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Willshaw DJ, Gale NM. Reanalysis of EphA3 Knock-In Double Maps in Mouse Suggests That Stochasticity in Topographic Map Formation Acts at the Retina Rather than between Competing Mechanisms at the Colliculus. eNeuro 2023; 10:ENEURO.0135-23.2023. [PMID: 37852780 PMCID: PMC10668230 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0135-23.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 09/08/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023] Open
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It has been suggested that stochasticity acts in the formation of topographically ordered maps in the visual system through the opposing chemoaffinity and neural activity forces acting on the innervating nerve fibers being held in an unstable equilibrium. Evidence comes from the Islet2-EphA3 knock-in mouse, in which ∼50% of the retinal ganglion cells, distributed across the retina, acquire the EphA3 receptor, thus having an enhanced density of EphA which specifies retinotopic order along the rostrocaudal (RC) axis of the colliculus. Sampling EphA3 knock-in maps in heterozygotes at different positions along the mediolateral (ML) extent of the colliculus had found single 1D maps [as in wild types (WTs)], double maps (as in homozygous knock-ins) or both single and double maps. We constructed full 2D maps from the same mouse dataset. We found either single maps or maps where the visual field projects rostrally, with a part-projection more caudally to form a double map, the extent and location of this duplication varying considerably. Contrary to previous analyses, there was no strict demarcation between heterozygous and homozygous maps. These maps were replicated in a computational model where, as the level of EphA3 was increased, there was a smooth transition from single to double maps. Our results suggest that the diversity in these retinotopic maps has its origin in a variability over the retina in the effective amount of EphA3, such as through variability in gene expression or the proportion of EphA3+ retinal ganglion cells, rather than the result of competing mechanisms acting at the colliculus.
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- David J Willshaw
- Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AB, United Kingdom
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- Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0WA, United Kingdom
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Godement P. A Stay in Friedrich Bonhoeffer's Lab in Tubingen in the Mid-eighties. Neuroscience 2023; 508:52-61. [PMID: 36464176 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2022.11.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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The main focus of research for which Friedrich Bonhoeffer's work is known in the Neuroscience community was pioneer experiments on how axonal projections could organize into "maps", what mechanisms are involved in axon guidance and involve gradients of guiding molecules, and isolation of the first such molecules, e.g. RAGS (ephrin A5) and RGM (repulsive guidance molecule). Other papers have described in detail these contributions as well as Friedrich Bonhoeffer's personality. In the mid-eighties, I made a 2-year stay in his lab and initiated a line of research on development of binocular connections in Mammals, particularly the guidance of retinal fibers to one or the other side of the brain. In this paper I recall these circumstances as they pertain to Neuroscience as it stood at the time, and explain as best as I can how his lab was a conducive setting for the discoveries made there and how Friedrich Bonhoeffer acted for me as a scientist and a tutor.
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- Pierre Godement
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France.
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Ros O, Nicol X. Axon pathfinding and targeting: (R)evolution of insights from in vitro assays. Neuroscience 2023; 508:110-122. [PMID: 36096337 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2022.09.006] [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: 03/31/2022] [Revised: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Investigating axonal behaviors while neurons are connecting with each other has been a challenge since the early studies on nervous system development. While molecule-driven axon pathfinding has been theorized by observing neurons at different developmental stages in vivo, direct observation and measurements of axon guidance behaviors required the invention of in vitro systems enabling to test the impact of molecules or cellular extracts on axons growing in vitro. With time, the development of novel in vivo approaches has confirmed the mechanisms highlighted in culture and has led in vitro systems to be adapted for cellular processes that are still inaccessible in intact organisms. We here review the evolution of these in vitro assays, which started with crucial contributions from the Bonhoeffer lab.
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- Oriol Ros
- Universitat de Barcelona, Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Avinguda Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Sorbonne Université, Inserm, CNRS, Institut de la Vision, 17 rue Moreau, F-75012 Paris, France.
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Correction to: Modeling Axonal Plasticity in Artificial Neural Networks. Neural Process Lett 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11063-021-10526-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Pasterkamp RJ, Burk K. Axon guidance receptors: Endocytosis, trafficking and downstream signaling from endosomes. Prog Neurobiol 2020; 198:101916. [PMID: 32991957 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2020.101916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Revised: 09/06/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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During the development of the nervous system, axons extend through complex environments. Growth cones at the axon tip allow axons to find and innervate their appropriate targets and form functional synapses. Axon pathfinding requires axons to respond to guidance signals and these cues need to be detected by specialized receptors followed by intracellular signal integration and translation. Several downstream signaling pathways have been identified for axon guidance receptors and it has become evident that these pathways are often initiated from intracellular vesicles called endosomes. Endosomes allow receptors to traffic intracellularly, re-locating receptors from one cellular region to another. The localization of axon guidance receptors to endosomal compartments is crucial for their function, signaling output and expression levels. For example, active receptors within endosomes can recruit downstream proteins to the endosomal membrane and facilitate signaling. Also, endosomal trafficking can re-locate receptors back to the plasma membrane to allow re-activation or mediate downregulation of receptor signaling via degradation. Accumulating evidence suggests that axon guidance receptors do not follow a pre-set default trafficking route but may change their localization within endosomes. This re-routing appears to be spatially and temporally regulated, either by expression of adaptor proteins or co-receptors. These findings shed light on how signaling in axon guidance is regulated and diversified - a mechanism which explains how a limited set of guidance cues can help to establish billions of neuronal connections. In this review, we summarize and discuss our current knowledge of axon guidance receptor trafficking and provide directions for future research.
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- R J Pasterkamp
- Department of Translational Neuroscience, UMC Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, 3584 CG Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37075 Göttingen, Germany; Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.
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Eph-ephrin signaling modulated by polymerization and condensation of receptors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:13188-13193. [PMID: 29192024 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1713564114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Eph receptor signaling plays key roles in vertebrate tissue boundary formation, axonal pathfinding, and stem cell regeneration by steering cells to positions defined by its ligand ephrin. Some of the key events in Eph-ephrin signaling are understood: ephrin binding triggers the clustering of the Eph receptor, fostering transphosphorylation and signal transduction into the cell. However, a quantitative and mechanistic understanding of how the signal is processed by the recipient cell into precise and proportional responses is largely lacking. Studying Eph activation kinetics requires spatiotemporal data on the number and distribution of receptor oligomers, which is beyond the quantitative power offered by prevalent imaging methods. Here we describe an enhanced fluorescence fluctuation imaging analysis, which employs statistical resampling to measure the Eph receptor aggregation distribution within each pixel of an image. By performing this analysis over time courses extending tens of minutes, the information-rich 4D space (x, y, oligomerization, time) results were coupled to straightforward biophysical models of protein aggregation. This analysis reveals that Eph clustering can be explained by the combined contribution of polymerization of receptors into clusters, followed by their condensation into far larger aggregates. The modeling reveals that these two competing oligomerization mechanisms play distinct roles: polymerization mediates the activation of the receptor by assembling monomers into 6- to 8-mer oligomers; condensation of the preassembled oligomers into large clusters containing hundreds of monomers dampens the signaling. We propose that the polymerization-condensation dynamics creates mechanistic explanation for how cells properly respond to variable ligand concentrations and gradients.
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Diao Y, Chen Y, Zhang P, Cui L, Zhang J. Molecular guidance cues in the development of visual pathway. Protein Cell 2017; 9:909-929. [PMID: 29181831 PMCID: PMC6208478 DOI: 10.1007/s13238-017-0490-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2017] [Accepted: 10/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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70%–80% of our sensory input comes from vision. Light hit the retina at the back of our eyes and the visual information is relayed into the dorsal lateral geniculate nuclei (dLGN) and primary visual cortex (V1) thereafter, constituting the image-forming visual circuit. Molecular cues are one of the key factors to guide the wiring and refinement of the image-forming visual circuit during pre- and post-embryonic stages. Distinct molecular cues are involved in different developmental stages and nucleus, suggesting diverse guidance mechanisms. In this review, we summarize molecular guidance cues throughout the image-forming visual circuit, including chiasm determination, eye-specific segregation and refinement in the dLGN, and at last the reciprocal connections between the dLGN and V1.
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- Yupu Diao
- Institutes of Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Institutes of Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200031, China
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- Institutes of Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Institutes of Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.
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Revisiting chemoaffinity theory: Chemotactic implementation of topographic axonal projection. PLoS Comput Biol 2017; 13:e1005702. [PMID: 28792499 PMCID: PMC5562328 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2017] [Revised: 08/18/2017] [Accepted: 07/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Neural circuits are wired by chemotactic migration of growth cones guided by extracellular guidance cue gradients. How growth cone chemotaxis builds the macroscopic structure of the neural circuit is a fundamental question in neuroscience. I addressed this issue in the case of the ordered axonal projections called topographic maps in the retinotectal system. In the retina and tectum, the erythropoietin-producing hepatocellular (Eph) receptors and their ligands, the ephrins, are expressed in gradients. According to Sperry's chemoaffinity theory, gradients in both the source and target areas enable projecting axons to recognize their proper terminals, but how axons chemotactically decode their destinations is largely unknown. To identify the chemotactic mechanism of topographic mapping, I developed a mathematical model of intracellular signaling in the growth cone that focuses on the growth cone's unique chemotactic property of being attracted or repelled by the same guidance cues in different biological situations. The model presented mechanism by which the retinal growth cone reaches the correct terminal zone in the tectum through alternating chemotactic response between attraction and repulsion around a preferred concentration. The model also provided a unified understanding of the contrasting relationships between receptor expression levels and preferred ligand concentrations in EphA/ephrinA- and EphB/ephrinB-encoded topographic mappings. Thus, this study redefines the chemoaffinity theory in chemotactic terms.
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Fiederling F, Weschenfelder M, Fritz M, von Philipsborn A, Bastmeyer M, Weth F. Ephrin-A/EphA specific co-adaptation as a novel mechanism in topographic axon guidance. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 28722651 PMCID: PMC5517148 DOI: 10.7554/elife.25533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2017] [Accepted: 06/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Genetic hardwiring during brain development provides computational architectures for innate neuronal processing. Thus, the paradigmatic chick retinotectal projection, due to its neighborhood preserving, topographic organization, establishes millions of parallel channels for incremental visual field analysis. Retinal axons receive targeting information from quantitative guidance cue gradients. Surprisingly, novel adaptation assays demonstrate that retinal growth cones robustly adapt towards ephrin-A/EphA forward and reverse signals, which provide the major mapping cues. Computational modeling suggests that topographic accuracy and adaptability, though seemingly incompatible, could be reconciled by a novel mechanism of coupled adaptation of signaling channels. Experimentally, we find such 'co-adaptation' in retinal growth cones specifically for ephrin-A/EphA signaling. Co-adaptation involves trafficking of unliganded sensors between the surface membrane and recycling endosomes, and is presumably triggered by changes in the lipid composition of membrane microdomains. We propose that co-adaptative desensitization eventually relies on guidance sensor translocation into cis-signaling endosomes to outbalance repulsive trans-signaling.
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- Felix Fiederling
- Department of Cell and Neurobiology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Zoological Institute, Karlruhe, Germany
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- Department of Cell and Neurobiology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Zoological Institute, Karlruhe, Germany
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- Department of Cell and Neurobiology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Zoological Institute, Karlruhe, Germany
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- Department of Cell and Neurobiology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Zoological Institute, Karlruhe, Germany
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- Department of Cell and Neurobiology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Zoological Institute, Karlruhe, Germany
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- Department of Cell and Neurobiology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Zoological Institute, Karlruhe, Germany
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Yamagishi S, Kesavamoorthy G, Bastmeyer M, Sato K. Stripe Assay to Study the Attractive or Repulsive Activity of a Protein Substrate Using Dissociated Hippocampal Neurons. J Vis Exp 2016. [PMID: 27403728 DOI: 10.3791/54096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Growing axons develop a highly motile structure at their tip, termed the growth cone. The growth cone contacts extracellular environmental cues to navigate axonal growth. Netrin, slit, semaphorin, and ephrins are known guidance molecules that can attract or repel axons upon binding to receptors and co-receptors on the axon. The activated receptors initiate various signaling molecules in the growth cone that alter the structure and movement of the neuron. Here, we describe the detailed protocol for a stripe assay to assess the ability of a guidance molecule to attract or repel neurons. In this method, dissociated hippocampal neurons from E15.5 mice are cultured on laminin-coated dishes processed with alternating stripes of ectodomain of fibronectin and leucine-rich transmembrane protein-2 (FLRT2) and control immunoglobulin G (IgG) fragment crystallizable region (Fc) protein. Both axons and cell bodies were strongly repelled from the FLRT2-coated stripe regions after 24 h of culture. Immunostaining with tau1 showed that ~90% of the neurons were distributed on the Fc-coated stripes compared to the FLRT2-Fc-coated stripes (~10%). This result indicates that FLRT2 has a strong repulsive effect on these neurons. This powerful method is applicable not only for primary cultured neurons but also for a variety of other cells, such as neuroblasts.
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- Satoru Yamagishi
- Anatomy and Neuroscience, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine;
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- Cell and Neurobiology, Zoological Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
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- Anatomy and Neuroscience, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine
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Colbert PL, Vermeer DW, Wieking BG, Lee JH, Vermeer PD. EphrinB1: novel microtubule associated protein whose expression affects taxane sensitivity. Oncotarget 2015; 6:953-68. [PMID: 25436983 PMCID: PMC4359267 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.2823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2014] [Accepted: 11/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Microtubules (MTs) are components of the cytoskeleton made up of polymerized alpha and beta tubulin dimers. MT structure and function must be maintained throughout the cell cycle to ensure proper execution of mitosis and cellular homeostasis. The protein tyrosine phosphatase, PTPN13, localizes to distinct compartments during mitosis and cytokinesis. We have previously demonstrated that the HPV16 E6 oncoprotein binds PTPN13 and leads to its degradation. Thus, we speculated that HPV infection may affect cellular proliferation by altering the localization of a PTPN13 phosphatase substrate, EphrinB1, during mitosis. Here we report that EphrinB1 co-localizes with MTs during all phases of the cell cycle. Specifically, a cleaved, unphosphorylated EphrinB1 fragment directly binds tubulin, while its phosphorylated form lacks MT binding capacity. These findings suggest that EphrinB1 is a novel microtubule associated protein (MAP). Importantly, we show that in the context of HPV16 E6 expression, EphrinB1 affects taxane response in vitro. We speculate that this reflects PTPN13's modulation of EphrinB1 phosphorylation and suggest that EphrinB1 is an important contributor to taxane sensitivity/resistance phenotypes in epithelial cancers. Thus, HPV infection or functional mutations of PTPN13 in non-viral cancers may predict taxane sensitivity.
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- Paul L Colbert
- Cancer Biology Research Center, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
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- Cancer Biology Research Center, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
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- Cancer Biology Research Center, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
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- Cancer Biology Research Center, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
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- Cancer Biology Research Center, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
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Hjorth JJJ, Sterratt DC, Cutts CS, Willshaw DJ, Eglen SJ. Quantitative assessment of computational models for retinotopic map formation. Dev Neurobiol 2014; 75:641-66. [PMID: 25367067 PMCID: PMC4497816 DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2014] [Revised: 10/27/2014] [Accepted: 10/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Molecular and activity-based cues acting together are thought to guide retinal axons to their terminal sites in vertebrate optic tectum or superior colliculus (SC) to form an ordered map of connections. The details of mechanisms involved, and the degree to which they might interact, are still not well understood. We have developed a framework within which existing computational models can be assessed in an unbiased and quantitative manner against a set of experimental data curated from the mouse retinocollicular system. Our framework facilitates comparison between models, testing new models against known phenotypes and simulating new phenotypes in existing models. We have used this framework to assess four representative models that combine Eph/ephrin gradients and/or activity-based mechanisms and competition. Two of the models were updated from their original form to fit into our framework. The models were tested against five different phenotypes: wild type, Isl2-EphA3(ki/ki), Isl2-EphA3(ki/+), ephrin-A2,A3,A5 triple knock-out (TKO), and Math5(-/-) (Atoh7). Two models successfully reproduced the extent of the Math5(-/-) anteromedial projection, but only one of those could account for the collapse point in Isl2-EphA3(ki/+). The models needed a weak anteroposterior gradient in the SC to reproduce the residual order in the ephrin-A2,A3,A5 TKO phenotype, suggesting either an incomplete knock-out or the presence of another guidance molecule. Our article demonstrates the importance of testing retinotopic models against as full a range of phenotypes as possible, and we have made available MATLAB software, we wrote to facilitate this process.
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- J J Johannes Hjorth
- Cambridge Computational Biology Institute, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0WA, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9AB, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge Computational Biology Institute, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0WA, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9AB, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge Computational Biology Institute, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0WA, United Kingdom
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Suetterlin P, Drescher U. Target-independent ephrina/EphA-mediated axon-axon repulsion as a novel element in retinocollicular mapping. Neuron 2014; 84:740-52. [PMID: 25451192 PMCID: PMC4250266 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.09.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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EphrinAs and EphAs play critical roles during topographic map formation in the retinocollicular projection; however, their complex expression patterns in both the retina and superior colliculus (SC) have made it difficult to uncover their precise mechanisms of action. We demonstrate here that growth cones of temporal axons collapse when contacting nasal axons in vitro, and removing ephrinAs from axonal membranes by PI-PLC treatment abolishes this response. In conditional knockout mice, temporal axons display no major targeting defects when ephrinA5 is removed only from the SC, but substantial mapping defects were observed when ephrinA5 expression was removed from both the SC and from the retina, with temporal axons invading the target areas of nasal axons. Together, these data indicate that ephrinA5 drives repellent interactions between temporal and nasal axons within the SC, and demonstrates for the first time that target-independent mechanisms play an essential role in retinocollicular map formation in vivo. EphrinA expression on nasal axons mediates growth cone collapse of temporal axons Analysis of retinocollicular projection in a conditional knockout of ephrinA5 Disruption of repellent axon-axon interactions leads to mapping defects In vivo evidence for target-independent mapping mechanisms in visual system
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- Philipp Suetterlin
- MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, New Hunt's House, Guy's Campus, Kings College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, New Hunt's House, Guy's Campus, Kings College London, London SE1 1UL, UK.
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Reingruber J, Holcman D. Computational and mathematical methods for morphogenetic gradient analysis, boundary formation and axonal targeting. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2014; 35:189-202. [PMID: 25194659 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2014] [Revised: 08/21/2014] [Accepted: 08/26/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Morphogenesis and axonal targeting are key processes during development that depend on complex interactions at molecular, cellular and tissue level. Mathematical modeling is essential to bridge this multi-scale gap in order to understand how the emergence of large structures is controlled at molecular level by interactions between various signaling pathways. We summarize mathematical modeling and computational methods for time evolution and precision of morphogenetic gradient formation. We discuss tissue patterning and the formation of borders between regions labeled by different morphogens. Finally, we review models and algorithms that reveal the interplay between morphogenetic gradients and patterned activity for axonal pathfinding and the generation of the retinotopic map in the visual system.
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- Jürgen Reingruber
- Group of Computational Biology and Applied Mathematics, Institute of Biology (IBENS), CNRS INSERM 1024, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 46 rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France.
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- Group of Computational Biology and Applied Mathematics, Institute of Biology (IBENS), CNRS INSERM 1024, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 46 rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France.
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Weth F, Fiederling F, Gebhardt C, Bastmeyer M. Chemoaffinity in topographic mapping revisited--is it more about fiber-fiber than fiber-target interactions? Semin Cell Dev Biol 2014; 35:126-35. [PMID: 25084320 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2014] [Revised: 07/17/2014] [Accepted: 07/18/2014] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Axonal projections between two populations of neurons, which preserve neighborhood relationships, are called topographic. They are ubiquitous in the brain. The development of the retinotectal projection, mapping the retinal output onto the roof of the midbrain, has been studied for decades as a model system. The rigid precision of normal retinotopic mapping has prompted the chemoaffinity hypothesis, positing axonal targeting to be based on fixed biochemical affinities between fibers and targets. In addition, however, abundant evidence has been gathered mainly in the 1970s and 80s that the mapping can adjust to variegated targets with stunning flexibility demonstrating the extraordinary robustness of the guidance process. The identification of ephrins and Eph-receptors as the underlying molecular cues has mostly been interpreted as supporting the fiber-target chemoaffinity hypothesis, while the evidence on mapping robustness has largely been neglected. By having a fresh look on the old data, we expound that they indicate, in addition to fiber-target chemoaffinity, the existence of a second autonomous guidance influence, which we call fiber-fiber chemoaffinity. Classical in vitro observations suggest both influences be composed of opposing monofunctional guidance activities. Based on the molecular evidence, we propose that those might be ephrin/Eph forward and reverse signaling, not only in fiber-target but also in fiber-fiber interactions. In fact, computational models based on this assumption can reconcile the seemingly conflicting findings on rigid and flexible topographic mapping. Supporting the suggested parsimonious and powerful mechanism, they contribute to an understanding of the evolutionary success of robust topographic mass wiring of axons.
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- Franco Weth
- Institute of Zoology, Department of Cell- and Neurobiology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Haid-und-Neu-Strasse 9, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.
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- Institute of Zoology, Department of Cell- and Neurobiology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Haid-und-Neu-Strasse 9, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, CNRS U934/URM3215, 11-13, Rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institute of Zoology, Department of Cell- and Neurobiology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Haid-und-Neu-Strasse 9, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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The precise wiring of the nervous system relies on processes by which axons navigate in a complex environment and are guided by a concerted action of attractive and repulsive factors to reach their target. Investigating these guidance processes depends critically on our ability to control in space and time the microenvironment of neurons. The implementation of microfabrication techniques in cell biology now enables a precise control of the extracellular physical and chemical environment of cultured cells. However, microtechnology is only beginning to be applied in the field of axon guidance due to specific requirements of neuronal cultures. Here we review microdevices specifically designed to study axonal guidance and compare them with the conventional assays used to probe gradient sensing in cell biology. We also discuss how innovative microdevice-based approaches will enable the investigation of important systems-level questions on the gradient sensing properties of nerve cells, such as the sensitivity and robustness in the detection of directional signals or the combinatorial response to multiple cues.
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Weschenfelder M, Weth F, Knöll B, Bastmeyer M. The stripe assay: studying growth preference and axon guidance on binary choice substrates in vitro. Methods Mol Biol 2013; 1018:229-46. [PMID: 23681633 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-444-9_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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Stripe assays are frequently used for studying binary growth decisions of cells and axons towards surface-bound molecules in vitro. In particular in the fields of neurodevelopment and axon guidance, stripe assays have become a routine tool. Several variants of the stripe assay have been developed since its introduction by Bonhoeffer and colleagues in 1987 (Development 101:685-696, 1987). In all variants, however, the principle is the generation of a structured binary growth substrate, consisting of two sets of cues, arranged in alternating stripes. There are two major classes of stripe assays, mainly distinguished by the source material used for stripe pattern manufacturing: membrane stripe assays, where the stripe patterns are generated with membrane fractions isolated from tissue or cells, and stripe assays with purified proteins, also called modified stripe assays. In this chapter we describe in detail the classical membrane stripe assay, the commonly used modified stripe assay employing purified proteins, and a novel stripe assay for high-affinity interacting proteins, like receptor/ligand pairs.
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- Markus Weschenfelder
- Department of Cell and Neurobiology, Zoological Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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Triplett JW. Molecular guidance of retinotopic map development in the midbrain. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2013; 24:7-12. [PMID: 24492072 DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2013.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2013] [Accepted: 07/07/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Topographic maps are utilized in many sensory and motor systems to efficiently transfer information between brain regions. The retina's projection to the superior colliculus has served as a model for the identification of molecular cues and mechanistic strategies by which topographic maps are formed. Evidence from both in vitro and in vivo studies points to graded cell surface cues playing a central role, but support for axon-axon competition and selective degeneration have also been advanced recently. In combination with mathematical models, these studies suggest that topographic maps are established using a complex combination of strategies to ensure precise connectivity.
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- Jason W Triplett
- Center for Neuroscience Research, Children's National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20010, United States.
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On the Importance of Countergradients for the Development of Retinotopy: Insights from a Generalised Gierer Model. PLoS One 2013; 8:e67096. [PMID: 23826201 PMCID: PMC3694955 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2012] [Accepted: 05/14/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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During the development of the topographic map from vertebrate retina to superior colliculus (SC), EphA receptors are expressed in a gradient along the nasotemporal retinal axis. Their ligands, ephrin-As, are expressed in a gradient along the rostrocaudal axis of the SC. Countergradients of ephrin-As in the retina and EphAs in the SC are also expressed. Disruption of any of these gradients leads to mapping errors. Gierer's (1981) model, which uses well-matched pairs of gradients and countergradients to establish the mapping, can account for the formation of wild type maps, but not the double maps found in EphA knock-in experiments. I show that these maps can be explained by models, such as Gierer's (1983), which have gradients and no countergradients, together with a powerful compensatory mechanism that helps to distribute connections evenly over the target region. However, this type of model cannot explain mapping errors found when the countergradients are knocked out partially. I examine the relative importance of countergradients as against compensatory mechanisms by generalising Gierer's (1983) model so that the strength of compensation is adjustable. Either matching gradients and countergradients alone or poorly matching gradients and countergradients together with a strong compensatory mechanism are sufficient to establish an ordered mapping. With a weaker compensatory mechanism, gradients without countergradients lead to a poorer map, but the addition of countergradients improves the mapping. This model produces the double maps in simulated EphA knock-in experiments and a map consistent with the Math5 knock-out phenotype. Simulations of a set of phenotypes from the literature substantiate the finding that countergradients and compensation can be traded off against each other to give similar maps. I conclude that a successful model of retinotopy should contain countergradients and some form of compensation mechanism, but not in the strong form put forward by Gierer.
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Torii M, Rakic P, Levitt P. Role of EphA/ephrin--a signaling in the development of topographic maps in mouse corticothalamic projections. J Comp Neurol 2013; 521:626-37. [PMID: 22821544 DOI: 10.1002/cne.23195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2012] [Revised: 07/12/2012] [Accepted: 07/19/2012] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Corticothalamic (CT) feedback outnumbers thalamocortical projections and regulates sensory information processing at the level of the thalamus. It is well established that EphA7, a member of EphA receptor family, is involved in the topographic mapping of CT projections. The aim of the present study was to dissect the precise impact of EphA7 on each step of CT growth. We used in utero electroporation-mediated EphA7 overexpression in developing somatosensory CT axons to dissect EphA7/ephrin-A-dependent mechanisms involved in regulating both initial targeting and postnatal growth of the CT projections. Our data revealed that topographic maps of cortical afferents in the ventrobasal complex and medial part of the posterior complex in the thalamus become discernible shortly after birth and are fully established by the second postnatal week. This process starts with the direct ingrowth of the CT axons to the designated areas within target thalamic nuclei and by progressive increase of axonal processes in the terminal zones. Large-scale overproduction and elimination of exuberant widespread axonal branches outside the target zone was not observed. Each developmental event was coordinated by spatially and temporally different responsiveness of CT axons to the ephrin-A gradient in thalamic nuclei, as well as by the matching levels of EphA7 in CT axons and ephrin-As in thalamic nuclei. These results support the concept that the topographic connections between the maps in the cerebral cortex and corresponding thalamic nuclei are genetically prespecified to a large extent, and established by precise spatiotemporal molecular mechanisms that involve the Eph family of genes.
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- Masaaki Torii
- Department of Neurobiology and Kavli Institute for Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA.
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Tadesse T, Cheng Q, Xu M, Baro DJ, Young LJ, Pallas SL. Regulation of ephrin-A expression in compressed retinocollicular maps. Dev Neurobiol 2012; 73:274-96. [PMID: 23008269 DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2012] [Revised: 09/14/2012] [Accepted: 09/18/2012] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Retinotopic maps can undergo compression and expansion in response to changes in target size, but the mechanism underlying this compensatory process has remained a mystery. The discovery of ephrins as molecular mediators of Sperry's chemoaffinity process allows a mechanistic approach to this important issue. In Syrian hamsters, neonatal, partial (PT) ablation of posterior superior colliculus (SC) leads to compression of the retinotopic map, independent of neural activity. Graded, repulsive EphA receptor/ephrin-A ligand interactions direct the formation of the retinocollicular map, but whether ephrins might also be involved in map compression is unknown. To examine whether map compression might be directed by changes in the ephrin expression pattern, we compared ephrin-A2 and ephrin-A5 mRNA expression between normal SC and PT SC using in situ hybridization and quantitative real-time PCR. We found that ephrin-A ligand expression in the compressed maps was low anteriorly and high posteriorly, as in normal animals. Consistent with our hypothesis, the steepness of the ephrin gradient increased in the lesioned colliculi. Interestingly, overall levels of ephrin-A2 and -A5 expression declined immediately after neonatal target damage, perhaps promoting axon outgrowth. These data establish a correlation between changes in ephrin-A gradients and map compression, and suggest that ephrin-A expression gradients may be regulated by target size. This in turn could lead to compression of the retinocollicular map onto the reduced target. These findings have important implications for mechanisms of recovery from traumatic brain injury.
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- Tizeta Tadesse
- Neuroscience Institute, Department of Biology, Graduate Program in Neurobiology & Behavior, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Semaphorin-1 and netrin signal in parallel and permissively to position the male ray 1 sensillum in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 2012; 192:959-71. [PMID: 22942127 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.112.144253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Netrin and semaphorin axon guidance cues have been found to function in the genesis of several mammalian organs; however, little is known about the underlying molecular mechanisms involved. A genetic approach could help to reveal the underpinnings of these mechanisms. The most anterior ray sensillum (ray 1) in the Caenorhabditis elegans male tail is frequently displaced anterior to its normal position in smp-1/semaphorin-1a and plexin-1/plx-1 mutants. Here we report that UNC-6/netrin and its UNC-40/DCC receptor signal in parallel to SMP-1/semaphorin-1a and its PLX-1/plexin-1 receptor to prevent the anterior displacement of ray 1 and that UNC-6 plus SMP-1 signaling can account entirely for this function. We also report that mab-20/semaphorin-2a mutations, which prevent the separation of neighboring rays and cause ray fusions, suppress the anterior displacements of ray 1 caused by deficiencies in SMP-1 and UNC-6 signaling and this is independent of the ray fusion phenotype, whereas overexpression of UNC-40 and PLX-1 cause ray fusions. This suggests that for ray 1 positioning, a balance is struck between a tendency of SMP-1 and UNC-6 signaling to prevent ray 1 from moving away from ray 2 and a tendency of MAB-20/semaphorin-2a signaling to separate all rays from each other. Additional evidence suggests this balance involves the relative adhesion of the ray 1 structural cell to neighboring SET and hyp 7 hypodermal cells. This finding raises the possibility that changes in ray 1 positioning depend on passive movements caused by attachment to the elongating SET cell in opposition to the morphologically more stable hyp 7 cell. Several lines of evidence indicate that SMP-1 and UNC-6 function permissively in the context of ray 1 positioning.
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Allen-Sharpley MR, Cramer KS. Coordinated Eph-ephrin signaling guides migration and axon targeting in the avian auditory system. Neural Dev 2012; 7:29. [PMID: 22908944 PMCID: PMC3515360 DOI: 10.1186/1749-8104-7-29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2012] [Accepted: 07/26/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background In the avian sound localization circuit, nucleus magnocellularis (NM) projects bilaterally to nucleus laminaris (NL), with ipsilateral and contralateral NM axon branches directed to dorsal and ventral NL dendrites, respectively. We previously showed that the Eph receptor EphB2 is expressed in NL neuropil and NM axons during development. Here we tested whether EphB2 contributes to NM-NL circuit formation. Results We found that misexpression of EphB2 in embryonic NM precursors significantly increased the number of axon targeting errors from NM to contralateral NL in a cell-autonomous manner when forward signaling was impaired. We also tested the effects of inhibiting forward signaling of different Eph receptor subclasses by injecting soluble unclustered Fc-fusion proteins at stages when NM axons are approaching their NL target. Again we found an increase in axon targeting errors compared to controls when forward signaling was impaired, an effect that was significantly increased when both Eph receptor subclasses were inhibited together. In addition to axon targeting errors, we also observed morphological abnormalities of the auditory nuclei when EphB2 forward signaling was increased by E2 transfection, and when Eph-ephrin forward signaling was inhibited by E6-E8 injection of Eph receptor fusion proteins. Conclusions These data suggest that EphB signaling has distinct functions in axon guidance and morphogenesis. The results provide evidence that multiple Eph receptors work synergistically in the formation of precise auditory circuitry.
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- Michelle R Allen-Sharpley
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-4550, USA
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Ortalli AL, Fiore L, Di Napoli J, Rapacioli M, Salierno M, Etchenique R, Flores V, Sanchez V, Carri NG, Scicolone G. EphA3 expressed in the chicken tectum stimulates nasal retinal ganglion cell axon growth and is required for retinotectal topographic map formation. PLoS One 2012; 7:e38566. [PMID: 22685584 PMCID: PMC3369860 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2011] [Accepted: 05/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background Retinotopic projection onto the tectum/colliculus constitutes the most studied model of topographic mapping and Eph receptors and their ligands, the ephrins, are the best characterized molecular system involved in this process. Ephrin-As, expressed in an increasing rostro-caudal gradient in the tectum/colliculus, repel temporal retinal ganglion cell (RGC) axons from the caudal tectum and inhibit their branching posterior to their termination zones. However, there are conflicting data regarding the nature of the second force that guides nasal axons to invade and branch only in the caudal tectum/colliculus. The predominant model postulates that this second force is produced by a decreasing rostro-caudal gradient of EphA7 which repels nasal optic fibers and prevents their branching in the rostral tectum/colliculus. However, as optic fibers invade the tectum/colliculus growing throughout this gradient, this model cannot explain how the axons grow throughout this repellent molecule. Methodology/Principal Findings By using chicken retinal cultures we showed that EphA3 ectodomain stimulates nasal RGC axon growth in a concentration dependent way. Moreover, we showed that nasal axons choose growing on EphA3-expressing cells and that EphA3 diminishes the density of interstitial filopodia in nasal RGC axons. Accordingly, in vivo EphA3 ectodomain misexpression directs nasal optic fibers toward the caudal tectum preventing their branching in the rostral tectum. Conclusions We demonstrated in vitro and in vivo that EphA3 ectodomain (which is expressed in a decreasing rostro-caudal gradient in the tectum) is necessary for topographic mapping by stimulating the nasal axon growth toward the caudal tectum and inhibiting their branching in the rostral tectum. Furthermore, the ability of EphA3 of stimulating axon growth allows understanding how optic fibers invade the tectum growing throughout this molecular gradient. Therefore, opposing tectal gradients of repellent ephrin-As and of axon growth stimulating EphA3 complement each other to map optic fibers along the rostro-caudal tectal axis.
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- Ana Laura Ortalli
- Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Cell Biology and Neurosciences “Prof. E. De Robertis” (UBA-CONICET), School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Cell Biology and Neurosciences “Prof. E. De Robertis” (UBA-CONICET), School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Cell Biology and Neurosciences “Prof. E. De Robertis” (UBA-CONICET), School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Interdisciplinary Group in Theoretical Biology, Department of Bioestructural Sciences, Favaloro University, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Inorganic, Analytical and Physical Chemistry (INQUIMAE), Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Inorganic, Analytical and Physical Chemistry (INQUIMAE), Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Cell Biology and Neurosciences “Prof. E. De Robertis” (UBA-CONICET), School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Interdisciplinary Group in Theoretical Biology, Department of Bioestructural Sciences, Favaloro University, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Cell Biology and Neurosciences “Prof. E. De Robertis” (UBA-CONICET), School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Cell Biology and Neurosciences “Prof. E. De Robertis” (UBA-CONICET), School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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