Chemotropic responses of retinal growth cones mediated by rapid local protein synthesis and degradation
Chemotropic responses of retinal growth cones mediated by rapid local protein synthesis and degradation
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DOI:
10.1016/s0896-6273(01)00551-7
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发表时间:
2001-12-26
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16.2
通讯作者:
Holt, CE
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作者:
Campbell, DS;Holt, CE
Growth cones contain mRNAs, translation machinery, and, as we report here, protein degradation machinery. We show that isolated retinal growth cones immediately lose their ability to turn in a chemotropic gradient of netrin-1 or Sema3A when translation is inhibited. Translation inhibition also prevents Sema3A-induced collapse, while LPA-induced collapse is not affected. Inhibition of proteasome function blocks responses to netrin-1 and LPA but does not affect Sema3A responses. We further demonstrate in isolated growth cones that netrin-1 and Sema3A activate translation initiation factors and stimulate a marked rise in protein synthesis within minutes, while netrin-1 and LPA elicit similar rises in ubiquitin-protein conjugates. These results suggest that guidance molecules steer axon growth by triggering rapid local changes in protein levels in growth cones.