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ArticleThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2007

Misexpression of Pou3f1 results in peripheral nerve hypomyelination and axonal loss.

Elizabeth J Ryu, James Y T Wang, Nam Le, Robert H Baloh, Jason A Gustin, Robert E Schmidt, Jeffrey Milbrandt

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Article in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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42citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Elizabeth J RyuDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
James Y T Wang
Nam Le
Robert H Baloh
Jason A Gustin
Robert E Schmidt
Jeffrey Milbrandt
Washington University in St. Louis · USHope Center for Neurological Disorders · US

Funding

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH TRAINING IN DRUG ABUSET32DA007261 · NIDA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI ARPANA AGRAWAL, Jose A Moron-Concepcion · 1991 to 2026
$8.8M
Washington University Center for Translational NeuroscienceP30NS057105 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI HOLTZMAN, DAVID M. · 2006 to 2011
$8.7M
ROLE OF EGR2 MUTATIONS IN PERIPHERAL MYELINOPATHIESR01NS040745 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MILBRANDT, JEFFREY D · 2001 to 2009
$3.3M
NEUROPATHOLOGY OF THE AGING SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEMR01AG010299 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SCHMIDT, ROBERT EDWARD · 1992 to 2006
$1.7M
EXPERIMENTAL DIABETIC AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHYR37DK019645 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SCHMIDT, ROBERT EDWARD · 1999 to 2004
$1.6M
EXPERIMENTAL DIABETIC AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHYR01DK019645 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SCHMIDT, ROBERT EDWARD · 1986 to 2010
$1.3M
NIA NIH HHS AG10299NIA NIH HHS R01 AG010299NIDA NIH HHS 5-T32-DA07261NIDA NIH HHS T32 DA007261NIDDK NIH HHS DK19645NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK019645NIDDK NIH HHS R37 DK019645NINDS NIH HHS NS040745NINDS NIH HHS NS057105NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS057105NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS040745
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pou3f1/SCIP/Oct-6 is a POU-domain transcription factor that is an important regulator of peripheral nerve myelination by Schwann cells. Pou3f1-deficient mice experience a developmental delay in myelination indicating that transient induction of Pou3f1 is required for normal development of peripheral myelin. The mechanism by which Pou3f1 regulates myelination is unclear, because it can both increase expression of Egr2, a transcription factor that promotes the myelination program, and also repress the promoters of specific myelin genes such as myelin protein zero (MPZ) and myelin basic protein (MBP). Therefore, to investigate the effects of persistent Pou3f1 expression on peripheral nerve myelination, we created a conditional transgenic mouse [condPou3f1:MPZ(Cre)] that constitutively expresses Pou3f1 specifically in peripheral glia. Examination of sciatic nerves from condPou3f1:MPZ(Cre) mice revealed persistent hypomyelination and eventual axonal loss but no evidence of demyelination/remyelination processes or impaired Schwann cell proliferation. Nerves from these mice had normal levels of Egr2 mRNA but decreased levels of MPZ, MBP, and Pmp22 mRNA. Thus, unlike the Pou3f1 null mice, the condPou3f1:MPZ(Cre) mice exhibit persistent hypomyelination, indicating that strict control of Pou3f1 expression is critical to proper myelination. Our findings establish the importance of identifying factor(s) responsible for Pou3f1 downregulation during myelination, because they may play important roles in the development of peripheral neuropathies.

Indexed as

AnimalsAxonsCell ProliferationCells, CulturedChickensGene Expression RegulationHumansMiceMice, TransgenicMyelin SheathOctamer Transcription Factor-6Peripheral NervesRatsSchwann CellsOctamer Transcription Factor-6Pou3f1 protein, mouse

Identifiers

PMID17959798
PMCPMC6673231
OpenAlexW2039168541

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