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Dolma S, Joshi A. The Node of Ranvier as an Interface for Axo-Glial Interactions: Perturbation of Axo-Glial Interactions in Various Neurological Disorders. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol 2023; 18:215-234. [PMID: 37285016 DOI: 10.1007/s11481-023-10072-z] [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: 09/08/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
The action potential conduction along the axon is highly dependent on the healthy interactions between the axon and myelin-producing glial cells. Myelin, which facilitates action potential, is the protective insulation around the axon formed by Schwann cells and oligodendrocytes in the peripheral (PNS) and central nervous system (CNS), respectively. Myelin is a continuous structure with intermittent gaps called nodes of Ranvier, which are the sites enriched with ion channels, transmembrane, scaffolding, and cytoskeletal proteins. Decades-long extensive research has identified a comprehensive proteome with strictly regularized localization at the node of Ranvier. Concurrently, axon-glia interactions at the node of Ranvier have gathered significant attention as the pathophysiological targets for various neurodegenerative disorders. Numerous studies have shown the alterations in the axon-glia interactions culminating in neurological diseases. In this review, we have provided an update on the molecular composition of the node of Ranvier. Further, we have discussed in detail the consequences of disruption of axon-glia interactions during the pathogenesis of various CNS and PNS disorders.
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- Sonam Dolma
- Department of Pharmacy, Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences- Pilani, Hyderabad campus, Telangana state, India
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- Department of Pharmacy, Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences- Pilani, Hyderabad campus, Telangana state, India.
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Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) are essential for the support and myelination of axons, ensuring fast and accurate communication between the central nervous system and the periphery. Schwann cells and related glia accompany innervating axons in virtually all tissues in the body, where they exhibit remarkable plasticity and the ability to modulate pathology in extraordinary, and sometimes surprising, ways. Here, we provide a brief overview of the various glial cell types in the PNS and describe the cornerstone cellular and molecular processes that enable Schwann cells to perform their canonical functions. We then dive into discussing exciting noncanonical functions of Schwann cells and related PNS glia, which include their role in organizing the PNS, in regulating synaptic activity and pain, in modulating immunity, in providing a pool of stem cells for different organs, and, finally, in influencing cancer.
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- Carla Taveggia
- Axo-Glial Interaction Unit, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy;
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- Institute for Myelin and Glia Exploration, Departments of Biochemistry and Neurology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
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Tang L, Liu J, Zhu Y, Duan J, Chen Y, Wei Y, Gong X, Wang F, Tang Y. ANK3 Gene Polymorphism Rs10994336 Influences Executive Functions by Modulating Methylation in Patients With Bipolar Disorder. Front Neurosci 2021; 15:682873. [PMID: 34421516 PMCID: PMC8371237 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.682873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Background: A large body of evidence suggests that epigenetic modification including DNA methylation plays a critical role in BD's pathogenesis while the identification of methylation quantitative trait loci (meQTLs) shed light on the interpretation of the function of genetic variants in non-coding regions. The intronic single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs10994336 within the ANK3 has emerged as one of the most replicated risk variants for bipolar disorder (BD) in genome-wide association studies. Whether rs10994336 functions as a meQTL to mediate the association between genotype and phenotype remains unclear. Method: A total of 154 patients with BD and 181 healthy controls (HC) were recruited. The genotypes of rs10994336 and methylation levels of CpG sites within ANK3 were tested. Executive functions were assessed using a computerized version of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST). Results: Bipolar disorder patients with the risk-T allele of rs10994336 scored lower on tests of executive function compared to homozygous CC carriers, after controlling for age, gender, and education level. No significant difference was found in HC individuals. The risk-T allele is associated with a lower methylation level of CpG site cg02172182 in HC after multiple corrections and replicated in the BD group in the same direction. Further mediation analysis revealed that the cg02172182 methylation significantly mediated the association between the polymorphism rs10994336 and PE index of WCST in patients with BD. Conclusion: Our study suggests that BD-related genetic variant rs10994336 in ANK3 impacts executive functions by modulating ANK3 methylation, supporting the theory that methylation acts as a mediator between genotype and phenotype.
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- Lili Tang
- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Early Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Human Phenome Institute, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Early Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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Malavasi EL, Ghosh A, Booth DG, Zagnoni M, Sherman DL, Brophy PJ. Dynamic early clusters of nodal proteins contribute to node of Ranvier assembly during myelination of peripheral neurons. eLife 2021; 10:68089. [PMID: 34240706 PMCID: PMC8289411 DOI: 10.7554/elife.68089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Voltage-gated sodium channels cluster in macromolecular complexes at nodes of Ranvier to promote rapid nerve impulse conduction in vertebrate nerves. Node assembly in peripheral nerves is thought to be initiated at heminodes at the extremities of myelinating Schwann cells, and fusion of heminodes results in the establishment of nodes. Here we show that assembly of 'early clusters' of nodal proteins in the murine axonal membrane precedes heminode formation. The neurofascin (Nfasc) proteins are essential for node assembly, and the formation of early clusters also requires neuronal Nfasc. Early clusters are mobile and their proteins are dynamically recruited by lateral diffusion. They can undergo fusion not only with each other but also with heminodes, thus contributing to the development of nodes in peripheral axons. The formation of early clusters constitutes the earliest stage in peripheral node assembly and expands the repertoire of strategies that have evolved to establish these essential structures.
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- Elise Lv Malavasi
- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Biodiscovery Institute, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Microsystems & Photonics, Dept. Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Strathclyde, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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The nodes of Ranvier have clustered Na+ and K+ channels necessary for rapid and efficient axonal action potential conduction. However, detailed mechanisms of channel clustering have only recently been identified: they include two independent axon-glia interactions that converge on distinct axonal cytoskeletons. Here, we discuss how glial cell adhesion molecules and the extracellular matrix molecules that bind them assemble combinations of ankyrins, spectrins and other cytoskeletal scaffolding proteins, which cluster ion channels. We present a detailed molecular model, incorporating these overlapping mechanisms, to explain how the nodes of Ranvier are assembled in both the peripheral and central nervous systems.
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Cheng Y, Xu J, Dong C, Shen Z, Zhou C, Li N, Lu Y, Ran L, Xu L, Shan B, Xu X. Age-related atrophy of cortical thickness and genetic effect of ANK3 gene in first episode MDD patients. NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL 2020; 28:102384. [PMID: 32911427 PMCID: PMC7490581 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Revised: 07/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Brain ageing is thought to be related to geriatric depression, but the relationship between ageing and depression among middle aged individuals is unknown. The present study aimed to evaluate whether the age-related reduction of brain cortical thickness (CT) can be found in adult first-episode MDD patients, as well as to identify the possible genetic effect of the ANK3 gene polymorphism age-relates CT reduction. This study recruited 153 first-episode MDD patients with a disease duration < 2 years and 276 healthy controls (HC), and the CT of 68 whole brain regions and two ANK3 SNPs (rs1994336 and rs10994359) were analyzed. The results showed that although the CT of both groups was negative correlated with age, the MDD group had significant greater age-related decrease in CT than the HC group (–9.35 × 10−3 mm/year for MDD vs. –1.23 × 10−3 mm/year for HC in the left lateral orbitofrontal lobe). The multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) results yielded significant interactions of diagnosis × age, genotype × age and diagnosis × genotype interaction for rs10994359. In HC, the C allele showed a protective effect on age-related CT reduction. The reduction in CT with age was several times as greater in non-C carriers as in C carriers (–3.54 × 10−3 vs.–0.15 × 10−3 mm/year in left supramarginal gyrus) for HC. However, this protective effect disappeared in patients with MDD. We did not find a clear effect of rs1994336 on the age-related CT reduction. The findings indicate that the widespread accelerated brain ageing occurs early in adult-onset depression and this ageing may be a pathological mechanisms of depression rather than an outcome of the disease. The ANK3 rs10994359 polymorphism may partially affect regional cortical ageing in MDD.
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- Yuqi Cheng
- Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650032, China; The NHC Key Laboratory of Drug Addiction Medicine, China.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, 650032, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650032, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650032, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650032, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650032, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan 650032, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming 650223, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Analysis Techniques, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650032, China
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Accumulation of Neurofascin at Nodes of Ranvier Is Regulated by a Paranodal Switch. J Neurosci 2020; 40:5709-5723. [PMID: 32554548 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0830-19.2020] [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: 04/10/2019] [Revised: 04/29/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The paranodal junctions flank mature nodes of Ranvier and provide a barrier between ion channels at the nodes and juxtaparanodes. These junctions also promote node assembly and maintenance by mechanisms that are poorly understood. Here, we examine their role in the accumulation of NF186, a key adhesion molecule of PNS and CNS nodes. We previously showed that NF186 is initially targeted/accumulates via its ectodomain to forming PNS (hemi)nodes by diffusion trapping, whereas it is later targeted to mature nodes by a transport-dependent mechanism mediated by its cytoplasmic segment. To address the role of the paranodes in this switch, we compared accumulation of NF186 ectodomain and cytoplasmic domain constructs in WT versus paranode defective (i.e., Caspr-null) mice. Both pathways are affected in the paranodal mutants. In the PNS of Caspr-null mice, diffusion trapping mediated by the NF186 ectodomain aberrantly persists into adulthood, whereas the cytoplasmic domain/transport-dependent targeting is impaired. In contrast, accumulation of NF186 at CNS nodes does not undergo a switch; it is predominantly targeted to both forming and mature CNS nodes via its cytoplasmic domain and requires intact paranodes. Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching analysis indicates that the paranodes provide a membrane diffusion barrier that normally precludes diffusion of NF186 to nodes. Linkage of paranodal proteins to the underlying cytoskeleton likely contributes to this diffusion barrier based on 4.1B and βII spectrin expression in Caspr-null mice. Together, these results implicate the paranodes as membrane diffusion barriers that regulate targeting to nodes and highlight differences in the assembly of PNS and CNS nodes.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Nodes of Ranvier are essential for effective saltatory conduction along myelinated axons. A major question is how the various axonal proteins that comprise the multimeric nodal complex accumulate at this site. Here we examine how targeting of NF186, a key nodal adhesion molecule, is regulated by the flanking paranodal junctions. We show that the transition from diffusion-trapping to transport-dependent accumulation of NF186 requires the paranodal junctions. We also demonstrate that these junctions are a barrier to diffusion of axonal proteins into the node and highlight differences in PNS and CNS node assembly. These results provide new insights into the mechanism of node assembly and the pathophysiology of neurologic disorders in which impaired paranodal function contributes to clinical disability.
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Eshed-Eisenbach Y, Devaux J, Vainshtein A, Golani O, Lee SJ, Feinberg K, Sukhanov N, Greenspan DS, Susuki K, Rasband MN, Peles E. Precise Spatiotemporal Control of Nodal Na + Channel Clustering by Bone Morphogenetic Protein-1/Tolloid-like Proteinases. Neuron 2020; 106:806-815.e6. [PMID: 32209430 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2019] [Revised: 01/30/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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During development of the peripheral nervous system (PNS), Schwann-cell-secreted gliomedin induces the clustering of Na+ channels at the edges of each myelin segment to form nodes of Ranvier. Here we show that bone morphogenetic protein-1 (BMP1)/Tolloid (TLD)-like proteinases confine Na+ channel clustering to these sites by negatively regulating the activity of gliomedin. Eliminating the Bmp1/TLD cleavage site in gliomedin or treating myelinating cultures with a Bmp1/TLD inhibitor results in the formation of numerous ectopic Na+ channel clusters along axons that are devoid of myelin segments. Furthermore, genetic deletion of Bmp1 and Tll1 genes in mice using a Schwann-cell-specific Cre causes ectopic clustering of nodal proteins, premature formation of heminodes around early ensheathing Schwann cells, and altered nerve conduction during development. Our results demonstrate that by inactivating gliomedin, Bmp1/TLD functions as an additional regulatory mechanism to ensure the correct spatial and temporal assembly of PNS nodes of Ranvier.
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- Yael Eshed-Eisenbach
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- INSERM U1051, Institut des Neurosciences de Montpellier (INM), Université de Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier, France
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences Core Facilities, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- The Jackson Laboratory and Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT 06032, USA
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
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Dubessy AL, Mazuir E, Rappeneau Q, Ou S, Abi Ghanem C, Piquand K, Aigrot MS, Thétiot M, Desmazières A, Chan E, Fitzgibbon M, Fleming M, Krauss R, Zalc B, Ranscht B, Lubetzki C, Sol-Foulon N. Role of a Contactin multi-molecular complex secreted by oligodendrocytes in nodal protein clustering in the CNS. Glia 2019; 67:2248-2263. [PMID: 31328333 PMCID: PMC6851800 DOI: 10.1002/glia.23681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2019] [Revised: 06/12/2019] [Accepted: 06/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The fast and reliable propagation of action potentials along myelinated fibers relies on the clustering of voltage‐gated sodium channels at nodes of Ranvier. Axo‐glial communication is required for assembly of nodal proteins in the central nervous system, yet the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. Oligodendrocytes are known to support node of Ranvier assembly through paranodal junction formation. In addition, the formation of early nodal protein clusters (or prenodes) along axons prior to myelination has been reported, and can be induced by oligodendrocyte conditioned medium (OCM). Our recent work on cultured hippocampal neurons showed that OCM‐induced prenodes are associated with an increased conduction velocity (Freeman et al., 2015). We here unravel the nature of the oligodendroglial secreted factors. Mass spectrometry analysis of OCM identified several candidate proteins (i.e., Contactin‐1, ChL1, NrCAM, Noelin2, RPTP/Phosphacan, and Tenascin‐R). We show that Contactin‐1 combined with RPTP/Phosphacan or Tenascin‐R induces clusters of nodal proteins along hippocampal GABAergic axons. Furthermore, Contactin‐1‐immunodepleted OCM or OCM from Cntn1‐null mice display significantly reduced clustering activity, that is restored by addition of soluble Contactin‐1. Altogether, our results identify Contactin‐1 secreted by oligodendrocytes as a novel factor that may influence early steps of nodal sodium channel cluster formation along specific axon populations.
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- Anne-Laure Dubessy
- Sorbonne Université, Inserm, CNRS, UMR7225, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France.,Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, GH Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Inserm, CNRS, UMR7225, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Inserm, CNRS, UMR7225, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Inserm, CNRS, UMR7225, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France
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- Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, California
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- Sorbonne Université, Inserm, CNRS, UMR7225, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Inserm, CNRS, UMR7225, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Inserm, CNRS, UMR7225, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Inserm, CNRS, UMR7225, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France
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- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Disarm Therapeutics, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Sorbonne Université, Inserm, CNRS, UMR7225, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France
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- Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, California
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- Sorbonne Université, Inserm, CNRS, UMR7225, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France.,Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, GH Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Inserm, CNRS, UMR7225, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France
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Bonetto G, Hivert B, Goutebroze L, Karagogeos D, Crépel V, Faivre-Sarrailh C. Selective Axonal Expression of the Kv1 Channel Complex in Pre-myelinated GABAergic Hippocampal Neurons. Front Cell Neurosci 2019; 13:222. [PMID: 31164806 PMCID: PMC6535494 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2019.00222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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In myelinated fibers, the voltage-gated sodium channels Nav1 are concentrated at the nodal gap to ensure the saltatory propagation of action potentials. The voltage-gated potassium channels Kv1 are segregated at the juxtaparanodes under the compact myelin sheath and may stabilize axonal conduction. It has been recently reported that hippocampal GABAergic neurons display high density of Nav1 channels remarkably in clusters along the axon before myelination (Freeman et al., 2015). In inhibitory neurons, the Nav1 channels are trapped by the ankyrinG scaffold at the axon initial segment (AIS) as observed in pyramidal and granule neurons, but are also forming “pre-nodes,” which may accelerate conduction velocity in pre-myelinated axons. However, the distribution of the Kv1 channels along the pre-myelinated inhibitory axons is still unknown. In the present study, we show that two subtypes of hippocampal GABAergic neurons, namely the somatostatin and parvalbumin positive cells, display a selective high expression of Kv1 channels at the AIS and all along the unmyelinated axons. These inhibitory axons are also highly enriched in molecules belonging to the juxtaparanodal Kv1 complex, including the cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) TAG-1, Caspr2, and ADAM22 and the scaffolding protein 4.1B. Here, taking advantage of hippocampal cultures from 4.1B and TAG-1 knock-out mice, we observed that 4.1B is required for the proper positioning of Caspr2 and TAG-1 along the distal axon, and that TAG-1 deficiency induces alterations in the axonal distribution of Caspr2. However, the axonal expression of Kv1 channels and clustering of ankyrinG were not modified. In conclusion, this study allowed the analysis of the hierarchy between channels, CAMs and scaffolding proteins for their expression along hippocampal inhibitory axons before myelination. The early steps of channel compartmentalization preceding myelination may be crucial for stabilizing nerve impulses switching from a continuous to saltatory conduction during network development.
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- Giulia Bonetto
- INSERM UMR1249, Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- INSERM UMR1249, Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- INSERM UMR-S 1270, Institut du Fer à Moulin, Faculté des Sciences et Ingénierie, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Department of Basic Sciences, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology, University of Crete Medical School - University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- INSERM UMR1249, Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- INSERM UMR1249, Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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Bang ML, Vainshtein A, Yang HJ, Eshed-Eisenbach Y, Devaux J, Werner HB, Peles E. Glial M6B stabilizes the axonal membrane at peripheral nodes of Ranvier. Glia 2018; 66:801-812. [PMID: 29282769 PMCID: PMC5812800 DOI: 10.1002/glia.23285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2017] [Revised: 12/06/2017] [Accepted: 12/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
Glycoprotein M6B and the closely related proteolipid protein regulate oligodendrocyte myelination in the central nervous system, but their role in the peripheral nervous system is less clear. Here we report that M6B is located at nodes of Ranvier in peripheral nerves where it stabilizes the nodal axolemma. We show that M6B is co-localized and associates with gliomedin at Schwann cell microvilli that are attached to the nodes. Developmental analysis of sciatic nerves, as well as of myelinating Schwann cells/dorsal root ganglion neurons cultures, revealed that M6B is already present at heminodes, which are considered the precursors of mature nodes of Ranvier. However, in contrast to gliomedin, which accumulates at heminodes with or prior to Na+ channels, we often detected Na+ channel clusters at heminodes without any associated M6B, indicating that it is not required for initial channel clustering. Consistently, nodal cell adhesion molecules (NF186, NrCAM), ion channels (Nav1.2 and Kv7.2), cytoskeletal proteins (AnkG and βIV spectrin), and microvilli components (pERM, syndecan3, gliomedin), are all present at both heminodes and mature nodes of Ranvier in Gpm6b null mice. Using transmission electron microscopy, we show that the absence of M6B results in progressive appearance of nodal protrusions of the nodal axolemma, that are often accompanied by the presence of enlarged mitochondria. Our results reveal that M6B is a Schwann cell microvilli component that preserves the structural integrity of peripheral nodes of Ranvier.
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- Marie L Bang
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, CRN2M-UMR 7286, Marseille, France
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- Department of Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Lippard ETC, Jensen KP, Wang F, Johnston JAY, Spencer L, Pittman B, Gelernter J, Blumberg HP. Effects of ANK3 variation on gray and white matter in bipolar disorder. Mol Psychiatry 2017; 22:1345-1351. [PMID: 27240527 PMCID: PMC5133179 DOI: 10.1038/mp.2016.76] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2015] [Revised: 02/23/2016] [Accepted: 04/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The single-nucleotide polymorphism rs9804190 in the Ankyrin G (ANK3) gene has been reported in genome-wide association studies to be associated with bipolar disorder (BD). However, the neural system effects of rs9804190 in BD are not known. We investigated associations between rs9804190 and gray and white matter (GM and WM, respectively) structure within a frontotemporal neural system implicated in BD. A total of 187 adolescent and adult European Americans were studied: a group homozygous for the C allele (52 individuals with BD and 56 controls) and a T-carrier group, carrying the high-risk T allele (38 BD and 41 controls). Subjects participated in high-resolution structural magnetic resonance imaging and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) scanning. Frontotemporal region of interest (ROI) and whole-brain exploratory analyses were conducted. DTI ROI-based analysis revealed a significant diagnosis by genotype interaction within the uncinate fasciculus (P⩽0.05), with BD subjects carrying the T (risk) allele showing decreased fractional anisotropy compared with other subgroups, independent of age. Genotype effects were not observed in frontotemporal GM volume. These findings support effects of rs9804190 on frontotemporal WM in adolescents and adults with BD and suggest a mechanism contributing to WM pathology in BD.
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- Elizabeth Thomas Cox Lippard
- Deparment of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT,Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Deparment of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT,Department of Psychiatry, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT
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- Deparment of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Deparment of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Deparment of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Deparment of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT,Department of Psychiatry, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT
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- Deparment of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT,Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT,Department of Psychiatry, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT
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Gumy LF, Katrukha EA, Grigoriev I, Jaarsma D, Kapitein LC, Akhmanova A, Hoogenraad CC. MAP2 Defines a Pre-axonal Filtering Zone to Regulate KIF1- versus KIF5-Dependent Cargo Transport in Sensory Neurons. Neuron 2017; 94:347-362.e7. [PMID: 28426968 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.03.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2016] [Revised: 01/17/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Polarized cargo transport is essential for neuronal function. However, the minimal basic components required for selective cargo sorting and distribution in neurons remain elusive. We found that in sensory neurons the axon initial segment is largely absent and that microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2) defines the cargo-filtering zone in the proximal axon. Here, MAP2 directs axonal cargo entry by coordinating the activities of molecular motors. We show that distinct kinesins differentially regulate cargo velocity: kinesin-3 drives fast axonal cargo trafficking, while kinesin-1 slows down axonal cargo transport. MAP2 inhibits "slow" kinesin-1 motor activity and allows kinesin-3 to drive robust cargo transport from the soma into the axon. In the distal axon, the inhibitory action of MAP2 decreases, leading to regained kinesin-1 activity and vesicle distribution. We propose that selective axonal cargo trafficking requires the MAP2-defined pre-axonal filtering zone and the ability of cargos to switch between distinct kinesin motor activities.
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- Laura F Gumy
- Cell Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Cell Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Cell Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, 3015 CE Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Cell Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Cell Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Cell Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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Pereira LP, Köhler CA, de Sousa RT, Solmi M, de Freitas BP, Fornaro M, Machado-Vieira R, Miskowiak KW, Vieta E, Veronese N, Stubbs B, Carvalho AF. The relationship between genetic risk variants with brain structure and function in bipolar disorder: A systematic review of genetic-neuroimaging studies. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2017; 79:87-109. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2017] [Revised: 04/27/2017] [Accepted: 05/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Brivio V, Faivre-Sarrailh C, Peles E, Sherman DL, Brophy PJ. Assembly of CNS Nodes of Ranvier in Myelinated Nerves Is Promoted by the Axon Cytoskeleton. Curr Biol 2017; 27:1068-1073. [PMID: 28318976 PMCID: PMC5387178 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.01.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2016] [Revised: 12/17/2016] [Accepted: 01/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Nodes of Ranvier in the axons of myelinated neurons are exemplars of the specialized cell surface domains typical of polarized cells. They are rich in voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav) and thus underpin rapid nerve impulse conduction in the vertebrate nervous system [1]. Although nodal proteins cluster in response to myelination, how myelin-forming glia influence nodal assembly is poorly understood. An axoglial adhesion complex comprising glial Neurofascin155 and axonal Caspr/Contactin flanks mature nodes [2]. We have shown that assembly of this adhesion complex at the extremities of migrating oligodendroglial processes promotes process convergence along the axon during central nervous system (CNS) node assembly [3]. Here we show that anchorage of this axoglial complex to the axon cytoskeleton is essential for efficient CNS node formation. When anchorage is disrupted, both the adaptor Protein 4.1B and the cytoskeleton protein βII spectrin are mislocalized in the axon, and assembly of the node of Ranvier is significantly delayed. Nodal proteins and migrating oligodendroglial processes are no longer juxtaposed, and single detached nodal complexes replace the symmetrical heminodes found in both the CNS and peripheral nervous system (PNS) during development. We propose that axoglial adhesion complexes contribute to the formation of an interface between cytoskeletal elements enriched in Protein 4.1B and βII spectrin and those enriched in nodal ankyrinG and βIV spectrin. This clusters nascent nodal complexes at heminodes and promotes their timely coalescence to form the mature node of Ranvier. These data demonstrate a role for the axon cytoskeleton in the assembly of a critical neuronal domain, the node of Ranvier.
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- Veronica Brivio
- Centre for Neuroregeneration, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK
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- Centre de Recherche en Neurobiologie et Neurophysiologie de Marseille-UMR 7286, CNRS, 13344 Marseille, France
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Centre for Neuroregeneration, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK
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- Centre for Neuroregeneration, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK.
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Clayton BLL, Popko B. Endoplasmic reticulum stress and the unfolded protein response in disorders of myelinating glia. Brain Res 2016; 1648:594-602. [PMID: 27055915 PMCID: PMC5036997 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2016.03.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2016] [Revised: 03/25/2016] [Accepted: 03/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Myelin is vital to the proper function of the nervous system. Oligodendrocytes in the CNS and Schwann cells in the PNS are the glial cells responsible for generating the myelin sheath. Myelination requires the production of a vast amount of proteins and lipid-rich membrane, which puts a heavy load on the secretory pathway of myelinating glia and leaves them susceptible to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. Cells respond to ER stress by activating the unfolded protein response (UPR). The UPR is initially protective but in situations of prolonged unresolved stress the UPR can lead to the apoptotic death of the stressed cell. There is strong evidence that ER stress and the UPR play a role in a number of disorders of myelin and myelinating glia, including multiple sclerosis, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease, Vanishing White Matter Disease, and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. In this review we discuss the role that ER stress and the UPR play in these disorders of myelin. In addition, we discuss the progress that has been made in our understanding of the effect genetic and pharmacological manipulation of the UPR has in mouse models of these disorders and the novel therapeutic potential of targeting the UPR that these studies support. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled SI:ER stress.
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- Benjamin L L Clayton
- Department of Neurology, The University of Chicago Center for Peripheral Neuropathy, The University of Chicago, IL 60637, United States
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- Department of Neurology, The University of Chicago Center for Peripheral Neuropathy, The University of Chicago, IL 60637, United States.
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Rasband MN, Peles E. The Nodes of Ranvier: Molecular Assembly and Maintenance. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2015; 8:a020495. [PMID: 26354894 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a020495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Action potential (AP) propagation in myelinated nerves requires clustered voltage gated sodium and potassium channels. These channels must be specifically localized to nodes of Ranvier where the AP is regenerated. Several mechanisms have evolved to facilitate and ensure the correct assembly and stabilization of these essential axonal domains. This review highlights the current understanding of the axon intrinsic and glial extrinsic mechanisms that control the formation and maintenance of the nodes of Ranvier in both the peripheral nervous system (PNS) and central nervous system (CNS).
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- Matthew N Rasband
- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Luo S, Jaegle M, Li R, Ehring GR, Meijer D, Levinson SR. The sodium channel isoform transition at developing nodes of ranvier in the peripheral nervous system: Dependence on a Genetic program and myelination-induced cluster formation. J Comp Neurol 2014; 522:4057-73. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.23656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2014] [Revised: 07/18/2014] [Accepted: 07/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Songjiang Luo
- Department of Comprehensive Dentistry; University of Texas Health Science Center; San Antonio Texas 78229
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics; Erasmus University Rotterdam; 3000DR Rotterdam The Netherlands
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- Allergan; Irvine California 92612
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics; Erasmus University Rotterdam; 3000DR Rotterdam The Netherlands
- Centre for Neuroregeneration; University of Edinburgh; Edinburgh EH16 4SB United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics; School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; Aurora Colorado 80045
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Amor V, Feinberg K, Eshed-Eisenbach Y, Vainshtein A, Frechter S, Grumet M, Rosenbluth J, Peles E. Long-term maintenance of Na+ channels at nodes of Ranvier depends on glial contact mediated by gliomedin and NrCAM. J Neurosci 2014; 34:5089-98. [PMID: 24719088 PMCID: PMC3983794 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4752-13.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Clustering of Na(+) channels at the nodes of Ranvier is coordinated by myelinating glia. In the peripheral nervous system, axoglial contact at the nodes is mediated by the binding of gliomedin and glial NrCAM to axonal neurofascin 186 (NF186). This interaction is crucial for the initial clustering of Na(+) channels at heminodes. As a result, it is not clear whether continued axon-glial contact at nodes of Ranvier is required to maintain these channels at the nodal axolemma. Here, we report that, in contrast to mice that lack either gliomedin or NrCAM, absence of both molecules (and hence the glial clustering signal) resulted in a gradual loss of Na(+) channels and other axonal components from the nodes, the formation of binary nodes, and dysregulation of nodal gap length. Therefore, these mice exhibit neurological abnormalities and slower nerve conduction. Disintegration of the nodes occurred in an orderly manner, starting with the disappearance of neurofascin 186, followed by the loss of Na(+) channels and ankyrin G, and then βIV spectrin, a sequence that reflects the assembly of nodes during development. Finally, the absence of gliomedin and NrCAM led to the invasion of the outermost layer of the Schwann cell membrane beyond the nodal area and the formation of paranodal-like junctions at the nodal gap. Our results reveal that axon-glial contact mediated by gliomedin, NrCAM, and NF186 not only plays a role in Na(+) channel clustering during development, but also contributes to the long-term maintenance of Na(+) channels at nodes of Ranvier.
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- Veronique Amor
- 1Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel;
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- 1Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel;
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- 1Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel;
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- 1Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel;
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- 1Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel;
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- 2 W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854; and
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- 3Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016
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- 1Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel;
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Unmyelinated nerve fibers in the human dental pulp express markers for myelinated fibers and show sodium channel accumulations. BMC Neurosci 2012; 13:29. [PMID: 22429267 PMCID: PMC3323891 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-13-29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2011] [Accepted: 03/19/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The dental pulp is a common source of pain and is used to study peripheral inflammatory pain mechanisms. Results show most fibers are unmyelinated, yet recent findings in experimental animals suggest many pulpal afferents originate from fibers that are myelinated at more proximal locations. Here we use the human dental pulp and confocal microscopy to examine the staining relationships of neurofilament heavy (NFH), a protein commonly expressed in myelinated afferents, with other markers to test the possibility that unmyelinated pulpal afferents originate from myelinated axons. Other staining relationships studied included myelin basic protein (MBP), protein gene product (PGP) 9.5 to identify all nerve fibers, tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) to identify sympathetic fibers, contactin-associated protein (caspr) to identify nodal sites, S-100 to identify Schwann cells and sodium channels (NaChs). RESULTS Results show NFH expression in most PGP9.5 fibers except those with TH and include the broad expression of NFH in axons lacking MBP. Fibers with NFH and MBP show NaCh clusters at nodal sites as expected, but surprisingly, NaCh accumulations are also seen in unmyelinated fibers with NFH, and in fibers with NFH that lack Schwann cell associations. CONCLUSIONS The expression of NFH in most axons suggests a myelinated origin for many pulpal afferents, while the presence of NaCh clusters in unmyelinated fibers suggests an inherent capacity for the unmyelinated segments of myelinated fibers to form NaCh accumulations. These findings have broad implications on the use of dental pulp to study pain mechanisms and suggest possible novel mechanisms responsible for NaCh cluster formation and neuronal excitability.
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Leterrier C, Brachet A, Fache MP, Dargent B. Voltage-gated sodium channel organization in neurons: Protein interactions and trafficking pathways. Neurosci Lett 2010; 486:92-100. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.08.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2010] [Revised: 07/27/2010] [Accepted: 08/26/2010] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Babiarz J, Kane-Goldsmith N, Basak S, Liu K, Young W, Grumet M. Juvenile and adult olfactory ensheathing cells bundle and myelinate dorsal root ganglion axons in culture. Exp Neurol 2010; 229:72-9. [PMID: 20850435 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2010.08.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2010] [Revised: 07/29/2010] [Accepted: 08/25/2010] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Olfactory ensheathing cells (OEC), which normally associate closely with but do not myelinate axons in situ, myelinate axons in the adult mammalian spinal cord. They are of clinical interest as candidate cells for autologous transplantation but the ability of OEC to myelinate axons in vitro has been controversial. To clarify this issue, we isolated OEC from olfactory bulbs (OB) of juvenile and adult rats expressing GFP and analyzed their ability to myelinate axons. Using a well-defined assay for myelination of dorsal root ganglia (DRG) axons in culture, we found that OEC from juvenile pups associated with and then myelinated DRG axons. OEC assembled into bundles with the axons by 1week and required more than a week before myelination on axons was detected. In contrast, rat Schwann cells did not bundle axons and they formed P0(+) and MBP(+) myelin segments after as little as 1week. Most of the OEC in culture exhibited staining for calponin, a marker that was not found on Schwann cells in culture, whereas in both OEC and Schwann cell populations nearly all cells were positive for p75NTR and GFAP. These results confirm previous reports showing only subtle immunological differences between Schwann cells and OEC. Besides differences in the rate of myelination, we detected two additional functional differences in the interactions of OEC and Schwann cells with DRG axons. First, the diameter of OEC generated myelin was greater than for Schwann cell myelin on DRG axons. Second, OEC but not Schwann cells myelinated DRG axons in the absence of vitamin C. OEC isolated from adult OB were also found to bundle and myelinate DRG axons but the latter occurred only after incubation times of at least 3weeks. The results indicate that adult OEC require longer incubation times than juvenile OEC to myelinate axons and suggest that patterns of myelination by OEC and Schwann cells are distinguishable at least on axons in vitro. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Understanding olfactory ensheathing glia and their prospect for nervous system repair.
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- Joanne Babiarz
- W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, 604 Allison Rd., Piscataway, NJ 08854-8082, USA
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Feinberg K, Eshed-Eisenbach Y, Frechter S, Amor V, Salomon D, Sabanay H, Dupree JL, Grumet M, Brophy PJ, Shrager P, Peles E. A glial signal consisting of gliomedin and NrCAM clusters axonal Na+ channels during the formation of nodes of Ranvier. Neuron 2010; 65:490-502. [PMID: 20188654 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2010.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/03/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Saltatory conduction requires high-density accumulation of Na(+) channels at the nodes of Ranvier. Nodal Na(+) channel clustering in the peripheral nervous system is regulated by myelinating Schwann cells through unknown mechanisms. During development, Na(+) channels are first clustered at heminodes that border each myelin segment, and later in the mature nodes that are formed by the fusion of two heminodes. Here, we show that initial clustering of Na(+) channels at heminodes requires glial NrCAM and gliomedin, as well as their axonal receptor neurofascin 186 (NF186). We further demonstrate that heminodal clustering coincides with a second, paranodal junction (PNJ)-dependent mechanism that allows Na(+) channels to accumulate at mature nodes by restricting their distribution between two growing myelin internodes. We propose that Schwann cells assemble the nodes of Ranvier by capturing Na(+) channels at heminodes and by constraining their distribution to the nodal gap. Together, these two cooperating mechanisms ensure fast and efficient conduction in myelinated nerves.
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- Konstantin Feinberg
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Eisenbach M, Kartvelishvily E, Eshed-Eisenbach Y, Watkins T, Sorensen A, Thomson C, Ranscht B, Barnett SC, Brophy P, Peles E. Differential clustering of Caspr by oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells. J Neurosci Res 2010; 87:3492-501. [PMID: 19565653 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Formation of the paranodal axoglial junction (PNJ) requires the presence of three cell adhesion molecules: the 155-kDa isoform of neurofascin (NF155) on the glial membrane and a complex of Caspr and contactin found on the axolemma. Here we report that the clustering of Caspr along myelinated axons during development differs fundamentally between the central (CNS) and peripheral (PNS) nervous systems. In cultures of Schwann cells (SC) and dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons, membrane accumulation of Caspr was detected only after myelination. In contrast, in oligodendrocytes (OL)/DRG neurons cocultures, Caspr was clustered upon initial glial cell contact already before myelination had begun. Premyelination clustering of Caspr was detected in cultures of oligodendrocytes and retinal ganglion cells, motor neurons, and DRG neurons as well as in mixed cell cultures of rat forebrain and spinal cords. Cocultures of oligodendrocyte precursor cells isolated from contactin- or neurofascin-deficient mice with wild-type DRG neurons showed that clustering of Caspr at initial contact sites between OL processes and the axon requires glial expression of NF155 but not of contactin. These results demonstrate that the expression of membrane proteins along the axolemma is determined by the type of the contacting glial cells and is not an intrinsic characteristic of the axon.
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- Menahem Eisenbach
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Salzer JL, Brophy PJ, Peles E. Molecular domains of myelinated axons in the peripheral nervous system. Glia 2009; 56:1532-1540. [PMID: 18803321 DOI: 10.1002/glia.20750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Myelinated axons are organized into a series of specialized domains with distinct molecular compositions and functions. These domains, which include the node of Ranvier, the flanking paranodal junctions, the juxtaparanodes, and the internode, form as the result of interactions with myelinating Schwann cells. This domain organization is essential for action potential propagation by saltatory conduction and for the overall function and integrity of the axon.
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- James L Salzer
- Department of Cell Biology and Neurology, and the Smilow Neuroscience Program, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA.
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Cusdin FS, Clare JJ, Jackson AP. Trafficking and cellular distribution of voltage-gated sodium channels. Traffic 2007; 9:17-26. [PMID: 17988224 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2007.00673.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Electrical excitability in cells such as neurons and myocytes depends not only upon the expression of voltage-gated sodium channels but also on their correct targeting within the plasma membrane. Placing sodium channels within a broader cell biological context is beginning to shed new light on a variety of important questions such as the integration of neuronal signaling. Mutations that affect sodium channel trafficking have been shown to underlie several life-threatening conditions including cardiac arrhythmias, revealing an important clinical context to these studies.
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- Fiona S Cusdin
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QW, UK
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Basak S, Raju K, Babiarz J, Kane-Goldsmith N, Koticha D, Grumet M. Differential expression and functions of neuronal and glial neurofascin isoforms and splice variants during PNS development. Dev Biol 2007; 311:408-22. [PMID: 17936266 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.08.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2007] [Revised: 08/22/2007] [Accepted: 08/23/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The cell adhesion molecule neurofascin (NF) has a major neuronal isoform (NF186) containing a mucin-like domain followed by a fifth fibronectin type III repeat while these domains are absent from glial NF155. Neuronal NF isoforms lacking one or both of these domains are expressed transiently in embryonic dorsal root ganglia (DRG). These two domains are co-expressed in mature NF186, which peaks in expression prior to birth and then persists almost exclusively at nodes of Ranvier on myelinated axons. In contrast, glial NF155 is only detected postnatally with the onset of myelination. All these forms of NF bound homophilically and to Schwann cells but only the mature NF186 isoform inhibits cell adhesion, and this activity may be important in formation of the node of Ranvier. Schwann cells deficient in NF155 myelinated DRG axons in a delayed manner and they showed significantly decreased clustering of both NF and Caspr in regions where paranodes normally form. The combined results suggest that NF186 is expressed prenatally on DRG neurons and it may modulate their adhesive interactions with Schwann cells, which express NF155 postnatally and require it for development of axon-glial paranodal junctions.
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- Sayantani Basak
- W. M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience and Dept. of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers University, 604 Allison Rd., Piscataway, NJ 08854-8082, USA
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Dzhashiashvili Y, Zhang Y, Galinska J, Lam I, Grumet M, Salzer JL. Nodes of Ranvier and axon initial segments are ankyrin G-dependent domains that assemble by distinct mechanisms. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 177:857-70. [PMID: 17548513 PMCID: PMC2064285 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200612012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Axon initial segments (AISs) and nodes of Ranvier are sites of action potential generation and propagation, respectively. Both domains are enriched in sodium channels complexed with adhesion molecules (neurofascin [NF] 186 and NrCAM) and cytoskeletal proteins (ankyrin G and βIV spectrin). We show that the AIS and peripheral nervous system (PNS) nodes both require ankyrin G but assemble by distinct mechanisms. The AIS is intrinsically specified; it forms independent of NF186, which is targeted to this site via intracellular interactions that require ankyrin G. In contrast, NF186 is targeted to the node, and independently cleared from the internode, by interactions of its ectodomain with myelinating Schwann cells. NF186 is critical for and initiates PNS node assembly by recruiting ankyrin G, which is required for the localization of sodium channels and the entire nodal complex. Thus, initial segments assemble from the inside out driven by the intrinsic accumulation of ankyrin G, whereas PNS nodes assemble from the outside in, specified by Schwann cells, which direct the NF186-dependent recruitment of ankyrin G.
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- Yulia Dzhashiashvili
- Department of Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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Henry MA, Freking AR, Johnson LR, Levinson SR. Increased sodium channel immunofluorescence at myelinated and demyelinated sites following an inflammatory and partial axotomy lesion of the rat infraorbital nerve. Pain 2006; 124:222-33. [PMID: 16828970 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.05.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2005] [Revised: 05/03/2006] [Accepted: 05/22/2006] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The localization of sodium channels (NaChs) change following nerve lesions and this change may contribute to the development of increased pain states. Here we examine the change in distribution of NaChs within the rat infraorbital nerve (ION) two weeks after a combined inflammatory/partial axotomy lesion that results in behavior showing increased sensitivity to mechanical stimuli. Sections from experimental and normal control IONs were double-stained for indirect immunofluorescence using an antibody that identifies all NaCh isoforms and caspr-antibody to identify nodes of Ranvier, and a confocal microscope z-series of optically sectioned images were then obtained. ImageJ (NIH) software was used to quantify the area of pixels showing maximum NaCh intensity within both caspr and non-caspr associated accumulations. Analysis showed that the lesioned IONs had many more split nodes, heminodes and caspr-negative "naked" accumulations, a significantly increased area of NaCh staining within typical nodes and "naked" accumulations, as well as an increased density and size of significant accumulations when compared to normal IONs. This study demonstrates a dramatic redistribution and increased immunofluorescence of NaChs especially at myelinated and demyelinated sites in fibers located just proximal to the lesion. The remodeling of NaChs seen in this study may represent an important event associated with the development of increased nerve excitability after lesions.
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- Michael A Henry
- Department of Endodontics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
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Neurons are an extremely diverse group of excitable cells with a wide variety of morphologies including complex dendritic trees and very long axons. The electrical properties of neurons depend not only on the types of ion channels and receptors expressed, but also on where these channels are located in the cell. Two extreme examples that illustrate the subcellular polarized nature of neurons and the tight regulation of ion channel localization can be seen at the axon initial segment and the node of Ranvier. The axon initial segment is important for initiation of action potentials in the axon, whereas the node of Ranvier is required for the rapid, faithful and efficient propagation of action potentials along the axon. Given the similarity of their functions it is not surprising that nearly every protein component of the axon initial segment is also found at the node. However, there is one very important difference between these two sites: nodes require extrinsic, glial-derived factors in order to form, whereas the axon initial segment is intrinsically determined by the neuron. This mini-review discusses recent results that have begun to clarify the intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms underlying formation of nodes and axon initial segments, and poses several important unanswered questions regarding their unique mechanisms of formation.
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- Kristian L Hedstrom
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06030, USA
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Rapid, faithful, and efficient action potential propagation in mammalian axons is a consequence of myelin and clustered Na+ channels. Both myelination and node of Ranvier formation require complex intercellular interactions between neurons and glia that result in profound molecular, morphological, and functional changes in each cell type. This review will focus on the molecular and cellular mechanisms that underlie neuron-glia interactions at the node of Ranvier. In particular, the proteins and protein complexes, and how they participate in node of Ranvier formation and maintenance, will be discussed. Traditionally, myelinating glia have been viewed as merely passive players in neuronal function, conferring on the axons they ensheath various electrical properties that facilitate action potential conduction. However, it is now recognized that this view is incomplete. This review will discuss several examples illustrating how myelinating glia actively regulate the excitable properties of axons including the kinds of channels expressed and their subcellular localization.
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- Matthew N Rasband
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06030-3401, USA.
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Koticha D, Maurel P, Zanazzi G, Kane-Goldsmith N, Basak S, Babiarz J, Salzer J, Grumet M. Neurofascin interactions play a critical role in clustering sodium channels, ankyrin G and beta IV spectrin at peripheral nodes of Ranvier. Dev Biol 2006; 293:1-12. [PMID: 16566914 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.05.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2005] [Revised: 05/06/2005] [Accepted: 05/11/2005] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The Ig cell adhesion molecules (CAM) neurofascin (NF) and Nr-CAM are localized at developing nodes of Ranvier in peripheral myelinated axons prior to clustering of Na+ channels. Different isoforms of NF are expressed on neurons and glia, and NF binding on both cells has been suggested to play roles in node and paranode formation. To clarify the role of NF further, we analyzed effects of NF-Fc fusion proteins in Schwann cell-DRG neuron myelinating cocultures. NF-Fc significantly inhibited nodal clustering of Na+ channels, ankyrin G, and betaIV spectrin, and modestly reduced Caspr clustering at paranodal junctions; it did not significantly affect lengths or numbers of myelin-positive segments, axon initial segments, or accumulations of phosphorylated-ERM proteins in Schwann cell nodal microvilli. NF-Fc binds to Schwann cells but little or no binding to DRG neurons was detected. The results suggest a critical early role for axonal NF in clustering of Na+ channels at nodes of Ranvier via interactions with receptors on Schwann cells.
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- Darshan Koticha
- W. M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience and Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers University, 604 Allison Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8082, USA
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Occhi S, Zambroni D, Del Carro U, Amadio S, Sirkowski EE, Scherer SS, Campbell KP, Moore SA, Chen ZL, Strickland S, Di Muzio A, Uncini A, Wrabetz L, Feltri ML. Both laminin and Schwann cell dystroglycan are necessary for proper clustering of sodium channels at nodes of Ranvier. J Neurosci 2006; 25:9418-27. [PMID: 16221851 PMCID: PMC1409814 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2068-05.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Nodes of Ranvier are specialized axonal domains, at which voltage-gated sodium channels cluster. How axons cluster molecules in discrete domains is mostly unknown. Both axons and glia probably provide constraining mechanisms that contribute to domain formation. Proper sodium channel clustering in peripheral nerves depends on contact from Schwann cell microvilli, where at least one molecule, gliomedin, binds the sodium channel complex and induces its clustering. Furthermore, mice lacking Schwann cell dystroglycan have aberrant microvilli and poorly clustered sodium channels. Dystroglycan could interact at the basal lamina or at the axonglial surface. Because dystroglycan is a laminin receptor, and laminin 2 mutations [merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy (MDC1A)] cause reduced nerve conduction velocity, we asked whether laminins are involved. Here, we show that the composition of both laminins and the dystroglycan complex at nodes differs from that of internodes. Mice defective in laminin 2 have poorly formed microvilli and abnormal sodium clusters. These abnormalities are similar, albeit less severe, than those of mice lacking dystroglycan. However, mice lacking all Schwann cell laminins show severe nodal abnormalities, suggesting that other laminins compensate for the lack of laminin 2. Thus, although laminins are located at a distance from the axoglial junction, they are required for proper clustering of sodium channels. Laminins, through their specific nodal receptors and cytoskeletal linkages, may participate in the formation of mechanisms that constrain clusters at nodes. Finally, abnormal sodium channel clusters are present in a patient with MDC1A, providing a molecular basis for the reduced nerve conduction velocity in this disorder.
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- Simona Occhi
- Dibit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
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Ichimura H, Shiga T, Abe I, Hara Y, Terui N, Tsujino A, Ochiai N. Distribution of sodium channels during nerve elongation in rat peripheral nerve. J Orthop Sci 2006; 10:214-20. [PMID: 15815871 DOI: 10.1007/s00776-004-0870-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2004] [Accepted: 11/04/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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A number of studies have investigated electrophysiological and morphological changes of peripheral nerves during gradual elongation. There has been, however, no report on the distribution of sodium channels at Ranvier's nodes during peripheral nerve elongation. We investigated peripheral nerve injury after the gradual elongation of rat sciatic nerves. Indirect nerve elongation was induced by leg lengthening at a rate of 3 mm/day by 15 or 30 mm. At 7 days after the leg lengthening, the electrophysiological properties of sciatic nerves, the ultrastructures of the Ranvier's nodes and axons, and the distribution of voltage-dependent sodium channels were examined. In the control nerves, most sodium channels were localized at Ranvier's nodes in myelinated axons, providing the physiological basis of saltatory conduction. In the elongated nerves, both the amplitude and conduction velocity of compound nerve action potential decreased following leg lengthening. The elongated nerves also showed paranodal demyelination in Ranvier's nodes longer than those in the control group. In addition, the distribution of sodium channels became diffuse or disappeared at Ranvier's nodes of elongated nerves. The diffuse distribution and/or disappearance of sodium channels may underlie the electrophysiological changes in compound nerve action potential induced by nerve elongation.
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- Harumitsu Ichimura
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba, 305-8575, Japan
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Melendez-Vasquez C, Carey DJ, Zanazzi G, Reizes O, Maurel P, Salzer JL. Differential expression of proteoglycans at central and peripheral nodes of Ranvier. Glia 2006; 52:301-8. [PMID: 16035076 DOI: 10.1002/glia.20245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The nodes of Ranvier are regularly spaced gaps between myelin sheaths that are markedly enriched in voltage-gated sodium channels and associated proteins. Myelinating glia play a key role in promoting node formation, although the requisite glial signals remain poorly understood. In this study, we have examined the expression of glial proteoglycans in the peripheral and central nodes. We report that the heparan sulfate proteoglycan, syndecan-3, becomes highly enriched with PNS node formation; its ligand, collagen V, is also concentrated at the PNS nodes and at lower levels along the abaxonal membrane. The V1 isoform of versican, a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan, is also present in the nodal gap. By contrast, CNS nodes are enriched in versican isoform V2, but not syndecan-3. We have examined the molecular composition of the PNS nodes in syndecan-3 knockout mice. Nodal components are normally expressed in mice deficient in syndecan-3, suggesting that it has a nonessential role in the organization of nodes in the adult. These results indicate that the molecular composition and extracellular environment of the PNS and CNS nodes of Ranvier are significantly distinct.
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- Carmen Melendez-Vasquez
- Department of Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA
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Eshed Y, Feinberg K, Poliak S, Sabanay H, Sarig-Nadir O, Spiegel I, Bermingham JR, Peles E. Gliomedin Mediates Schwann Cell-Axon Interaction and the Molecular Assembly of the Nodes of Ranvier. Neuron 2005; 47:215-29. [PMID: 16039564 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2005.06.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 239] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2005] [Revised: 05/16/2005] [Accepted: 06/26/2005] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Accumulation of Na(+) channels at the nodes of Ranvier is a prerequisite for saltatory conduction. In peripheral nerves, clustering of these channels along the axolemma is regulated by myelinating Schwann cells through a yet unknown mechanism. We report the identification of gliomedin, a glial ligand for neurofascin and NrCAM, two axonal immunoglobulin cell adhesion molecules that are associated with Na+ channels at the nodes of Ranvier. Gliomedin is expressed by myelinating Schwann cells and accumulates at the edges of each myelin segment during development, where it aligns with the forming nodes. Eliminating the expression of gliomedin by RNAi, or the addition of a soluble extracellular domain of neurofascin to myelinating cultures, which caused the redistribution of gliomedin along the internodes, abolished node formation. Furthermore, a soluble gliomedin induced nodal-like clusters of Na+ channels in the absence of Schwann cells. We propose that gliomedin provides a glial cue for the formation of peripheral nodes of Ranvier.
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MESH Headings
- Age Factors
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Ankyrins/metabolism
- Axons/metabolism
- Blotting, Northern/methods
- Blotting, Western/methods
- Cell Adhesion Molecules/immunology
- Cell Adhesion Molecules/metabolism
- Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/metabolism
- Cell Compartmentation
- Cells, Cultured
- Chlorocebus aethiops
- Claudins
- Cloning, Molecular/methods
- Cytoskeletal Proteins
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique/methods
- Ganglia, Spinal/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Humans
- Macromolecular Substances/immunology
- Macromolecular Substances/metabolism
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism
- Microfilament Proteins/metabolism
- Microscopy, Immunoelectron/methods
- Myelin Basic Protein/metabolism
- Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein/metabolism
- Neurofilament Proteins/metabolism
- Phosphoproteins/metabolism
- Protein Binding/physiology
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Ranvier's Nodes/metabolism
- Ranvier's Nodes/ultrastructure
- Rats
- Receptors, Peptide/metabolism
- S100 Proteins/metabolism
- Schwann Cells/metabolism
- Schwann Cells/ultrastructure
- Sciatic Nerve/growth & development
- Sciatic Nerve/metabolism
- Sodium Channels/metabolism
- Spectrin/metabolism
- Transfection/methods
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- Yael Eshed
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Corfas G, Velardez MO, Ko CP, Ratner N, Peles E. Mechanisms and roles of axon-Schwann cell interactions. J Neurosci 2005; 24:9250-60. [PMID: 15496660 PMCID: PMC6730082 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3649-04.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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- Gabriel Corfas
- Division of Neuroscience, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Arroyo EJ, Sirkowski EE, Chitale R, Scherer SS. Acute demyelination disrupts the molecular organization of peripheral nervous system nodes. J Comp Neurol 2005; 479:424-34. [PMID: 15514980 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Intraneurally injected lysolecithin causes both segmental and paranodal demyelination. In demyelinated internodes, axonal components of nodes fragment and disappear, glial and axonal paranodal and juxtaparanodal proteins no longer cluster, and axonal Kv1.1/Kv1.2 K+ channels move from the juxtaparanodal region to appose the remaining heminodes. In paranodal demyelination, a gap separates two distinct heminodes, each of which contains the molecular components of normal nodes; paranodal and juxtaparanodal proteins are properly localized. As in normal nodes, widened nodal regions contain little or no band 4.1B. Lysolecithin also causes "unwinding" of paranodes: The spiral of Schwann cell membrane moves away from the paranodes, but the glial and axonal components of septate-like junctions remain colocalized. Thus, acute demyelination has distinct effects on the molecular organization of the nodal, paranodal, and juxtaparanodal region, reflecting altered axon-Schwann cell interactions.
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- Edgardo J Arroyo
- Department of Neurology, The University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6077, USA.
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Spinal motor neurons were isolated from embryonic rats, and grown in culture. By 2 days in vitro, the axon initial segment was characterized by colocalization and clustering of Na+ channels and ankyrinG. By 5 days, NrCAM, and neurofascin could also be detected at most initial segments. We sought to determine, as one important aim, whether Na+ channels themselves played an essential role in establishing this specialized axonal region. Small hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) were used to target multiple subtypes of Na+ channels for reduced expression by RNA interference. Transfection resulted in substantial knockdown of these channels within the cell body and also as clusters at initial segments. Furthermore, Na+ currents originating at the initial segment, and recorded under patch clamp, were strongly reduced by shRNA. Control shRNA against a nonmammalian protein was without effect. Most interestingly, targeting Na+ channels also blocked clustering of ankyrinG, NrCAM, and neurofascin at the initial segment, although these proteins were seen in the soma. Thus, both Na+ channels and ankyrinG are required for formation of this essential axonal domain. Knockdown of Na+ channels was somewhat less effective when introduced after the initial segments had formed. Disruption of actin polymerization by cytochalasin D resulted in multiple initial segments, each with clusters of both Na+ channels and ankyrinG. The results indicate that initial segment formation occurs as Na+ channels are transported into the nascent axon membrane, diffuse distally, and link to the cytoskeleton by ankyrinG. Subsequently, other components are added, and stability is increased. A computational model closely reproduced the experimental results.
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- Xiaorong Xu
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
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Melendez-Vasquez CV, Einheber S, Salzer JL. Rho kinase regulates schwann cell myelination and formation of associated axonal domains. J Neurosci 2004; 24:3953-63. [PMID: 15102911 PMCID: PMC6729425 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4920-03.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The myelin sheath forms by the spiral wrapping of a glial membrane around an axon. The mechanisms involved are poorly understood but are likely to involve coordinated changes in the glial cell cytoskeleton. Because of its key role as a regulator of the cytoskeleton, we investigated the role of Rho kinase (ROCK), a major downstream effector of Rho, in Schwann cell morphology, differentiation, and myelination. Pharmacologic inhibition of ROCK activity results in loss of microvilli and stress fibers in Schwann cell cultures and strikingly aberrant myelination in Schwann cell-neuron cocultures; there was no effect on Schwann cell proliferation or differentiation. Treated Schwann cells branch aberrantly and form multiple, small, independent myelin segments along the length of axons, each with associated nodes and paranodes. This organization partially resembles myelin formed by oligodendrocytes rather than the single long myelin sheath characteristic of Schwann cells. ROCK regulates myosin light chain phosphorylation, which is robustly, but transiently, activated at the onset of myelination. These results support a key role of Rho through its effector ROCK in coordinating the movement of the glial membrane around the axon at the onset of myelination via regulation of myosin phosphorylation and actomyosin assembly. They also indicate that the molecular machinery that promotes the wrapping of the glial membrane sheath around the axon is distributed along the entire length of the internode.
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- Carmen V Melendez-Vasquez
- Department of Cell Biology, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA.
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Taylor CM, Marta CB, Claycomb RJ, Han DK, Rasband MN, Coetzee T, Pfeiffer SE. Proteomic mapping provides powerful insights into functional myelin biology. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:4643-8. [PMID: 15070771 PMCID: PMC384800 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0400922101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Myelin is a dynamic, functionally active membrane necessary for rapid action potential conduction, axon survival, and cytoarchitecture. The number of debilitating neurological disorders that occur when myelin is disrupted emphasizes its importance. Using high-resolution 2D gel electrophoresis, mass spectrometry, and immunoblotting, we have developed an extensive proteomic map of proteins present in myelin, identifying 98 proteins corresponding to at least 130 of the approximately 200 spots on the map. This proteomic map has been applied to analyses of the localization and function of selected proteins, providing a powerful tool to investigate the diverse functions of myelin.
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- Christopher M Taylor
- Department of Neuroscience, MC 3401, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-3401, USA
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Ulzheimer JC, Peles E, Levinson SR, Martini R. Altered expression of ion channel isoforms at the node of Ranvier in P0-deficient myelin mutants. Mol Cell Neurosci 2004; 25:83-94. [PMID: 14962742 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2003.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2003] [Revised: 09/17/2003] [Accepted: 09/29/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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To elucidate the impact of myelinating Schwann cells on the molecular architecture of the node of Ranvier, we investigated the nodal expression of voltage-gated sodium channel (VGSC) isoforms and the localization of paranodal and juxtaparanodal membrane proteins in a severely affected Schwann cell mutant, the mouse deficient in myelin protein zero (P0). The abnormal myelin formation and compaction was associated with immature nodal cluster types of VGSC. Most strikingly, P0-deficient motor nerves displayed an ectopic nodal expression of the Na(v)1.8 isoform, where it is coexpressed with the ubiquitous Na(v)1.6 channel. Furthermore, Caspr was distributed asymmetrically or was even absent in the mutant nerve fibers. The potassium channel K(v)1.2 and Caspr2 were not confined to juxtaparanodes, but often protruding into the paranodes. Thus, deficiency of P0 leads to dysregulation of nodal VGSC isoforms and to altered localization of paranodal and juxtaparanodal components of the nodal complex.
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- Jochen C Ulzheimer
- Section of Developmental Neurobiology, Department of Neurology, University of Wüerzburg, D-97080 Wüerzburg, Germany
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Suzuki A, Hoshi T, Ishibashi T, Hayashi A, Yamaguchi Y, Baba H. Paranodal axoglial junction is required for the maintenance of the Nav1.6-type sodium channel in the node of Ranvier in the optic nerves but not in peripheral nerve fibers in the sulfatide-deficient mice. Glia 2004; 46:274-83. [PMID: 15048850 DOI: 10.1002/glia.20008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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In myelinated axons, voltage-gated sodium channels specifically cluster at the nodes of Ranvier, while voltage-gated potassium channels are located at the juxtaparanodes. These characteristic localizations are influenced by myelination. During development, Nav1.2 first appears in the predicted nodes during myelination, and Nav1.6 replaces it in the mature nodes. Such replacements may be important physiologically. We examined the influence of the paranodal junction on switching of sodium channel subunits using the sulfatide-deficient mouse. This mutant displayed disruption of paranodal axoglial junctions and altered nodal lengths and channel distributions. The initial switching of Nav1.2 to Nav1.6 occurred in the mutant optic nerves; however, the number of Nav1.2-positive clusters was significantly higher than in wild-type mice. Although no signs of demyelination were observed at least up to 36 weeks of age, sodium channel clusters decreased markedly with age. Interestingly, Nav1.2 stayed in some of the nodal regions, especially where the nodal lengths were elongated, while Nav1.6 tended to remain in the normal-length nodes. The results in the mutant optic nerves suggested that paranodal junction formation may be necessary for complete replacement of nodal Nav1.2 to Nav1.6 during development as well as maintenance of Nav1.6 clusters at the nodes. Such subtype abnormality was not observed in the sciatic nerve, where paranodal disruption was observed. Thus, the paranodal junction significantly influences the retention of Nav1.6 in the node, which is followed by disorganization of nodal structures. However, its importance may differ between the central and peripheral nervous system.
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- Ayaka Suzuki
- Department of Molecular Neurobiology, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, Hachioji, Japan
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Molecular events involved in Na+ channel clustering at the node of Ranvier have been investigated during early development. NrCAM, an ankyrinG-binding protein, precedes Na+ channels at cluster sites adjacent to the tips of Schwann cell processes. Both Na+ channel and ankyrinG sequestration at developing nodes are delayed in NrCAM null mutants. The action of NrCAM is manifest locally at individual nodes, rather than affecting overall neuronal expression, and is linked to glial interactions. During remyelination, Na+ channel clusters at new nodes are initially labile, and anchoring to the cytoskeleton appears to grow progressively with time. The distance between Na+ channel clusters across remyelinating Schwann cells (nascent internodes) increases markedly from 83 to 274 microm during node formation, arguing against schemes in which the loci of nodes are fixed in advance by the axon. A hypothesis for node formation in which axonal Na+ channels move by lateral diffusion from regions of Schwann cell contact, with clustering dependent on linkage to the cytoskeleton by ankyrinG, is proposed and tested in a computational model. To match experimental measurements, this latter reaction needs fast kinetics, and the early arrival of NrCAM is postulated to contribute to this requirement.
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Efficient and rapid propagation of action potentials in myelinated axons depends on the molecular specialization of the nodes of Ranvier. The nodal region is organized into several distinct domains, each of which contains a unique set of ion channels, cell-adhesion molecules and cytoplasmic adaptor proteins. Voltage-gated Na+ channels - which are concentrated at the nodes - are separated from K+ channels - which are clustered at the juxtaparanodal region - by a specialized axoglial contact that is formed between the axon and the myelinating cell at the paranodes. This local differentiation of myelinated axons is tightly regulated by oligodendrocytes and myelinating Schwann cells, and is achieved through complex mechanisms that are used by another specialized cell-cell contact - the synapse.
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- Sebastian Poliak
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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The entire length of myelinated axons is organized into a series of polarized domains that center around nodes of Ranvier. These domains, which are crucial for normal saltatory conduction, consist of distinct multiprotein complexes of cell adhesion molecules, ion channels, and scaffolding molecules; they also differ in their diameter, organelle content, and rates of axonal transport. Juxtacrine signals from myelinating glia direct their sequential assembly. The composition, mechanisms of assembly, and function of these molecular domains will be reviewed. I also discuss similarities of this domain organization to that of polarized epithelia and present emerging evidence that disorders of domain organization and function contribute to the axonopathies of myelin and other neurologic disorders.
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- James L Salzer
- Department of Cell Biology and Neurology, Program in Molecular Neurobiology, Skirball Institute of Biomedical Research, New York University School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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Goutebroze L, Carnaud M, Denisenko N, Boutterin MC, Girault JA. Syndecan-3 and syndecan-4 are enriched in Schwann cell perinodal processes. BMC Neurosci 2003; 4:29. [PMID: 14622446 PMCID: PMC293377 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-4-29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2003] [Accepted: 11/18/2003] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Background Nodes of Ranvier correspond to specialized axonal domains where voltage-gated sodium channels are highly concentrated. In the peripheral nervous system, they are covered by Schwann cells microvilli, where three homologous cytoskeletal-associated proteins, ezrin, radixin and moesin (ERM proteins) have been found, to be enriched. These glial processes are thought to play a crucial role in organizing axonal nodal domains during development. However, little is known about the molecules present in Schwann cell processes that could mediate axoglial interactions. The aim of this study is to identify by immunocytochemistry transmembrane proteins enriched in Schwann cells processes that could interact, directly or indirectly, with axonal proteins. Results We show that syndecan-3 (S3) and syndecan-4 (S4), two proteoglycans expressed in Schwann cells, are enriched in perinodal processes in rat sciatic nerves. S3 labeling was localized in close vicinity of sodium channels as early as post-natal day 2, and highly concentrated at nodes of Ranvier in the adult. S4 immunoreactivity accumulated at nodes later, and was also prominent in internodal regions of myelinated fibers. Both S3 and S4 were co-localized with ezrin in perinodal processes. Conclusions Our data identify S3 and S4 as transmembrane proteins specifically enriched in Schwann cell perinodal processes, and suggest that S3 may be involved in early axoglial interactions during development.
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- Laurence Goutebroze
- INSERM U536, UPMC, Institut du Fer à Moulin, 17 rue du Fer à Moulin, 75005 Paris, France
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- INSERM U536, UPMC, Institut du Fer à Moulin, 17 rue du Fer à Moulin, 75005 Paris, France
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- INSERM U536, UPMC, Institut du Fer à Moulin, 17 rue du Fer à Moulin, 75005 Paris, France
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- INSERM U536, UPMC, Institut du Fer à Moulin, 17 rue du Fer à Moulin, 75005 Paris, France
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- INSERM U536, UPMC, Institut du Fer à Moulin, 17 rue du Fer à Moulin, 75005 Paris, France
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Gatto CL, Walker BJ, Lambert S. Local ERM activation and dynamic growth cones at Schwann cell tips implicated in efficient formation of nodes of Ranvier. J Cell Biol 2003; 162:489-98. [PMID: 12900397 PMCID: PMC2172691 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200303039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Nodes of Ranvier are specialized, highly polarized axonal domains crucial to the propagation of saltatory action potentials. In the peripheral nervous system, axo-glial cell contacts have been implicated in Schwann cell (SC) differentiation and formation of the nodes of Ranvier. SC microvilli establish axonal contact at mature nodes, and their components have been observed to localize early to sites of developing nodes. However, a role for these contacts in node formation remains controversial. Using a myelinating explant culture system, we have observed that SCs reorganize and polarize microvillar components, such as the ezrin-binding phosphoprotein 50 kD/regulatory cofactor of the sodium-hydrogen exchanger isoform 3 (NHERF-1), actin, and the activated ezrin, radixin, and moesin family proteins before myelination in response to inductive signals. These components are targeted to the SC distal tips where live cell imaging reveals novel, dynamic growth cone-like behavior. Furthermore, localized activation of the Rho signaling pathway at SC tips gives rise to these microvillar component-enriched "caps" and influences the efficiency of node formation.
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- Cheryl L Gatto
- Department of Cell Biology, Program in Neuroscience, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 4 Biotech, 377 Plantation St., Suite 326, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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Saito F, Moore SA, Barresi R, Henry MD, Messing A, Ross-Barta SE, Cohn RD, Williamson RA, Sluka KA, Sherman DL, Brophy PJ, Schmelzer JD, Low PA, Wrabetz L, Feltri ML, Campbell KP. Unique role of dystroglycan in peripheral nerve myelination, nodal structure, and sodium channel stabilization. Neuron 2003; 38:747-58. [PMID: 12797959 DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(03)00301-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 202] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Dystroglycan is a central component of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex implicated in the pathogenesis of several neuromuscular diseases. Although dystroglycan is expressed by Schwann cells, its normal peripheral nerve functions are unknown. Here we show that selective deletion of Schwann cell dystroglycan results in slowed nerve conduction and nodal changes including reduced sodium channel density and disorganized microvilli. Additional features of mutant mice include deficits in rotorod performance, aberrant pain responses, and abnormal myelin sheath folding. These data indicate that dystroglycan is crucial for both myelination and nodal architecture. Dystroglycan may be required for the normal maintenance of voltage-gated sodium channels at nodes of Ranvier, possibly by mediating trans interactions between Schwann cell microvilli and the nodal axolemma.
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- Fumiaki Saito
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Kretschmer T, Nguyen DH, Beuerman RW, Happel LT, England JD, Tiel RL, Kline DG. Painful neuromas: a potential role for a structural transmembrane protein, ankyrin G. J Neurosurg 2002; 97:1424-31. [PMID: 12507143 DOI: 10.3171/jns.2002.97.6.1424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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OBJECT Severe nerve injury induces the formation of a neuroma. Some neuromas cause excruciating pain. Overexpression of Na+ channels leads to hyperexcitability and painful phenomena. Ankyrin G, a multifunctional transmembrane protein of the axolemma, might be a key protein in neuroma formation because it binds Na+ channels in the initial segments of a regenerating axon and links with neuronal cell adhesion molecules. The authors wanted to determine if ankyrin G could be detected in neuroma, and if present, whether there would be differences in distribution between nonpainful neuromas, painful neuromas, and normal nerve. METHODS First, frozen sections of nine nerve specimens obtained from six patients (six nonpainful neuromas, one painful neuroma, and two normal nerves) were immunocytochemically screened for ankyrin G by using confocal laser scanning microscopy. Second, specimens from 29 patients (seven painful neuromas, 15 nonpainful neuromas, and seven normal nerves) were examined using immunoblot analysis for their ankyrin G content. Western blot analysis detected ankyrin G, which was visualized by applying the enhanced chemiluminescence technique. Computerized densitometry was used to quantitate ankyrin G expression by comparing band intensities. Normal nerve served as control. Neurofilament was used as a marker for nerve tissue content. Ankyrin G could be detected and was found to be increased in neuromas. The mean band intensity values were 1838 for painful neuromas, 1166 for nonpainful neuromas, and 411 for normal nerves. In two cases the authors were able to compare specimens of painful neuroma and normal nerve from the same patient. The painful neuromas exhibited considerably higher levels of ankyrin G. Painful neuroma and normal nerve densitometry values were 499 and 165, respectively, for one patient, and 4254 and 821, respectively, for the other patient. Painful neuromas were also found to have higher neurofilament values than nonpainful neuromas. CONCLUSIONS Altered regulation of ankyrin G after nerve injury may lead to hyperexcitability and painful phenomena via clustering of Na+ channels. A propensity to overexpress ankyrin G after peripheral nerve trauma may turn out to be a factor in the development of painful neuromas and neuropathic pain. The relevant literature regarding the importance of ankyrin G for nerve regeneration and nerve membrane remodeling is reviewed.
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- Thomas Kretschmer
- Center for Neuroscience, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
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