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The Journal of Neuroscience, January 1, 1999, 19(1):1-9
Synthesis of  -Tubulin, Actin, and Other Proteins in Axons of
Sympathetic Neurons in Compartmented Cultures
Hubert
Eng,
Karen
Lund, and
Robert B.
Campenot
Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton,
Alberta, T6G 2H7 Canada
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ABSTRACT |
The proteins needed for growth and maintenance of the axon are
generally believed to be synthesized in the cell bodies and delivered
to the axons by anterograde transport. However, recent reports suggest
that some proteins can also be synthesized within axons. We used
[35S]methionine metabolic labeling to investigate
axonal protein synthesis in compartmented cultures of sympathetic
neurons from newborn rats. Incubation of distal axons for 4 hr with
[35S]methionine resulted in a highly specific
pattern of labeled axonal proteins on SDS-PAGE, with 4 prominent bands
in the 43-55 kDa range. The labeled proteins in axons were not
synthesized in the cell bodies, because they were also produced by
axons after the cell bodies had been removed. Two of the proteins were
identified by immunoprecipitation as actin and  -tubulin. Axons
synthesized <1% of the actin and tubulin synthesized in the cell
bodies and transported into the axons, and 75-85% inhibition of
axonal protein synthesis by cycloheximide and puromycin failed to
inhibit axonal elongation. Nonetheless, the specific production by
axons of the major proteins of the axonal cytoskeleton suggests that
axonal protein synthesis arises from specific mechanisms and likely has biological significance. One hypothetical scenario involves neurons with long axons in vivo in which losses from turnover
during axonal transport may limit the availability of cell body
synthesized proteins to the distal axons. In this case, a significant
fraction of axonal proteins might be supplied by axonal synthesis,
which could, therefore, play important roles in axonal maintenance, regeneration, and sprouting.
Key words:
actin; tubulin; axonal protein synthesis; compartmented
cultures; [35S]methionine metabolic labeling; axon
growth
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INTRODUCTION |
It has been widely believed that
lipids and proteins cannot be synthesized within axons but must be
synthesized in neuronal cell bodies and transported along the axons.
However, results of experiments with compartmented cultures of rat
sympathetic neurons have demonstrated local synthesis of phospholipids
within axons (Vance et al., 1991 ). In fact, 50% or more of the
phosphatidylcholine content of axons originates from axonal synthesis
from choline, and block of axonal synthesis severely inhibits axon
growth (Posse de Chaves et al., 1995).
Indirect evidence for axonal protein synthesis has accumulated. The
initial findings of RNA (Lasek et al., 1973) and poly(A) mRNA (Capano
et al., 1987) in axons led to the identification of several mRNA
molecules encoding cytoskeletal and other proteins (Table
1). The presence of ribosomes (Koenig,
1979; Giuditta et al., 1980; Koenig and Martin, 1996) and polyribosomes
(Giuditta et al., 1991) in axons has added further support to the
theory that axons have the capability to synthesize proteins. Indirect evidence of axonal protein synthesis was obtained in isolated growth
cones from snail axons in which incorporation of
[3H]leucine was blocked by 70% using anisomycin
(Davis et al., 1992). Direct evidence of axonal protein synthesis has
been presented by Koenig (1989, 1991), who reported labeling of a
number of protein bands on SDS-PAGE of extracts from isolated axons of
adult goldfish and rat neurons that had been incubated in
[35S]methionine ([35S]met).
Cycloheximide inhibited protein synthesis by 80% in goldfish retinal
axons (Koenig and Adams, 1982).
Previous studies have not provided direct identification of any
proteins made by axons, presumably because of the difficulties of obtaining sufficient quantities of pure axons for analysis, nor have
previous studies provided information about how much axonal protein is
made locally and how much is transported from the cell bodies. As well,
the role of axonal protein synthesis in axonal growth or other
biological functions has not been analyzed.
To investigate these issues, we used compartmented cultures of primary
rat sympathetic neurons, which separate distal axons and their growth
cones from cell bodies and proximal axons (Campenot, 1977, 1992, 1997).
We found proteins are synthesized in distal axons, amounting to
~0.5% of the protein synthesized by the entirety of the neurons.
Distal axons synthesized proteins even after removal of the cell
bodies. Two of the proteins synthesized by axons were identified as
actin and -tubulin. Less than 1% of actin and tubulin was
synthesized in distal axons compared with that made in the cell bodies.
Inhibition of protein synthesis in distal axons by cycloheximide and
puromycin did not inhibit axon growth, suggesting that, unlike the case
for lipids, protein synthesis in distal axons is not an absolute
requirement for axon growth under the present experimental conditions.
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MATERIALS AND METHODS |
Reagents and antibodies. Cycloheximide and puromycin
were obtained from Sigma (St. Louis, MO). Antibodies to the following cytoskeletal proteins were used: actin (clone C4; Boehringer Mannheim, Laval, Quebec, Canada), -actin (clone AC-15; Sigma), and
-tubulin (clone Tub 2.1; Sigma). All other chemicals were reagent grade.
Neuronal culture. Compartmented cultures of sympathetic
neurons from superior cervical ganglia of newborn Sprague Dawley rats were cultured as described previously (Campenot, 1992, 1997). Briefly,
Teflon dividers (Tyler Research Instruments, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
were used to partition the culture into one central and two side
compartments (Fig. 1). Cell bodies are
retained in the center compartment, and axons extend into the side
compartments. Neurons were plated into the center compartments with
medium supplemented with 10 ng/ml 2.5S nerve growth factor (NGF)
(Cedarlane, Hornby, Ontario, Canada) and 2.5% rat serum, with 10 µM cytosine arabinoside added to remove non-neuronal
cells. NGF was provided at 100 ng/ml in the side compartments. After
6 d in culture, NGF and cytosine arabinoside were discontinued in
the center compartments. From that time onward, cultures were
maintained with 2.5% rat serum in the center compartments and 100 ng/ml NGF in the side compartments. Cultures were used in experiments
11-15 d after plating. In some experiments, the cell bodies in the
center compartments were removed immediately before the incubation by a
stream of distilled water delivered through a 3 ml syringe with a 22 gauge needle.
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Figure 1.
Schematic diagram of a compartmented culture.
A, A Teflon divider provides a barrier that divides the
culture dish into one central compartment and two side compartments.
B, An enlargement of a single track shows the cell
bodies and proximal axons restricted to the center compartment, whereas
the distal axons cross under the barrier and extend into the side
compartments.
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[35S]Methionine metabolic labeling.
Labeling medium was prepared by adding [35S]met
(ICN Biochemicals, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) at a specific activity of
250 µCi/ml to culture medium lacking methionine. To metabolically
label proteins produced in cell bodies, labeling medium containing
2.5% rat serum was added only to the center compartments, whereas side
compartments were provided with ordinary culture medium containing 100 ng/ml NGF. To label proteins produced in distal axons, labeling medium
containing 100 ng/ml NGF was added only to the left and right
compartments, whereas center compartments were provided with ordinary
culture medium containing 2.5% rat serum. Cultures were incubated for
4 hr and then lysed and extracted as below.
Protein analysis. After rinsing three times in TBS
(20 mM Tris and 0.14 M NaCl, pH 7.2), the
neuronal material was harvested into lysis buffer (0.5% SDS, 1 mM EDTA, and 10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5), similar
to the previously described procedure (Campenot et al., 1996). Center
compartments were harvested separately from left and right
compartments. Bovine serum albumin (10 µg/ml final) was added to the
lysate, and the proteins were precipitated by adding trichloroacetic
acid to a final volume of 10% v/v for 1 hr at 4°C. The precipitate
was then collected by centrifugation at 10,000 × g for
20 min, and the pellet was resuspended in 30 µl of SDS sample buffer.
After raising the pH of the samples with 1 M Tris, they
were boiled for 10 min and loaded on a 10% SDS polyacrylamide gel.
Lanes contained extracts of 4-10 cultures as indicated in
Results. After separation, proteins were electrophoretically transferred in a semidry unit (Hoefer Scientific, San Francisco, CA) to
Hyperbond nitrocellulose (Amersham, Oakville, Ontario, Canada) and
exposed to a phosphorimager plate. Plates were read in the BAS 1000 Bio-Imaging Analyzer (Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) after
exposing for 4 d, unless otherwise stated, and analyzed using
MacBAS software (Fujix, Tokyo, Japan).
Inhibition of protein synthesis. Stock solutions of
cycloheximide (100 µg/ml, 35 mM) and puromycin (120 µg/ml, 40 mM) in TBS were diluted 1:100 into culture
medium. The medium in the side compartments were replaced with medium
containing one of the inhibitors or plain medium as control. After a
preincubation of 2 hr, the cells were metabolically labeled and then
processed as described above.
Immunoprecipitation. Immunoprecipitation of proteins was
performed similar to that described previously (Campenot et al., 1996).
In brief, axons in the left and right compartments were metabolically
labeled as above and then lysed in 0.5% deoxycholate, 0.1% SDS, and
50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5. The pooled lysate from the side
compartments of 4-10 cultures was passed through a 20 gauge hypodermic
needle several times, centrifuged at 10,000 × g for 10 min to remove cellular debris, and either frozen or used immediately. After an overnight incubation at 4°C in primary antibody, 30 µl of
Protein A/G coupled Sepharose beads (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa
Cruz, CA) was added and incubated for 2 hr at 4°C with end-over-end mixing. The beads were collected by centrifugation and washed three
times in 0.5% Tween 20-PBS. To dissociate the bound protein from the
beads, the sample was boiled for 10 min in SDS sample buffer. After a
final centrifugation, the supernatant was collected and separated on a
10% SDS polyacrylamide gel, transferred to nitrocellulose as above,
and exposed to the phosphorimager plate for 7 d.
Axonal growth and protein synthesis inhibitors.
Cycloheximide (35 mM) and puromycin (40 mM)
were prepared as above and diluted 1:100 in culture medium. Medium in
the right compartment was replaced with medium containing either
cycloheximide or puromycin, and medium in the left compartment was
replaced with plain medium as control. The distance the axons extended
along the tracks was measured from the edge of the silicone grease,
where the axons emerged into the side compartment, to the most distal
axon tip as described previously (Campenot, 1992). These measurements
were made using a Nikon Diaphot microscope with phase-contrast optics fitted with an MD2 microscope digitizer (Minnesota Datametrics, Minneapolis, MN) to track stage position (±5 µm). In each culture, measurements were made from five tracks in each of the side
compartments immediately after adding the drugs and again after 6 and
30 hr. The data for each time point were collectively analyzed to
obtain the mean ± SE in a given time period.
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RESULTS |
Direct labeling of cell bodies and distal axons with
[35S]methionine produced different patterns and
distributions of labeled proteins
We used compartmented cultures to determine whether proteins are
synthesized by axons of rat sympathetic neurons. First, we compared the
SDS-PAGE phosphorimage profiles of cultures incubated with
[35S]met supplied to center compartments to the
profiles from cultures with [35S]met supplied to
axons in left and right compartments. Cultures were incubated with 250 µCi/ml [35S]met for 4 hr, and culture extracts
were analyzed by SDS-PAGE and phosphorimaging as described in Materials
and Methods.
As expected, incubation of the cell body compartments with
[35S]met resulted in the appearance of many
radiolabeled proteins (Fig. 2, lane
2). Relatively faint labeling of a subset of bands appeared in the
distal axons (Fig. 2, lane 1), presumably arising from
anterograde axonal transport of proteins synthesized in the cell
bodies. Incubation of the distal axons with
[35S]met in left and right compartments resulted
in the appearance of labeled proteins in the distal axons (Fig. 2,
lane 3). There were fewer labeled bands than observed in
directly labeled cell body compartments. Four prominent bands were
present in distal axons at apparent molecular weights of ~55, 51, 47, and 43 kDa. The bands at 55 and 43 kDa (Fig. 2, open arrows)
correspond in molecular weight to actin and tubulin (see below).
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Figure 2.
Comparison of the profiles of proteins labeled by
incubation with [35S]met in left and right
compartments or center compartments. Lanes 1,
2, The center compartments of cultures were incubated
for 4 hr with 250 µCi/ml [35S]met before
harvesting the left and right (L+R) and center
compartments (C). Extracts were analyzed by
SDS-PAGE as described in Materials and Methods. Protein from three
cultures was loaded on each lane. Lanes 3,
4, To assess the possibility of protein synthesis in
distal axons, left and right compartments of cultures were incubated
with [35S]met for 4 hr, and the cultures were
analyzed. Protein from 10 cultures was loaded on each lane. Lane
5, To determine whether the labeled proteins detected in axons
incubated with [35S]met were transported there
after synthesis in the cell bodies, the cell bodies were removed from
cultures immediately before labeling the distal axons for 4 hr with
[35S]met. Protein from 10 cultures was loaded on
this lane.
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Incubation of distal axons with [35S]met resulted
in a much smaller amount of radiolabeled proteins in the neurons than
resulted from incubation of the cell bodies-proximal axons. This
difference is larger than is apparent in Figure 2, because three
cultures were loaded per lane for the cell body-proximal axon
incubations, whereas 10 cultures were loaded per lane for the distal
axon incubations to produce a reliable signal. Phosphorimager analysis
of the intensity profiles in Figure 2 revealed that, on a per culture
basis, incubation of distal axons resulted in only 0.5% of the
radioactivity in total neuronal protein (lanes 3,
4) that was produced when cell bodies-proximal axons
were incubated (lanes 1, 2). Because incubation of distal axons produced prominent labeled bands between 43 and 55 kDa,
we compared protein labeling in this range. For these proteins,
incubation of distal axons produced 0.8% of the radioactivity that was
produced by incubation of the cell bodies-proximal axons. Analysis of
the presumed actin and tubulin bands indicated that incubation of
distal axons resulted in 0.7% of the radioactivity that was produced
by incubation of the cell bodies-proximal axons.
Phosphorimager scans from three separate experiments also indicated
that, after incubation of distal axons, ~82 ± 4% SD of the
radiolabeled protein was found in the distal axons, whereas 18 ± 5% SD was found in the cell body compartments (Fig. 2, compare lanes 3, 4). These labeled proteins
displayed a similar pattern to that observed in the distal axons.
Proteins labeled by [35S]methionine applied to
distal axons are synthesized within the distal axons
There are two hypotheses that could account for the appearance of
labeled proteins in distal axons after direct incubation in
[35S]met. The first possible scenario is that
[35S]met entered the distal axons, traveled to the
cell bodies either by diffusion or retrograde axonal transport, was
incorporated into proteins synthesized in the cell bodies, and finally
was anterogradely transported into the distal axons. It is difficult to
see how proteins produced in this way could produce greater labeling in
the distal axons (Fig. 2, lane 3) than in the cell bodies
(lane 4) during the 4 hr incubation, because very
little protein directly labeled in the cell bodies (lane 2)
was transported into distal axons (lane 1) during this time.
Also, it is hard to explain in this scenario why supplying
[35S]met to the cell bodies via the distal axons
would result in a different banding pattern of labeled proteins than is
observed when [35S]met is supplied directly to the
cell bodies. Thus, the data presented so far are not consistent with
the exclusive synthesis of proteins in the cell body compartment.
The alternative hypothesis is that [35S]met
entered the distal axons and was incorporated into proteins synthesized
within the distal axons. This scenario would explain why direct
incubation of distal axons results in far greater protein labeling in
distal axons than in cell bodies. If it is further hypothesized that axons only synthesize a subset of the proteins produced in cell bodies,
the difference in banding pattern can be easily explained.
To directly determine whether the radiolabeled proteins detected in the
axon compartment were synthesized by axons, we removed the cell bodies
from the center compartments of cultures immediately before the 4 hr
incubation of the distal axons with [35S]met.
Previous results have shown that axons isolated in this manner retain a
normal rate of phosphatidylcholine synthesis for at least 5 hr (Posse
de Chaves et al., 1995). SDS-PAGE of extracts of distal axons from 10 cultures (Fig. 2, lane 5) revealed protein bands of similar
pattern and intensity as the radiolabeled proteins detected in the
distal axons of intact neurons (Fig. 2, lane 3). We conclude
that the labeled proteins arising in distal axons from direct
incubation in [35S]met were produced by protein
synthesis occurring within the distal axons.
Inhibition of axonal protein synthesis by cycloheximide
and puromycin
To determine whether protein synthesis inhibitors could be useful
tools to investigate the biological function of axonal protein synthesis, the distal axon compartments were preincubated for 2 hr with culture medium containing either cycloheximide (100 µg/ml),
puromycin (120 µg/ml), or no drug as control. Then, the distal
compartment medium was replaced with [35S]met
labeling medium containing the inhibitor or no inhibitor as
appropriate, and the cultures were incubated for an additional 4 hr.
Proteins were harvested and analyzed by SDS-PAGE as described in
Materials and Methods. Figure
3A shows a representative
phosphorimage of three experiments that were performed, and Figure
3B shows quantitation of these lanes expressed relative to
the control. Quantitation of the lanes from all three experiments
revealed that cycloheximide inhibited protein synthesis by ~76 ± 9% SD and puromycin by ~84 ± 4% SD.
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Figure 3.
Inhibition of axonal protein synthesis. Cultures
were preincubated 2 hr with culture medium in the distal axon
compartments containing either cycloheximide (100 µg/ml;
Cy), puromycin (120 µg/ml; Pu), or no
drug as control (Co). Then, the distal compartment
medium was replaced with [35S]met labeling medium
containing the inhibitor or no inhibitor as appropriate, and the
cultures were incubated for 4 hr. Proteins were harvested and analyzed
by SDS-PAGE as described in Materials and Methods. Protein from six
cultures was loaded on each lane. A, Lanes from the
distal axons (DAx). B, Density of the
individual lanes from A quantitated by phosphorimaging
and expressed as a percentage of the control lane. C,
Lanes from the cell bodies and proximal axons
(CB/PAx).
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Direct [35S]met incubation of distal axons
resulted in the appearance of some labeled proteins in the cell body
compartments (Fig. 3C, lane 1). In this
experiment, the cell bodies contained 23% of the total label. The
labeled proteins displayed a similar pattern to that observed in the
distal axons (Fig. 3A, lane 1), and they
were inhibited by cycloheximide and puromycin supplied to distal axons
(lanes 2 and 3), suggesting that these labeled proteins were
synthesized in the distal axons and retrogradely transported into the
cell body compartments (see Discussion).
Neither 100 µg/ml cycloheximide nor 120 µg/ml puromycin applied to
distal axons completely abolished the appearance of labeled proteins in
the distal axons. In particular, the band at 47 kDa appeared least
sensitive to the inhibitors. To exclude the unlikely possibility that
production of proteins in the cell bodies not exposed to the inhibitors
could somehow have contributed to the residual labeled proteins
observed in axons, we repeated the experiment in cultures in which the
cell bodies had been removed. Similar results were obtained in the
absence of cell bodies (Fig. 4), with
protein synthesis inhibited by 68% by cycloheximide, 80% by
puromycin, and with the band at 47 kDa least affected by both inhibitors.
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Figure 4.
Inhibition of axonal protein synthesis by direct
application of cycloheximide and puromycin in isolated axons. The
center compartments were washed with distilled water to remove the cell
bodies before labeling. Control axons (Co) were not
treated with drugs. Application of cycloheximide (Cy)
and puromycin (Pu), labeling of axons, and analysis were
as in Figure 3. Protein from six cultures was loaded on each
lane.
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Synthesis of actin and -tubulin in axons
Because one of the major bands synthesized in distal
axons corresponds in molecular weight to actin at 55 kDa and another corresponds to tubulin at 43 kDa (Fig. 2, lane 5), we
hypothesized that actin and tubulin are likely to be among the proteins
synthesized by distal axons. We tested this by immunoprecipitation
using antibodies to actin, -actin, and -tubulin. To ensure that
all metabolically labeled proteins were produced only in the axons, the
cell bodies were removed before labeling. The axons were incubated in
[35S]met labeling medium for 4 hr and then lysed
and incubated with either anti-actin, anti--actin, or
anti--tubulin antibodies. Any immunoprecipitated proteins were
detected by SDS-PAGE separation and phosphorimaging as described in
Materials and Methods.
Anti-actin antibodies (Fig. 5, lane
1) precipitated labeled actin (43 kDa, filled arrow)
and coprecipitated one major labeled band at 56 kDa (open
arrow), as well as several other minor bands. Although mRNA for
-actin has been reported in rat axons (Bassell et al., 1998) and we
were able to immunoprecipitate labeled -actin from labeled whole
neurons, we detected no labeled -actin in immunoprecipitates of
labeled distal axons (data not shown). Anti--tubulin antibodies
(Fig. 5, lane 2) precipitated -tubulin (55 kDa,
filled arrow), as well as four other bands (open
arrows) of molecular weight of 85, 75, 14, and 12 kDa. We
conclude that actin and -tubulin are among the proteins synthesized
by distal axons of cultured rat sympathetic neurons.
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Figure 5.
Immunoprecipitation of actin and -tubulin
synthesized in distal axons. After removal of the cell bodies, axons
were incubated in [35S]met for 4 hr. Cell lysates
from six cultures were immunoprecipitated with either anti-actin or
anti--tubulin antibodies as described in Materials and Methods.
Immunoprecipitated proteins were analyzed by SDS-PAGE and
phosphorimaging. Anti-actin antibodies precipitated actin at 43 kDa
(filled arrow) and coprecipitated one major band
at 56 kDa (open arrow), as well as several other minor
bands of varying molecular weight. Anti--tubulin antibodies
precipitated -tubulin (55 kDa, filled arrow), as well
as four other bands (open arrows) of molecular weight
85, 75, 14, and 12 kDa.
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Effect of inhibition of axonal protein synthesis on
axon extension
Although the above data provides evidence that axons can
synthesize proteins, there is no indication of the function of axonal protein synthesis. It has been postulated that axonal protein synthesis
may supply cytoskeletal proteins needed for growth cone motility
(Bassell et al., 1998). To test for this, we exposed distal axons in
intact cultures to concentrations of cycloheximide (100 µg/ml) and
puromycin (120 µg/ml), which inhibited protein synthesis. We measured
the distance that the axons had extended along the tracks 6 and 30 hr
after adding the drugs. Neither cycloheximide (Fig.
6A) nor puromycin (Fig.
6B) reduced the rate of axon advancement along the
tracks, even after 30 hr of incubation. As a control, the same
concentration of cycloheximide or puromycin was directly applied to the
cell bodies, and within 24 hr the axons had detached from the surface
and were no longer viable.
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Figure 6.
Effect of protein synthesis inhibitors on axonal
growth. Cycloheximide (100 µg/ml; A) or puromycin (120 µg/ml; B) was applied directly to axons in the right
compartments of intact cultures, and medium without inhibitor was
applied to axons in the left compartments as control. The growth of
axons after introduction of the inhibitors was measured after 6 and 30 hr as described in Materials and Methods. The mean ± SE axonal
extension for each time point is shown; n = 15-34
tracks.
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DISCUSSION |
Protein synthesis in axons of sympathetic neurons
Direct application of [35S]met to distal
axons of rat sympathetic neurons in compartmented cultures produced a
characteristic pattern of labeled axonal proteins, with four prominent
bands in the 43-55 kDa range. Moreover, the pattern and magnitude of labeled axonal proteins was unaltered when axons were isolated by
removal of the cell bodies before labeling, directly demonstrating that
the labeled proteins were synthesized by the distal axons. Cycloheximide and puromycin applied to axons inhibited the appearance of labeled proteins in axons by ~75 and 85%, respectively,
consistent with an axonal site of production and with previous results
in other systems (see introductory remarks). The profile of
radiolabeled proteins observed by SDS-PAGE in the present study is
similar to the profile of proteins synthesized in isolated axons of
adult goldfish and rats (Koenig, 1991). Thus, it appears that the
ability of axons to synthesize proteins is not restricted to developing axons but persists into adulthood and may be a widely conserved phenomenon in the animal kingdom. The present results are an important addition to the mounting evidence (see introductory remarks) indicating that some proteins can be synthesized within axons.
After a 4 hr incubation of distal axons in
[35S]met, ~20% of all labeled proteins were
detected in the center compartments containing cell bodies and proximal
axons. One possibility to account for this is that
[35S]met in the distal axons traveled retrogradely
and was incorporated into proteins synthesized in the proximal axons
and/or cell bodies. However, the labeled proteins from the center
compartments displayed the same specific bands as the proteins produced
by the distal axons, not the broad range of bands characteristic of
proteins produced in the cell bodies. Therefore, it is unlikely that
these proteins were synthesized in the cell bodies. As yet, we cannot exclude a possible contribution of protein synthesis within the proximal axons, although the amount of cellular material in proximal axons is small relative to the distal axons (see below), and proximal axons were not directly exposed to [35S]met.
Finally, proteins synthesized in distal axons may have been transported
or carried along with organelle traffic into the proximal axons and
cell bodies (Koenig et al., 1985; Hollenbeck and Bray, 1987).
-Tubulin and actin are synthesized in axons
Using immunoprecipitation of isolated axons labeled with
[35S]met, we identified the 55 kDa protein as
-tubulin and the 43 kDa protein as actin. These results are
consistent with the previous report of 55 and 43 kDa radiolabeled
protein bands produced by isolated axons of adult rat neurons (Koenig,
1991). We detected metabolically labeled -actin in extracts of whole
neurons, and we detected -actin immunohistochemically in filopodia
and lamellipodia of growth cones. However, we did not detect any
synthesis of -actin in metabolically labeled distal axons. Because
-actin mRNA has been found in rat axons stimulated with cAMP
(Bassell et al., 1998), it is possible that such stimulation may be
necessary to obtain detectable axonal synthesis.
The magnitude of axonal protein synthesis
The magnitude of protein synthesis in the distal axons was small
relative to synthesis in the center compartments containing the cell
bodies and proximal axons. For example, analysis of the actin and
-tubulin bands indicated that incubation of distal axons with
[35S]met resulted in 0.7% of the radioactivity
that was produced by incubation of the cell bodies-proximal axons.
These values are for the labeled actin and -tubulin in the whole
neuron and not just the region that was directly exposed to
[35S]met, so proteins made in distal axons and
transported to the cell bodies-proximal axons are included in axonal
production. These values cannot be strictly equated to the amount of
these proteins that was synthesized, because cell body and axonal
methionine pools could be different, resulting in different dilutions
of the [35S]met and, therefore, different specific
activities of the newly synthesized proteins. However, if we
tentatively assume that the cell body and axonal methionine pools have
comparable concentrations and availability to protein synthesis, the
result is that <1% of the actin and -tubulin produced by the
neurons is synthesized in their axons.
In this analysis, we did not consider protein synthesis within the
proximal axons. The proximal axons in these cultures spanned the 1.5 mm
center compartment, and their growth was arrested after 6 d in
culture by withdrawal of NGF. The distal axons were exposed to NGF
during the entire culture period and extended >5 mm into distal
compartments. Under these conditions, the density of distal axons is
typically much greater than the density of proximal axons (Campenot,
1982). Thus, any proteins synthesized by proximal axons would be less
than the proteins synthesized by the distal axons and far less than the
proteins synthesized by the cell bodies. In conclusion, it appears
certain that only a tiny fraction of the neuronal production of
tubulin, actin, and other proteins occurred in the distal axons in the
present experiments.
Biological significance
These experiments directly demonstrate the axonal synthesis of a
subset of proteins, including actin and -tubulin. Although the
observed quantities were small, the specificity suggests that axonal
protein synthesis is not an epiphenomenon arising from imperfect
retention of the protein synthetic machinery in the cell bodies.
Rather, axonal protein synthesis appears to arise from specific
mechanisms, perhaps by trafficking specific mRNAs into the axons.
In the case of tubulin, previous work with compartmented cultures of
rat sympathetic neurons has shown that 90% of newly synthesized tubulin in the cell bodies is transported into the distal axons within
2-3 d, traveling at a velocity of ~4 mm/d (Campenot et al., 1996).
Because axons elongate at ~1 mm/d, the 11- to 15-d-old cultures used
in these experiments would require only 3-4 d to transport tubulin
from the cell bodies to the most distant growth cones. This is well
within the half-life of tubulin in this system. Thus, in the present
experiments, the distal axons obtained the majority of their tubulin by
axonal transport from the cell bodies. This is likely true for actin
and possibly all other proteins synthesized by axons in these
experiments. Therefore, it is not surprising that block of axonal
protein synthesis with cycloheximide or puromycin did not block axon
growth. These results do not support the suggestion that growth cones
require a supply of locally synthesized actin to function (Bassell et
al., 1998).
Our inability to inhibit axon growth using protein synthesis inhibitors
contrasts with investigations of axonal phospholipid synthesis. Because
membrane lipids travel by fast axoplasmic transport, there would seem
less need for axonal synthesis of lipids than for cytoskeletal
proteins, which are transported much more slowly. On the contrary, at
least 50% of the phosphatidylcholine is synthesized in distal axons of
rat sympathetic neurons grown in compartmented cultures (Posse de
Chaves et al., 1995). Moreover, block of axonal phosphatidylcholine
synthesis inhibited axon growth, whereas blocking synthesis in the cell
bodies had no effect (Posse de Chaves et al., 1995). Therefore, the
dependence of axon growth on axonal phosphatidylcholine synthesis, but
not on protein synthesis, likely reflects the distribution and
organization of the synthetic machinery within the neuron rather than
limitations imposed by axonal transport.
At this stage, we can only speculate about the biological significance
of our observations. Electron microscopic observations of cultured rat
sympathetic neurons indicate that dendrites extend only short distances
from the cell bodies (Landis, 1976), which would exclude them from
crossing into the distal compartments. Only axons can reach the distal
compartments. In culture, sympathetic axons possess growth cones and
have been shown to possess neurotransmitter release sites (Landis,
1978). Our present results show that these axons growing in culture can
synthesize small quantities of actin, -tubulin, and other proteins
at sites 1 mm or more away from the cell body. Our present data do not
reveal whether protein synthesis is confined to a specific region of
the axon, nor do they reveal whether axonal protein synthesis in
vivo occurs during axonal growth, collateral sprouting, axonal
regeneration, or in mature axons that no longer possess growth cones.
Tobias and Koenig (1975a,b) have shown the rate of axonal protein
synthesis after axonal injury increases in the proximal stump.
Therefore, we speculate that after nerve injury, the level of axonal
protein synthesis we observe may significantly increase in regenerating
and sprouting axons. In addition, axonal protein synthesis may perform
a maintenance function under normal conditions. At the axoplasmic
transport velocity of 4 mm/d for tubulin (Campenot et al., 1996),
several months would be required for cytoskeletal proteins synthesized
in cell bodies to reach the most distal axons in the extremities of an
adult human. During this time, much of these proteins may be lost by
normal protein turnover. Koenig (1991) has suggested that protein
production by axons may compensate for the losses caused by transport
in long axons. Although the question remains open, our results are
consistent with this possibility.
Regardless of the exact circumstances of expression of axonal protein
synthesis in vivo, our results clearly demonstrate that there is no inherent obstacle preventing axons from synthesizing proteins at sites distant from the cell body. Moreover, the specific axonal synthesis of cytoskeletal proteins suggests that there are
biologically significant exceptions to the long-standing belief that
proteins cannot be synthesized in axons.
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FOOTNOTES |
Received July 13, 1998; revised Sept. 28, 1998; accepted Oct. 12, 1998.
This research was supported by the Medical Research Council of Canada
Grant 51-11056. H.E. is a recipient of salary support from the Alberta
Neurotrauma Fund. R.B.C. is an Alberta Heritage Foundation Medical
Scientist. We thank G. Martin for excellent technical assistance and E. Posse de Chaves for critical reading of this manuscript.
Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Robert B. Campenot,
Department of Cell Biology, G-22 Medical Sciences Building, University
of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H7 Canada.
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