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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-9-17
pubmed:abstractText
Previous studies have shown that Schwann cells (SCs) differentiate into myelin-forming or ensheathing cells only under conditions which allow the deposition of basal lamina and extracellular collagen [Bunge (1993) Peripheral Neuropathy, pp. 299-316]. SC adhesion to basal lamina is mediated by beta1 integrins and function blocking antibodies to beta1 integrins inhibit myelination [Fernandez-Valle et al. (1993) Development 119:867-880]. Recently, focal adhesion kinase (FAK), a cytoplasmic non-receptor tyrosine kinase, was found to mediate beta1 integrin-dependent signalling in a variety of cultured cell types adhering to ECM components such as fibronectin [reviewed in Schwartz et al. (1995) Ann. Rev. Cell Biol. 11:549-599; Ilic et al. (1997) J. Cell Sci. 110:401-407]. In the present study, we have determined more precisely the respective time courses of ECM deposition and myelination. In addition, we have studied by immunocytochemistry, immuno-gold labelling, and electron microscopy the expression and subcellular localization of FAK in nondifferentiating SCs and in SCs differentiating into myelinating cells. We show that the development of basal lamina and extracellular collagen fibrils precedes by 3 days the appearance of the first myelin sheaths. FAK was detected by immunocytochemistry or immuno-gold labelling only in SCs differentiating in the presence of ascorbic acid. Localization of FAK to the abaxonal plasma membrane was dependent upon ECM deposition. Cytochalasin D did not prevent or disrupt localization of FAK to the plasma membrane. These data support the possibility that FAK acts as an intermediate in the pathway by which basal lamina regulates SC differentiation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1059-910X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
41
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
416-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9672424-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9672424-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9672424-Ascorbic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:9672424-Basement Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:9672424-Cell Adhesion Molecules, pubmed-meshheading:9672424-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:9672424-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:9672424-Focal Adhesion Kinase 1, pubmed-meshheading:9672424-Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:9672424-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:9672424-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:9672424-Neurons, Afferent, pubmed-meshheading:9672424-Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:9672424-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:9672424-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:9672424-Schwann Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9672424-Sciatic Nerve, pubmed-meshheading:9672424-Time Factors
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Localization of focal adhesion kinase in differentiating Schwann cell/neuron cultures.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology and Center for Diagnostics and Drug Development, University of Central Florida, Orlando 32816-2360, USA. cfernand@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't