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ArticleThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience1998

The cytoplasmic domain of the large myelin-associated glycoprotein isoform is needed for proper CNS but not peripheral nervous system myelination.

N Fujita, A Kemper, J Dupree, H Nakayasu, U Bartsch, M Schachner, N Maeda, K Suzuki, B Popko

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Article in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 1998. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 81 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Interferons, signal transduction pathways, and the central nervous system.Journal of interferon & cytokine research : the official journal of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research · 2014
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  9. Quaking I controls a unique cytoplasmic pathway that regulates alternative splicing of myelin-associated glycoprotein.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2010
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  12. MAG and OMgp synergize with Nogo-A to restrict axonal growth and neurological recovery after spinal cord trauma.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2010
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  13. Myelin-associated glycoprotein and its axonal receptors.Journal of neuroscience research · 2009
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  14. Nur7 is a nonsense mutation in the mouse aspartoacylase gene that causes spongy degeneration of the CNS.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2008
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  19. Extracellular regulators of axonal growth in the adult central nervous system.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2006
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

N FujitaNeuroscience Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
A Kemper
J Dupree
H Nakayasu
U Bartsch
M Schachner
N Maeda
K Suzuki
B Popko
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne · CHInstitute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics · RU

Funding

UNC MRDD Research CenterP30HD003110 · NICHD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BELGER, AYSENIL · 1985 to 2012
$28.7M
Genetic Analysis of Glycan Function in Myelinating CellsR01NS027336 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI POPKO, BRIAN J · 1995 to 2008
$3.2M
EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY OF DEVELOPING NERVOUS SYSTEMR01NS024453 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI SUZUKI, KINUKO · 1986 to 2004
$1.8M
CHEMICAL PATHOLOGY OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERSR01NS024289 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI SUZUKI, KUNIHIKO · 1985 to 2001
$630k
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MYELINATIONR29NS027336 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI POPKO, BRIAN J · 1989 to 1993
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NICHD NIH HHS P30 HD003110NINDS NIH HHS NS24289NINDS NIH HHS NS24453NINDS NIH HHS NS27336NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS024453NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS027336
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) is a member of the immunoglobulin gene superfamily and is thought to play a critical role in the interaction of myelinating glial cells with the axon. Myelin from mutant mice incapable of expressing MAG displays various subtle abnormalities in the CNS and degenerates with age in the peripheral nervous system (PNS). Two distinct isoforms, large MAG (L-MAG) and small MAG (S-MAG), are produced through the alternative splicing of the primary MAG transcript. The cytoplasmic domain of L-MAG contains a unique phosphorylation site and has been shown to associate with the fyn tyrosine kinase. Moreover, L-MAG is expressed abundantly early in the myelination process, possibly indicating an important role in the initial stages of myelination. We have adapted the gene-targeting approach in embryonic stem cells to generate mutant mice that express a truncated form of the L-MAG isoform, eliminating the unique portion of its cytoplasmic domain, but that continue to express S-MAG. Similar to the total MAG knockouts, these animals do not express an overt clinical phenotype. CNS myelin of the L-MAG mutant mice displays most of the pathological abnormalities reported for the total MAG knockouts. In contrast to the null MAG mutants, however, PNS axons and myelin of older L-MAG mutant animals do not degenerate, indicating that S-MAG is sufficient to maintain PNS integrity. These observations demonstrate a differential role of the L-MAG isoform in CNS and PNS myelin.

Indexed as

AllelesAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceCentral Nervous SystemCytoplasmGene TargetingHeterozygoteIsomerismMiceMolecular Sequence DataMutationMyelin-Associated GlycoproteinMyelin SheathPeripheral NervesReference ValuesMyelin-Associated Glycoprotein

Identifiers

PMID9482783
PMCPMC6792935
OpenAlexW1634233994

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