مورد إلكتروني
The function of Shp2 tyrosine phosphatase in the dispersal of acetylcholine receptor clusters
| العنوان: | The function of Shp2 tyrosine phosphatase in the dispersal of acetylcholine receptor clusters |
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| بيانات النشر: | 2008 |
| تفاصيل مُضافة: | Qian, Yueping K. Chan, Ariel W.S. Madhavan, Raghavan Peng, H. Benjamin |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Electronic Resource |
| مستخلص: | Background: A crucial event in the development of the vertebrate neuromuscular junction (NMJ) is the postsynaptic enrichment of muscle acetylcholine (ACh) receptors (AChRs). This process involves two distinct steps: the local clustering of AChRs at synapses, which depends on the activation of the muscle-specific receptor tyrosine kinase MuSK by neural agrin, and the global dispersal of aneural or "pre-patterned" AChR aggregates, which is triggered by ACh or by synaptogenic stimuli. We and others have previously shown that tyrosine phosphatases, such as the SH2 domain-containing phosphatase Shp2, regulate AChR cluster formation in muscle cells, and that tyrosine phosphatases also mediate the dispersal of pre-patterned AChR clusters by synaptogenic stimuli, although the specific phosphatases involved in this latter step remain unknown. Results: Using an assay system that allows AChR cluster assembly and disassembly to be studied separately and quantitatively, we describe a previously unrecognized role of the tyrosine phosphatase Shp2 in AChR cluster disassembly. Shp2 was robustly expressed in embryonic Xenopus muscle in vivo and in cultured myotomal muscle cells, and treatment of the muscle cultures with an inhibitor of Shp2 (NSC-87877) blocked the dispersal of pre-patterned AChR clusters by synaptogenic stimuli. In contrast, over-expression in muscle cells of either wild-type or constitutively active Shp2 accelerated cluster dispersal. Significantly, forced expression in muscle of the Shp2-activator SIRP alpha 1 (signal regulatory protein alpha 1) also enhanced the disassembly of AChR clusters, whereas the expression of a truncated SIRP alpha 1 mutant that suppresses Shp2 signaling inhibited cluster disassembly. Conclusion: Our results suggest that Shp2 activation by synaptogenic stimuli, through signaling intermediates such as SIRP alpha 1, promotes the dispersal of pre-patterned AChR clusters to facilitate the selective accumulation of AChRs at developing NMJs. |
| مصطلحات الفهرس: | Animals, Antigens, Differentiation: genetics, Antigens, Differentiation: metabolism, Antigens, Differentiation: physiology, Bungarotoxins: pharmacology, Catalytic Domain, Cell Line, Cells, Cultured, Green Fluorescent Proteins: genetics, Green Fluorescent Proteins: metabolism, Humans, Immunoblotting, In Situ Hybridization: methods, Microinjections: methods, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Muscle Fibers, Skeletal: cytology, Muscle Fibers, Skeletal: drug effects, Muscle Fibers, Skeletal: metabolism, Myoblasts: cytology, Myoblasts: metabolism, Neuromuscular Junction: drug effects, Neuromuscular Junction: physiology, Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type, Article |
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| الإتاحة: | Open access content. Open access content © 2008 Qian et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. |
| ملاحظة: | English |
| أرقام أخرى: | HNK oai:repository.hkust.edu.hk:1783.1-6010 BMC neuroscience, v. 9, 2008, JUL 23, article number 70 1471-2202 1363021819 |
| المصدر المساهم: | HONG KONG UNIV OF SCI & TECH, THE From OAIster®, provided by the OCLC Cooperative. |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsoai.on1363021819 |
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