title: Directional neurite outgrowth and axonal differentiation of embryonic hippocampal neurons are promoted by a neurite outgrowth domain of the B2-chain of laminin.
abstract: Molecular cues involved in directional neurite outgrowth and axonal differentiation of embryonic hippocampal neurons were studied on substrates coated in a striped 5 microns pattern with synthetic peptides from a neurite outgrowth (RDIAEIIKDI, P1543) and cell attachment (CDPGYIGSR, P364) domain of the B2- and B1-chains of laminin, respectively. Both peptides supported neuronal attachment, but only the B2-chain-derived P1543 promoted expression of a mature neuronal phenotype. Directional neurite outgrowth and axonal differentiation of embryonic hippocampal neurons were selectively induced by striped substrates of the B2-chain-derived P1543. Axonal differentiation was determined by expression of a phosphorylated epitope of the 200 kDa neurofilament protein in the longer "axonal" neurite of the bipolar embryonic hippocampal neurons. Ethanol (100 mM), a neuroactive compound known to delay neuronal development, impaired both directional neurite outgrowth and expression of a phosphorylated epitope of the 200 kDa neurofilament protein on a patterned P1543 substratum. The present results provide direct evidence that a 10 amino acid peptide (P1543), derived from a neurite outgrowth domain of the B2-chain of laminin, may be an axonal guidance and differentiation factor for embryonic hippocampal neurons in vitro.
authors.affiliation: Frontier Research Program, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsuzawa
authors.forename: F F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Weight
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Potember
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liesi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants / Q000494:pharmacology; D003463:Cues; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007797:Laminin / Q000502:physiology*; D016501:Neurites / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants; D007797:Laminin; C058783:laminin beta2; D000431:Ethanol