SRC-1 controls growth cone polarity and protrusion with the UNC-6/Netrin receptor UNC-5 in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Autor: Mahadik SS; Program in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States of America., Burt EK; Program in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States of America., Lundquist EA; Program in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States of America.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2024 May 21; Vol. 19 (5), pp. e0295701. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 21 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0295701
Abstrakt: The Polarity/Protusion model of UNC-6/Netrin function in axon repulsion does not rely on a gradient of UNC-6/Netrin. Instead, the UNC-5 receptor polarizes the VD growth cone such that filopodial protrusions are biased to the dorsal leading edge. UNC-5 then inhibits growth cone protrusion ventrally based upon this polarity, resulting in dorsally-biased protrusion and dorsal migration away from UNC-6/Netrin. While previous studies have shown that UNC-5 inhibits growth cone protrusion by destabilizing actin, preventing microtubule + end entry, and preventing vesicle fusion, the signaling pathways involved are unclear. The SRC-1 tyrosine kinase has been previously shown to physically interact with and phosphorylate UNC-5, and to act with UNC-5 in axon guidance and cell migration. Here, the role of SRC-1 in VD growth cone polarity and protrusion is investigated. A precise deletion of src-1 was generated, and mutants displayed unpolarized growth cones with increased size, similar to unc-5 mutants. Transgenic expression of src-1(+) in VD/DD neurons resulted in smaller growth cones, and rescued growth cone polarity defects of src-1 mutants, indicating cell-autonomous function. Transgenic expression of a putative kinase-dead src-1(D831A) mutant caused a phenotype similar to src-1 loss-of-function, suggesting that this is a dominant negative mutation. The D381A mutation was introduced into the endogenous src-1 gene by genome editing, which also had a dominant-negative effect. Genetic interactions of src-1 and unc-5 suggest they act in the same pathway on growth cone polarity and protrusion, but might have overlapping, parallel functions in other aspects of axon guidance. src-1 function was not required for the effects of activated myr::unc-5, suggesting that SRC-1 might be involved in UNC-5 dimerization and activation by UNC-6, of which myr::unc-5 is independent. In sum, these results show that SRC-1 acts with UNC-5 in growth cone polarity and inhibition of protrusion.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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