title: Glial ankyrins facilitate paranodal axoglial junction assembly.
abstract: Neuron-glia interactions establish functional membrane domains along myelinated axons. These include nodes of Ranvier, paranodal axoglial junctions and juxtaparanodes. Paranodal junctions are the largest vertebrate junctional adhesion complex, and they are essential for rapid saltatory conduction and contribute to assembly and maintenance of nodes. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying paranodal junction assembly are poorly understood. Ankyrins are cytoskeletal scaffolds traditionally associated with Na(+) channel clustering in neurons and are important for membrane domain establishment and maintenance in many cell types. Here we show that ankyrin-B, expressed by Schwann cells, and ankyrin-G, expressed by oligodendrocytes, are highly enriched at the glial side of paranodal junctions where they interact with the essential glial junctional component neurofascin 155. Conditional knockout of ankyrins in oligodendrocytes disrupts paranodal junction assembly and delays nerve conduction during early development in mice. Thus, glial ankyrins function as major scaffolds that facilitate early and efficient paranodal junction assembly in the developing CNS.
authors.affiliation: Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Kae-Jiun
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Zollinger
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Keiichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Susuki
authors.affiliation: Centre for Neuroregeneration, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: Diane L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Sherman
authors.affiliation: Departments of Physiology and Cell Biology, Internal Medicine, and the Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Makara
authors.affiliation: Centre for Neuroregeneration, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Brophy
authors.affiliation: 1] Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. [2] Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Edward C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Vann
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.affiliation: Departments of Physiology and Cell Biology, Internal Medicine, and the Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Mohler
authors.affiliation: 1] Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. [2] Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Rasband
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017487:Ankyrins / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D001369:Axons / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D009836:Oligodendroglia / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D017487:Ankyrins