Axotomy-induced HIF-serotonin signalling axis promotes axon regeneration in C. elegans.
Axotomy-induced HIF-serotonin signalling axis promotes axon regeneration in C. elegans.
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DOI:
10.1038/ncomms10388
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发表时间:
2016-01-21
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Matsumoto K
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作者:
Alam T;Maruyama H;Li C;Pastuhov SI;Nix P;Bastiani M;Hisamoto N;Matsumoto K
The molecular mechanisms underlying the ability of axons to regenerate after injury remain poorly understood. Here we show that in Caenorhabditis elegans, axotomy induces ectopic expression of serotonin (5-HT) in axotomized non-serotonergic neurons via HIF-1, a hypoxia-inducible transcription factor, and that 5-HT subsequently promotes axon regeneration by autocrine signalling through the SER-7 5-HT receptor. Furthermore, we identify the rhgf-1 and rga-5 genes, encoding homologues of RhoGEF and RhoGAP, respectively, as regulators of axon regeneration. We demonstrate that one pathway initiated by SER-7 acts upstream of the C. elegans RhoA homolog RHO-1 in neuron regeneration, which functions via G12α and RHGF-1. In this pathway, RHO-1 inhibits diacylglycerol kinase, resulting in an increase in diacylglycerol. SER-7 also promotes axon regeneration by activating the cyclic AMP (cAMP) signalling pathway. Thus, HIF-1-mediated activation of 5-HT signalling promotes axon regeneration by activating both the RhoA and cAMP pathways. The molecular mechanism of axon regeneration after injury is poorly understood. Here the authors show that in C. elegans, the HIF-1 transcription factor induces ectopic synthesis of serotonin in severed ‘non-serotonergic' neurons and that serotonin activates downstream signaling pathways leading to axon regeneration.