title: A role for caveolin-1 in post-injury reactive neuronal plasticity.
abstract: Remodeling and plasticity in the adult brain require cholesterol redistribution and synthesis for the formation of new membrane components. Caveolin-1 is a cholesterol-binding membrane protein involved in cellular cholesterol transport and homeostasis. Evidence presented here demonstrates an up-regulation of caveolin-1 in the hippocampus, which was temporally correlated with an increase in synaptophysin during the reinnervation phase in a mouse model of hippocampal deafferentation. Using an in vitro model of neuronal reactive plasticity, we examined the effect of virally mediated overexpression of caveolin-1 on injured differentiated PC12 cells undergoing terminal remodeling. Three days post lesion, caveolin-1-overexpressing cells revealed increases in synaptophysin and GAP-43, two markers of neurite sprouting and synaptogenesis. Morphologically, caveolin-1-overexpressing cells showed a decrease in primary neurite outgrowth and branching as well as an increase in neurite density. Caveolin-1-overexpressing cells also revealed the presence of terminal swelling and beading along processes, consistent with a possible alteration of microtubules stability. Moreover, a focal enrichment of caveolin-1 immunofluorescence was observed at the bases of axonal and dendritic terminals of mouse primary hippocampal neurons. Altogether, these results indicate that caveolin-1 plays an active role in the regulation of injury-induced synaptic and terminal remodeling in the adult CNS.
authors.affiliation: Douglas Hospital Research Center, Neurological Sciences Department, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
authors.forename: Sophie B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Gaudreault
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Blain
authors.forename: Jean-Philippe
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Gratton
authors.forename: Judes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Poirier
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D051242:Caveolin 1; D022461:Caveolins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000502:physiology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology / Q000293:injuries* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D016501:Neurites / Q000378:metabolism; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D016716:PC12 Cells; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: C495541:Cav1 protein, mouse; C495537:Cav1 protein, rat; D051242:Caveolin 1; D022461:Caveolins