, Japan.
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In this article, we summarize the roles of proteoglycans in retinal tissue. Chondroitin sulfate and heparan sulfate proteoglycans are the major constituents in proteoglycans expressed in retinal tissue. Soluble heparan sulfate proteoglycans are found in the extracellular matrices of the basement membrane, such as the inner limiting membrane and Bruch's membrane, whereas heparan sulfate proteoglycans with their membrane-binding domain are localized primarily in the neurites of retinal neuronal cells, indicating their role as receptors for cytokines. The distribution of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans is classified into two regions: nerve fiber-rich layers such as the optic nerve, inner plexiform layer and outer plexiform layer, and the interphotoreceptor matrix (IPM). The expression in the nerve fiber-rich layers of several chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans, such as neurocan and phosphacan, is restricted in the nervous tissues, and is upregulated as retinal development proceeds, then decreases after maturation of the retina. In vitro data suggest that these proteoglycans regulate axon guidance and synapse formation during the development of nervous tissue. In contrast, in adult vertebrate retina, the IPM is a rich source of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans. Histologic data from animals with experimental retinitis pigmentosa, and the existence of the hyaluronan-binding domain in their core proteins, indicate that these proteoglycans contribute to the structural link between the neural retina and retinal pigment epithelium via the interaction with hyaluronan, which is also abundant in the IPM. Furthermore, several chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans in the nerve fiber-rich layers contain the hyaluronan-binding domain, so it is likely that the interaction of proteoglycans with hyaluronan plays an important role in neural network formation in the central nervous system.
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- Masaru Inatani
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Snow DM, Smith JD, Gurwell JA. Binding characteristics of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans and laminin-1, and correlative neurite outgrowth behaviors in a standard tissue culture choice assay. JOURNAL OF NEUROBIOLOGY 2002; 51:285-301. [PMID: 12150504 DOI: 10.1002/neu.10060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Neuronal growth cones are capable of sophisticated discrimination of environmental cues, on cell surfaces and in the extracellular matrix, to accomplish navigation during development (generation) and following nervous system injury (regeneration). Choices made by growth cones are commonly examined using tissue culture paradigms in which molecules of interest are purified and substratum-bound. From observations of growth cone behaviors using these paradigms, assertions are made about choices neuronal growth cones may make in vivo. However, in many cases, the binding, interactions, and conformations of these molecules have not been determined. In the present study, we investigated the binding characteristics of two commonly studied outgrowth regulatory molecules: chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs), which are typically inhibitory to neurite outgrowth during development and following nervous system injury, and laminin, which is typically outgrowth promoting for many neuronal types. Using a novel combination of radiolabeling and quantitative fluorescence, we determined the precise concentrations of CSPGs and laminin-1 that were bound separately and together in a variety of choice assays. For identically prepared cultures, we correlated neurite outgrowth behaviors with binding characteristics. The data support-our working hypothesis that neuronal growth cones are guided by the ratio of outgrowth-promoting to outgrowth-inhibiting influences in their environment, i.e., they summate local molecular cues. The response of growth cones to these molecular combinations is most likely mediated by integrins and subsequent activation of signal transduction cascades in growth cones.
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- Diane M Snow
- University of Kentucky, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Chandler Medical Center, Lexington 40536-0298, USA.
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Toba Y, Horie M, Sango K, Tokashiki A, Matsui F, Oohira A, Kawano H. Expression and immunohistochemical localization of heparan sulphate proteoglycan N-syndecan in the migratory pathway from the rat olfactory placode. Eur J Neurosci 2002; 15:1461-73. [PMID: 12028356 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.01983.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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N-syndecan, a membrane-bound heparan sulphate proteoglycan, is abundantly present in the developing nervous system and thought to play important roles in the neurite outgrowth. In the present study, we examined the distribution of N-syndecan in the migratory route from the rat olfactory placode using immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization. At embryonic day 15, both heparan sulphate and N-syndecan immunoreactivities were localized in and around the migrating cell clusters, which contained luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) and calbindin D-28k. Immunoreactivity for other glycosaminoglycan chains, such as chondroitin and keratan sulphate, and core proteins of the chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan, neurocan and phosphacan, were barely detected in the migratory pathway from the olfactory placode. By in situ hybridization histochemistry, N-syndecan mRNA was localized in virtually all of migrating neurons as well as in cells of the olfactory epithelium and the vomeronasal organ. N-syndecan immunoreactivity surrounded cells migrating along the vomeronasal nerves that were immunoreactive for neural cell adhesion molecules, NCAM, L1 and TAG-1. Considering that NCAM is implicated in the migratory process of LHRH neurons and specifically binds to heparan sulphate, it is likely that a heterophilic interaction between NCAM and N-syndecan participates in the neuronal migration from the rat olfactory placode.
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- Yoko Toba
- Department of Developmental Morphology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience, 2-6 Musashidai, Fuchu 183-8526, Japan
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De Smet C, Nishimori H, Furnari FB, Bögler O, Huang HJS, Cavenee WK. A novel seven transmembrane receptor induced during the early steps of astrocyte differentiation identified by differential expression. J Neurochem 2002; 81:575-88. [PMID: 12065666 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2002.00847.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The rat glial progenitor cell line CG-4 can be induced to differentiate into either oligodendrocytes or type-2 astrocytes. In order to identify genes whose expression varies coincident with such phenotypic differentiation, we employed representational difference analysis (RDA) of mRNA. Here, we report 38 cDNAs induced in type-2 astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, or both differentiated states. Among these were known transcription factors, membrane receptors, extracellular matrix proteins, secreted signaling modulators, chromatin regulators and myelin sheath components. In addition several novel genes were identified; among these was a gene induced during the very early stages of astrocyte differentiation that we have named Ieda (induced early in differentiating astrocytes). Several Ieda transcripts were detected by RT-PCR, and appeared to be produced by alternative splicing and promoter usage. The protein deduced from the longest Ieda mRNA exhibited sequence features characteristic of G-protein coupled receptors, including seven putative transmembrane domains, while the shorter Ieda transcripts encoded proteins that lacked several transmembrane segments. In the adult rat, Ieda transcripts were found exclusively in brain and testis. In the developing rat brain, Ieda expression was first detected at embryonic day 16, that is two days before the first appearance of mature astrocytes. Thus, this approach has yielded a potential source of markers for differentiation states of these two cellular types as well as genes predicted to be functionally involved in the differentiation process itself.
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MESH Headings
- Alternative Splicing
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Astrocytes/cytology
- Astrocytes/metabolism
- Base Sequence
- Biomarkers
- Blotting, Northern
- Brain/metabolism
- Cell Differentiation/physiology
- Cells, Cultured
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA, Complementary/isolation & purification
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Immunohistochemistry
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Organ Specificity
- Protein Structure, Tertiary/physiology
- Rats
- Receptors, Cell Surface/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics
- Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Testis/metabolism
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- Charles De Smet
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Department of Medicine, Center for Molecular Genetics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0660, USA
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Moon LDF, Asher RA, Rhodes KE, Fawcett JW. Relationship between sprouting axons, proteoglycans and glial cells following unilateral nigrostriatal axotomy in the adult rat. Neuroscience 2002; 109:101-17. [PMID: 11784703 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(01)00457-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Proteoglycans may modulate axon growth in the intact and injured adult mammalian CNS. Here we investigate the distribution and time course of deposition of a range of proteoglycans between 4 and 14 days following unilateral axotomy of the nigrostriatal tract in anaesthetised adult rats. Immunolabelling using a variety of antibodies was used to examine the response of heparan sulphate proteoglycans, chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans and keratan sulphate proteoglycans. We observed that many proteoglycans became abundant between 1 and 2 weeks post-axotomy. Heparan sulphate proteoglycans were predominantly found within the lesion core (populated by blood vessels, amoeboid macrophages and meningeal fibroblasts) whereas chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans and keratan sulphate proteoglycans were predominantly found in the lesion surround (populated by reactive astrocytes, activated microglia and adult precursor cells). Immunolabelling indicated that cut dopaminergic nigral axons sprouted prolifically within the lesion core but rarely grew into the lesion surround. We conclude that sprouting of cut dopaminergic nigral axons may be supported by heparan sulphate proteoglycans but restricted by chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans and keratan sulphate proteoglycans.
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- L D F Moon
- Physiological Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Downing Site, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 3EG, UK.
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Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (CS-PG) expression is increased in response to CNS injury and limits the capacity for axonal regeneration. Previously we have shown that neurocan is one of the CS-PGs that is upregulated (Asher et al., 2000). Here we show that another member of the aggrecan family, versican, is also upregulated in response to CNS injury. Labeling of frozen sections 7 d after a unilateral knife lesion to the cerebral cortex revealed a clear increase in versican immunoreactivity around the lesion. Western blot analysis of extracts prepared from injured and uninjured tissue also revealed considerably more versican in the injured tissue extract. In vitro studies revealed versican to be a product of oligodendrocyte lineage cells (OLCs). Labeling was seen between the late A2B5-positive stage and the O1-positive pre-oligodendrocyte stage. Neither immature, bipolar A2B5-positive cells, nor differentiated, myelin-forming oligodendrocytes were labeled. The amount of versican in conditioned medium increased as these cells differentiated. Versican and tenascin-R colocalized in OLCs, and coimmunoprecipitation indicated that the two exist as a complex in oligodendrocyte-conditioned medium. Treatment of pre-oligodendrocytes with hyaluronidase led to the release of versican, indicating that its retention at the cell surface is dependent on hyaluronate (HA). In rat brain, approximately half of the versican is bound to hyaluronate. We also provide evidence of a role for CS-PGs in the axon growth-inhibitory properties of oligodendrocytes. Because large numbers of OLCs are recruited to CNS lesions, these results suggest that OLC-derived versican contributes to the inhospitable environment of the injured CNS.
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Yamamoto N. Cellular and molecular basis for the formation of lamina-specific thalamocortical projections. Neurosci Res 2002; 42:167-73. [PMID: 11900826 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-0102(01)00324-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The neocortex is composed of a characteristic layered structure, which is a basis of extrinsic and intrinsic cortical connections. In recent years the cellular and molecular mechanisms, which are responsible for the formation of lamina-specific connections, have been explored by extensive molecular and in vitro studies. This article attempts to address what cell-cell interactions are required for axonal targeting and what molecules regulate cellular events, focusing upon the development of the thalamocortical projection.
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- Nobuhiko Yamamoto
- Division of Biophysical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan.
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Snow DM, Mullins N, Hynds DL. Nervous system-derived chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans regulate growth cone morphology and inhibit neurite outgrowth: a light, epifluorescence, and electron microscopy study. Microsc Res Tech 2001; 54:273-86. [PMID: 11514984 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.1140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Proteoglycans influence aging and plasticity in the nervous system. Particularly prominent are the chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs), which are generally inhibitory to neurite outgrowth. During development, CSPGs facilitate normal guidance, but following nervous system injury and in diseases of aging (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), they block successful regeneration, and are associated with axon devoid regions and degenerating nerve cells. Whereas previous studies used non-nervous system sources of CSPGs, this study analyzed the morphology and behavior of sensory (dorsal root ganglia) neurons, and a human nerve cell model (SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells) as they contacted nervous system-derived CSPGs, using a variety of microscopy techniques. The results of these qualitative analyses show that growth cones of both nerve cell types contact CSPGs via actin-based filopodia, sample the CSPGs repeatedly without collapse, and alter their trajectory to avoid nervous system-derived CSPGs. Turning and branching are correlated with increased filopodial sampling, and are common to both neurons and Schwann cells. We show that CSPG expression by rat CNS astrocytes in culture is correlated with sensory neuron avoidance. Further, we show for the first time the ultrastructure of sensory growth cones at a CSPG-laminin border and reveal details of growth cone and neurite organization at this choice point. This type of detailed analysis of the response of growth cones to nervous system-derived CSPGs may lead to an understanding of CSPG function following injury and in diseases of aging, where CSPGs are likely to contribute to aberrant neurite outgrowth, failed or reduced synaptic connectivity, and/or ineffective plasticity.
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- D M Snow
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0298, USA.
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Zhou XH, Brakebusch C, Matthies H, Oohashi T, Hirsch E, Moser M, Krug M, Seidenbecher CI, Boeckers TM, Rauch U, Buettner R, Gundelfinger ED, Fässler R. Neurocan is dispensable for brain development. Mol Cell Biol 2001; 21:5970-8. [PMID: 11486035 PMCID: PMC87315 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.21.17.5970-5978.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Neurocan is a component of the extracellular matrix in brain. Due to its inhibition of neuronal adhesion and outgrowth in vitro and its expression pattern in vivo it was suggested to play an important role in axon guidance and neurite growth. To study the role of neurocan in brain development we generated neurocan-deficient mice by targeted disruption of the neurocan gene. These mice are viable and fertile and have no obvious deficits in reproduction and general performance. Brain anatomy, morphology, and ultrastructure are similar to those of wild-type mice. Perineuronal nets surrounding neurons appear largely normal. Mild deficits in synaptic plasticity may exist, as maintenance of late-phase hippocampal long-term potentiation is reduced. These data indicate that neurocan has either a redundant or a more subtle function in the development of the brain.
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- X H Zhou
- Department of Experimental Pathology, Lund University, 221 85 Lund, Sweden
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Kurazono S, Okamoto M, Sakiyama J, Mori S, Nakata Y, Fukuoka J, Amano S, Oohira A, Matsui H. Expression of brain specific chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans, neurocan and phosphacan, in the developing and adult hippocampus of Ihara's epileptic rats. Brain Res 2001; 898:36-48. [PMID: 11292447 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(01)02128-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Ihara's epileptic rats (IER) is an animal model of temporal lobe epilepsy with mycrodysgenesis, that exhibit abnormal migration of hippocampal neurons and recurrent spontaneous seizures. As an attempt to elucidate the roles of extracellular matrix molecules in the epileptogenecity and mossy fiber sprouting, immunohistochemical localization of brain specific chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs), neurocan and phosphacan, was examined in the hippocampus of postnatal IER and Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats using monoclonal antibodies 1G2 against neurocan and 6B4 against phosphacan. There was no difference in the expression of these two CSPGs between IER and SD rats in the 1st postnatal week. However, the expression of neurocan was poor in the hippocampus of IER in the 2nd and 3rd weeks whereas intense labeling of neurocan was present throughout the hippocampus of SD rats. Labeling of neurocan was almost absent in the hippocampus, while phosphacan was diffusely expressed in the stratum oriens and radiatum of Ammon's horn, and in the hilus and inner one-third molecular layer of the dentate gyrus at the 2nd month after birth. There was no difference in the expression of neurocan and phosphacan between IER and SD rats at the 2nd month after birth. By contrast, phosphacan was reduced in the inner molecular layer of the dentate gyrus in 8-month-old IER, while neurocan was reexpressed in the outer molecular layer and hilus in 3- and 8-month-old IER. It was suggested that the insufficient expression of neurocan may affect the development of neuronal organization in the hippocampus, and that the remodeling of extracellular matrix in the dentate gyrus may contribute to the mossy fiber sprouting into the inner molecular layer.
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- S Kurazono
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Okayama University Medical School, 5-1 Shikatacho, 700-8558, Okayama, Japan
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Calloni GW, Alvarez-Silva M, Vituri C, Trentin AG. Thyroid hormone deficiency alters extracellular matrix protein expression in rat brain. BRAIN RESEARCH. DEVELOPMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH 2001; 126:121-4. [PMID: 11172894 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-3806(00)00142-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The effects of thyroid hormone (T3) deficiency on extracellular matrix protein expression were analyzed in newborn rat brain. In hypothyroid animals, a marked increase in the expression of 62 kDa protein was observed in cerebral hemispheres and midbrain, while the 51.6 kDa protein was increased in cerebral hemispheres and decreased in midbrain and the 44.5 kDa protein was down regulated in both structures. On the basis of molecular weights, these proteins may be the proteoglycans cerebroglycan, glypican and N-Syndecan, respectively. In addition, hypothyroidism reduced fibronectin expression in midbrain (-59,7%), but not in cerebral hemispheres. T3 deficiency affects differently the expression of proteins in different brain regions. This may be involved in brain impairment caused by hypothyroidism.
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- G W Calloni
- Departamento de Biologia Celular, Embriologia e Genética, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, 99040-900 Trindade, S.C., Florianópolis, Brazil
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Brückner G, Grosche J, Schmidt S, Härtig W, Margolis RU, Delpech B, Seidenbecher CI, Czaniera R, Schachner M. Postnatal development of perineuronal nets in wild-type mice and in a mutant deficient in tenascin-R. J Comp Neurol 2000; 428:616-29. [PMID: 11077416 DOI: 10.1002/1096-9861(20001225)428:4<616::aid-cne3>3.0.co;2-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 236] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The extracellular matrix glycoprotein tenascin-R (TN-R), colocalizing with hyaluronan, phosphacan, and aggregating chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans in the white and grey matter, is accumulated in perineuronal nets that surround different types of neurons in many brain regions. To characterize the role of TN-R in the formation of perineuronal nets, we studied their postnatal development in wild-type mice and in a TN-R knock-out mutant by using the lectin Wisteria floribunda agglutinin and an antibody to nonspecified chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans as established cytochemical markers. We detected the matrix components TN-R, hyaluronan, phosphacan, neurocan, and brevican in the perineuronal nets of cortical and subcortical regions. In wild-type mice, lectin-stained, immature perineuronal nets were first seen on postnatal day 4 in the brainstem and on day 14 in the cerebral cortex. The staining intensity of these nets for TN-R, hyaluronan, phosphacan, neurocan, and brevican was extremely weak or not distinguishable from that of the surrounding neuropil. However, all markers showed an increase in staining intensity of perineuronal nets reaching maximal levels between postnatal days 21 and 40. In TN-R-deficient animals, the perineuronal nets tended to show a granular component within their lattice-like structure at early stages of development. Additionally, the staining intensity in perineuronal nets was reduced for brevican, extremely low for hyaluronan and neurocan, and virtually no immunoreactivity was detectable for phosphacan. The granular configuration of perineuronal nets became more predominant with advancing age of the mutant animals, indicating the continued abnormal aggregation of chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans complexed with hyaluronan. As shown by electron microscopy in the cerebral cortex, the disruption of perineuronal nets was not accompanied by apparent changes in the synaptic structure on net-bearing neurons. The regional distribution patterns and the temporal course of development of perineuronal nets were not obviously changed in the mutant. We conclude that the lack of TN-R initially and continuously disturbs the molecular scaffolding of extracellular matrix components in perineuronal nets. This may interfere with the development of the specific micromilieu of the ensheathed neurons and adjacent glial cells and may also permanently change their functional properties.
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- G Brückner
- Paul Flechsig Institute for Brain Research, University of Leipzig, D-04109 Leipzig, Germany.
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Bandtlow CE, Zimmermann DR. Proteoglycans in the developing brain: new conceptual insights for old proteins. Physiol Rev 2000; 80:1267-90. [PMID: 11015614 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.2000.80.4.1267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 490] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Proteoglycans are a heterogeneous class of proteins bearing sulfated glycosaminoglycans. Some of the proteoglycans have distinct core protein structures, and others display similarities and thus may be grouped into families such as the syndecans, the glypicans, or the hyalectans (or lecticans). Proteoglycans can be found in almost all tissues being present in the extracellular matrix, on cellular surfaces, or in intracellular granules. In recent years, brain proteoglycans have attracted growing interest due to their highly regulated spatiotemporal expression during nervous system development and maturation. There is increasing evidence that different proteoglycans act as regulators of cell migration, axonal pathfinding, synaptogenesis, and structural plasticity. This review summarizes the most recent data on structures and functions of brain proteoglycans and focuses on new physiological concepts for their potential roles in the developing central nervous system.
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- C E Bandtlow
- Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland.
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Talts U, Kuhn U, Roos G, Rauch U. Modulation of extracellular matrix adhesiveness by neurocan and identification of its molecular basis. Exp Cell Res 2000; 259:378-88. [PMID: 10964505 DOI: 10.1006/excr.2000.4987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Neurocan is one of the major chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans of perinatal rodent brain. HEK-293 cells producing neurocan recombinantly show changes in their behavior. The expression of full-length neurocan led to a detachment of the secreting cells and the formation of floating spheroids. This occurred in the continuous presence of 10% fetal bovine serum in the culture medium. Cells secreting fragments of neurocan-containing chondroitin sulfate chains and the C-terminal domain of the molecule showed a similar behavior, whereas cells expressing fragments of neurocan-containing chondroitin sulfate chains but lacking parts of the C-terminal domain did not show spheroid formation. Cells secreting the hyaluronan-binding N-terminal domain of neurocan showed an enhanced adhesiveness. When untransfected HEK-293 cells were plated on a surface conditioned by spheroid-forming cells, they also formed spheroids. This effect could be abolished by chondroitinase treatment of the conditioned surface. The observations indicate that the ability of the chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan neurocan to modulate the adhesive character of extracellular matrices is dependent on the structural integrity of the C-terminal domain of the core protein.
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- U Talts
- Department of Protein Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried, 82152, Germany
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Wilson MT, Snow DM. Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan expression pattern in hippocampal development: potential regulation of axon tract formation. J Comp Neurol 2000; 424:532-46. [PMID: 10906718 DOI: 10.1002/1096-9861(20000828)424:3<532::aid-cne10>3.0.co;2-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A variety of molecular influences in the extracellular matrix (ECM) interact with developing axons to guide the formation of hippocampal axon pathways. One of these influences may be chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs), which are known to inhibit axonal extension during development and following central nervous system injury. In this study, we examined the role of CSPGs and cell adhesion molecules in the regulation of axon tract formation during hippocampal development. We used indirect immunofluorescence to examine the developmental pattern of CSPG expression relative to axon tracts that express the cell adhesion molecule L1. Additionally, we used dissociated and explant cell cultures to examine the effects of CSPGs on hippocampal axon development in vitro. In vivo, we found that the CSPG neurocan is expressed throughout the alveus, neuropil layers, and parts of the dentate gyrus from E16 to P2. The CSPG phosphacan is expressed primarily in the neuropil layers at postnatal stages. After E18, intense labeling of neurocan was observed in regions of the alveus surrounding L1-expressing axon fascicles. In vitro, axons from brain regions that project through the alveus during development would not grow across CSPG substrata, in a concentration-dependent manner. In addition, hippocampal axons from dissociated neuron cultures only traveled across CSPG substrata as fasciculated axon bundles. These findings implicate CSPG in the regulation of axon trajectory and fasciculation during hippocampal axon tract formation.
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- M T Wilson
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0298, USA
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Arregui C, Pathre P, Lilien J, Balsamo J. The nonreceptor tyrosine kinase fer mediates cross-talk between N-cadherin and beta1-integrins. J Cell Biol 2000; 149:1263-74. [PMID: 10851023 PMCID: PMC2175119 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.149.6.1263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Cadherins and integrins must function in a coordinated manner to effectively mediate the cellular interactions essential for development. We hypothesized that exchange of proteins associated with their cytoplasmic domains may play a role in coordinating function. To test this idea, we used Trojan peptides to introduce into cells and tissues peptide sequences designed to compete for the interaction of specific effectors with the cytoplasmic domain of N-cadherin, and assayed their effect on cadherin- and integrin-mediated adhesion and neurite outgrowth. We show that a peptide mimicking the juxtamembrane (JMP) region of the cytoplasmic domain of N-cadherin results in inhibition of N-cadherin and beta1-integrin function. The effect of JMP on beta1-integrin function depends on the expression of N-cadherin and is independent of transcription or translation. Treatment of cells with JMP results in the release of the nonreceptor tyrosine kinase Fer from the cadherin complex and its accumulation in the integrin complex. A peptide that mimics the first coiled-coil domain of Fer prevents Fer accumulation in the integrin complex and reverses the inhibitory effect of JMP. These findings suggest a new mechanism through which N-cadherin and beta1-integrins are coordinately regulated: loss of an effector from the cytoplasmic domain of N-cadherin and gain of that effector by the beta1-integrin complex.
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- Carlos Arregui
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
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Li H, Leung TC, Hoffman S, Balsamo J, Lilien J. Coordinate regulation of cadherin and integrin function by the chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan neurocan. J Cell Biol 2000; 149:1275-88. [PMID: 10851024 PMCID: PMC2175121 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.149.6.1275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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N-cadherin and beta1-integrins play decisive roles in morphogenesis and neurite extension and are often present on the same cell. Therefore, the function of these two types of adhesion systems must be coordinated in time and space to achieve the appropriate cell and tissue organization. We now show that interaction of the chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan neurocan with its GalNAcPTase receptor coordinately inhibits both N-cadherin- and beta1-integrin-mediated adhesion and neurite outgrowth. Furthermore, the inhibitory activity is localized to an NH(2)-terminal fragment of neurocan containing an Ig loop and an HA-binding domain. The effect of neurocan on beta1-integrin function is dependent on a signal originating from the cadherin cytoplasmic domain, possibly mediated by the nonreceptor protein tyrosine kinase Fer, indicating that cadherin and integrin engage in direct cross-talk. In the developing chick, neural retina neurocan is present in the inner plexiform layer from day 7 on, and the GalNAcPTase receptor becomes restricted to the inner nuclear layer and the ganglion cell layer (as well as the fiber layer), the two forming a sandwich. These data suggest that the coordinate inhibition of cadherin and integrin function on interaction of neurocan with its receptor may prevent cell and neurite migration across boundaries.
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- Hedong Li
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
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- Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425-2229
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
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Neurocan and brevican are related chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans which are mainly expressed in the central nervous system. Neurocan and the secreted brevican variant are composed of globular N-terminal hyaluronan binding domains, central O-linked oligosaccharide attachment regions, and globular C-terminal domains. Interaction studies of mouse brain proteoglycans revealed that neurocan, but not brevican, was retained on a heparin affinity matrix. Also a recombinantly produced C-terminal fragment of neurocan, expressed by HEK 293 cells, was retained by the heparin affinity matrix. The substitution of this fragment with a chondroitin sulfate chain did not inhibit binding to the heparin affinity matrix at physiological NaCl concentrations, but decreased the NaCl concentration necessary for elution. Two potential consequences of the heparin binding ability of neurocan are an enforcement of the interaction with other heparin binding molecules and a directed secretion by polarized cells.
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- K Feng
- Department of Experimental Pathology, Lund University, Sweden
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The proteoglycans are multifunctional macromolecules composed of a core polypeptide and a variable number of glycosaminoglycan chains. The structural diversity and complexities of proteoglycan expression in the developing and adult Nervous System underlies the variety of biological functions that these molecules fulfill. Thus, in the Nervous System, proteoglycans regulate the structural organisation of the extracellular matrix, modulate growth factor activities and cellular adhesive and motility events, such as cell migration and axon outgrowth. This review summarises the evidences indicating that proteoglycans have an important role as modulators of neurite outgrowth and neuronal polarity. Special emphasis will be placed on those studies that have shown that proteoglycans of certain subtypes inhibit neurite extension either during the development and/or the regeneration of the vertebrate Central Nervous System.
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- P Bovolenta
- Departamento de Neurobiología del Desarrollo, Instituto Cajal, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Dr. Arce 37, 28002, Madrid, Spain.
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Oohira A, Kushima Y, Tokita Y, Sugiura N, Sakurai K, Suzuki S, Kimata K. Effects of lipid-derivatized glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), a novel probe for functional analyses of GAGs, on cell-to-substratum adhesion and neurite elongation in primary cultures of fetal rat hippocampal neurons. Arch Biochem Biophys 2000; 378:78-83. [PMID: 10871047 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.2000.1775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The effects of glycosaminoglycans (GAG) on cell-to-substratum adhesion and neurite elongation were examined in primary cultures of fetal rat hippocampal neurons using tissue culture dishes coated with GAGs coupled to dipalmitoylphosphatidylethanolamine (PE), a novel probe for biological functions of GAGs. Both chondroitin sulfate conjugate to PE (CS-PE) and hyaluronic acid conjugate to PE (HA-PE) promoted neurite elongation from neurons in a dose-dependent manner when immobilized onto polylysine-coated dishes at various concentrations up to 1.0 microg/ml. The coating of CS-PE or HA-PE at a concentration higher than 1.0 microg/ml resulted in failure of neurite extension and adhesion of neurons to the substrata. In contrast, heparin conjugate to PE (HP-PE) did not exert any effects on neurite elongation or on cell attachment at these concentrations. These findings suggest that GAGs serve as a modulator for neurite elongation during neuronal network formation in the developing central nervous system.
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- A Oohira
- Department of Perinatology and Neuroglycoscience, Institute for Developmental Research, Kasugai, Aichi, Japan.
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