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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-3-28
pubmed:abstractText
Although myelin-associated neurite outgrowth inhibitors express their effects through RhoA/Rho-kinase, the downstream targets of Rho-kinase remain unknown. We examined the involvement of myosin II, which is one of the downstream targets of Rho-kinase, by using blebbistatin - a specific myosin II inhibitor - and small interfering RNA targeting two myosin II isoforms, namely, MIIA and MIIB. We found that neurite outgrowth inhibition by repulsive guidance molecule (RGMa) was mediated via myosin II, particularly MIIA, in cerebellar granule neurons. RGMa induced myosin light chain (MLC) phosphorylation by a Rho-kinase-dependent mechanism. After spinal cord injury in rats, phosphorylated MLC in axons around the lesion site was up-regulated, and this effect depends on Rho-kinase activity. Further, RGMa-induced F-actin reduction in growth cones and growth cone collapse were mediated by MIIA. We conclude that Rho-kinase-dependent activation of MIIA via MLC phosphorylation induces F-actin reduction and growth cone collapse and the subsequent neurite retraction/outgrowth inhibition triggered by RGMa.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1471-4159
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
105
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
113-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18005226-Actins, pubmed-meshheading:18005226-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18005226-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:18005226-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:18005226-Cerebellum, pubmed-meshheading:18005226-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18005226-Heterocyclic Compounds with 4 or More Rings, pubmed-meshheading:18005226-Immunoprecipitation, pubmed-meshheading:18005226-In Situ Nick-End Labeling, pubmed-meshheading:18005226-Laminectomy, pubmed-meshheading:18005226-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:18005226-Myosin Light Chains, pubmed-meshheading:18005226-Myosin Type II, pubmed-meshheading:18005226-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18005226-Neural Inhibition, pubmed-meshheading:18005226-Neurites, pubmed-meshheading:18005226-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:18005226-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:18005226-RNA, Small Interfering, pubmed-meshheading:18005226-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:18005226-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:18005226-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:18005226-rho-Associated Kinases
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Myosin IIA is required for neurite outgrowth inhibition produced by repulsive guidance molecule.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chuo-ku, Chiba, Japan, and BioClues Inc., Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. kubo@restaff.chiba-u.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural