F-spondin regulates neuronal survival through activation of disabled-1 in the chicken ciliary ganglion
F-spondin regulates neuronal survival through activation of disabled-1 in the chicken ciliary ganglion
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DOI:
10.1016/j.mcn.2010.12.001
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发表时间:
2011-02-01
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Unsicker, K.
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作者:
Peterziel, H.;Sackmann, T.;Unsicker, K.
The extracellular membrane-associated protein F-spondin has been implicated in cell-matrix and cell-cell adhesion and plays an important role in axonal pathfinding. We report here that F-spondin is expressed in non-neuronal cells in the embryonic chicken ciliary ganglion (CG) and robustly promotes survival of cultured CG neurons. Using deletion constructs of F-spondin we found that the amino-terminal Reelin/Spondin domain cooperates with thrombospondin type 1 repeat (TSR) 6, a functional TGF beta-activation domain. In ovo treatment with blocking antibodies raised against the Reelin/Spondin domain or the TSR-domains caused increased apoptosis of CG neurons during the phase of programmed cell death and loss of about 30% of the neurons compared to controls. The Reelin/Spondin domain receptor - APP and its downstream signalling molecule disabled-1 are expressed in CG neurons. F-spondin induced rapid phosphorylation of disabled-1. Moreover, both blocking the central APP domain and interference with disabled-1 signalling disrupted the survival promoting effect of F-spondin. Taken together, our data suggest that F-spondin can promote neuron survival by a mechanism involving the Reelin/Spondin and the TSR domains. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.