TY - JOUR
T1 - Stereotyped pruning of long hippocampal axon branches triggered by retraction inducers of the semaphorin family
AU - Bagri, Anil
AU - Cheng, Hwai-Jong
AU - Yaron, Avraham
AU - Pleasure, Samuel J.
AU - Tessier-Lavigne, Marc
PY - 2003/5/2
Y1 - 2003/5/2
N2 - Like naturally occurring neuronal cell death, stereotyped pruning of long axon branches to temporary targets is a widespread regressive phenomenon in the developing mammalian brain that helps sculpt the pattern of neuronal connections. The mechanisms controlling stereotyped pruning are, however, poorly understood. Here, we provide evidence that semaphorins, activating the Plexin-A3 receptor, function as retraction inducers to trigger-stereotyped pruning of specific hippocampal mossy fiber and pyramidal axon branches. Both pruning events are defective in Plexin-A3 mutants, reflecting a cell-autonomous requirement for Plexin-A3. The distribution of mRNAs for Sema3F and Sema3A makes them candidates for triggering the pruning. In vitro, hippocampal neurons respond to semaphorins by retracting axon branches. These results implicate semaphorins as retraction inducers controlling stereotyped pruning in the mammalian brain.
AB - Like naturally occurring neuronal cell death, stereotyped pruning of long axon branches to temporary targets is a widespread regressive phenomenon in the developing mammalian brain that helps sculpt the pattern of neuronal connections. The mechanisms controlling stereotyped pruning are, however, poorly understood. Here, we provide evidence that semaphorins, activating the Plexin-A3 receptor, function as retraction inducers to trigger-stereotyped pruning of specific hippocampal mossy fiber and pyramidal axon branches. Both pruning events are defective in Plexin-A3 mutants, reflecting a cell-autonomous requirement for Plexin-A3. The distribution of mRNAs for Sema3F and Sema3A makes them candidates for triggering the pruning. In vitro, hippocampal neurons respond to semaphorins by retracting axon branches. These results implicate semaphorins as retraction inducers controlling stereotyped pruning in the mammalian brain.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0092-8674(03)00267-8
DO - 10.1016/S0092-8674(03)00267-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 12732138
AN - SCOPUS:0037509860
VL - 113
SP - 285
EP - 299
JO - Cell
JF - Cell
SN - 0092-8674
IS - 3
ER -