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ArticleCell reports2022

Clusters of neuronal neurofascin prefigure the position of a subset of nodes of Ranvier along individual central nervous system axons in vivo.

Stavros Vagionitis, Franziska Auer, Yan Xiao, Rafael G Almeida, David A Lyons, Tim Czopka

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Article in Cell reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Stavros VagionitisInstitute of Neuronal Cell Biology, Technical University of Munich, 80802 Munich, Germany.
Franziska AuerInstitute of Neuronal Cell Biology, Technical University of Munich, 80802 Munich, Germany.
Yan XiaoInstitute of Neuronal Cell Biology, Technical University of Munich, 80802 Munich, Germany.
Rafael G AlmeidaCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, EH16 4SB Edinburgh, UK.
David A LyonsCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, EH16 4SB Edinburgh, UK.
Tim CzopkaInstitute of Neuronal Cell Biology, Technical University of Munich, 80802 Munich, Germany; Munich Cluster of Systems Neurology (SyNergy), 81377 Munich, Germany; Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Chancellor's Building, 49 Little France Crescent, EH16 4SB Edinburgh, UK. Electronic address: tim.czopka@ed.ac.uk.

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Medical Research Council MR/P006272/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The spacing of nodes of Ranvier crucially affects conduction properties along myelinated axons. It is assumed that node position is primarily driven by growing myelin sheaths. Here, we reveal an additional mechanism of node positioning that is driven by the axon. Through longitudinal live imaging of node formation dynamics in the zebrafish central nervous system, we show that stable clusters of the cell adhesion molecule neurofascin a can accumulate at specific sites along axons prior to myelination. While some of these clusters are pushed into future node position by extending myelin sheaths, others are not and thus prefigure the position of where a mature node forms. Animals that lack full-length neurofascin a show increased internodal distances and less regular nodal spacing along single axons. Together, our data reveal the existence of an axonal mechanism to position nodes of Ranvier that does not depend on regulation by myelin sheath growth.

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AnimalsAxonsCentral Nervous SystemGenes, ReporterMutationMyelin SheathOligodendrogliaRanvier's NodesZebrafishZebrafish ProteinsZebrafish Proteinsaxon-oligodendrocyte interactionscentral nervous systemmyelinationnode of Ranvierzebrafish

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