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The Journal of Neuroscience, January 14, 2004, 24(2):462-473; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3040-03.2004

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Keratan Sulfate Proteoglycan Phosphacan Regulates Mossy Fiber Outgrowth and Regeneration

Christy D. Butler,² Stephanie A. Schnetz,¹ Eric Y. Yu,¹ Joseph B. Davis,¹ Katherine Temple,¹ Jerry Silver,² and Alfred T. Malouf^1,2

Departments of ¹Pediatrics and ²Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106

We have examined the role of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) and keratan sulfate proteoglycans (KSPGs) in directing mossy fiber (MF) outgrowth and regeneration in rat hippocampal slice cultures. MFs normally exhibit a very specific innervation pattern that is restricted to the stratum lucidum (SL). In addition, MFs in hippocampal slice cultures will regenerate this specific innervation pattern after transection. CSPGs are one of the best characterized inhibitory axon guidance molecules in the CNS and are widely expressed in all areas of the hippocampus except SL. KSPGs are also widely expressed in the hippocampus, but their role in axon outgrowth has not been extensively studied in the CNS where phosphacan is the only protein that appears to contain KS-GAGs. Cultured hippocampal slices were treated with either chondroitin ABC lyase or keratanases to reduce the inhibitory axon guidance properties of CS and KS proteoglycans, respectively. The ability of transected MFs to regenerate their normal innervation pattern after digestion of CS and KS-GAGS sugars with these enzymes was examined. Only keratanase treatment resulted in misrouting of MFs. Identifying the mechanism by which keratanase produced MF misrouting is complicated by the presence of splice variants of the phosphacan gene that include the extracellular form of phosphacan and the transmembrane receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase / (RPTP/). Both forms of phosphacan are made by astrocytes, suggesting that keratanase alters MF outgrowth by modifying astrocyte function.

Key words: hippocampus; mossy fibers; regeneration; proteoglycans; axon guidance; phosphacan; neurocan; RPTP/

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Received June 22, 2003; revised October 27, 2003; accepted October 28, 2003.

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