dc.contributor.author | MITCHELL, KEVIN | en |
dc.contributor.author | LITTLE, GRAHAM | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-05-21T15:09:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-05-21T15:09:08Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | en |
dc.date.submitted | 2008 | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Rünker, AE, Little, GE, Suto, F, Fujisawa, H, Mitchell, KJ, Semaphorin-6A controls guidance of corticospinal tract axons at multiple choice points., Neural development, 3, 34, 2008 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1749-8104 | en |
dc.identifier.other | Y | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2262/39643 | |
dc.description | PUBLISHED | en |
dc.description.abstract | Background: The trajectory of corticospinal tract (CST) axons from cortex to spinal cord
involves a succession of choice points, each of which is controlled by multiple guidance molecules.
To assess the involvement of transmembrane semaphorins and their plexin receptors in the
guidance of CST axons, we have examined this tract in mutants of Semaphorin-6A (Sema6A), Plexin-
A2 (PlxnA2) and Plexin-A4 (PlxnA4).
Results: We describe defects in CST guidance in Sema6A mutants at choice points at the midhindbrain
boundary (MHB) and in navigation through the pons that dramatically affect how many
axons arrive to the hindbrain and spinal cord and result in hypoplasia of the CST. We also observe
defects in guidance within the hindbrain where a proportion of axons aberrantly adopt a
ventrolateral position and fail to decussate. This function in the hindbrain seems to be mediated by
the known Sema6A receptor PlxnA4, which is expressed by CST axons. Guidance at the MHB,
however, appears independent of this and of the other known receptor, PlxnA2, and may depend
instead on Sema6A expression on CST axons themselves at embryonic stages.
Conclusion: These data identify Sema6A as a major contributor to the guidance of CST axons at
multiple choice points. They highlight the active control of guidance at the MHB and also implicate
the inferior olive as an important structure in the guidance of CST axons within the hindbrain. They
also suggest that Sema6A, which is strongly expressed by oligodendrocytes, may affect CST
regeneration in adults. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | We are very grateful to Jackie Dolan for technical assistance with genotyping
and to her and Mary Phillips for help with mouse breeding. We thank
Marc Tessier-Lavigne and colleagues for the gift of Plxn in situ probes and
William Snider for the Sema6A probe. We also thank Hwai-Jong Cheng and
colleagues for communicating unpublished data and for very useful discussions.
We are very grateful to Marius Ader for generous help with microscopy.
This work was supported by grants from Science Foundation Ireland
(01/F1/B006) to KJM and a postdoctoral fellowship from the Health
Research Board to AER (PD/2004/16). GEL has been supported by a Government
of Ireland Scholarship, awarded by the Irish Research Council of
Science, Engineering and Technology. HF was supported by the 21st Century
Centers of Excellence Program and Grants-in-Aid for Scientific
Research Japan. FS was supported by grants from CREST of the Japanese
Science and Technology Agency. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Neural development | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 3 | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 34 | en |
dc.rights | Y | en |
dc.subject | Genetics | |
dc.title | Semaphorin-6A controls guidance of corticospinal tract axons at multiple choice points. | en |
dc.type | Journal Article | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) | en |
dc.type.supercollection | scholarly_publications | en |
dc.type.supercollection | refereed_publications | en |
dc.identifier.peoplefinderurl | http://people.tcd.ie/kemitche | en |
dc.identifier.rssinternalid | 59457 | en |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8104-3-34 | en |
dc.identifier.rssuri | http://www.neuraldevelopment.com/content/3/1/34 | en |