Alpha2-chimaerin, Cyclin-dependent Kinase 5/p35, and Its Target Collapsin Response Mediator Protein-2 Are Essential Components in Semaphorin 3A-induced Growth-cone Collapse

Overview

Journal J Neurosci

Specialty Neurology

Date 2004 Oct 16

PMID 15483118

Citations 88

Authors

Matthew Brown

Tom Jacobs

Britta Eickholt

Giovanna Ferrari

Mabel Teo

Clinton Monfries

Robert Z Qi

Thomas Leung

Louis Lim

Christine Hall

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Abstract

Neurite outgrowth is influenced by positive and negative signals that include the semaphorins, an important family of axonal outgrowth inhibitors. Here we report that the Rac GTPase activating protein (GAP)alpha2-chimaerin is involved in Semaphorin 3A (Sema 3A) signaling. In dorsal root ganglion neurons, Sema 3A-induced growth cone collapse was inhibited by alpha2-chimaerin mutated to eliminate GAP activity or interaction with phosphotyrosine. Activation of alpha2-chimaerin by phorbol ester caused growth cone collapse. Active alpha2-chimaerin interacts with collapsin response mediator protein-2 (CRMP-2) and cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) 5/p35 kinase through its SH2 and GAP domains, respectively. Cdk5 phosphorylates CRMP-2 at serine 522, possibly facilitating phosphorylation of serine 518 and threonine 514 by glycogen synthase kinase 3beta (GSK3beta), a kinase previously implicated in Sema 3A signaling. Phosphorylation of CRMP-2 serine 522 was essential for Sema 3A-induced growth cone collapse, which is dependent on Cdk5 but not Rho kinase activity. alpha2-chimaerin, like CRMP-2, can associate with the Sema 3A receptor. These results indicate that active alpha2-chimaerin Rac GAP, Cdk5/p35, and its substrate CRMP-2, are implicated in the dynamics of growth cone guidance initiated through Sema 3A signaling.

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