Centre for Neuroregeneration, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, United Kingdom.
J Neurosci. 2014 Apr 9;34(15):5083-8. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4662-13.2014.
Fast, saltatory conduction in myelinated nerves requires the clustering of voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav) at nodes of Ranvier in a nodal complex. The Neurofascin (Nfasc) gene encodes neuronal Neurofascin 186 (Nfasc186) at the node and glial Neurofascin 155 at the paranode, and these proteins play a key role in node assembly. However, their role in the maintenance and stability of the node is less well understood. Here we show that by inducible ablation of Nfasc in neurons in adult mice, Nfasc186 expression is reduced by >99% and 94% at PNS and CNS nodes, respectively. Gliomedin and NrCAM at PNS and brevican at CNS nodes are largely lost with neuronal neurofascin; however, Nav at nodes of Ranvier persist, albeit with ∼40% reduction in expression levels. βIV Spectrin, ankyrin G, and, to a lesser extent, the β1 subunit of the sodium channel, are less affected at the PNS node than in the CNS. Nevertheless, there is a 38% reduction in PNS conduction velocity. Loss of Nfasc186 provokes CNS paranodal disorganization, but this does not contribute to loss of Nav. These results show that Nav at PNS nodes are still maintained in a nodal complex when neuronal neurofascin is depleted, whereas the retention of nodal Nav in the CNS, despite more extensive dissolution of the complex, suggests a supportive role for the partially disrupted paranodal axoglial junction in selectively maintaining Nav at the CNS node.
在有髓神经中,快速、跳跃式的传导需要电压门控钠离子通道(Nav)在郎飞结节点处形成节点复合物的簇集。神经束蛋白(Nfasc)基因在节点处编码神经元神经束蛋白 186(Nfasc186),在神经节处编码神经束蛋白 155,这些蛋白在节点组装中发挥关键作用。然而,它们在维持和稳定节点方面的作用还不太清楚。在这里,我们通过在成年小鼠神经元中诱导性敲除 Nfasc,发现 PNS 和 CNS 节点处的 Nfasc186 表达分别减少了>99%和 94%。神经束蛋白缺失时,PNS 节点的神经胶质蛋白Gliomedin 和 NrCAM 以及 CNS 节点的 brevican 大量丢失;然而,郎飞结节点处的 Nav 仍然存在,尽管表达水平降低了约 40%。βIV spectrin、ankyrin G,以及在较小程度上,钠离子通道的β1 亚基,在 PNS 节点上比在 CNS 上受影响更小。尽管如此,PNS 的传导速度仍降低了 38%。Nfasc186 的缺失会引发 CNS 旁节点解体,但这并不会导致 Nav 的丢失。这些结果表明,当神经元神经束蛋白耗竭时,PNS 节点处的 Nav 仍然存在于节点复合物中,而 CNS 中尽管复合物的溶解更为广泛,Nav 仍然存在,这表明部分破坏的轴突-神经胶质连接在选择性地维持 CNS 节点处的 Nav 方面发挥了支持作用。