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Oligodendrocyte-lineage cell exocytosis and L-type prostaglandin D synthase promote oligodendrocyte development and myelination

  1. Lin Pan
  2. Amelia Trimarco
  3. Alice J Zhang
  4. Ko Fujimori
  5. Yoshihiro Urade
  6. Lu O Sun
  7. Carla Taveggia  Is a corresponding author
  8. Ye Zhang  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of California, Los Angeles, United States
  2. IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Italy
  3. Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan
  4. Daiichi University of Pharmacy, Japan
  5. The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.77441
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  1. Lin Pan
  2. Amelia Trimarco
  3. Alice J Zhang
  4. Ko Fujimori
  5. Yoshihiro Urade
  6. Lu O Sun
  7. Carla Taveggia
  8. Ye Zhang
(2023)
Oligodendrocyte-lineage cell exocytosis and L-type prostaglandin D synthase promote oligodendrocyte development and myelination
eLife 12:e77441.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.77441
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Abstract

In the developing central nervous system, oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) differentiate into oligodendrocytes, which form myelin around axons. Oligodendrocytes and myelin are essential for the function of the central nervous system, as evidenced by the severe neurological symptoms that arise in demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis and leukodystrophy. Although many cell-intrinsic mechanisms that regulate oligodendrocyte development and myelination have been reported, it remains unclear whether interactions among oligodendrocyte-lineage cells (OPCs and oligodendrocytes) affect oligodendrocyte development and myelination. Here, we show that blocking vesicle-associated membrane protein (VAMP) 1/2/3-dependent exocytosis from oligodendrocyte-lineage cells impairs oligodendrocyte development, myelination, and motor behavior in mice. Adding oligodendrocyte-lineage cell-secreted molecules to secretion-deficient OPC cultures partially restores the morphological maturation of oligodendrocytes. Moreover, we identified L-type prostaglandin D synthase as an oligodendrocyte-lineage cell-secreted protein that promotes oligodendrocyte development and myelination in vivo. These findings reveal a novel autocrine/paracrine loop model for the regulation of oligodendrocyte and myelin development.

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  1. Lin Pan

    Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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  2. Amelia Trimarco

    Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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    No competing interests declared.

  3. Alice J Zhang

    Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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  4. Ko Fujimori

    Department of Pathobiochemistry, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Osaka, Japan
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  5. Yoshihiro Urade

    Daiichi University of Pharmacy, Fukuoka, Japan
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  6. Lu O Sun

    Department of Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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  7. Carla Taveggia

    Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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    taveggia.carla@hsr.it
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  8. Ye Zhang

    Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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    yezhang@ucla.edu
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    Ye Zhang, consulted for Ono Pharmaceutical..
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Funding

UCLA Brain Research Institute (Knaub Postdoctoral Fellowship)

  • Lin Pan

Friends of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior (Friends scholar award)

  • Ye Zhang

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R00NS089780)

  • Ye Zhang

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS109025)

  • Ye Zhang

National Institute of Aging (R03AG065772)

  • Ye Zhang

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (P50HD103557)

  • Ye Zhang

National Center for Advancing Translational Science UCLA CTSI Grant (UL1TR001881)

  • Ye Zhang

W. M. Keck Foundation (W. M. Keck Foundation junior faculty award)

  • Ye Zhang

UCLA Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research (Innovation Award)

  • Ye Zhang

Wendy Ablon Foundation (Ablon Scholar Award)

  • Ye Zhang

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

Ethics

Animal experimentation: All animal experimental procedures (protocols: #R-16-079 and #R-16-080) were approved by the Chancellor's Animal Research Committee at the University of California, Los Angeles, and conducted in compliance with national and state laws and policies.

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© 2023, Pan et al.

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  1. Lin Pan
  2. Amelia Trimarco
  3. Alice J Zhang
  4. Ko Fujimori
  5. Yoshihiro Urade
  6. Lu O Sun
  7. Carla Taveggia
  8. Ye Zhang
(2023)
Oligodendrocyte-lineage cell exocytosis and L-type prostaglandin D synthase promote oligodendrocyte development and myelination
eLife 12:e77441.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.77441

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