title: Nerve growth factor induces axonal filopodia through localized microdomains of phosphoinositide 3-kinase activity that drive the formation of cytoskeletal precursors to filopodia.
abstract: The initiation of axonal filopodia is the first step in the formation of collateral branches and synaptic structures. In sensory neurons, nerve growth factor (NGF) promotes the formation of axonal filopodia and branches. However, the signaling and cytoskeletal mechanisms of NGF-induced initiation of axonal filopodia are not clear. Axonal filopodia arise from precursor axonal cytoskeletal structures termed filamentous actin (F-actin) patches. Patches form spontaneously and are transient. Although filopodia emerge from patches, only a fraction of patches normally gives rise to filopodia. Using chicken sensory neurons and live imaging of enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (eYFP)-actin dynamics, we report that NGF promotes the formation of axonal filopodia by increasing the rate of F-actin patch formation but not the fraction of patches that give rise to filopodia. We also demonstrate that activation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)-Akt pathway is sufficient and required for driving the formation of axonal F-actin patches, filopodia, and axon branches. Using the green fluorescent protein-plekstrin homology domain of Akt, which targets to PI3K-generated phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-triphosphate (PIP(3)), we report localized microdomains of PIP(3) accumulation that form in synchrony with F-actin patches and that NGF promotes the formation of microdomains of PIP(3) and patches. Finally, we find that, in NGF, F-actin patches form in association with axonal mitochondria and oxidative phosphorylation is required for patch formation. This investigation demonstrates that surprisingly NGF promotes formation of axonal filopodia by increasing the formation of cytoskeletal filopodial precursors (patches) through localized microdomains of PI3K signaling but not the emergence of filopodia from patches.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19129, USA.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ketschek
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gallo
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000494:pharmacology; D001369:Axons / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002642:Chick Embryo; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism*; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000166:cytology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D019012:Integrin beta1 / Q000276:immunology; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal / Q000379:methods; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D020932:Nerve Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D019269:Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D011554:Pseudopodia / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D020917:Receptor, trkA / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D013997:Time Factors; D014162:Transfection / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D000906:Antibodies; D019012:Integrin beta1; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D010455:Peptides; D019269:Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate; C528980:phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphorothioate; D020932:Nerve Growth Factor; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D020917:Receptor, trkA
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