Doublecortin (Dcx) Family Proteins Regulate Filamentous Actin Structure in Developing Neurons
Doublecortin (Dcx) Family Proteins Regulate Filamentous Actin Structure in Developing Neurons
Doublecortin (Dcx) is the causative gene for X-linked lissencephaly, which encodes a microtubule-binding protein. Axon tracts are abnormal in both affected individuals and in animal models. To determine the reason for the axon tract defect, we performed a semiquantitative proteomic analysis of the corpus callosum in mice mutant for Dcx. In axons from mice mutant for Dcx, widespread differences are found in actin-associated proteins as compared with wild-type axons. Decreases in actin-binding proteins α-actinin-1 and α-actinin-4 and actin-related protein 2/3 complex subunit 3 (Arp3), are correlated with dysregulation in the distribution of filamentous actin (F-actin) in the mutant neurons with increased F-actin around the cell body and decreased F-actin in the neurites and growth cones. The actin distribution defect can be rescued by full-length Dcx and further enhanced by Dcx S297A, the unphosphorylatable mutant, but not with the truncation mutant of Dcx missing the C-terminal S/P-rich domain. Thus, the C-terminal region of Dcx dynamically regulates formation of F-actin features in developing neurons, likely through interaction with spinophilin, but not through α-actinin-4 or Arp3. We show with that the phenotype of Dcx/Doublecortin-like kinase 1 deficiency is consistent with actin defect, as these axons are selectively deficient in axon guidance, but not elongation.
- Wake Forest University United States
- University of Virginia United States
- Children’s National Health System United States
- UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
- Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering & Sciences United States
Doublecortin Domain Proteins, Male, Mice, Knockout, Doublecortin Protein, Databases, Factual, Blotting, Western, Microfilament Proteins, Immunohistochemistry, Actins, Axons, Mass Spectrometry, Corpus Callosum, Mice, Actin-Related Protein 3, Animals, Actinin, Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, Female, Microtubule-Associated Proteins, Cells, Cultured
Doublecortin Domain Proteins, Male, Mice, Knockout, Doublecortin Protein, Databases, Factual, Blotting, Western, Microfilament Proteins, Immunohistochemistry, Actins, Axons, Mass Spectrometry, Corpus Callosum, Mice, Actin-Related Protein 3, Animals, Actinin, Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, Female, Microtubule-Associated Proteins, Cells, Cultured
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