title: LEDGFp52 controls rat retinal ganglion cell neurite growth in culture and regulates specific neuronal growth-associated genes and protein production.
abstract: We investigated the regulation of primary neurite growth and expression of specific growth-associated genes by lens epithelium-derived growth factor (LEDGF) in rat retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). A pAd-LEDGFp52 adenovirus vector and a siRNA-LEDGFp52 eucaryotic expression vector were transfected into cultured RGCs. Transfection with pAd-LEDGFp52 significantly increased the number of neurites and their lengths compared with untransfected control RGCs. The expression of growth associated protein 43 (GAP43), microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2), and low-molecular-weight neurofilament (NF-L) genes and proteins were also significantly up-regulated. In contrast, the introduction of siRNA-LEDGFp52 significantly decreased the number and length of neurites, and significantly down-regulated the expression GAP43, NF-L and MAP2 genes and proteins compared with controls. Our findings suggest that LEDGFp52 might act as a dendritic arborization gene as well as an axonal elongation gene in RGCs and that it might be beneficial to the functional recovery of regenerating RGCs.
authors.affiliation: Southwest Eye Hospital/Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: X Q
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Z Q
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D048430:Cell Shape; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D019922:GAP-43 Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016501:Neurites / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D016900:Neurofilament Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D020318:Rats, Long-Evans; D012165:Retinal Ganglion Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D019922:GAP-43 Protein; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D016900:Neurofilament Proteins; D020033:Protein Isoforms; C504651:Psip1 protein, rat; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D014157:Transcription Factors; C044882:neurofilament protein L