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Assessing the contact-mediated role of netrin1 in axon guidance

评估 netrin1 在轴突引导中的接触介导作用

基本信息

批准号：
10208981
负责人：
SAMANTHA J BUTLER
金额：
$ 43.1万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2019-07-01 至 2024-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10208981
关键词：
Adhesions Adhesives Axon Biological Assay Cells Chemotaxis Chicken Model Chickens Collection Complex Cues Data Deposition Development Diffuse Disease Embryo Environment Event Family Floor Ganglia Geometry Goals Growth Growth Cones Hedera Image In Vitro Injury Laminin Lateral Maps Mediating Membrane Modeling Molecular Mus Muscle fasciculation Mutation Natural regeneration Nervous system structure Neurodevelopmental Disorder Neurons Phenotype Plant Roots Play Positioning Attribute Process Prosencephalon Radial Resolution Role Signal Transduction Source Spinal Spinal Cord Surface Synapses Telencephalon Textbooks Tissues Ventricular axon growth axon guidance brain malformation cell growth cell type corticofugal fiber diencephalon domain mapping genetic approach member mouse genetics mouse model nerve stem cell neural circuit receptor regenerative repaired uptake

项目摘要

The establishment of neural circuits requires neurons to extend axons over considerable distances, using molecular cues in the embryonic environment to orient their growth cones. The textbook example of a guidance factor is netrin1, a member of the laminin superfamily first characterized in the spinal cord. Classic studies suggested that netrin1, produced by floor plate (FP) cells, acts by chemotaxis, diffusing over long distances to guide Dcc+ commissural axons towards the FP. Netrin1 was then implicated in guidance decisions throughout the nervous system. However, our studies have recently demonstrated that the key source of netrin1 is neural progenitor cells (NPCs) in the spinal ventricular zone. Rather than acting as a long-range diffusible gradient, our data supports a model in which NPC-derived netrin1 acts locally, forming a directional path for axons that also promotes axonal fasciculation. The bipolar geometry of NPCs permits them to deposit netrin1 at the basal (pial) margins of the spinal cord. This netrin1+ substrate then acts locally to direct fasciculated, ventral axon extension by haptotaxis, the directed growth of cells along an adhesive surface. However, netrin1 may mediate a more complex activity for axons beyond pure adhesion: netrin1 is then deposited onto Dcc+ axons, and these axons then grow precisely around the border of VZ, i.e. a netrin1- expressing domain. Ablating a small region of netrin1 expression causes axons deviate from their trajectory to follow the ectopic netrin1 boundary. We propose to call this collection of activities a “hederal” growth boundary, from the analogy of a wall supporting the growth of ivy (genus: hedera) that is not itself penetrated by the ivy. Netrin1 can form a local growth substrate, and promote the fasciculated growth of axons around a netrin1-expressing domain. This reinterpretation of the mechanistic basis by which netrin1 functions, explains why little progress has been made using soluble netrin1 as a regenerative factor. To further this goal, we will assess [1] the mechanisms by which spinal NPCs establish a netrin1+ haptotactic substrate that promotes directed, fasciculated axonal growth in Aim 1, [2] whether NPC vs FP cells have distinct roles producing netrins in Aim 2 and [3] whether netrins have haptotactic activities in axon guidance in the forebrain in Aim 3. Aim 1: Determine the mechanism by which spinal NPCs establish netrin1 “hederal” boundaries Hypothesis: Spinal NPCs traffic netrin1 to the pial surface to establish a haptotactic substrate. Netrin1 then transfers to Dcc+ axons to promote their fasciculated axon growth around netrin1-expressing regions. Aim 2: Determine the range role of FP-derived netrin1 in the spinal cord Hypothesis: FP-derived netrin1 acts over short range to fasciculate commissural axons crossing the midline Aim 3: Determine the role of NPC-derived netrin1/3 in the forebrain Hypothesis: Neural progenitors in the developing forebrain use the netrin family to establish growth boundaries that guide axons between the diencephalon and telencephalon.

神经回路的建立需要神经元将轴突延伸到相当大的范围