title: cAMP differentially regulates axonal and dendritic development of dentate granule cells.
abstract: Neurite polarity is a morphological characteristic of dentate gyrus granule cells, which extend axons to the hilar region and dendrites in the opposite direction, i.e. to the molecular layer. This remarkable polarity must require a differential system for axon and dendrite guidance. Here, we report that the axon and dendrites of a granule cell are differentially responsive to cAMP. In developing cultures of dispersed granule cells, dendritic growth cones were increased in number after pharmacological activation of cAMP signaling and decreased after blockade of cAMP signaling. Activation of cAMP signaling antagonized dendritic collapse induced by the potent repellents Sema3F and glutamate. In contrast to dendrites, axons were protected from Sema3F-induced collapse when cAMP signaling was inhibited. Axonal and dendritic growth cones both expressed type 1 adenylyl cyclase, but only axons showed a cAMP increase in response to Sema3F, and the elevated cAMP was sufficient to collapse axonal growth cones. Thus, the axons and dendrites of dentate granule cells differ in the regulation of cAMP levels as well as responsiveness to cAMP. cAMP may be crucial for shaping the information flow polarity in the dentate gyrus circuit.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Chemical Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryuji X
authors.initials: RX
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Norio
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matsuki
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikegaya
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D019556:COS Cells; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003712:Dendrites / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D018891:Dentate Gyrus / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects*; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate; C506913:Sema3F protein, rat; C491229:Sema3f protein, mouse; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D000242:Cyclic AMP