Project description:Myelin sheath is an important structure to maintain normal functions of the nerves in central nervous system. Protein palmitoylation has been established as a sorting determinant for the transport of myelin-forming proteins to the myelin membrane. However, its function in the regulation of oligodendrocyte development remains unknown. Here, we show that an Asp-His-His-Cys (DHHC) motif-containing palmitoyl acyltransferases, DHHC5, is involved in the control of oligodendrocyte development. Loss of Zdhhc5 in oligodendrocytes inhibits myelination and remyelination by a reduction on total myelinating oligodendrocyte population. STAT3 is the primary substrate for DHHC5 palmitoylation in oligodendrocytes. Zdhhc5 ablation reduces STAT3 palmitoylation, and then suppresses STAT3 phosphorylation and activation. As a result of the decreased STAT3 transactivity, the transcription of the myelin-related and anti-apoptosis genes is therefore inhibited, leading to suppressed oligodendrocyte development and myelination. Our findings demonstrate the key role DHHC5 in the control of myelinogenesis.
Project description:We examine the role of Klf6 in oligodendrocyte progenitor cells and determine that Klf6 acts as a gp130-sensitive transactivator of the nuclear import factor importin-α5 (Impα5), a key controller of nuclear trafficking in oligodendrocytes. Examination of expression profiles of 2 different cell stages exposed to siRNA vs. control
Project description:Myelin sheath is an important structure to maintain normal functions of the nerves in central nervous system. Protein palmitoylation has been established as a sorting determinant for the transport of myelin-forming proteins to the myelin membrane. However, its function in the regulation of oligodendrocyte development remains unknown. Here, we show that an Asp-His-His-Cys (DHHC) motif-containing palmitoyl acyltransferases, DHHC5, is involved in the control of oligodendrocyte development. Loss of Zdhhc5 in oligodendrocytes inhibits myelination and remyelination by a reduction on total myelinating oligodendrocyte population. STAT3 is the primary substrate for DHHC5 palmitoylation in oligodendrocytes. Zdhhc5 ablation reduces STAT3 palmitoylation, and then suppresses STAT3 phosphorylation and activation. As a result of the decreased STAT3 transactivity, the transcription of the myelin-related and anti-apoptosis genes is therefore inhibited, leading to suppressed oligodendrocyte development and myelination. Our findings demonstrate the key role DHHC5 in the control of myelinogenesis.
Project description:We showed that the composition of the nucler lamina changes with the differentiation state of oligodendrocyte lineage cells, with Lamin B highly expressed in progenitor cells and Lamin A highly expressed in mature oligodendrocytes. The genetic deletion of Lmna in oligodendrocytes results in the onset of a progressive motor phenotype in adult mice. We performed RNA-Seq in myelinating oligodendrocytes expressing the reporter myelin marker NDRG1-EGFP ( Marechal et al., 2021) in the presence or absence of LMNA. The goal is to identify the transcriptome profile in mice LMNA ablated cells compared to the controls.
Project description:We examine the role of Klf6 in oligodendrocyte progenitor cells and determine that Klf6 acts as a gp130-sensitive transactivator of the nuclear import factor importin-α5 (Impα5), a key controller of nuclear trafficking in oligodendrocytes.
Project description:To identify target genes of the transcription factors Sox8 and Sox10 in oligodendrocytes in a genome-wide and unbiased approach, we induced oligodendocyte-specific deletion of Sox8, Sox10 or a combination thereof (Sox8 knockout, Sox10 knockout, double knockout) in 2 months-old mice, dissected the corpus callosum of control and mutant mice after 21 days and isolated total RNA for ensuing RNA-Seq studies. Among others we detected substantial changes in the expression of genes associated with differentiation of oligodendrocytes and myelination in Sox10 knockout mice as well as double knockout mice but not in Sox8 knockout mice.