title: Activity-dependent regulation of a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 6B4 phosphacan/RPTPbeta in the hypothalamic supraoptic nucleus.
abstract: The hypothalamic magnocellular neurons, synthesizing arginine vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin, are well known to show structural plasticity during chronic physiological stimulation. We have previously reported that 6B4 phosphacan/receptor-type protein-tyrosine phosphatasebeta (RPTPbeta), a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan is highly expressed in the supraoptic nucleus (SON) of adult hypothalamus. Here, we undertook to study the activity-dependent regulation of 6B4 phosphacan/RPTPbeta in this system. Double labeling confocal microscopy demonstrated in the SON that 6B4 phosphacan/RPTPbeta-immunoreactive perineuronal nets were seen around AVP-containing somata and dendrites and its distribution pattern was well coincided with that of TAG-1. Quantitative immunohistochemical and Western analyses showed that 1-week salt loading, known as the chronic physiological stimulation for inducing the structural changes such as synaptic remodeling and direct neuronal membrane apposition, decreased 6B4 phosphacan/RPTPbeta levels in the SON, but did not alter TAG-1 levels. The 6B4 phosphacan/RPTPbeta levels were returned to control basal values within 3 weeks after the cessation of the chronic stimulation. Activity-dependent decreases in 6B4 phosphacan/RPTPbeta levels of the SON were confirmed when Western and immunohistochemical samples were digested with chondroitinase ABC, indicating that the decrease in 6B4 phosphacan/RPTPbeta levels was due to disappearance of 6B4 phosphacan/RPTPbeta core protein rather than increase in chondroitin sulfate glycosaminoglycans. With electron microscopy, the electron-dense immunoproducts for 6B4 phosphacan/RPTPbeta were found on the membrane surface of axons and glial processes, but not at synaptic junctions in control SON, and its immunoreactivity was eliminated with the chronic salt loading. The present results indicate that the levels of 6B4 phosphacan/RPTPbeta are regulated with activity-dependent manner and may be concerned with the structural plasticity seen in the SON.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan. smiyata@ipc.kit.ac.jp
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyata
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akagi
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Kazutada
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Atsuhiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oohira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000378:metabolism; D015153:Blotting, Western / Q000379:methods; D015816:Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal / Q000378:metabolism; D048429:Cell Size / Q000187:drug effects; D019765:Chondroitin ABC Lyase / Q000494:pharmacology; D011508:Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans / Q000378:metabolism*; D058969:Contactin 2; D003681:Dehydration / Q000378:metabolism; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal / Q000379:methods; D016253:Microscopy, Immunoelectron / Q000379:methods; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D054633:Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 5; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013495:Supraoptic Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D015816:Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal; D011508:Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans; C548676:Cntn2 protein, rat; D058969:Contactin 2; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; C516897:Ptprz1 protein, rat; D054633:Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 5; D019765:Chondroitin ABC Lyase