Sonic Hedgehog switches on Wnt/planar cell polarity signaling in commissural axon growth cones by reducing levels of Shisa2

  1. Keisuke Onishi
  2. Yimin Zou  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of California, San Diego, United States

Abstract

Commissural axons switch on responsiveness to Wnt attraction during midline crossing to turn anteriorly after exiting the floor plate. We report here Sonic Hedgehog (Shh) downregulates Shisa2, which inhibits glycosylation and cell surface presentation of Frizzled3 in rodent commissural axon growth cones. Constitutive Shisa2 expression causes randomized turning of post-crossing commissural axons along the anterior-posterior (A-P) axis. Loss of Shisa2 lead to precocious anterior turning of commissural axons before or during midline crossing. Post-crossing commissural axon turning is completely randomized along the A-P axis when Wntless, essential for Wnt secretion, is conditionally knocked out in the floor plate. The regulatory link between Shh and PCP signaling may also occur in other developmental processes.

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  1. Keisuke Onishi

    Neurobiology Section, Biological Sciences Division, University of California, San Diego, La Jalla, United States
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  2. Yimin Zou

    Neurobiology Section, Biological Sciences Division, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, United States
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NINDS (NS047484)

  • Yimin Zou

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Animal experimentation: Experiments were conducted in accordance with the NIH Guide for the Care and Use of LaboratoryAnimals and approved by the UCSD Animal Subjects Committee (Approved Protocol #: S06219, S06222).

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© 2017, Onishi & Zou

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  1. Keisuke Onishi
  2. Yimin Zou
(2017)
Sonic Hedgehog switches on Wnt/planar cell polarity signaling in commissural axon growth cones by reducing levels of Shisa2
eLife 6:e25269.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.25269

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