TY - JOUR
T1 - Precise Somatotopic Thalamocortical Axon Guidance Depends on LPA-Mediated PRG-2/Radixin Signaling
AU - Cheng, Jin
AU - Sahani, Sadhna
AU - Hausrat, Torben Johann
AU - Yang, Jenq-Wei
AU - Ji, Haichao
AU - Schmarowski, Nikolai
AU - Endle, Heiko
AU - Liu, Xinfeng
AU - Li, Yunbo
AU - Böttche, Rahel
AU - Radyushkin, Konstantin
AU - Maric, Hans M
AU - Hoerder-Suabedissen, Anna
AU - Molnár, Zoltán
AU - Prouvot, Pierre-Hugues
AU - Trimbuch, Thorsten
AU - Ninnemann, Olaf
AU - Huai, Jisen
AU - Fan, Wei
AU - Visentin, Barbara
AU - Sabbadini, Roger
AU - Strømgaard, Kristian
AU - Stroh, Albrecht
AU - Luhmann, Heiko J
AU - Kneussel, Matthias
AU - Nitsch, Robert
AU - Vogt, Johannes
N1 - Copyright © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/10/5
Y1 - 2016/10/5
N2 - Precise connection of thalamic barreloids with their corresponding cortical barrels is critical for processing of vibrissal sensory information. Here, we show that PRG-2, a phospholipid-interacting molecule, is important for thalamocortical axon guidance. Developing thalamocortical fibers both in PRG-2 full knockout (KO) and in thalamus-specific KO mice prematurely entered the cortical plate, eventually innervating non-corresponding barrels. This misrouting relied on lost axonal sensitivity toward lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), which failed to repel PRG-2-deficient thalamocortical fibers. PRG-2 electroporation in the PRG-2(-/-) thalamus restored the aberrant cortical innervation. We identified radixin as a PRG-2 interaction partner and showed that radixin accumulation in growth cones and its LPA-dependent phosphorylation depend on its binding to specific regions within the C-terminal region of PRG-2. In vivo recordings and whisker-specific behavioral tests demonstrated sensory discrimination deficits in PRG-2(-/-) animals. Our data show that bioactive phospholipids and PRG-2 are critical for guiding thalamic axons to their proper cortical targets.
AB - Precise connection of thalamic barreloids with their corresponding cortical barrels is critical for processing of vibrissal sensory information. Here, we show that PRG-2, a phospholipid-interacting molecule, is important for thalamocortical axon guidance. Developing thalamocortical fibers both in PRG-2 full knockout (KO) and in thalamus-specific KO mice prematurely entered the cortical plate, eventually innervating non-corresponding barrels. This misrouting relied on lost axonal sensitivity toward lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), which failed to repel PRG-2-deficient thalamocortical fibers. PRG-2 electroporation in the PRG-2(-/-) thalamus restored the aberrant cortical innervation. We identified radixin as a PRG-2 interaction partner and showed that radixin accumulation in growth cones and its LPA-dependent phosphorylation depend on its binding to specific regions within the C-terminal region of PRG-2. In vivo recordings and whisker-specific behavioral tests demonstrated sensory discrimination deficits in PRG-2(-/-) animals. Our data show that bioactive phospholipids and PRG-2 are critical for guiding thalamic axons to their proper cortical targets.
U2 - 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.08.035
DO - 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.08.035
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 27641493
SN - 0896-6273
VL - 92
SP - 126
EP - 142
JO - Neuron
JF - Neuron
IS - 1
ER -