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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-11-3
pubmed:abstractText
In the developing vertebrate nervous system, several proteins of the thrombospondin superfamily act on axonal pathfinding. By successive screening of a SCO-cDNA library, we have characterized a new member of this superfamily, which we call SCO-spondin. This extracellular matrix glycoprotein of 4,560 amino acids is expressed and secreted early in development by the subcommissural organ (SCO), an ependymal differentiation located in the roof of the Sylvian aqueduct. Furthermore, SCO-spondin makes part of Reissner's fiber (RF), a thread-like structure present in the central canal of the spinal cord. This novel protein shows a unique arrangement of several conserved domains, including 26 thrombospondin type 1 repeats (TSR), nine low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLr) type A domains, two epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like domains, and N- and C-terminal von Willebrand factor (vWF) cysteine-rich domains, all of which are potent sites of protein-protein interaction. Regarding the huge number of TSR, the putative function of SCO-spondin on axonal guidance is discussed in comparison with other developmental molecules of the CNS exhibiting TSR. To correlate SCO-spondin molecular feature and function, we tested the effect of oligopeptides, whose sequences include highly conserved amino acids of the consensus domains on a neuroblastoma cell line B 104. One of these peptides (WSGWSSCSRSCG) markedly increased neurite outgrowth of B 104 cells and this effect was dose dependent. Thus, SCO-spondin is a favorable substrate for neurite outgrowth and may participate in the posterior commissure formation and spinal cord differentiation during ontogenesis of the central nervous system.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0894-1491
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
177-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11008217-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11008217-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11008217-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11008217-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:11008217-Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal, pubmed-meshheading:11008217-Central Nervous System, pubmed-meshheading:11008217-Cerebral Aqueduct, pubmed-meshheading:11008217-Ependyma, pubmed-meshheading:11008217-Fetus, pubmed-meshheading:11008217-Growth Cones, pubmed-meshheading:11008217-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11008217-Nerve Growth Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11008217-Neurites, pubmed-meshheading:11008217-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:11008217-Spinal Cord, pubmed-meshheading:11008217-Subcommissural Organ, pubmed-meshheading:11008217-Thrombospondins, pubmed-meshheading:11008217-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Subcommissural organ/Reissner's fiber complex: characterization of SCO-spondin, a glycoprotein with potent activity on neurite outgrowth.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM, U384) and Laboratoire de Biochimie Médicale, Faculté de Médecine, Clermont-Ferrand Cédex, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't