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Cross-talk between F3/contactin and Notch at axoglial interface: a role in oligodendrocyte development
Qi-Dong Hu1, Quan-Hong Ma, Gianfranco Gennarini
1Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, and Department of Pharmacology and Human Physiology, University of Bari, Italy.
Abstract:
Increasing evidence has shown that the Notch signalling pathway regulates oligodendrogliogenesis. Upon binding to classical Delta/Serrate/Lag-2 ligands, Notch signalling promotes generation of oligodendrocyte precursor cells while inhibiting their further differentiation into myelinating oligodendrocytes. In our recent studies, we have found that two neural cell adhesion molecules, F3/contactin and NB-3 interact with Notch receptors and promote oligodendrocyte development. Remarkably, all these F3 and NB-3/Notch cascade-related events required Deltex1 as the intermediate element. Experiments using several animal models further imply the function of F3/Notch signalling in vivo, which designates Notch signalling as a ligand-dependent, multipotential cascade involved in oligodendrocyte development.
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