title: Regulation of integrin growth factor interactions in oligodendrocytes by lipid raft microdomains.
abstract: Individual growth factors can regulate multiple aspects of behavior within a single cell during differentiation, with each signaling pathway controlled independently and also responsive to other receptors such as cell surface integrins. The mechanisms by which this is achieved remain poorly understood. Here we use myelin-forming oligodendrocytes and their precursors to examine the role of lipid rafts, cholesterol and sphingolipid-rich microdomains of the cell membrane implicated in cell signaling. In these cells, the growth factor PDGF has sequential and independent roles in proliferation and survival. We show that the oligodendrocyte PDGFalpha receptor becomes sequestered in a raft compartment at the developmental stage when PDGF ceases to promote proliferation, but is now required for survival. We also show that laminin-2, which is expressed on axons in the CNS and which provides a target-dependent signal for oligodendrocyte survival by amplification of PDGFalphaR signaling, induces clustering of the laminin binding integrin alpha6beta1 with the PDGFalphaR-containing lipid raft domains. This extracellular matrix-induced colocalization of integrin and growth factor receptor generates a signaling environment within the raft for survival-promoting PI3K/Akt activity. These results demonstrate novel signaling roles for lipid rafts that ensure the separation and amplification of growth factor signaling pathways during development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Genetics, Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge, CB2 1QP, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Wia
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Baron
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Decker
authors.forename: Holly
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Colognato
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: ffrench-Constant
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D039121:Integrin alpha6beta1 / Q000378:metabolism; D016023:Integrins / Q000378:metabolism*; D007797:Laminin / Q000378:metabolism; D021962:Membrane Microdomains / Q000378:metabolism*; D009836:Oligodendroglia / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D020796:Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D039121:Integrin alpha6beta1; D016023:Integrins; D007797:Laminin; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D020796:Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha