Zuzana Sisková, Wia Baron, Hans de Vries, Dick Hoekstra
Department of Membrane Cell Biology, Section Membrane Cell Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands.
Molecular and cellular neurosciences 2006 OctDifferentiation of oligodendrocytes results in the formation of the myelin sheath, a dramatic morphological alteration that accompanies cell specialization. Here, we demonstrate that changes in the extracellular microenvironment may regulate these morphological changes by altering intracellular vesicular trafficking of myelin sheet-directed proteins. The data reveal that fibronectin, in contrast to laminin-2, decreased membrane-directed transport of endogenous NCAM 140 and the model viral protein VSV G, both proteins normally residing in the myelin membrane. The underlying mechanism relies on an integrin-mediated activation of PKC, which causes stable phosphorylation of MARCKS. As a result, dynamic reorganization of the cortical actin cytoskeleton necessary for the targeting of vesicular trafficking to the myelin sheet is precluded, a prerequisite for morphological differentiation. These data are discussed in the context of the demyelinating disease multiple sclerosis, i.e., that leakage of fibronectin across the blood-brain barrier may impede myelination by interference with intracellular myelin sheet-directed membrane transport.
Zuzana Sisková, Wia Baron, Hans de Vries, Dick Hoekstra. Fibronectin impedes "myelin" sheet-directed flow in oligodendrocytes: a role for a beta 1 integrin-mediated PKC signaling pathway in vesicular trafficking. Molecular and cellular neurosciences. 2006 Oct;33(2):150-9
PMID: 16935002
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