Draxin from neocortical neurons controls the guidance of thalamocortical projections into the neocortex

Yohei Shinmyo (), M. Asrafuzzaman Riyadh, Giasuddin Ahmed, Iftekhar Bin Naser, Mahmud Hossain, Hirohide Takebayashi, Hiroshi Kawasaki, Kunimasa Ohta and Hideaki Tanaka
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Yohei Shinmyo: Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University
M. Asrafuzzaman Riyadh: Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University
Giasuddin Ahmed: Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University
Iftekhar Bin Naser: Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University
Mahmud Hossain: Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University
Hirohide Takebayashi: Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University
Hiroshi Kawasaki: Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Takara-machi 13-1, Ishikawa 920–8640, Japan
Kunimasa Ohta: Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University
Hideaki Tanaka: Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University

Nature Communications, 2015, vol. 6, issue 1, 1-13

Abstract: Abstract The thalamocortical tract carries sensory information to the neocortex. It has long been recognized that the neocortical pioneer axons of subplate neurons are essential for thalamocortical development. Herein we report that an axon guidance cue, draxin, is expressed in early-born neocortical neurons, including subplate neurons, and is necessary for thalamocortical development. In draxin−/− mice, thalamocortical axons do not enter the neocortex. This phenotype is sufficiently rescued by the transgenic expression of draxin in neocortical neurons. Genetic interaction data suggest that draxin acts through Deleted in colorectal cancer (DCC) and Neogenin (Neo1), to regulate thalamocortical projections in vivo. Draxin promotes the outgrowth of thalamic axons in vitro and this effect is abolished in thalamic neurons from Dcc and Neo1 double mutants. These results suggest that draxin from neocortical neurons controls thalamocortical projections into the neocortex, and that this effect is mediated through the DCC and Neo1 receptors.

Date: 2015
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