title: Intracellular ion signaling influences myelin basic protein synthesis in oligodendrocyte precursor cells.
abstract: Myelination in the central nervous system depends on axon-oligodendrocyte precursor cell (OPC) interaction. We suggest that myelin synthesis may be influenced by [Na+]i and [Ca2+]i signaling in OPCs. Experiments were performed in mouse cultured OPCs at day in vitro (DIV) 2-6 or acute slices of the corpus callosum at postnatal days (P) 10-30. Synthesis of Myelin Basic Protein (MBP), an "executive molecule of myelin", was used as readout of myelination. Immunohistological data revealed that MBP synthesis in cultured OPCs starts around DIV4. Transient elevations of resting [Ca2+]i and [Na+]i levels were observed in the same temporal window (DIV4-5). At DIV4, but not at DIV2, both extracellular [K+] ([K+]e) elevation (+5mM) and partial Na+,K+-ATPase (NKA) inhibition elicited [Na+]i and [Ca2+]i transients. These responses were blocked with KB-R7943 (1μM), a blocker of Na+-Ca2+exchanger (NCX), indicating an involvement of NCX which operates in reverse mode. Treatment of OPCs with culture medium containing elevated [K+] (+5mM, 24h) or ouabain (500nM, 24h) increased resting [Ca2+]i and facilitated MBP synthesis. Blockade of NCX with KB-R7943 (1μM, 12h) reduced resting [Ca2+]i and decreased MBP synthesis. Similar to the results obtained in OPC cultures, OPCs in acute callosal slices demonstrated an increase in resting [Ca2+]i and [Na+]i levels during development. NCX blockade induced [Ca2+]i and [Na+]i responses in OPCs at P20-30 but not at P10. We conclude that local [Na+]i and/or membrane potential changes can modulate Ca2+influx through NCX and in turn MBP synthesis. Thus neuronal activity-induced changes in [K+]e may via NCX and NKA modulate myelination.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
authors.forename: Maike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Friess
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hammann
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Unichenko
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
authors.forename: Heiko J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Luhmann
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: White
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany. Electronic address: kirischu@uni-mainz.de.
authors.forename: Sergei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kirischuk
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D007477:Ions / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D004676:Myelin Basic Protein / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D009836:Oligodendroglia / Q000166:cytology*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007477:Ions; D004676:Myelin Basic Protein; D012964:Sodium; D002118:Calcium
keywords: Intracellular Ca(2+) concentration; Intracellular Na(+) concentration; Myelination; Na(+),K(+)-ATPase; Na(+)-Ca(2+) exchanger; Reversal potential