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Haak A, Lesslich HM, Dietzel ID. Visualization of the membrane surface and cytoskeleton of oligodendrocyte progenitor cell growth cones using a combination of scanning ion conductance and four times expansion microscopy. Biol Chem 2024; 405:31-41. [PMID: 37950644 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2023-0217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/13/2023]
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Growth cones of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) are challenging to investigate with conventional light microscopy due to their small size. Especially substructures such as filopodia, lamellipodia and their underlying cytoskeleton are difficult to resolve with diffraction limited microscopy. Light microscopy techniques, which surpass the diffraction limit such as stimulated emission depletion microscopy, often require expensive setups and specially trained personnel rendering them inaccessible to smaller research groups. Lately, the invention of expansion microscopy (ExM) has enabled super-resolution imaging with any light microscope without the need for additional equipment. Apart from the necessary resolution, investigating OPC growth cones comes with another challenge: Imaging the topography of membranes, especially label- and contact-free, is only possible with very few microscopy techniques one of them being scanning ion conductance microscopy (SICM). We here present a new imaging workflow combining SICM and ExM, which enables the visualization of OPC growth cone nanostructures. We correlated SICM recordings and ExM images of OPC growth cones captured with a conventional widefield microscope. This enabled the visualization of the growth cones' membrane topography as well as their underlying actin and tubulin cytoskeleton.
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- Annika Haak
- Nanoscopy, RUBION, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, D-44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Nanoscopy, RUBION, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, D-44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry II, Electrobiochemistry of Neural Cells, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44801 Bochum, Germany
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Thomason EJ, Escalante M, Osterhout DJ, Fuss B. The oligodendrocyte growth cone and its actin cytoskeleton: A fundamental element for progenitor cell migration and CNS myelination. Glia 2019; 68:1329-1346. [PMID: 31696982 DOI: 10.1002/glia.23735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2019] [Revised: 09/26/2019] [Accepted: 10/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Cells of the oligodendrocyte (OLG) lineage engage in highly motile behaviors that are crucial for effective central nervous system (CNS) myelination. These behaviors include the guided migration of OLG progenitor cells (OPCs), the surveying of local environments by cellular processes extending from differentiating and pre-myelinating OLGs, and during the process of active myelin wrapping, the forward movement of the leading edge of the myelin sheath's inner tongue along the axon. Almost all of these motile behaviors are driven by actin cytoskeletal dynamics initiated within a lamellipodial structure that is located at the tip of cellular OLG/OPC processes and is structurally as well as functionally similar to the neuronal growth cone. Accordingly, coordinated stoichiometries of actin filament (F-actin) assembly and disassembly at these OLG/OPC growth cones have been implicated in directing process outgrowth and guidance, and the initiation of myelination. Nonetheless, the functional importance of the OLG/OPC growth cone still remains to be fully understood, and, as a unique aspect of actin cytoskeletal dynamics, F-actin depolymerization and disassembly start to predominate at the transition from myelination initiation to myelin wrapping. This review provides an overview of the current knowledge about OLG/OPC growth cones, and it proposes a model in which actin cytoskeletal dynamics in OLG/OPC growth cones are a main driver for morphological transformations and motile behaviors. Remarkably, these activities, at least at the later stages of OLG maturation, may be regulated independently from the transcriptional gene expression changes typically associated with CNS myelination.
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- Elizabeth J Thomason
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia.,Departamento de Toxicología, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia
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Michalski JP, Kothary R. Oligodendrocytes in a Nutshell. Front Cell Neurosci 2015; 9:340. [PMID: 26388730 PMCID: PMC4556025 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Accepted: 08/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Oligodendrocytes are the myelinating cells of the central nervous system (CNS). While the phrase is oft repeated and holds true, the last few years have borne witness to radical change in our understanding of this unique cell type. Once considered static glue, oligodendrocytes are now seen as plastic and adaptive, capable of reacting to a changing CNS. This review is intended as a primer and guide, exploring how the past 5 years have fundamentally altered our appreciation of oligodendrocyte development and CNS myelination.
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- John-Paul Michalski
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute , Ottawa, ON , Canada ; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa , Ottawa, ON , Canada
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute , Ottawa, ON , Canada ; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa , Ottawa, ON , Canada ; Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa , Ottawa, ON , Canada ; Centre for Neuromuscular Disease, University of Ottawa , Ottawa, ON , Canada
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There is increasing evidence to support a gene economy model that is fully based on the principles of evolution in which a limited number of proteins does not necessarily reflect a finite number of biochemical processes. The concept of 'gene sharing' proposes that a single protein can have alternate functions that are typically attributed to other proteins. GAPDH appears to play this role quite well in that it exhibits more than one function. GAPDH represents the prototype for this new paradigm of protein multi-functionality. The chapter discusses the diverse functions of GAPDH among three broad categories: cell structure, gene expression and signal transduction. Protein function is curiously re-specified given the cell's unique needs. GAPDH provides the cell with the means of linking metabolic activity to various cellular processes. While interpretations may often lead to GAPDH's role in meeting focal energy demands, this chapter discusses several other very distinct GAPDH functions (i.e. membrane fusogenic properties) that are quite different from its ability to catalyze oxidative phosphorylation of the triose, glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate. It is suggested that a single protein participates in multiple processes in the structural organization of the cell, controls the transmission of genetic information (i.e. GAPDH's involvement may not be finite) and mediates intracellular signaling.
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Ruskamo S, Chukhlieb M, Vahokoski J, Bhargav SP, Liang F, Kursula I, Kursula P. Juxtanodin is an intrinsically disordered F-actin-binding protein. Sci Rep 2012; 2:899. [PMID: 23198089 PMCID: PMC3509349 DOI: 10.1038/srep00899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2012] [Accepted: 10/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Juxtanodin, also called ermin, is an F-actin-binding protein expressed by oligodendrocytes, the myelin-forming cells of the central nervous system. While juxtanodin carries a short conserved F-actin-binding segment at its C terminus, it otherwise shares no similarity with known protein sequences. We carried out a structural characterization of recombinant juxtanodin in solution. Juxtanodin turned out to be intrinsically disordered, as evidenced by conventional and synchrotron radiation CD spectroscopy. Small-angle X-ray scattering indicated that juxtanodin is a monomeric, highly elongated, unfolded molecule. Ensemble optimization analysis of the data suggested also the presence of more compact forms of juxtanodin. The C terminus was a strict requirement for co-sedimentation of juxtanodin with microfilaments, but juxtanodin had only mild effects on actin polymerization. The disordered nature of juxtanodin may predict functions as a protein interaction hub, although F-actin is its only currently known binding partner.
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- Salla Ruskamo
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Centre for Structural Systems Biology - Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (CSSB-HZI); Department of Chemistry, University of Hamburg; and German Electron Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Centre for Structural Systems Biology - Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (CSSB-HZI); Department of Chemistry, University of Hamburg; and German Electron Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
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Eyermann C, Czaplinski K, Colognato H. Dystroglycan promotes filopodial formation and process branching in differentiating oligodendroglia. J Neurochem 2012; 120:928-47. [PMID: 22117643 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2011.07600.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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During central nervous system (CNS) development, individual oligodendrocytes myelinate multiple axons, thus requiring the outgrowth and extensive branching of oligodendroglial processes. Laminin (Lm)-deficient mice have a lower percentage of myelinated axons, which may indicate a defect in the ability to properly extend and branch processes. It remains unclear, however, to what extent extracellular matrix (ECM) receptors contribute to oligodendroglial process remodeling itself. In the current study, we report that the ECM receptor dystroglycan is necessary for Lm enhancement of filopodial formation, process outgrowth, and process branching in differentiating oligodendroglia. During early oligodendroglial differentiation, the disruption of dystroglycan-Lm interactions, via blocking antibodies or dystroglycan small interfering RNA (siRNA), resulted in decreased filopodial number and length, decreased process length, and decreased numbers of primary and secondary processes. Later in oligodendrocyte differentiation, dystroglycan-deficient cells developed fewer branches, thus producing less complex networks of processes as determined by Sholl analysis. In newly differentiating oligodendroglia, dystroglycan was localized in filopodial tips, whereas, in more mature oligodendrocytes, dystroglycan was enriched in focal adhesion kinase (FAK)-positive focal adhesion structures. These results suggest that dystroglycan-Lm interactions influence oligodendroglial process dynamics and therefore may regulate the myelination capacity of individual oligodendroglia.
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Meng J, Xia W, Tang J, Tang BL, Liang F. Dephosphorylation-dependent inhibitory activity of juxtanodin on filamentous actin disassembly. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:28838-49. [PMID: 20610382 PMCID: PMC2937911 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.117887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2010] [Revised: 06/25/2010] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In the vertebrate central nervous system, maturation of oligodendrocytes is accompanied by a dramatic transformation of cell morphology. Juxtanodin (JN) is an actin cytoskeleton-related oligodendroglial protein that promotes arborization of cultured oligodendrocytes. We performed in vitro and in culture experiments to further elucidate the biochemical effects, molecular interactions, and activity regulation of JN. Pulldown and co-sedimentation assays confirmed JN binding to filamentous but not globular beta-actin largely through a C-terminal domain of 14 amino acid residues. JN had much lower affinity to F-alpha-actin than to F-beta-actin. Bundling and actin polymerization assays revealed no JN influence on F-beta-actin cross-linking or G-beta-actin polymerization. Sedimentation assay, however, demonstrated that JN slowed the rate of F-beta-actin disassembly induced by dilution with F-actin depolymerization buffer. JN-S278E mutant, a mimic of phosphorylated JN at serine 278, exhibited a much diminished affinity/stabilizing effect on F-beta-actin. Immunoblotting revealed both phosphorylated and dephosphorylated native JN of the brain, with the former migrating slightly slower than the latter and becoming undetectable when brain lysate was subjected to in vitro dephosphorylation prior to being loaded for electrophoresis. In cultured OLN-93 cells, overexpression of JN promoted the formation of actin fibers and inhibited F-actin disassembly induced by latrunculin A. S278E phosphomimetic mutation resulted in loss of JN activity in cultured cells, whereas S278A, T258A, and T258E dephospho-/phosphomimetic mutations did not. These findings establish JN as an actin cytoskeleton-stabilizing protein that may play active roles in oligodendroglial differentiation and myelin formation. Specific phosphorylation of JN might serve as an important mechanism regulating JN functions.
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- Jun Meng
- Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Lack of adrenomedullin affects growth and differentiation of adult neural stem/progenitor cells. Cell Tissue Res 2010; 340:1-11. [PMID: 20182890 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-010-0934-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2009] [Accepted: 01/20/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Adrenomedullin (AM) is a peptide hormone involved in the modulation of cellular growth, migration, apoptosis, and angiogenesis. These characteristics suggest that AM is involved in the control of neural stem/progenitor cell (NSPC) biology. To explore this hypothesis, we have obtained NSPC from the olfactory bulb of adult wild-type animals and brain conditional knockouts for adm, the gene that produces AM. Knockout NSPC contain higher levels of hyperpolymerized tubulin and more abundant filopodia than adm-containing cells, resulting in a different morphology in culture, whereas the size of the knockout neurospheres is smaller than that of the wild-types. Proliferation studies have demonstrated that adm-null NSPC incorporate less 5'-bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) than their wild-type counterparts. In contrast, BrdU studies in the olfactory bulb of adult animals show more labeled cells in adm-null mice that in wild-types, suggesting that a compensatory mechanism exists that guarantees the sufficient production of neural cells in this organ. In NSPC differentiation tests, lack of adm results in significantly lower proportions of neurons and astrocytes and higher proportions of oligodendrocytes. The oligodendrocytes produced from adm-null neurospheres present an immature phenotype with fewer and shorter processes than adm-containing oligodendrocytes. Thus, AM is an important factor in regulating the proliferation and differentiation of adult NSPC and might be used to modulate stem cell renewal and fate in protocols destined to produce neural cells for regenerative therapies.
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The glia that reside at the midline of the Drosophila CNS are an important embryonic signaling center and also wrap the axons that cross the CNS. The development of the midline glia (MG) is characterized by migration, ensheathment, subdivision of axon commissures, apoptosis, and the extension of glial processes. All of these events are characterized by cell-cell contact between MG and adjacent neurons. Cell adhesion and signaling proteins that mediate different aspects of MG development and MG-neuron interactions have been identified. This provides a foundation for ultimately obtaining an integrated picture of how the MG assemble into a characteristic axonal support structure in the CNS.
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- Stephen T Crews
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Program in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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Bauer NG, Richter-Landsberg C, Ffrench-Constant C. Role of the oligodendroglial cytoskeleton in differentiation and myelination. Glia 2010; 57:1691-705. [PMID: 19455583 DOI: 10.1002/glia.20885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Oligodendrocytes, the myelin-forming cells of the central nervous system, are in culture characterized by an elaborate process network, terminating in flat membranous sheets that are rich in myelin-specific proteins and lipids, and spirally wrap axons forming a compact insulating layer in vivo. By analogy with other cell types, maintenance and stability of these processes, as well as the formation of the myelin sheath, likely rely on a pronounced cytoskeleton consisting of microtubules and microfilaments. While the specialized process of wrapping and compaction forming the myelin sheath is not well understood, considerably more is known about how cytoskeletal organization is mediated by extracellular and intracellular signals and other interaction partners during oligodendrocyte differentiation and myelination. Here, we review the current state of knowledge on the role of the oligodendrocyte cytoskeleton in differentiation with an emphasis on signal transduction mechanisms and will attempt to draw out implications for its significance in myelination.
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- Nina G Bauer
- MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Centre for Multiple Sclerosis Research, The University of Edinburgh, Queen's Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, United Kingdom.
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Musse AA, Gao W, Homchaudhuri L, Boggs JM, Harauz G. Myelin basic protein as a "PI(4,5)P2-modulin": a new biological function for a major central nervous system protein. Biochemistry 2008; 47:10372-82. [PMID: 18767817 DOI: 10.1021/bi801302b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The 18.5 kDa isoform of myelin basic protein (MBP) is multifunctional and has previously been shown to have structural and phenomenological similarities with domains of other membrane- and cytoskeleton-associated proteins such as MARCKS (myristoylated alanine-rich C kinase substrate). Here, we have investigated whether 18.5 kDa MBP can sequester phosphatidylinositol-(4,5)-bis-phosphate (PI(4,5)P 2) in membranes, like MARCKS and other "PIPmodulins" do. Using fluorescence-quenching and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, and model membranes containing BODIPY-FL- or proxyl-labeled PI(4,5)P 2, respectively, we have demonstrated that MBP laterally sequesters PI(4,5)P 2. The MBP-PI(4,5)P 2 interactions are electrostatic, partially cholesterol-dependent, and sensitive to phosphorylation, deimination, and Ca (2+)-CaM binding. Confocal microscopy of cultured oligodendrocytes also revealed patched colocalization of MBP and PI(4,5)P 2, indicating the spatial clustering of PI(4,5)P 2 in the plasma membrane. On the basis of these findings as well as the overwhelming convergence of functional properties, modifying enzymes, and interaction partners, we propose that MBP is mechanistically related to GAP-43, MARCKS, and CAP-23. During myelinogenesis, it may mediate calcium and phosphorylation-sensitive plasma membrane availability of PI(4,5)P 2. This regulation of PI(4,5)P 2 availability at the cell cortex may be coupled to the elaboration and outgrowth of the membranous cellular processes by oligodendrocytes.
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- Abdiwahab A Musse
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Biophysics Interdepartmental Group, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N1G 2W1
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Favre-Kontula L, Rolland A, Bernasconi L, Karmirantzou M, Power C, Antonsson B, Boschert U. GlialCAM, an immunoglobulin-like cell adhesion molecule is expressed in glial cells of the central nervous system. Glia 2008; 56:633-45. [PMID: 18293412 DOI: 10.1002/glia.20640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Using structure based genome mining targeting vascular endothelial and platelet derived growth factor immunoglobulin (Ig) like folds, we have identified a sequence corresponding to a single transmembrane protein with two Ig domains, which we cloned from a human brain cDNA library. The cDNA is identical to hepatocyte cell adhesion molecule (hepaCAM), which was originally described as a tumor suppressor gene in liver. Here, we show that the protein is predominantly expressed in the mouse and human nervous system. In liver, the expression is very low in humans, and is not detected in mice. To identify the central nervous system (CNS) regions and cell types expressing the protein, we performed a LacZ reporter gene assay on heterozygous mice in which one copy of the gene encoding the novel protein had been replaced with beta-galactosidase. beta-galactosidase expression was prominent in white matter tracts of the CNS. Furthermore, expression was detected in ependymal cells of the brain ventricular zones and the central canal of the spinal cord. Double labeling experiments showed expression mainly in CNPase positive oligodendrocytes (OL). Since the protein is predominantly expressed in the CNS glial cells, we named the molecule glial cell adhesion molecule (GlialCAM). A potential role for GlialCAM in myelination was supported by its up-regulation during postnatal mouse brain development, where it was concomitantly expressed with myelin basic protein (MBP). In addition, in vitro, GlialCAM was observed in various developmental stages of OL and in astrocytes in processes and at cell contact sites. In A2B5 positive OL, GlialCAM colocalizes with GAP43 in OL growth cone like structures. Overall, the data presented here indicate a potential function for GlialCAM in glial cell biology.
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- Linda Favre-Kontula
- Protein and Cell Sciences, Merck Serono, Geneva Research Center, Geneva, Switzerland
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Bacon C, Lakics V, Machesky L, Rumsby M. N-WASP regulates extension of filopodia and processes by oligodendrocyte progenitors, oligodendrocytes, and Schwann cells—implications for axon ensheathment at myelination. Glia 2007; 55:844-58. [PMID: 17405146 DOI: 10.1002/glia.20505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The molecular mechanisms used by oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs), oligodendrocytes (OLs), and Schwann cells (SCs) to advance processes for motility in the developing nervous system and to ensheath axons at myelination are currently not well defined. Here we demonstrate that OPCs, OLs, and SCs express the major proteins involved in actin polymerization-driven protrusion; these key proteins including F-actin, the Arp2/3 complex, neural-Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome protein (N-WASP) and WAVE proteins, and the RhoGTPases Rac and Cdc42 are present at the leading edges of processes being extended by OPCs, OLs, and SCs. We reveal by real-time PCR that OLs and SCs have different dominant WAVE isoforms. Inhibition of the WASP/WAVE protein, N-WASP, with wiskostatin that prevents activation of the Arp2/3 complex, blocks process extension by OPCs and SCs. Inhibition of N-WASP also causes OPC and SC process retraction, which is preceded by retraction of filopodia. This implicates filopodia in OPC and SC process stability and also of N-WASP in OPC and SC process dynamics. We also demonstrate that p34 (a component of the Arp2/3 complex), WASP/WAVE proteins, actin, alpha-tubulin, Rac, Cdc42, vinculin, and focal adhesion kinase are detected in water-shocked myelin purified from brain. Inhibition of N-WASP with wiskostatin decreases the number of axons undergoing initial ensheathment in intact optic nerve samples and reduces the Po content of dorsal root ganglia:SC co-cultures. Our findings indicate that OPCs, OLs, and SCs extend processes using actin polymerization-driven protrusion dependent on N-WASP. We hypothesize that inner mesaxons of OLs and SCs use the same mechanism to ensheath axons at myelination.
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- Claire Bacon
- Department of Biology, University of York, York, United Kingdom
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Fox MA, Afshari FS, Alexander JK, Colello RJ, Fuss B. Growth conelike sensorimotor structures are characteristic features of postmigratory, premyelinating oligodendrocytes. Glia 2006; 53:563-6. [PMID: 16355369 DOI: 10.1002/glia.20293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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During development, postmigratory, premyelinating oligodendrocytes extend processes that navigate through the central nervous system (CNS) environment, where they recognize a number of extracellular cues, including axonal segments to be myelinated. Ultimately this recognition event leads to the formation of the CNS myelin sheath. However, the morphological structures and molecular mechanisms that control such oligodendroglial pathfinding are poorly understood. Here we show that postmigratory, premyelinating oligodendrocyte processes possess at their distal tips expansions that ultrastructurally resemble growth cones of postmigratory neurons and that we will refer to as OLG-growth cones. OLG-growth cones are highly motile and capable of mediating process outgrowth, retraction, and branching. In addition, they express regulators of cytoskeletal organization, GAP43 and cofilin, that are known to mediate neuronal growth cone navigation. In a choice situation, processes of postmigratory, premyelinating oligodendrocytes and their OLG-growth cones have the ability to selectively avoid a nonpermissive substrate, that is, collagen IV. Thus, our findings provide, for the first time, a detailed characterization of sensorimotor structures present at the tips of postmigratory, premyelinating oligodendrocyte processes. Furthermore, the data presented here suggest that, although the cellular mechanisms involved in growth cone steering may be similar for postmigratory neuronal and oligodendroglial cells, extracellular cues may be interpreted in a cell-type-specific fashion.
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- Michael A Fox
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia 23298, USA
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Ortiz EH, Pasquini LA, Soto EF, Pasquini JM. Apotransferrin and the cytoskeleton of oligodendroglial cells. J Neurosci Res 2005; 82:822-30. [PMID: 16302188 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20699] [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: 11/09/2022]
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Apotransferrin (aTf), has been shown to accelerate the differentiation of oligodendroglial cells (OLGcs) in primary cultures and to increase the expression of different components of the myelin cytoskeleton (CSK). We examined the incorporation and distribution of human aTf (aTfh) exogenously added to OLGcs cultures and its effects on the CSK of the OLGcs. When OLGcs treated with aTfh were extracted with a CSK-stabilizing buffer containing detergent, aTfh was found in the soluble fraction. In vitro experiments showed that purified tubulin was not altered by the addition of aTfh. In OLGc primary cultures treated with aTfh, this glycoprotein showed a punctate distribution pattern along the OLGc processes. Treatment of the cultures with colchicine, cytochalasin, or taxol induced a displacement of the immunoreactivity of aTfh toward the OLGc soma. Analysis of the effects of aTfh on the cell distribution of tyrosinated and detyrosinated tubulin and STOP (stable tubule only polypeptide), showed that aTfh added to OLGc cultures promoted changes suggesting a stabilizing effect on the microtubules (MT) at the tip of the processes. Kinesin and dynein were found to colocalize with the aTfh, indicating that these motors participate in the transport of the added glycoprotein. Moreover, after treatment with aTfh, clathrin immunoreactivity was displaced from the OLGc body toward the cell processes. These results indicate that although aTfh added to OLGcs does not interact directly with CSK components, it seems to be transported in clathrin coated vesicles from the cell body to the tips of the OLGc processes where it promotes their stabilization. This mechanism may be of importance in the increased formation of the myelin membrane induced by aTf.
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- Esteban H Ortiz
- Departamento de Química Biológica, Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológica, IQUIFIB, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, UBA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Vasenkova I, Luginbuhl D, Chiba A. Gliopodia extend the range of direct glia-neuron communication during the CNS development in Drosophila. Mol Cell Neurosci 2005; 31:123-30. [PMID: 16298140 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2005.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2005] [Revised: 09/16/2005] [Accepted: 10/04/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Midline glia are a source of cues for neuronal navigation and differentiation in the Drosophila CNS. Despite their importance, how glia and neurons communicate during the development is not fully understood. Here, we examined dynamic morphology of midline glia and assessed their direct cellular interactions with neurons within the embryonic CNS. Midline glia extend filopodia-like "gliopodia" from the onset of axogenesis through the near completion of embryonic neural development. The most abundant and stable within the commissures, gliopodia frequently contact neurites extending from the neuropil on either side of the midline. Misexpression of Rac1N17 in midline glia not only reduces the number of gliopodia but also shifts the position of neuropils towards the midline. Midline-secreted signaling protein Slit accumulates along the surface of gliopodia. Mutant analysis supports the idea that gliopodia contribute to its presentation on neuronal surfaces at both the commissures and neuropils. We propose that gliopodia extend the range of direct glia-neuron communication during CNS development.
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- Irina Vasenkova
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois, 601 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Dawson J, Hotchin N, Lax S, Rumsby M. Lysophosphatidic acid induces process retraction in CG-4 line oligodendrocytes and oligodendrocyte precursor cells but not in differentiated oligodendrocytes. J Neurochem 2004; 87:947-57. [PMID: 14622125 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.02056.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Lysophosphatidic acid is a growth factor-like signalling phospholipid. We demonstrate here that lysophosphatidic acid induces process retraction in central glia-4 cells and oligodendrocyte precursors. This lysophosphatidic acid effect is rapid and concentration-dependent and results in cell rounding. It is inhibited by pre-treatment of cells with C3 exoenzyme, a specific inhibitor of Rho, or with Y-27632, a specific inhibitor of ROCK, a downstream kinase of Rho. Processes of differentiated central glia-4 oligodendrocytes were insensitive to lysophosphatidic acid treatment but cell bodies became phase dark, indicating cell spreading on the poly-l-lysine substratum. RT-PCR and Western blot analyses indicate that oligodendrocyte precursors and mature oligodendrocytes express mRNA and protein for LPA1, one of several LPA receptors. Thus lysophosphatidic acid may be signalling to Rho and stimulating actomyosin contraction in precursor oligodendrocytes by this family of receptors. The results show that lysophosphatidic acid signalling pathways influence retraction of processes in oligodendrocyte precursors but that this effect changes as oligodendrocytes differentiate.
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- John Dawson
- Department of Biology, University of York, York, UK.
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