The carboxyl-terminal region of Crtac1B/LOTUS acts as a functional domain in endogenous antagonism to Nogo receptor-1 |
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Authors: | Kurihara Yuji Arie Yuko Iketani Masumi Ito Hiromu Nishiyama Kuniyuki Sato Yasufumi Nakamura Fumio Mizuki Nobuhisa Goshima Yoshio Takei Kohtaro |
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Affiliation: | Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Neurobiology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Fuku-ura 3-9, Kanazawa Ward, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan. |
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Abstract: | Myelin-derived axon growth inhibitors, such as Nogo, bind to Nogo receptor-1 (NgR1) and thereby limit the action of axonal regeneration after injury in the adult central nervous system. Recently, we have found that cartilage acidic protein-1B (Crtac1B)/lateral olfactory tract usher substance (LOTUS) binds to NgR1 and functions as an endogenous NgR1 antagonist. To examine the functional domain of LOTUS in the antagonism to NgR1, analysis using the deletion mutants of LOTUS was performed and revealed that the carboxyl-terminal region (UA/EC domain) of LOTUS bound to NgR1. The UA/EC fragment of LOTUS overexpressed together with NgR1 in COS7 cells abolished the binding of Nogo66 to NgR1. Overexpression of the UA/EC fragment in cultured chick dorsal root ganglion neurons suppressed Nogo66-induced growth cone collapse. These findings suggest that the UA/EC region is a functional domain of LOTUS serving for an antagonistic action to NgR1. |
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