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The Journal of Neuroscience, December 1, 2002, 22(23):10368-10376
Nogo-A and Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein Mediate Neurite Growth
Inhibition by Antagonistic Regulation of RhoA and Rac1
Barbara
Niederöst1,
Thomas
Oertle2,
Jens
Fritsche2,
R. Anne
McKinney2, and
Christine E.
Bandtlow1
1 Institute of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Leopold-Franzens-University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria,
and 2 Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich and
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich,
Switzerland
The adult mammalian CNS has a limited capacity for nerve
regeneration and structural plasticity. The presence of glia-derived inhibitory factors myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) and Nogo-A have
been suggested to provide a nonpermissive environment for elongating
nerve fibers. In particular, Nogo-A, an integral membrane protein
predominantly expressed by oligodendrocytes, has been demonstrated to
impair neurite growth in vitro and in
vivo. Structure function analysis revealed that Nogo-A protein
contains at least two active domains, NiG and Nogo-66, with diverse
effects on neurite outgrowth and cell spreading. We now provide
evidence that these inhibitory domains mediate their effects via an
antagonistic regulation of the small GTPases RhoA and Rac1, resulting
in activation of RhoA and suppression of Rac1. By inactivating RhoA
with C3 transferase or the downstream effector Rho-kinase ROCK with
Y27632, the inhibitory effects of both Nogo-A fragments and MAG
on neurite outgrowth and oligodendrocyte-mediated growth cone collapse
were abolished. Furthermore, we show that the recently cloned receptor for Nogo-66 and MAG, NgR, is not necessary for either NiG- or MAG-induced RhoA activation.
Key words:
regeneration; neurite growth inhibitors; CNS myelin; Nogo-A; MAG; small GTPases; signal transduction
Copyright © 2002 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/02/222310368-09$05.00/0
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