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Montenegro YHA, de Queiroga Nascimento D, de Assis TO, Santos-Lopes SSD. The epigenetics of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in fetal development. Ann Hum Genet 2019; 83:195-213. [PMID: 30843189 DOI: 10.1111/ahg.12306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2018] [Revised: 02/13/2019] [Accepted: 02/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is an important hormonal mechanism of the human body and is extremely programmable during embryonic and fetal development. Analyzing its development in this period is the key to understanding in fact how vulnerabilities of congenital diseases occur and any other changes in the phenotypic and histophysiological aspects of the fetus. The environment in which the mother is exposed during the gestational period can influence this axis. Knowing this, our objective was to analyze in recent research the possible impact of epigenetic programming on the HPA axis and its consequences for fetal development. This review brought together articles from two databases: ScienceDirect and PUBMED researched based on key words such as "epigenetics, HPA axis, cardiovascular disease, and circulatory problems" where it demonstrated full relevance in experimental and scientific settings. A total of 101 articles were selected following the criteria established by the researchers. Thus, it was possible to verify that the development of the HPA axis is directly related to changes that occur in the cardiovascular system, to the cerebral growth and other systems depending on the influence that it receives in the period of fetal formation.
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Rekart JL, Routtenberg A. Overexpression of GAP-43 reveals unexpected properties of hippocampal mossy fibers. Hippocampus 2010; 20:46-57. [PMID: 19650124 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The mossy fiber (MF) system targets the apical dendrites of CA3 pyramidal cells in the stratum lucidum (SL). In mice overexpressing the growth-associated protein GAP-43 there is an apparent ectopic growth of these MFs into the stratum oriens (SO) targeting the basal dendrites of these same pyramidal cells (Aigner et al. (1995) Cell 83:269-278). This is the first evidence to our knowledge that links increased GAP-43 expression with growth of central axons. Here we studied the Aigner et al. transgenic mice but were unable to confirm such growth into SO. However, using quantitative methods we did observe enhanced growth within the regions normally targeted by MFs, for example, the SL in the CA3a region. These contrasting results led us to study MFs with double-immunostaining using an immunohistochemical marker for MFs, the zinc transporter, ZnT3, to visualize the colocalization of transgenic GAP-43 within MFs. Unexpectedly, using both fluorescence and confocal microscopy, we were unable to detect colocalization of GAP-43-positive axons with ZnT3-positive MF axons within the MF pathways, either in the region of the MF axons or in the SL, where MF terminals are abundant. In contrast, the plasma membrane-associated presynaptic marker SNAP-25 did colocalize with transgenic GAP-43-positive terminals in the SL. Synaptophysin, the vesicle-associated presynaptic terminal marker, colocalized with ZnT3 but did not appear to colocalize with GAP-43. The present findings raise important questions about the properties of granule cells and the MF mechanisms that differentially regulate axonal remodeling in the adult hippocampus: (1) Because there appears to be at least two populations of granule cells defined by their differential protein expression, this points to the existence of an intrinsic heterogeneity of granule cell expression beyond that contributed by adult neurogenesis; (2) Giventhe present evidence that growth is induced in mice overexpressing GAP-43 in adjacent non-GAP-43 containing MFs, the potential exists for a heretofore unexplored interaxonal communication mechanism.
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- Jerome L Rekart
- Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 USA.
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Holahan MR, Honegger KS, Routtenberg A. Ectopic growth of hippocampal mossy fibers in a mutated GAP-43 transgenic mouse with impaired spatial memory retention. Hippocampus 2010; 20:58-64. [PMID: 19437419 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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In a previous study, it was shown that transgenic mice, designated G-NonP, forget the location of a water maze hidden platform when tested 7 days after the last training day (Holahan and Routtenberg (2008) Hippocampus 18:1099-1102). The memory loss in G-NonP mice might be related to altered hippocampal architecture suggested by the fact that in the rat, 7 days after water maze training, there is discernible mossy fiber (MF) growth (Holahan et al. (2006) Hippocampus 16:560-570; Rekart et al. (2007) Learn Mem 14:416-421). In the present report, we studied the distribution of the MF system within the hippocampus of naïve, untrained, G-NonP mouse. In WT mice, the MF projection was restricted to the stratum lucidum of CA3 with no detectable MF innervation in distal stratum oriens (dSO). In G-NonP mice, in contrast, there was an ectopic projection terminating in the CA3 dSO. Unexpectedly, there was nearly a complete loss of immunostaining for the axonal marker Tau1 in the G-NonP transgenic mice in the MF terminal fields indicating that transgenesis itself leads to off-target consequences (Routtenberg (1996) Trends Neurosci 19:471-472). Because transgenic mice overexpressing nonmutated, wild type GAP-43 do not show this ectopic growth (Rekart et al., in press) and the G-NonP mice overexpress a mutated form of GAP-43 precluding its phosphorylation by protein kinase C (PKC), the possibility exists that permanently dephosphorylated GAP-43 disrupts normal axonal fasciculation which gives rise to the ectopic growth into dSO.
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- Matthew R Holahan
- Department of Psychology, Institute of Neuroscience, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada.
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Maier E, Gunhaga L. Dynamic expression of neurogenic markers in the developing chick olfactory epithelium. Dev Dyn 2009; 238:1617-25. [PMID: 19441054 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Neurogenesis in the olfactory epithelium begins in early embryos and proceeds throughout life. A comparison of neurogenic marker expression at different developmental stages and at different axes of the olfactory epithelium has not been reported in a coordinated way. In this study, we have in detail compared the temporal and spatial expression patterns of the precursor markers Hes5, Cash1, Ngn1, and the neuronal markers Gap43, HuC/D, Lhx2 in the developing olfactory placode and epithelium in chick embryos from HH10 to HH34. We show that Hes5 starts to be expressed in cells of the prospective olfactory placode at HH10, earlier then previously reported. During olfactory pit stages, the expression of Hes5, Cash1, Ngn1, Gap43, HuC/D, and Lhx2 varies throughout the anterior-posterior and superior-inferior axis of the olfactory epithelium. By HH34, expression of the precursor and neuronal markers show the first signs of apical-basal stratification of the epithelium. Developmental Dynamics 238:1617-1625, 2009. (c) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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- Esther Maier
- Umeå Center for Molecular Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Holahan MR, Honegger KS, Tabatadze N, Routtenberg A. GAP-43 gene expression regulates information storage. Learn Mem 2007; 14:407-15. [PMID: 17554085 PMCID: PMC1896091 DOI: 10.1101/lm.581907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Previous reports have shown that overexpression of the growth- and plasticity-associated protein GAP-43 improves memory. However, the relation between the levels of this protein to memory enhancement remains unknown. Here, we studied this issue in transgenic mice (G-Phos) overexpressing native, chick GAP-43. These G-Phos mice could be divided at the behavioral level into "spatial bright" and "spatial dull" groups based on their performance on two hidden platform water maze tasks. G-Phos dull mice showed both acquisition and retention deficits on the fixed hidden platform task, but were able to learn a visible platform task. G-Phos bright mice showed memory enhancement relative to wild type on the more difficult movable hidden platform spatial memory task. In the hippocampus, the G-Phos dull group showed a 50% greater transgenic GAP-43 protein level and a twofold elevated transgenic GAP-43 mRNA level than that measured in the G-Phos bright group. Unexpectedly, the dull group also showed an 80% reduction in hippocampal Tau1 staining. The high levels of GAP-43 seen here leading to memory impairment find its histochemical and behavioral parallel in the observation of Rekart et al. (Neuroscience 126: 579-584) who described elevated levels of GAP-43 protein in the hippocampus of Alzheimer's patients. The present data suggest that moderate overexpression of a phosphorylatable plasticity-related protein can enhance memory, while excessive overexpression may produce a "neuroplasticity burden" leading to degenerative and hypertrophic events culminating in memory dysfunction.
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- Matthew R. Holahan
- Departments of Psychology and Neurobiology and Physiology in the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience (NUIN) Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
- Corresponding authors.E-mail ; fax (613) 520-3667.E-mail ; fax (847) 491-3557
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- Departments of Psychology and Neurobiology and Physiology in the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience (NUIN) Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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- Departments of Psychology and Neurobiology and Physiology in the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience (NUIN) Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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- Departments of Psychology and Neurobiology and Physiology in the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience (NUIN) Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
- Corresponding authors.E-mail ; fax (613) 520-3667.E-mail ; fax (847) 491-3557
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Zubair M, Watanabe E, Fukada M, Noda M. Genetic labelling of specific axonal pathways in the mouse central nervous system. Eur J Neurosci 2002; 15:807-14. [PMID: 11906522 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.01911.x] [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: 01/16/2023]
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We report on transgenic mouse lines in which several sensory systems in the brain are specifically visualized genetically. We employed GAP-lacZ as an axon-targeted reporter protein that was constructed by fusing the membrane-anchoring domain of the GAP-43 protein to lacZ. The reporter gene was introduced into the genome under the control of a promoter element of Brn3b transcription factor to establish transgenic mouse lines. The individual lines thus generated afforded clear images of specific axonal pathways of the visual, vomeronasal, pontocerebellar, and auditory systems. The reporter protein labelled the entire axonal process as well as the cell body of developing and mature neurons on staining with X-gal. We show that these lines facilitate the developmental and anatomical study of these neural systems. This strategy should be applicable to a variety of neural systems by using various specific promoter elements.
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- Mohamad Zubair
- Division of Molecular Neurobiology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
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Routtenberg A, Cantallops I, Zaffuto S, Serrano P, Namgung U. Enhanced learning after genetic overexpression of a brain growth protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000; 97:7657-62. [PMID: 10861025 PMCID: PMC16601 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.97.13.7657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Ramón y Cajal proposed 100 years ago that memory formation requires the growth of nerve cell processes. One-half century later, Hebb suggested that growth of presynaptic axons and postsynaptic dendrites consequent to coactivity in these synaptic elements was essential for such information storage. In the past 25 years, candidate growth genes have been implicated in learning processes, but it has not been demonstrated that they in fact enhance them. Here, we show that genetic overexpression of the growth-associated protein GAP-43, the axonal protein kinase C substrate, dramatically enhanced learning and long-term potentiation in transgenic mice. If the overexpressed GAP-43 was mutated by a Ser --> Ala substitution to preclude its phosphorylation by protein kinase C, then no learning enhancement was found. These findings provide evidence that a growth-related gene regulates learning and memory and suggest an unheralded target, the GAP-43 phosphorylation site, for enhancing cognitive ability.
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- A Routtenberg
- Cresap Neuroscience Laboratory, Departments of Psychology and Neurobiology, Institute for Neuroscience, Northwestern University, 2029 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
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Oestreicher AB, De Graan PN, Gispen WH, Verhaagen J, Schrama LH. B-50, the growth associated protein-43: modulation of cell morphology and communication in the nervous system. Prog Neurobiol 1997; 53:627-86. [PMID: 9447616 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-0082(97)00043-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 236] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The growth-associated protein B-50 (GAP-43) is a presynaptic protein. Its expression is largely restricted to the nervous system. B-50 is frequently used as a marker for sprouting, because it is located in growth cones, maximally expressed during nervous system development and re-induced in injured and regenerating neural tissues. The B-50 gene is highly conserved during evolution. The B-50 gene contains two promoters and three exons which specify functional domains of the protein. The first exon encoding the 1-10 sequence, harbors the palmitoylation site for attachment to the axolemma and the minimal domain for interaction with G0 protein. The second exon contains the "GAP module", including the calmodulin binding and the protein kinase C phosphorylation domain which is shared by the family of IQ proteins. Downstream sequences of the second and non-coding sequences in the third exon encode species variability. The third exon also contains a conserved domain for phosphorylation by casein kinase II. Functional interference experiments using antisense oligonucleotides or antibodies, have shown inhibition of neurite outgrowth and neurotransmitter release. Overexpression of B-50 in cells or transgenic mice results in excessive sprouting. The various interactions, specified by the structural domains, are thought to underlie the role of B-50 in synaptic plasticity, participating in membrane extension during neuritogenesis, in neurotransmitter release and long-term potentiation. Apparently, B-50 null-mutant mice do not display gross phenotypic changes of the nervous system, although the B-50 deletion affects neuronal pathfinding and reduces postnatal survival. The experimental evidence suggests that neuronal morphology and communication are critically modulated by, but not absolutely dependent on, (enhanced) B-50 presence.
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- A B Oestreicher
- Department of Medical Pharmacology, Rudolf Magnus Institute for Neurosciences, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Gerendasy DD, Sutcliffe JG. RC3/neurogranin, a postsynaptic calpacitin for setting the response threshold to calcium influxes. Mol Neurobiol 1997; 15:131-63. [PMID: 9396008 DOI: 10.1007/bf02740632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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In this review, we attempt to cover the descriptive, biochemical and molecular biological work that has contributed to our current knowledge about RC3/neurogranin function and its role in dendritic spine development, long-term potentiation, long-term depression, learning, and memory. Based on the data reviewed here, we propose that RC3, GAP-43, and the small cerebellum-enriched peptide, PEP-19, belong to a protein family that we have named the calpacitins. Membership in this family is based on sequence homology and, we believe, a common biochemical function. We propose a model wherein RC3 and GAP-43 regulate calmodulin availability in dendritic spines and axons, respectively, and calmodulin regulates their ability to amplify the mobilization of Ca2+ in response to metabotropic glutamate receptor stimulation. PEP-19 may serve a similar function in the cerebellum, although biochemical characterization of this molecule has lagged behind that of RC3 and GAP-43. We suggest that these molecules release CaM rapidly in response to large influxes of Ca2+ and slowly in response to small increases. This nonlinear response is analogous to the behavior of a capacitor, hence the name calpacitin. Since CaM regulates the ability of RC3 to amplify the effects of metabotropic glutamate receptor agonists, this activity must, necessarily, exhibit nonlinear kinetics as well. The capacitance of the system is regulated by phosphorylation by protein kinase C, which abrogates interactions between calmodulin and RC3 or GAP-43. We further propose that the ratio of phosphorylated to unphosphorylated RC3 determines the sliding LTP/LTD threshold in concept with Ca2+/ calmodulin-dependent kinase II. Finally, we suggest that the close association between RC3 and a subset of mitochondria serves to couple energy production with the synthetic events that accompany dendritic spine development and remodeling.
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- D D Gerendasy
- Department of Molecular Biology, Scripps Research Institute
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Several lines of investigation have helped clarify the role of GAP-43 (FI, B-50 or neuromodulin) in regulating the growth state of axon terminals. In transgenic mice, overexpression of GAP-43 leads to the spontaneous formation of new synapses and enhanced sprouting after injury. Null mutation of the GAP-43 gene disrupts axonal pathfinding and is generally lethal shortly after birth. Manipulations of GAP-43 expression likewise have profound effects on neurite outgrowth for cells in culture. GAP-43 appears to be involved in transducing intra- and extracellular signals to regulate cytoskeletal organization in the nerve ending. Phosphorylation by protein kinase C is particularly significant in this regard, and is linked with both nerve-terminal sprouting and long-term potentiation. In the brains of humans and other primates, high levels of GAP-43 persist in neocortical association areas and in the limbic system throughout life, where the protein might play an important role in mediating experience-dependent plasticity.
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- L I Benowitz
- Children's Hospital, Dept of Surgery, Boston, MA, USA
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Schrama LH, Lepperdinger G, Moritz A, van den Engel NK, Marquart A, Oestreicher AB, Eggen BJ, Hage WJ, Richter K, Destrée OH. B-50/growth-associated protein-43, a marker of neural development in Xenopus laevis. Neuroscience 1997; 76:635-52. [PMID: 9015344 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(96)00400-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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To study the regulation and function of the growth-associated protein B-50/growth-associated protein-43 (mol. wt 43,000) in Xenopus laevis, B-50/growth-associated protein-43 complementary DNAs were isolated and characterized. The deduced amino acid sequence revealed potential functional domains of Xenopus B-50/growth-associated protein-43 that may be involved in G-protein interaction, membrane-binding, calmodulin-binding and protein kinase C phosphorylation. The expression of B-50/growth-associated protein-43 at the RNA and protein level during development was investigated using the Xenopus complementary DNA and the monoclonal B-50/growth-associated protein-43 antibody NM2. The antibody NM2 recognized the gene product on western blot and in whole-mount immunocytochemistry of Xenopus embryos. Moreover, visualization of the developmentally regulated appearance of B-50/growth-associated protein-43 immunoreactivity showed that this mode of detection may be used to monitor axonogenesis under various experimental conditions. In the adult Xenopus, XB-50/growth-associated protein-43 messenger RNA was shown to be expressed at high levels in brain, spinal cord and eye using northern blotting. The earliest expression detected on northern blot was at developmental stage 13 with poly(A) RNA. By whole-mount immunofluorescence, applying the confocal laser scanning microscope, the protein was first detected in embryos from stage 20, where it was expressed in the developing trigeminal ganglion. Also later in development the expression of the B-50/growth-associated protein-43 gene was restricted to the nervous system in Xenopus, as was previously found for the mouse. In conclusion, we find that XB-50/growth-associated protein-43 is a good marker to study the development of the nervous system in Xenopus laevis.
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- L H Schrama
- Laboratory for Physiological Chemistry, Rudolf Magnus Institute for Neurosciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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Sakaguchi H, Saito N. Developmental changes in axon terminals visualized by immunofluorescence for the growth-associated protein, GAP-43, in the robust nucleus of the archistriatum of the zebra finch. BRAIN RESEARCH. DEVELOPMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH 1996; 95:245-51. [PMID: 8874899 DOI: 10.1016/0165-3806(96)00085-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Two afferents to the robust nucleus of the archistriatum (RA) are important for song learning by the zebra finch. The growth-associated protein-43 (GAP-43) has been used as a molecular marker for axonal growth. In these experiments, the axon terminals were visualized by immunofluorescence with antibodies against GAP-43 and we studied the developmental processes in the zebra finch after the invasion of the RA by afferent fibers. After waiting at the dorsal border of the RA before invading the RA, the axon terminals from the higher vocal center (HVc) first contacted the soma, and then redistributed and established synapses on the dendrites. This initial contact with the soma may be closely related to the neurotrophic properties of the axon terminals from the HVc neurons.
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- H Sakaguchi
- Department of Physiology, Medical School, Dokkyo University, Tochigi, Japan
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Kanazir S, Ruzdijic S, Vukosavic S, Ivkovic S, Milosevic A, Zecevic N, Rakic L. GAP-43 mRNA expression in early development of human nervous system. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 1996; 38:145-55. [PMID: 8737678 DOI: 10.1016/0169-328x(96)00008-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The temporal and spatial distribution of GAP-43 mRNA in early human development, from 6 to 23 gestational weeks (g.w.), was examined by in situ hybridization histochemistry. GAP-43 mRNA was expressed as early as 6 g.w. in all regions of developing nervous system, the spinal cord, brainstem, cerebellum, diencephalic and telencephalic regions. Although the pronounced level of expression persisted during the entire examined period, the intensity of expression varied along the spatial axis over time. Analysis at the cellular level revealed that early on in development (6 g.w.) GAP-43 mRNA was expressed in the entire neuroblast population. With the onset of differentiation, at 13-23 g.w., GAP-43 mRNA expression had switched to the neurons that are in the process outgrowth. The highest level of GAP-43 mRNA expression was localized in the regions consisting of differentiating neurons, such as the cortical plate and intermediate zone of the telencephalic wall, and several delineated subcortical and thalamic nuclei. The spatial and temporal pattern of GAP-43 mRNA expression obtained suggests a possible dual role of GAP-43 in the development of the human nervous system: in the embryonic brain it could be involved in fundamental processes underlying cell proliferation; in the fetal brain its expression is specifically correlated with differentiation and the outgrowth of axons.
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- S Kanazir
- Department of Neurobiology and Immunology, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia
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Kohn DT, Tsai KC, Cansino VV, Neve RL, Perrone-Bizzozero NI. Role of highly conserved pyrimidine-rich sequences in the 3' untranslated region of the GAP-43 mRNA in mRNA stability and RNA-protein interactions. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 1996; 36:240-50. [PMID: 8965644 DOI: 10.1016/0169-328x(95)00239-o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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We have shown previously that the mRNA for the growth-associated protein GAP-43 is selectively stabilized during neuronal differentiation. In this study, we explored the role of its highly conserved 3' untranslated region (3'UTR) in mRNA stability and RNA-protein interactions. The 3'UTRs of the rat and chicken GAP-43 mRNAs show 78% sequence identity, which is equivalent to the conservation of their coding regions. In rat PC12 cells stably transfected with the full-length rat or chicken GAP-43 cDNAs, the transgene mRNAs decayed with same half-life of about 3 h. The GAP-43 3'UTR also caused the rabbit beta-globin mRNA to decay with a half-life of 4 h, indicating that the major determinants for GAP-43 mRNA stability are localized in its highly conserved 3'UTR. Three brain cytosolic RNA-binding proteins (molecular mass 40, 65 and 95 kDa) were found to interact with both the rat and chicken GAP-43 mRNAs. These RNA-protein interactions were specific and involved pyrimidine-rich sequences in the 3'UTR. Like the GAP-43 mRNA, the activity of these proteins was enriched in brain and increased during development. We propose that highly conserved pyrimidine-rich sequences in the 3'UTR of this mRNA regulate GAP-43 gene expression via interactions with specific RNA-binding proteins.
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- D T Kohn
- Department of Biochemistry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque 87131-5221, USA
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Meberg PJ, McCabe BJ, Routtenberg A. MARCKS and protein F1/GAP-43 mRNA in chick brain: effects of imprinting. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 1996; 35:149-56. [PMID: 8717350 DOI: 10.1016/0169-328x(95)00200-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The phosphorylation of MARCKS, but not protein F1/GAP-43, is increased in the intermediate and medial portion of the hyperstriatum ventrale (IMHV) after chick imprinting. Here we investigated if MARCKS, but not F1/GAP-43, gene expression would also be altered after imprinting. We first investigated the constitutive mRNA distribution of MARCKS and F1/GAP-43 in chick brain. MARCKS mRNA was expressed in most cells and exhibited a relatively homogeneous distribution. In contrast, F1/GAP-43 mRNA levels were elevated in discrete brain regions, as we had observed in mammals. The highest F1/GAP-43 mRNA levels in the chick brain were in sensory and associational structures such as the hyperstriatal complex and neostriatum, and lower levels were in structures involved in motor control, such as paleostriatum. These results in chick are consistent with the previously drawn generalization that F1/GAP-43 mRNA is expressed in those brain regions which exhibit synaptic plasticity. After imprinting, MARCKS mRNA levels in IMHV were higher in good learners than poor learners. In contrast, analysis of F1/GAP-43 mRNA levels revealed no differences related to training in any brain region sampled. These selective results for MARCKS but not F1/GAP-43 parallel the prior findings on their phosphorylation, and are consistent with our hypothesis that the very same proteins that are post-translationally modified in association with learning and memory also undergo alterations in their gene expression.
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- P J Meberg
- Cresap Neuroscience Laboratory, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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Shain DH, Haile DT, Verrastro TA, Zuber MX. Cloning and embryonic expression of Xenopus laevis GAP-43 (XGAP-43). Brain Res 1995; 697:241-6. [PMID: 8593582 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)00866-o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Xenopus laevis GAP-43 (XGAP-43) is highly related to other vertebrate GAP-43 proteins in its N-terminal region which contains a membrane-targeting sequence, serine phosphorylation site, and calmodulin binding domain. Unlike other species examined, however, there appear to be two GAP-43-class genes in X. laevis which resulted from the genome duplication in Xenopus approximately 30 million years ago. During embryogenesis, XGAP-43 is expressed in a complex spatiotemporal pattern that is consistent with its putative role in neuronal growth and development.
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- D H Shain
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523, USA
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Clayton GH, Mahalik TJ, Finger TE. Expression of GAP43 mRNA in normally developing and transplanted neurons from the rat ventral mesencephalon. J Comp Neurol 1994; 347:470-80. [PMID: 7822495 DOI: 10.1002/cne.903470312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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These experiments were designed to determine whether the neuronal growth-related protein GAP43 is expressed at high levels by neurons that collateralize extensively or have long periods of synaptogenesis. We also evaluated the effects of target availability on GAP43 expression. Dopaminergic neurons of the rat ventral mesencephalon (VM) were chosen for investigation because they undergo extensive collateralization and synaptogenesis during postnatal development. Double label in situ hybridization histochemistry (ISHH) and immunocytochemistry (ICC) were used to measure changes in GAP43 mRNA levels within tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-immunoreactive and -nonimmunoreactive neurons of the VM during postnatal development (p5-adult). TH neurons show higher levels of GAP43 mRNA than do non-TH neurons throughout normal postnatal development and in the adult. This result may be due to more extensive axonal arborization and synaptic remodeling on the part of TH neurons as they innervate the striatum. To test the effects of target availability on GAP43 utilization, grafts of embryonic (e15) VM were placed within previously 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA)-lesioned striata and allowed to develop for 10-28 days. Levels of GAP43 mRNA in grafted TH neurons were reduced at all time points. The short distance to target in the graft paradigm may shorten the overall axonal process length, resulting in lower requirements for growth-related proteins such as GAP43. However, grafted non-TH neurons had elevated levels of GAP43 mRNA, perhaps attributable to prolonged target seeking by neurons that have been isolated from their normal targets.
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- G H Clayton
- Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262
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Pellier V, Astic L, Oestreicher AB, Saucier D. B-50/GAP-43 expression by the olfactory receptor cells and the neurons migrating from the olfactory placode in embryonic rats. BRAIN RESEARCH. DEVELOPMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH 1994; 80:63-72. [PMID: 7955361 DOI: 10.1016/0165-3806(94)90090-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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B-50/GAP-43 is a growth-associated phosphoprotein that is commonly expressed in all developing neuronal systems. Using an immunocytochemistry approach, we have investigated the expression of this protein in the rat olfactory system during embryogenesis and neonatal development with a particular emphasis on the early developmental stages of the olfactory placode. Data show that already at embryonic day 12 (E12), a strong B-50/GAP-43 immunoreactivity was detected in few olfactory receptor cells well-recognizable by their positive short neuritic processes. The B-50/GAP-43 expression in the placodal epithelium thus appeared to coincide with the onset of neurite outgrowth. From E13 onwards, there was a rapid increase in the number of B-50/GAP-43-positive olfactory neurons and from E18, the protein was strongly expressed by nearly all neurons. In addition, results clearly demonstrate that as early as E13, B-50/GAP-43 was strongly expressed by many migrating cells which were seen leaving the pit epithelium in association with the first olfactory axons that penetrated the nasal mesenchyme. Many immunoreactive cells were also observed in the presumptive olfactory nerve layer. Experiments of double-labeling showed that B-50/GAP-43-immunostained migrating cells were also stained with anti-neuron-specific enolase (NSE). This confirms the neuronal nature of these early labeled migrating cells. The progressive disappearance of migrating neurons noted during the late stages of embryonic development is discussed in relation with their possible function in the early stages of development of the peripheral olfactory system.
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- V Pellier
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Neurosensorielle, UCB/Lyon I, Villeurbanne, France
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Aigner L, Caroni P. Depletion of 43-kD growth-associated protein in primary sensory neurons leads to diminished formation and spreading of growth cones. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 1993; 123:417-29. [PMID: 8408223 PMCID: PMC2119839 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.123.2.417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The 43-kD growth-associated protein (GAP-43) is a major protein kinase C (PKC) substrate of growing axons, and of developing nerve terminals and glial cells. It is a highly hydrophilic protein associated with the cortical cytoskeleton and membranes. In neurons it is rapidly transported from the cell body to growth cones and nerve terminals, where it accumulates. To define the role of GAP-43 in neurite outgrowth, we analyzed neurite regeneration in cultured dorsal root ganglia (DRG) neurons that had been depleted of GAP-43 with any of three nonoverlapping antisense oligonucleotides. The GAP-43 depletion procedure was specific for this protein and an antisense oligonucleotide to the related PKC substrate MARCKS did not detectably affect GAP-43 immunoreactivity. We report that neurite outgrowth and morphology depended on the levels of GAP-43 in the neurons in a substrate-specific manner. When grown on a laminin substratum, GAP-43-depleted neurons extended longer, thinner and less branched neurites with strikingly smaller growth cones than their GAP-43-expressing counterparts. In contrast, suppression of GAP-43 expression prevented growth cone and neurite formation when DRG neurons were plated on poly-L-ornithine. These findings indicate that GAP-43 plays an important role in growth cone formation and neurite outgrowth. It may be involved in the potentiation of growth cone responses to external signals affecting process formation and guidance.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Cell Movement/physiology
- Cells, Cultured
- Chick Embryo
- DNA/genetics
- GAP-43 Protein
- Ganglia, Spinal/chemistry
- Ganglia, Spinal/metabolism
- Ganglia, Spinal/physiology
- Immunohistochemistry
- Membrane Glycoproteins/analysis
- Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics
- Membrane Glycoproteins/physiology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nerve Growth Factors/pharmacology
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/analysis
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/physiology
- Neurites/physiology
- Neurites/ultrastructure
- Neurons, Afferent/chemistry
- Neurons, Afferent/cytology
- Neurons, Afferent/physiology
- Oligonucleotides, Antisense/genetics
- Oligonucleotides, Antisense/pharmacology
- Peptides
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
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- L Aigner
- Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland
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Kumagai-Tohda C, Tohda M, Nomura Y. Increase in neurite formation and acetylcholine release by transfection of growth-associated protein-43 cDNA into NG108-15 cells. J Neurochem 1993; 61:526-32. [PMID: 8393086 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1993.tb02155.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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We previously reported that growth-associated protein-43 (GAP-43) could be involved in the maintenance of elongated neurites and that a decline in protein kinase C activity may be involved in accumulation of GAP-43. In the present study, to clarify the functional significance of GAP-43 for neurite maintenance and acetylcholine (ACh) release, we prepared NG-G11 cells by transfection of GAP-43 cDNA into NG108-15 cells. NG-G11 cells expressed GAP-43 mRNA at levels approximately twice that in nontransfected or vector-transfected cells under control conditions and after treatment with dibutyryl cyclic AMP (diBu-cAMP) or 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA) plus diBu-cAMP. Neurite outgrowth after addition of diBu-cAMP was greater in NG-G11 than in control cells. In NG-G11 cells, neurites elongated by treatment with diBu-cAMP for 72 h were maintained after removal of the drug. Treatment with TPA plus diBu-cAMP for 24 h induced neurite outgrowth in NG-G11 cells, although control cells required 72 h. Depolarization by 50 mM KCl induced ACh release in both NG-G11 and control cells treated with diBu-cAMP or TPA/diBu-cAMP. Although removal of the drugs following diBu-cAMP treatment reversed ACh release to nontreated levels in control cells, a high-K(+)-induced level of ACh release remained in NG-G11 cells after removal of diBu-cAMP. ACh release induced by TPA plus diBu-cAMP for 24 h was further enhanced after removal of the drugs in NG-G11 cells, but it was not seen in control cells. These results suggest that levels of GAP-43 mRNA are correlated with neurite maintenance and the level of ACh release. Thus, GAP-43 may be involved in neuronal differentiation in NG108-15 cells.
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- C Kumagai-Tohda
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Schafer GL, Ciment G, Stocker KM, Baizer L. Analysis of the sequence and embryonic expression of chicken neurofibromin mRNA. MOLECULAR AND CHEMICAL NEUROPATHOLOGY 1993; 18:267-78. [PMID: 8507305 DOI: 10.1007/bf03160119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a common inherited disorder that primarily affects tissues derived from the neural crest. Recent identification and characterization of the human NF1 gene has revealed that it encodes a protein (now called neurofibromin) that is similar in sequence to the ras-GTPase activator protein (or ras-GAP), suggesting that neurofibromin may be a component of cellular signal transduction pathways regulating cellular proliferation and/or differentiation. To initiate investigations on the role of the NF1 gene product in embryonic development, we have isolated a partial cDNA for chicken neurofibromin. Sequence analysis reveals that the predicted amino acid sequence is highly conserved between chick and human. The chicken cDNA hybridizes to a 12.5-kb transcript on RNA blots, a mol wt similar to that reported for the human and murine mRNAs. Ribonuclease protection assays indicate that NF1 mRNA is expressed in a variety of tissues in the chick embryo; this is confirmed by in situ hybridization analysis. NF1 mRNA expression is detectable as early as embryonic stage 18 in the neural plate. This pattern of expression may suggest a role for neurofibromin during normal development, including that of the nervous system.
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- G L Schafer
- R. S. Dow Neurological Sciences Institute, Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center, Portland, OR
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Widmer F, Caroni P. Phosphorylation-site mutagenesis of the growth-associated protein GAP-43 modulates its effects on cell spreading and morphology. J Cell Biol 1993; 120:503-12. [PMID: 8421062 PMCID: PMC2119519 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.120.2.503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The 43-kD growth-associated protein (GAP-43) is a major protein kinase C (PKC) substrate of axonal growth cones, developing nerve terminals, regenerating axons, and adult central nervous system areas associated with plasticity. It is a cytosolic protein associated with the cortical cytoskeleton and the plasmalemma. Membrane association of GAP-43 is mediated by palmitoylation at Cys3Cys4. In vitro and in vivo, phosphorylation by PKC exclusively involves Ser41 of mammalian GAP-43 (corresponding to Ser42 in the chick protein). To identify aspects of GAP-43 function, we analyzed the actions of wild-type, membrane-association, and phosphorylation-site mutants of GAP-43 in nonneuronal cell lines. The GAP-43 constructs were introduced in L6 and COS-7 cells by transient transfection. Like the endogenous protein in neurons and their growth cones, GAP-43 in nonneuronal cells associated with the cell periphery. GAP-43 accumulated in the pseudopods of spreading cells and appeared to interact with cortical actin-containing filaments. Spreading L6 cells expressing high levels of recombinant protein displayed a characteristic F-actin labeling pattern consisting of prominent radial arrays of peripheral actin filaments. GAP-43 had dramatic effects on local surface morphology. Characteristic features of GAP-43-expressing cells were irregular cell outlines with prominent and numerous filopodia. The effects of GAP-43 on cell morphology required association with the cell membrane, since GAP-43(Ala3Ala4), a mutant that failed to associate with the cell cortex, had no morphogenetic activity. Two GAP-43 phosphorylation mutants (Ser42 to Ala42 preventing and Ser42 to Asp42 mimicking phosphorylation by PKC) modulated the effects of GAP-43 in opposite ways. Cells expressing GAP-43(Asp42) spread extensively and displayed large and irregular membranous extensions with little filopodia, whereas GAP-43(Ala42) produced small, poorly spreading cells with numerous short filopodia. Therefore, GAP-43 influences cell surface behavior and phosphorylation modulates its activity. The presence of GAP-43 in growing axons and developing nerve termini may affect the behavior of their actin-containing cortical cytoskeleton in a regulatable manner.
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- F Widmer
- Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland
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A polyclonal antiserum to chicken, growth-associated protein-43 (GAP-43), raised in rabbit, was shown to recognize a molecule with similar properties to GAP-43 in frogs. Using this antiserum, GAP-43 immunoreactivity was shown to be present throughout the brain and white matter of the spinal cord of larval frogs, but became restricted to specific regions in the adult frog central nervous system. In the peripheral nervous system, GAP-43 was present in normal tadpole and adult axons. After cutting the adult sciatic nerve, GAP-43 slowly disappeared from axons in the distal stump, but appeared in Schwann cells and other (uncharacterized) cells. The constitutive expression of GAP-43 in the adult frog sciatic nerve may be related to the phenomenon of remodelling of motor end-plates, which is known to occur throughout life in frogs.
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- J P Golding
- Biomedical Sciences Division, King's College London, Strand, U.K
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Hancox KA, Sheppard AM, Jeffrey PL. Characterisation of a novel glycoprotein (AvGp50) in the avian nervous system, with a monoclonal antibody. BRAIN RESEARCH. DEVELOPMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH 1992; 70:25-37. [PMID: 1473276 DOI: 10.1016/0165-3806(92)90100-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A size fractionated lentil lectin-positive fraction derived from a deoxycholate extract of 1-day-old chick forebrain membranes was used to generate a series of monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) against neural antigens. One of these, MabSA1.7 recognises a glycoprotein which is enriched in synaptic plasma membranes, designated AvGp50. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and Western blots show that AvGp50 is comprised of at least two glycoforms, with M(r)s of 53 kDa and 49 kDa respectively. AvGp50 is nervous system specific and most abundantly expressed in the forebrain, tecta and cerebellum where its pattern of expression is developmentally regulated. Immunohistochemical data localises AvGp50 to regions characterised by highly concentrated synapses, in particular, the molecular and granule cell layers of the cerebellum and in the inner and outer plexiform layers in the retina. Solubilization of the protein with the detergent Triton X-100 shows that AvGp50 is predominantly a cytoskeletally associated glycoprotein. However, when a synaptic plasma membrane fraction was treated with Triton X-114, AvGp50 partitioned into the detergent phase. Digestion of the protein with N-glycanase cleaved five N-linked carbohydrate side chains and reduced the molecular weight to approximately 34 and 31 kDa. Removal of the carbohydrate side chains led to an almost complete loss of recognition of the 34 kDa glycoform by the MabSA1.7, suggesting that the monoclonal antibody recognises a carbohydrate rather than peptide epitope.
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- K A Hancox
- Children's Medical Research Foundation, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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Kumagai C, Tohda M, Isobe M, Nomura Y. Involvement of growth-associated protein-43 with irreversible neurite outgrowth by dibutyryl cyclic AMP and phorbol ester in NG108-15 cells. J Neurochem 1992; 59:41-7. [PMID: 1319472 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1992.tb08873.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Simultaneous treatment with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA) and dibutyryl cyclic AMP (diBu-cAMP) for 72 h induced neurites in NG108-15 cells significantly longer than treatment with each alone. Treatment for 72 h with both drugs induced irreversible neurite extension and a decline in protein kinase C activity, although neurites extended by diBu-cAMP alone disappeared after the withdrawal of the drug. The expression of growth-associated protein-43 (GAP-43) mRNA was also observed by a combined application of TPA and diBu-cAMP. The increased level of GAP-43 mRNA induced by treatment with both drugs for 72 h was maintained at least 24 h after withdrawal of the drugs. In cells transfected with GAP-43 cDNA, neurites induced by treatment with diBu-cAMP alone for 72 h were maintained at least 48 h after removal of the drugs. These results suggest that GAP-43 could be involved in the maintenance of elongated neurites and that a decline in protein kinase C activity may be involved in the accumulation of GAP-43.
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- C Kumagai
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Stocker KM, Baizer L, Ciment G. Transient expression of GAP-43 in nonneuronal cells of the embryonic chicken limb. Dev Biol 1992; 149:406-14. [PMID: 1530926 DOI: 10.1016/0012-1606(92)90295-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Growth associated protein (GAP)-43 is a membrane-bound phosphoprotein expressed in neurons and is particularly abundant during periods of axonal outgrowth in development and regeneration of the nervous system. In previous work, we cloned a full-length chicken GAP-43 cDNA and described the expression of its corresponding mRNA during early development of the chicken nervous system. We report here that the GAP-43 mRNA is also expressed transiently in developing limbs of chicken embryos, which contain axons of spinal cord and dorsal root ganglion neurons, but do not contain neuronal cell bodies. GAP-43 mRNA was first detectable by RNA blot analysis in limbs from Embryonic Day 5 (E5) embryos, reached maximal levels between E6 and E8, and diminished by E10. In situ hybridization analysis showed that the GAP-43 mRNA was localized in distal regions of developing limbs and was particularly abundant in the mesenchyme surrounding the digital cartilage. In some regions of the limb, GAP-43 immunoreactivity colocalized in cells that were also immunoreactive for meromyosin, a muscle-specific marker. These data suggest that both GAP-43 mRNA and the protein are expressed in nonneuronal cells of the developing limb, some of which may be part of the muscle cell lineage.
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- K M Stocker
- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201
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Post-transcriptional regulation of GAP-43 rnRNA levels during neuronal differentiation and nerve regeneration. Mol Cell Neurosci 1991; 2:402-9. [DOI: 10.1016/1044-7431(91)90027-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/1991] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Benowitz LI, Perrone-Bizzozero NI. The relationship of GAP-43 to the development and plasticity of synaptic connections. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1991; 627:58-74. [PMID: 1831963 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1991.tb25914.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- L I Benowitz
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Massachusetts
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Gispen WH, Nielander HB, De Graan PN, Oestreicher AB, Schrama LH, Schotman P. Role of the growth-associated protein B-50/GAP-43 in neuronal plasticity. Mol Neurobiol 1991; 5:61-85. [PMID: 1840422 DOI: 10.1007/bf02935540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The neuronal phosphoprotein B-50/GAP-43 has been implicated in neuritogenesis during developmental stages of the nervous system and in regenerative processes and neuronal plasticity in the adult. The protein appears to be a member of a family of acidic substrates of protein kinase C (PKC) that bind calmodulin at low calcium concentrations. Two of these substrates, B-50 and neurogranin, share the primary sequence coding for the phospho- and calmodulin-binding sites and might exert similar functions in axonal and dendritic processes, respectively. In the adult brain, B-50 is exclusively located at the presynaptic membrane. During neuritogenesis in cell culture, the protein is translocated to the growth cones, i.e., into the filopodia. In view of many positive correlations between B-50 expression and neurite outgrowth and the specific localization of B-50, a role in growth cone function has been proposed. Its phosphorylation state may regulate the local intracellular free calmodulin and calcium concentrations or vice versa. Both views link the B-50 protein to processes of signal transduction and transmitter release.
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- W H Gispen
- Rudolf Magnus Institute, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Coggins PJ, Zwiers H. B-50 (GAP-43): biochemistry and functional neurochemistry of a neuron-specific phosphoprotein. J Neurochem 1991; 56:1095-106. [PMID: 1848274 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1991.tb11398.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The biochemistry and functional neurochemistry of the synaptosomal plasma membrane phosphoprotein B-50 (GAP-43) are reviewed. The protein is putatively involved in seemingly diverse functions within the nervous system, including neuronal development and regeneration, synaptic plasticity, and formation of memory and other higher cognitive behaviors. There is a considerable amount of information concerning the spatial and temporal localization of B-50 (GAP-43) in adult, fetal, and regenerating nervous tissue but far less is known about the physical chemistry and biochemistry of the protein. Still less information is available about posttranslational modifications of B-50 (GAP-43) that may be the basis of neurochemical mechanisms that could subsequently permit a variety of physiological functions. Hence, consideration is given to several plausible roles for B-50 (GAP-43) in vivo, which are discussed in the context of the cellular localization of the protein, significant posttranslational enzymes, and regulatory proteins, including protein kinases, phosphoinositides, calmodulin, and proteases.
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- P J Coggins
- Department of Medical Physiology, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Dokas LA, Pisano MR, Han YF. Selective phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of the protein B-50. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 1991; 89:27-36. [PMID: 1839069 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)61713-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- L A Dokas
- Department of Neurology, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo 43699-0008
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Yamamoto M, Kondo H. Gene expression of a neuronal growth-associated protein, GAP-43, in the paraganglionic carotid body as well as in the autonomic ganglia of normal adult rats. Neurosci Lett 1990; 117:275-9. [PMID: 2151293 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(90)90676-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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By in situ hybridization histochemistry mRNA for GAP-43 is clearly expressed in the carotid body as well as in the sympathetic and parasympathetic autonomic ganglia of normal adult rats. The expression of this gene may represent, as one possibility, the potential of the formation of neurite-like processes of the chief cells of the adult carotid body, as well as the ongoing synaptic remodeling of the adult sympathetic and parasympathetic neurons. In addition, a possible involvement of this phosphoprotein in the regulation of the chemosensory transduction in the carotid body should also be considered.
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- M Yamamoto
- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan
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