title: Soluble forms of NCAM and F3 neuronal cell adhesion molecules promote Schwann cell migration: identification of protein tyrosine phosphatases zeta/beta as the putative F3 receptors on Schwann cells.
abstract: Neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) and F3 are both axonal adhesion molecules which display homophilic (NCAM) or heterophilic (NCAM, F3) binding activities and participate in bidirectional exchange of information between neurones and glial cells. Engineered Fc chimeric molecules are fusion proteins that contain the extracellular part of NCAM or F3 and the Fc region of human IgG1. Here, we investigated the effect of NCAM-Fc and F3-Fc chimeras on Schwann cell (SC) migration. Binding sites were identified at the surface of cultured SCs by chimera coated fluorospheres. The functional effect of NCAM-Fc and F3-Fc binding was studied in two different SC migration models. In the first, migration is monitored at specific time intervals inside a 1-mm gap produced in a monolayer culture of SCs. In the second, SCs from a dorsal root ganglion explant migrate on a sciatic nerve cryosection. In both systems addition of the chimeras significantly increased the extent of SC migration and this effect could be prevented by the corresponding anti-NCAM or anti-F3 blocking antibodies. Furthermore, antiproteoglycan-type protein tyrosine phosphatase zeta/beta (RPTPzeta/beta) antibodies identified the presence of RPTPzeta/beta on SCs and prevented the enhancing effect of soluble F3 on SC motility by 95%. The F3-Fc coated Sepharose beads precipitated RPTPzeta/beta from SC lysates. Altogether these data point to RPTPzeta/beta is the putative F3 receptor on SCs. These results identify F3 and NCAM receptors on SC as potential mediators of signalling occurring between axons and glial cells during peripheral nerve development and regeneration.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Biochemistry, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Thomaidou
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Coquillat
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meintanis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rougon
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Matsas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000378:metabolism*; D001665:Binding Sites; D015816:Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002450:Cell Communication; D002458:Cell Fractionation; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D058966:Contactins; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000166:cytology; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019006:Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D054633:Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 5; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012583:Schwann Cells / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D015816:Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal; D058966:Contactins; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007527:Isoenzymes; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D019006:Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C516895:PTPRZ1 protein, human; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; C516897:Ptprz1 protein, rat; D054633:Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 5