title: Juxtanodin: an oligodendroglial protein that promotes cellular arborization and 2',3'-cyclic nucleotide-3'-phosphodiesterase trafficking.
abstract: In the process of screening cell-type-specific genes, we identified juxtanodin (JN), an oligodendroglial protein featuring a putative C-terminal actin-binding domain. At the cellular level, JN in the rat CNS colocalized with 2',3'-cyclic nucleotide-3'-phosphodiesterase (CNPase), a cytoskeleton-related oligodendroglial protein. In the myelin sheath, JN was found mainly in the abaxon and the lateral few terminal loops. Its apposition to the myelinated axon, through the latter, defined an axonal subregion, herewith termed juxtanode, at the Ranvier node-paranode junction. During forebrain ontogenesis, JN expression paralleled that of MBPs but lagged behind CNPase. Juxtanodin transfection promoted arborization of cultured OLN-93 cells and augmented endogenous CNPase expression and transport to the process arbors of cultured primary oligodendrocyte precursors. These results reveal JN as a cytoskeleton-related oligodendroglial protein that delineates the juxtanode and might serve oligodendrocyte motility, differentiation, or myelin-axon signaling. Functionally, JN may be involved in CNS myelination and/or specialization of the node of Ranvier.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Qiong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Anchen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Haiying
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Yee Gek
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Jan Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Buschdorf
authors.forename: Boon Chuan
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Low
authors.forename: Eng Ang
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Ling
authors.forename: Fengyi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D015087:2',3'-Cyclic-Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D049108:Cell Enlargement; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D047468:Immunoprecipitation; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016253:Microscopy, Immunoelectron; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009186:Myelin Sheath / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009836:Oligodendroglia / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D016548:Prosencephalon / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: C505830:Ermn protein, rat; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D015087:2',3'-Cyclic-Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases