Dendrite-selective redistribution of the chemokine receptor CXCR4 following agonist stimulation
Stéphane J Baudouin1, Fabien Pujol, Arnaud Nicot
1Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, I.N.S.E.R.M., Unité 643, I.T.E.R.T, CHU Hotel-Dieu, University of Nantes, 30 Bd Jean Monnet, 44035 Nantes Cedex 01, France.
Abstract:
The chemokine SDF-1 is a secreted protein that plays a critical role in several aspects of neuron development through interaction with its unique receptor CXCR4. A key mechanism that controls neuron responsiveness to extracellular signals during neuronal growth is receptor endocytosis. Since we previously reported that SDF-1 regulates axon development without affecting the other neurites, we asked whether this could correlate with a compartment-selective trafficking of CXCR4. We thus studied CXCR4 behavior upon SDF-1 exposure in rat hippocampus slices and in transfected neuron cultures. A massive agonist-induced redistribution of CXCR4 in endosomes was observed in dendrites whereas no modification was evidenced in axons. Our data suggest that CXCR4 trafficking may play a role in mediating selective effects of SDF-1 on distinct neuronal membrane subdomains.
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