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ArticleNature communications2015

Draxin from neocortical neurons controls the guidance of thalamocortical projections into the neocortex.

Yohei Shinmyo, M Asrafuzzaman Riyadh, Giasuddin Ahmed, Iftekhar Bin Naser, Mahmud Hossain, Hirohide Takebayashi, Hiroshi Kawasaki, Kunimasa Ohta, Hideaki Tanaka

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Article in Nature communications, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Repurposing developmental mechanisms in the adult nervous system.Current opinion in genetics & development · 2020
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  18. Expression of Genes Involved in Axon Guidance: How Much Have We Learned?International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yohei ShinmyoFaculty of Life Sciences, Department of Developmental Neurobiology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.
M Asrafuzzaman RiyadhFaculty of Life Sciences, Department of Developmental Neurobiology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.
Giasuddin AhmedFaculty of Life Sciences, Department of Developmental Neurobiology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.
Iftekhar Bin NaserFaculty of Life Sciences, Department of Developmental Neurobiology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.
Mahmud HossainFaculty of Life Sciences, Department of Developmental Neurobiology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.
Hirohide TakebayashiDivision of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata 951-8510, Japan.
Hiroshi KawasakiDepartment of Biophysical Genetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Takara-machi 13-1, Ishikawa 920-8640, Japan.
Kunimasa OhtaFaculty of Life Sciences, Department of Developmental Neurobiology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.
Hideaki TanakaFaculty of Life Sciences, Department of Developmental Neurobiology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.
Kumamoto University · JPKanazawa University · JPNiigata University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The thalamocortical tract carries sensory information to the neocortex. It has long been recognized that the neocortical pioneer axons of subplate neurons are essential for thalamocortical development. Herein we report that an axon guidance cue, draxin, is expressed in early-born neocortical neurons, including subplate neurons, and is necessary for thalamocortical development. In draxin(-/-) mice, thalamocortical axons do not enter the neocortex. This phenotype is sufficiently rescued by the transgenic expression of draxin in neocortical neurons. Genetic interaction data suggest that draxin acts through Deleted in colorectal cancer (DCC) and Neogenin (Neo1), to regulate thalamocortical projections in vivo. Draxin promotes the outgrowth of thalamic axons in vitro and this effect is abolished in thalamic neurons from Dcc and Neo1 double mutants. These results suggest that draxin from neocortical neurons controls thalamocortical projections into the neocortex, and that this effect is mediated through the DCC and Neo1 receptors.

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AnimalsAxonsFemaleHEK293 CellsHumansIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMaleMembrane ProteinsMiceMice, KnockoutMice, TransgenicNeocortexNeuronsThalamusdraxin protein, mouseIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMembrane Proteinsneogenin

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PMID26659141
PMCPMC4682175
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