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Volume 16, Number 15,
Issue of August 1, 1996
pp. 4673-4683
Copyright ©1996 Society for Neuroscience
Glial Growth Factor 2, a Soluble Neuregulin, Directly Increases
Schwann Cell Motility and Indirectly Promotes Neurite Outgrowth
Received March 26, 1996; revised May 7, 1996; accepted May 9, 1996.
Nagesh K. Mahanthappa1,
Eva S. Anton2, and
William
D. Matthew2
1 Cambridge NeuroScience, Inc., Cambridge,
Massachusetts 02139, and 2 Department of Neurobiology, Duke
University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
Schwann cells proliferate, migrate, and act as sources of
neurotrophic support during development and regeneration of peripheral
nerves. Recent studies have demonstrated that neuregulins, a family of
growth factors secreted by developing motor and peripheral neurons,
influence Schwann cell development. In this study, we use three
distinct assays to show that glial growth factor 2 (GGF2), a secreted
neuregulin, exerts multiple effects on mature Schwann cells in
vitro. At doses submaximal for proliferation, GGF2 increases the
motility of Schwann cells cultured on peripheral nerve cryosections.
Furthermore, in a novel bioassay, focal application of GGF2 causes
directed migration in conventional monolayer cultures of Schwann cells.
At higher doses, GGF2 causes proliferation, as described previously. In
a new explant culture system designed to emulate entubulation repair of
transected peripheral nerves, GGF2 concentrations greater than
necessary to saturate the mitotic response induce the secretion by
Schwann cells of activities that promote sympathetic neuron survival
and outgrowth. These findings support a model in which neuregulins
secreted by peripheral neurons are key components of reciprocal
neuron-glia interactions that are important for peripheral nerve
development and regeneration.
Key words:
Schwann cell;
nerve regeneration;
neuregulin;
glial
growth factor;
migration;
neurotrophic activity
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