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ArticleScientific reports2017

Protocadherin-αC2 is required for diffuse projections of serotonergic axons.

Shota Katori, Yukiko Noguchi-Katori, Atsushi Okayama, Yoshimi Kawamura, Wenshu Luo, Kenji Sakimura, Takahiro Hirabayashi, Takuji Iwasato, Takeshi Yagi

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 68 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Shota KatoriKOKORO-Biology, Laboratories for Integrated Biology, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Yukiko Noguchi-KatoriKOKORO-Biology, Laboratories for Integrated Biology, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Atsushi OkayamaKOKORO-Biology, Laboratories for Integrated Biology, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Yoshimi KawamuraDepartment of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Sinjuku, Tokyo, 113-0021, Japan.
Wenshu LuoDivision of Neurogenetics, National Institute of Genetics, 1111 Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka, 411-8540, Japan.
Kenji SakimuraDepartment of Cellular Neurobiology, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, 1-757 Asahimachidoori, Chuoku, Niigata, 951-8585, Japan.
Takahiro HirabayashiKOKORO-Biology, Laboratories for Integrated Biology, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Takuji IwasatoDivision of Neurogenetics, National Institute of Genetics, 1111 Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka, 411-8540, Japan.
Takeshi YagiKOKORO-Biology, Laboratories for Integrated Biology, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan. yagi@fbs.osaka-u.ac.jp.
Osaka University · JPNational Institute of Genetics · JPJapan Agency for Medical Research and Development · JPKeio University · JPNiigata University · JPThe Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Serotonergic axons extend diffuse projections throughout various brain areas, and serotonergic system disruption causes neuropsychiatric diseases. Loss of the cytoplasmic region of protocadherin-α (Pcdh-α) family proteins, products of the diverse clustered Pcdh genes, causes unbalanced distributions (densification and sparsification) of serotonergic axons in various target regions. However, which Pcdh-α member(s) are responsible for the phenotype is unknown. Here we demonstrated that Pcdh-αC2 (αC2), a Pcdh-α isoform, was highly expressed in serotonergic neurons, and was required for normal diffusion in single-axon-level analyses of serotonergic axons. The loss of αC2 from serotonergic neurons, but not from their target brain regions, led to unbalanced distributions of serotonergic axons. Our results suggest that αC2 expressed in serotonergic neurons is required for serotonergic axon diffusion in various brain areas. The αC2 extracellular domain displays homophilic binding activity, suggesting that its homophilic interaction between serotonergic axons regulates axonal density via αC2's cytoplasmic domain.

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AnimalsAxonsCadherinsDiffusionExonsMice, KnockoutOlfactory BulbOrgan SpecificitySequence DeletionSerotonergic NeuronsSerotoninTelencephalonCadherinsPcdhalphac2 protein, mouseSerotonin

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PMID29162883
PMCPMC5698425
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