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Alpha protocadherins and Pyk2 kinase regulate cortical neuron migration and cytoskeletal dynamics via Rac1 GTPase and WAVE complex in mice

  1. Li Fan
  2. Yichao Lu
  3. Xiulian Shen
  4. Hong Shao
  5. Lun Suo
  6. Qiang Wu  Is a corresponding author
  1. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35242
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  1. Li Fan
  2. Yichao Lu
  3. Xiulian Shen
  4. Hong Shao
  5. Lun Suo
  6. Qiang Wu
(2018)
Alpha protocadherins and Pyk2 kinase regulate cortical neuron migration and cytoskeletal dynamics via Rac1 GTPase and WAVE complex in mice
eLife 7:e35242.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35242
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Abstract

Diverse clustered protocadherins are thought to function in neurite morphogenesis and neuronal connectivity in the Here we report that the protocadherin alpha (Pcdha) gene cluster regulates neuronal migration during cortical development and cytoskeletal dynamics in primary cortical culture through the WAVE (Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome family verprolin homologous protein, also known as Wasf) regulatory complex (WRC). In addition, overexpression of proline-rich tyrosine kinase 2 (Pyk2, also known as Ptk2b, Cakβ, Raftk, Fak2, and Cadtk), a non-receptor cell-adhesion kinase and scaffold protein downstream of Pcdhα, impairs cortical neuron migration via inactivation of the small GTPase Thus, we define a molecular Pcdhα/WRC/Pyk2/Rac1 axis from Pcdh cell- surface receptors to actin cytoskeletal dynamics in cortical neuron migration in mousebrain.

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  1. Li Fan

    Center for Comparative Biomedicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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  2. Yichao Lu

    Center for Comparative Biomedicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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  3. Xiulian Shen

    Center for Comparative Biomedicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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  4. Hong Shao

    Center for Comparative Biomedicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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  5. Lun Suo

    Center for Comparative Biomedicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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  6. Qiang Wu

    Center for Comparative Biomedicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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National Natural Science Foundation of China (31630039)

  • Qiang Wu

National Natural Science Foundation of China (91640118)

  • Qiang Wu

National Natural Science Foundation of China (31470820)

  • Qiang Wu

Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (2017YFA0504203)

  • Qiang Wu

The funders had no role in study design, data collection, and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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  1. Jeremy Nathans, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States

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Animal experimentation: Animal experimentation: All procedures involving animals were in accordance with the Shanghai Municipal Guide for the care and use of Laboratory Animals, and approved by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Animal Care and Use Committee (protocol #: 1602029).

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  1. Received: January 19, 2018
  2. Accepted: June 11, 2018
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: June 18, 2018 (version 1)
  4. Accepted Manuscript updated: June 19, 2018 (version 2)
  5. Version of Record published: July 16, 2018 (version 3)

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© 2018, Fan et al.

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  1. Li Fan
  2. Yichao Lu
  3. Xiulian Shen
  4. Hong Shao
  5. Lun Suo
  6. Qiang Wu
(2018)
Alpha protocadherins and Pyk2 kinase regulate cortical neuron migration and cytoskeletal dynamics via Rac1 GTPase and WAVE complex in mice
eLife 7:e35242.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35242

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