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Title: | A 29-amino acid fragment of Clostridium botulinum C3 protein enhances neuronal outgrowth, connectivity, and reinnervation | Authors: | Hoeltje, Markus Djalali, Susann Hofmann, Fred Muenster-Wandowski, Agnieszka HENDRIX, Sven Boato, Francesco Dreger, Stefanie C. Grosse, Gisela Henneberger, Christian Grantyn, Rosemarie Just, Ingo Ahnert-Hilger, Gudrun |
Issue Date: | 2009 | Publisher: | FEDERATION AMER SOC EXP BIOL | Source: | The FASEB journal, 23(4). p. 1115-1126 | Abstract: | Small GTPases of the Rho family play versatile roles in the formation and development of axons and dendrites, effects often studied by the Rho-inactivating C3 transferase (C3bot) from Clostridium botulinum. Recently, we reported that transferase-deficient C3bot also exerted axonotrophic activity. Using overlapping peptides from the C3bot sequence, we identified a small peptide of 29 amino acids (covering residues 154-182) from the C-terminal region of C3bot that promotes both axonal and dendritic growth, as well as branching of hippocampal neurons, at sub-micromolar concentrations. Several C3bot constructs, including the short peptide, enhanced the number of axonal segments from mid-to higher-order segments. C3bot(154-182) also increased the number of synaptophysin-expressing terminals, up-regulated various synaptic proteins, and functionally increased the glutamate uptake. Staining against the vesicular glutamate and GABA transporters further revealed that the effect was attributable to a higher number of glutamatergic and GABAergic inputs on proximal dendrites of enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP)-transfected neurons. Using organotypical slice cultures, we also detected trophic effects of C3bot(154-182) on length and density of outgrowing fibers from the entorhinal cortex that were comparable to the effects elicited by full-length C3bot. In addition, an enhanced reinnervation was observed in a hippocampal-entorhinal lesion model. In summary, the neurotrophic effect of C3bot is executed by a C-terminal peptide fragment covering aa 154-182 of C3; it triggers dendritic and axonal growth and branching as well as increased synaptic connectivity. In contrast to full-length C3, this C3 peptide selectively acts on neurons but not on glial cells. Holtje, M., Djalali, S., Hofmann, F., Munster-Wandowski, A., Hendrix, S., Boato, F., Dreger, S. C., Grosse, G., Henneberger, C., Grantyn, R., Just, I., Ahnert-Hilger, G. A 29-amino acid fragment of Clostridium botulinum C3 protein enhances neuronal outgrowth, connectivity, and reinnervation. FASEB J. 23, 1115-1126 (2009) | Notes: | [Hoeltje, Markus] Charite Univ Med Berlin, Inst Integrat Neuroanat, Ctr Anat, AG Funkt Zellbiol, D-10115 Berlin, Germany. [Hendrix, Sven; Boato, Francesco] Charite Univ Med Berlin, Ctr Anat, Inst Zell & Neurobiol, D-10115 Berlin, Germany. [Henneberger, Christian; Grantyn, Rosemarie] Charite Univ Med Berlin, Johannes Muller Inst Neurophysiol, AG Entwicklungsphysiol, D-10115 Berlin, Germany. [Hofmann, Fred; Dreger, Stefanie C.; Just, Ingo] Hannover Med Sch, Inst Toxikol, D-30623 Hannover, Germany. [Hendrix, Sven] Hasselt Univ, Dept Morphol, Hasselt, Belgium. [Hendrix, Sven] Hasselt Univ, Biomed Res Inst, Hasselt, Belgium. | Keywords: | regeneration; hippocampus; axon;regeneration; hippocampus; axon | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/9796 | ISSN: | 0892-6638 | e-ISSN: | 1530-6860 | DOI: | 10.1096/fj.08-116855 | ISI #: | 000266651600015 | Rights: | © FASEB | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2010 |
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