Glial membranes at the node of Ranvier prevent neurite outgrowth |
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Authors: | Huang Jeffrey K Phillips Greg R Roth Alejandro D Pedraza Liliana Shan Weisong Belkaid Wiam Mi Sha Fex-Svenningsen Asa Florens Laurence Yates John R Colman David R |
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Institution: | Fishberg Department of Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA. |
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Abstract: | Nodes of Ranvier are regularly placed, nonmyelinated axon segments along myelinated nerves. Here we show that nodal membranes isolated from the central nervous system (CNS) of mammals restricted neurite outgrowth of cultured neurons. Proteomic analysis of these membranes revealed several inhibitors of neurite outgrowth, including the oligodendrocyte myelin glycoprotein (OMgp). In rat spinal cord, OMgp was not localized to compact myelin, as previously thought, but to oligodendroglia-like cells, whose processes converge to form a ring that completely encircles the nodes. In OMgp-null mice, CNS nodes were abnormally wide and collateral sprouting was observed. Nodal ensheathment in the CNS may stabilize the node and prevent axonal sprouting. |
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