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Volume 17, Number 5,
Issue of March 1, 1997
pp. 1642-1659
Copyright ©1997 Society for Neuroscience
Expression of Neuregulins and their Putative Receptors, ErbB2 and
ErbB3, Is Induced during Wallerian Degeneration
Received Sept. 27, 1996; revised Dec. 2, 1996; accepted Dec. 10, 1996.
Steven L. Carroll1,
Michele L. Miller1,
Paul W. Frohnert1,
Susanne S. Kim1, and
John A. Corbett2
1 Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology,
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, and 2 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, St.
Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63104
Schwann cell dedifferentiation and proliferation is a prerequisite
to axonal regeneration in the injured peripheral nervous system. The
neuregulin (NRG) family of growth and differentiation factors may play
a particularly important role in this process, because these
axon-associated molecules are potent Schwann cell mitogens and
differentiation factors in vitro. We have examined Schwann cell DNA synthesis and the expression of NRGs and their receptors, the erbB membrane tyrosine kinases, in rat sciatic nerve,
sensory ganglia, and spinal cord 0-30 d postaxotomy. Analysis of NRG
cDNAs from these tissues revealed several novel splice variants and
showed that cells endogenous to injured nerve express NRG mRNAs. A
selective induction of mRNAs encoding the glial growth factor (GGF)
subfamily of NRGs occurs in nerve beginning 3 d postaxotomy and
thus coincides with the onset of Schwann cell DNA synthesis. In later
stages of Wallerian degeneration, however, Schwann cell mitogenesis
markedly decreases, whereas elevated GGF expression persists. Of the
four known erbB kinases, Schwann cells express both erbB2 and erbB3
receptors over the entire interval studied. Expression of erbB2 and
erbB3 is coordinately induced in response to axotomy, indicating that
Schwann cell responses to NRGs may be modulated by changes in receptor
density. Neuregulin (including transmembrane precursors) and erbB
protein are associated with Schwann cells postaxotomy. Thus, in
contrast to the concept of NRGs as axon-associated mitogens, our
findings suggest that NRGs produced by Schwann cells themselves may be
partially responsible for Schwann cell proliferation during Wallerian
degeneration, probably acting via autocrine or paracrine
mechanisms.
Key words:
neuregulins;
glial growth factor;
Schwann cell;
erbB
receptor;
Wallerian degeneration;
autocrine;
paracrine
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