Precise Somatotopic Thalamocortical Axon Guidance Depends on LPA-Mediated PRG-2/Radixin Signaling.
Precise Somatotopic Thalamocortical Axon Guidance Depends on LPA-Mediated PRG-2/Radixin Signaling.
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10.1016/j.neuron.2016.08.035
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发表时间:
2016-10-05
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16.2
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Vogt J
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Cheng J;Sahani S;Hausrat TJ;Yang JW;Ji H;Schmarowski N;Endle H;Liu X;Li Y;Böttche R;Radyushkin K;Maric HM;Hoerder-Suabedissen A;Molnár Z;Prouvot PH;Trimbuch T;Ninnemann O;Huai J;Fan W;Visentin B;Sabbadini R;Strømgaard K;Stroh A;Luhmann HJ;Kneussel M;Nitsch R;Vogt J
Precise connection of thalamic barreloids with their corresponding cortical barrels is critical for processing of vibrissal sensory information. Here, we show that PRG-2, a phospholipid-interacting molecule, is important for thalamocortical axon guidance. Developing thalamocortical fibers both in PRG-2 full knockout (KO) and in thalamus-specific KO mice prematurely entered the cortical plate, eventually innervating non-corresponding barrels. This misrouting relied on lost axonal sensitivity toward lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), which failed to repel PRG-2-deficient thalamocortical fibers. PRG-2 electroporation in the PRG-2−/− thalamus restored the aberrant cortical innervation. We identified radixin as a PRG-2 interaction partner and showed that radixin accumulation in growth cones and its LPA-dependent phosphorylation depend on its binding to specific regions within the C-terminal region of PRG-2. In vivo recordings and whisker-specific behavioral tests demonstrated sensory discrimination deficits in PRG-2−/− animals. Our data show that bioactive phospholipids and PRG-2 are critical for guiding thalamic axons to their proper cortical targets. PRG-2 at the growth cone mediates axonal LPA sensitivity of thalamocortical fibers LPA/PRG-2/RDX signaling in the growth cone is a novel axon guidance mechanism PRG-2 deficiency disrupts precision of thalamocotrical somatotopy PRG-2−/− mice have altered thalamocortical targeting and specific sensory defects Cheng et al. describe a new axon guidance mechanism depending on PRG-2 at the growth cone of thalamocortical axons and extracellular LPA synthesized below the cortical plate. Molecular analysis revealed LPA/PRG-2/RDX signaling at the growth cone important for thalamocortical targeting.