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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2014

Neuronal calcium-binding proteins 1/2 localize to dorsal root ganglia and excitatory spinal neurons and are regulated by nerve injury.

Ming-Dong Zhang, Giuseppe Tortoriello, Brian Hsueh, Raju Tomer, Li Ye, Nicholas Mitsios, Lotta Borgius, Gunnar Grant, Ole Kiehn, Masahiko Watanabe and 5 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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36 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Ming-Dong ZhangDepartment of Neuroscience, Division of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, and Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden.
Giuseppe Tortoriello
Brian Hsueh
Raju Tomer
Li Ye
Nicholas Mitsios
Lotta Borgius
Gunnar Grant
Ole Kiehn
Masahiko Watanabe
Mathias Uhlén
Jan Mulder
Karl Deisseroth
Tibor Harkany
Tomas G M Hökfelt
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USScience for Life Laboratory · SEInstitute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics · RUHokkaido University · JPMedical University of Vienna · ATStanford University · US

Funding

Training Program in Basic NeuroscienceT32MH020016 · NIMH · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Justin L Gardner, Merritt C Maduke · 1997 to 2026
$16.2M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIMH NIH HHS T32 MH020016
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuronal calcium (Ca(2+))-binding proteins 1 and 2 (NECAB1/2) are members of the phylogenetically conserved EF-hand Ca(2+)-binding protein superfamily. To date, NECABs have been explored only to a limited extent and, so far, not at all at the spinal level. Here, we describe the distribution, phenotype, and nerve injury-induced regulation of NECAB1/NECAB2 in mouse dorsal root ganglia (DRGs) and spinal cord. In DRGs, NECAB1/2 are expressed in around 70% of mainly small- and medium-sized neurons. Many colocalize with calcitonin gene-related peptide and isolectin B4, and thus represent nociceptors. NECAB1/2 neurons are much more abundant in DRGs than the Ca(2+)-binding proteins (parvalbumin, calbindin, calretinin, and secretagogin) studied to date. In the spinal cord, the NECAB1/2 distribution is mainly complementary. NECAB1 labels interneurons and a plexus of processes in superficial layers of the dorsal horn, commissural neurons in the intermediate area, and motor neurons in the ventral horn. Using CLARITY, a novel, bilaterally connected neuronal system with dendrites that embrace the dorsal columns like palisades is observed. NECAB2 is present in cell bodies and presynaptic boutons across the spinal cord. In the dorsal horn, most NECAB1/2 neurons are glutamatergic. Both NECAB1/2 are transported into dorsal roots and peripheral nerves. Peripheral nerve injury reduces NECAB2, but not NECAB1, expression in DRG neurons. Our study identifies NECAB1/2 as abundant Ca(2+)-binding proteins in pain-related DRG neurons and a variety of spinal systems, providing molecular markers for known and unknown neuron populations of mechanosensory and pain circuits in the spinal cord.

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AnimalsCalcium-Binding ProteinsGanglia, SpinalMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicNeuronsPainPeripheral Nerve InjuriesReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionSpinal CordCalcium-Binding Proteinscommissural interneuronsGAD67neuropathic painVGLUT2

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PMID24616509
PMCPMC3970515
OpenAlexW2114873454

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