From the Section of Retinal Ganglion Cell Biology, Laboratory of Retinal Cell and Molecular Biology, and.
J Biol Chem. 2013 Sep 13;288(37):26357-71. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M112.446138. Epub 2013 Jul 29.
The glaucoma-associated gene, myocilin, is expressed in ocular and non-ocular tissues including the peripheral nervous system, but its functions in these tissues remain poorly understood. We demonstrate that in sciatic nerve, myocilin is expressed in Schwann cells with high concentrations at the nodes of Ranvier. There, myocilin interacts with gliomedin, neurofascin, and NrCAM, which are essential for node formation and function. Treatment of isolated dorsal root ganglion cultures with myocilin stimulates clustering of the nodal proteins neurofascin and sodium channel Nav1.2. Sciatic nerves of myocilin null mice express reduced levels of several myelin-associated and basal membrane proteins compared with those of wild-type littermates. They also demonstrate reduced myelin sheath thickness and partial disorganization of the nodes. Myocilin signaling through ErbB2/3 receptors may contribute to these observed effects. Myocilin binds to ErbB2/ErbB3, activates these receptors, and affects the downstream PI3K-AKT signaling pathway. These data implicate a role for myocilin in the development and/or maintenance of myelination and nodes of Ranvier in sciatic nerve.
青光眼相关基因肌球蛋白在眼部和非眼部组织中表达,包括周围神经系统,但它在这些组织中的功能仍知之甚少。我们证明,在坐骨神经中,肌球蛋白在施万细胞中表达,在郎飞结处浓度较高。在那里,肌球蛋白与神经胶质素、神经束蛋白和 NrCAM 相互作用,这些蛋白对于节点的形成和功能至关重要。用肌球蛋白处理分离的背根神经节培养物可刺激节点蛋白神经束蛋白和钠通道 Nav1.2 的聚集。与野生型同窝仔相比,肌球蛋白缺失小鼠的坐骨神经表达的几种髓鞘相关和基底膜蛋白水平降低。它们还表现出髓鞘鞘厚度减小和节点部分组织紊乱。肌球蛋白通过 ErbB2/3 受体的信号传导可能促成了这些观察到的影响。肌球蛋白与 ErbB2/ErbB3 结合,激活这些受体,并影响下游的 PI3K-AKT 信号通路。这些数据表明肌球蛋白在坐骨神经中髓鞘形成和郎飞结的发育和/或维持中起作用。