期刊
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
卷 33, 期 4, 页码 612-621出版社
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07554.x
关键词
axon guidance; Cre-loxP system; motor neuron; transgenic mouse
资金
- Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports of Japan
- Japan Science and Technology Corporation
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [19100005, 22123007] Funding Source: KAKEN
Cranial motor neurons, which are divided into somatic motor (SM), branchiomotor (BM) and visceral motor (VM) neurons, form distinct axonal trajectories to innervate their synapse targets. Rho GTPase regulates various neuronal functions through one of the major effector proteins, Rho-kinase. Here, we addressed the in vivo role of the Rho/Rho-kinase signaling pathway in axon patterning of cranial motor neurons. We performed conditional expression of a dominant-negative mutant for RhoA or Rho-kinase in transgenic mice by using the Cre-loxP system to suppress the activity of these molecules in developing cranial motor neurons. Blockade of the Rho/Rho-kinase signaling pathway caused defects in the patterning of SM axons but not in that of BM/VM axons, in which defects were accompanied by reduced muscle innervation and reduced synapse formation by SM neurons. In addition, blockade of the signaling pathway shifted the trajectory of growing SM axons in explant cultures, whereas it did not appear to affect the rate of spontaneous axonal outgrowth. These results indicate that the Rho/Rho-kinase signaling pathway plays an essential role in the axon patterning of cranial SM neurons during development.
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