Journal
JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY
Volume 521, Issue 3, Pages 677-696Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23199
Keywords
brain development; axon guidance; cortical lamination; corticothalamic axons; chaperone; Hspa5; mouse; ENU mutant; protein misfolding; UPR; endoplasmic reticulum; heat shock protein
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- National Institutes of Health [K01MH069647, R01HD36404, R01MH081187]
- University of Virginia Fund for Excellence in Science and Technology
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Proper development of axonal connections is essential for brain function. A forward genetic screen for mice with defects in thalamocortical development previously isolated a mutant called baffled. Here we describe the axonal defects of baffled in further detail and identify a point mutation in the Hspa5 gene, encoding the endoplasmic reticulum chaperone BiP/GRP78. This hypomorphic mutation of BiP disrupts proper development of the thalamocortical axon projection and other forebrain axon tracts, as well as cortical lamination. In baffled mutant brains, a reduced number of thalamic axons innervate the cortex by the time of birth. Thalamocortical and corticothalamic axons are delayed, overfasciculated, and disorganized along their pathway through the ventral telencephalon. Furthermore, dissociated mutant neurons show reduced axon extension in vitro. Together, these findings demonstrate a sensitive requirement for the endoplasmic reticulum chaperone BiP/GRP78 during axon outgrowth and pathfinding in the developing mammalian brain. J. Comp. Neurol. 521:677696, 2013. (c) 2012 Wiley Priodcals, Inc.
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