期刊
NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH
卷 66, 期 1, 页码 111-116出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2009.10.002
关键词
Pleiotrophin (PTN); Embryonic mice; Whole mount in situ hybridization; Wnt signaling; Growth-associated protein (GAP)-43; Explant culture; Neurite outgrowth; Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)
资金
- Japanese Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture (Tokyo, Japan)
- Umehara Found of Yokohama Foundation for the Advancement of Medical Science (Yokohama, Japan)
Pleiotrophin (PTN) is highly expressed in the nervous system during embryogenesis; however, little is known about its functional role in neural development. By using whole mount in situ hybridization, we observed that the expression pattern of PTN was similar to that of Wnt3a; PTN mRNA was abundant in the nervous tissue along the dorsal midline and in the forelimb and hindlimb buds of embryonic mice (E8.5-E12.5). Treatment with recombinant PTN (100 ng/ml) induced phosphorylation of glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta (GSK3 beta), nuclear localization of beta-catenin and up-regulation of growth-associated protein (GAP)-43 mRNA in cultured embryonic mouse (E14.5) neurons. Furthermore, recombinant PTN enhanced neurite outgrowth from cortical explants; embedded in Matrigel. These PTN-induced biochemical changes and neurite outgrowth were attenuated by the co-treatment with anti-anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) antibodies, but not with anti-protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP)zeta antibodies. These findings imply that ALK is involved in the PTN signaling on neural development. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd and the Japan Neuroscience Society. All rights reserved.
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