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?II-spectrin promotes mouse brain connectivity through stabilizing axonal plasma membranes and enabling axonal organelle transport.


ABSTRACT: ?II-spectrin is the generally expressed member of the ?-spectrin family of elongated polypeptides that form micrometer-scale networks associated with plasma membranes. We addressed in vivo functions of ?II-spectrin in neurons by knockout of ?II-spectrin in mouse neural progenitors. ?II-spectrin deficiency caused severe defects in long-range axonal connectivity and axonal degeneration. ?II-spectrin-null neurons exhibited reduced axon growth, loss of actin-spectrin-based periodic membrane skeleton, and impaired bidirectional axonal transport of synaptic cargo. We found that ?II-spectrin associates with KIF3A, KIF5B, KIF1A, and dynactin, implicating spectrin in the coupling of motors and synaptic cargo. ?II-spectrin required phosphoinositide lipid binding to promote axonal transport and restore axon growth. Knockout of ankyrin-B (AnkB), a ?II-spectrin partner, primarily impaired retrograde organelle transport, while double knockout of ?II-spectrin and AnkB nearly eliminated transport. Thus, ?II-spectrin promotes both axon growth and axon stability through establishing the actin-spectrin-based membrane-associated periodic skeleton as well as enabling axonal transport of synaptic cargo.

SUBMITTER: Lorenzo DN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6681763 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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βII-spectrin promotes mouse brain connectivity through stabilizing axonal plasma membranes and enabling axonal organelle transport.

Lorenzo Damaris N DN   Badea Alexandra A   Zhou Ruobo R   Mohler Peter J PJ   Zhuang Xiaowei X   Bennett Vann V  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20190617 31


βII-spectrin is the generally expressed member of the β-spectrin family of elongated polypeptides that form micrometer-scale networks associated with plasma membranes. We addressed in vivo functions of βII-spectrin in neurons by knockout of βII-spectrin in mouse neural progenitors. βII-spectrin deficiency caused severe defects in long-range axonal connectivity and axonal degeneration. βII-spectrin-null neurons exhibited reduced axon growth, loss of actin-spectrin-based periodic membrane skeleton  ...[more]

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