The Sema3A receptor Plexin-A1 suppresses supernumerary axons through Rap1 GTPases

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The Sema3A receptor Plexin-A1 suppresses supernumerary axons through Rap1 GTPases
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Wang, Nannan ; Dhumale, Pratibha ; Chiang, Joanna ; Püschel, Andreas W.
Erschienen
23.10.2018
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Finanziert durch den Open-Access-Publikationsfonds 2018 der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) und der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU Münster).
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Englisch
Bibl. Referenz
Scientific Reports 8 (2018) 15647, 1-13
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Aufsatz in einer Zeitschrift
URN
urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-14199406949
DOI
10.1038/s41598-018-34092-5

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The highly conserved Rap1 GTPases perform essential functions during neuronal development. They are required for the polarity of neuronal progenitors and neurons as well as for neuronal migration in the embryonic brain. Neuronal polarization and axon formation depend on the precise temporal and spatial regulation of Rap1 activity by guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) and GTPases-activating proteins (GAPs). Several Rap1 GEFs have been identified that direct the formation of axons during cortical and hippocampal development in vivo and in cultured neurons. However little is known about the GAPs that limit the activity of Rap1 GTPases during neuronal development. Here we investigate the function of Sema3A and Plexin-A1 as a regulator of Rap1 GTPases during the polarization of hippocampal neurons. Sema3A was shown to suppress axon formation when neurons are cultured on a patterned substrate. Plexin-A1 functions as the signal-transducing subunit of receptors for Sema3A and displays GAP activity for Rap1 GTPases. We show that Sema3A and Plexin-A1 suppress the formation of supernumerary axons in cultured neurons, which depends on Rap1 GTPases.

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