Journal
MATRIX BIOLOGY
Volume 31, Issue 1, Pages 17-28Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2011.09.002
Keywords
Laminin alpha 1 chain; Meninges; Cerebellum
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- NIDCR, National Institutes of Health
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports Science and Technology of Japan [17082008, 2230023]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23300128, 23659187, 17082008, 24790390, 23700390] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Laminin alpha 1 (Lama1), which is a subunit of laminin-1 (laminin-111), a heterotrimeric ECM protein, is essential for embryonic development and promotes neurite outgrowth in culture. Because the deletion of Lama1 causes lethality at early embryonic stages in mice, the in vivo role of Lama1 in neural development and functions has not yet been possible to determine. In this study, we generated conditional Lama1 knockout (Lama1(CKO)) mice in the epiblast lineage using Sox2-Cre mice. These Lama1(CKO) mice survived, but displayed behavioral disorders and impaired formation of the cerebellum. Deficiency of Lama1 in the pial basement membrane of the meninges resulted in defects in the conformation of the meninges. During cerebellar development, Lama1 deficiency also caused a decrease in the proliferation and migration of granule cell precursors, disorganization of Bergmann glial fibers and endfeet, and a transient reduction in the activity of Akt. A marked reduction in numbers of dendritic processes in Purkinje cells was observed in Lama1(CKO) mice. Together, these results indicate that Lama1 is required for cerebellar development and functions. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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