Regulation of PI3K signalling by the phosphatidylinositol transfer protein PITPalpha during axonal extension in
Katharina E Cosker1, Sadaf Shadan, Michiel van Diepen
1MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King's College London, London, SE1 1UL, UK.
Abstract:
Phosphatidylinositol transfer proteins (PITPs) mediate the transfer of phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) or phosphatidylcholine (PtdCho) between two membrane compartments, thereby regulating the interface between signalling, phosphoinositide (PI) metabolism and membrane traffic. Here, we show that PITPalpha is enriched in specific areas of the postnatal and adult brain, including the hippocampus and cerebellum. Overexpression of PITPalpha, but not PITPbeta or a PITPalpha mutant deficient in binding PtdIns, enhances laminin-dependent extension of axonal processes in hippocampal neurons, whereas knockdown of PITPalpha protein by siRNA suppresses laminin and BDNF-induced axonal growth. PITPalpha-mediated axonal outgrowth is sensitive to phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibition and shows dependency on the Akt/GSK-3/CRMP-2 pathway. We conclude that PITPalpha controls the polarized extension of axonal processes through the provision of PtdIns for localized PI3K-dependent signalling.
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