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Repulsive Guidance Molecule A Suppresses Adult Neurogenesis.


ABSTRACT: Repulsive guidance molecule A (RGMa) is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored glycoprotein that exhibits repulsive neurite guidance and regulates neuronal differentiation and survival during brain development. However, the function of RGMa in the adult brain is unknown. Here, we show that RGMa is expressed in the adult hippocampus and provide evidence that RGMa signaling suppresses adult neurogenesis. Knockdown of RGMa in the dentate gyrus increased the number of surviving newborn neurons; however, these cells failed to properly migrate into the granular cell layer. In vitro, RGMa stimulation of adult neural stem cells suppressed neurite outgrowth of newborn neurons, which could be prevented by knockdown of the multifunctional receptor neogenin, as well as pharmacological inhibition of the downstream target Rho-associated protein kinase. These findings present a function for RGMa in the adult brain and add to the intricate molecular network that regulates adult brain plasticity.

SUBMITTER: Isaksen TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7160374 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Repulsive Guidance Molecule A Suppresses Adult Neurogenesis.

Isaksen Toke Jost TJ   Fujita Yuki Y   Yamashita Toshihide T  

Stem cell reports 20200402 4


Repulsive guidance molecule A (RGMa) is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored glycoprotein that exhibits repulsive neurite guidance and regulates neuronal differentiation and survival during brain development. However, the function of RGMa in the adult brain is unknown. Here, we show that RGMa is expressed in the adult hippocampus and provide evidence that RGMa signaling suppresses adult neurogenesis. Knockdown of RGMa in the dentate gyrus increased the number of surviving newborn neurons; how  ...[more]

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