SPIG1 negatively regulates BDNF maturation.

We previously identified SPARC-related protein-containing immunoglobulin domains 1 (SPIG1, also known as Follistatin-like protein 4) as one of the dorsal-retina-specific molecules expressed in the developing chick retina. We here demonstrated that the knockdown of SPIG1 in the retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) of developing chick embryos induced the robust ectopic branching of dorsal RGC axons and failed to form a tight terminal zone at the proper position on the tectum. The knockdown of SPIG1 in RGCs also led to enhanced axon branching in vitro. However, this was canceled by the addition of a neutralizing antibody against brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) to the culture medium. SPIG1 and BDNF were colocalized in vesicle-like structures in cells. SPIG1 bound with the proform of BDNF (proBDNF) but very weakly with mature BDNF in vitro. The expression and secretion of mature BDNF were significantly decreased when SPIG1 was exogenously expressed with BDNF in HEK293T or PC12 cells. The amount of mature BDNF proteins as well as the tyrosine phosphorylation level of the BDNF receptor, tropomyosin-related kinase B (TrkB), in the hippocampus were significantly higher in SPIG1-knockout mice than in wild-type mice. Here the spine density of CA1 pyramidal neurons was consistently increased. Together, these results suggest that SPIG1 negatively regulated BDNF maturation by binding to proBDNF, thereby suppressing axonal branching and spine formation.

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Ryoko Suzuki, Masahito Matsumoto, Akihiro Fujikawa, Akira Kato, Kazuya Kuboyama, Keisuke Yonehara, Takafumi Shintani, Hiraki Sakuta, Masaharu Noda. SPIG1 negatively regulates BDNF maturation. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 2014 Feb 26;34(9):3429-42

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