Role of actin filaments in the axonal transport of microtubules

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 50, 2004, Pages 11291-11301

  Hasaka, Thomas P ^a   Myers, Kenneth A ^a   Baas, Peter W ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Axon; Microtubule; Microtubule assembly; Microtubule transport; Neuron

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROTUBULE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CELL POLARITY; CELLS, CULTURED; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; NEURONS; RATS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION;

EID: 10644222072     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3443-04.2004     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Abal M, Piel M, Bouckson-Castaing V, Mogensen M, Sibarita J, Bornens M (2002) Microtubule release from the centrosome in migrating cells. J Cell Biol 159:731-737.
2. Ahmad FJ, Baas PW (1995) Microtubules released from the neuronal centrosome are transported into the axon. J Cell Sci 108:2761-2769.
3. Ahmad FJ, Echeverri CJ, Vallee RB, Baas PW (1998) Cytoplasmic dynein and dynactin are required for the transport of microtubules into the axon. J Cell Biol 140:391-401.
4. Ahmad FJ, Hughey J, Wittmann T, Hyman A, Greaser M, Baas PW (2000) Motor proteins regulate force interactions between microtubules and microfilaments in the axon. Nat Cell Biol 2:276-280.
5. Baas PW (1999) Microtubules and neuronal polarity: lessons from mitosis. Neuron 22:23-31.
6. Baas PW, Ahmad FJ (1993) The transport properties of axonal microtubules establish their polarity orientation. J Cell Biol 120:1427-1437.
7. Baas PW, Black MM (1990) Individual microtubules in the axon consist of domains that differ in both composition and stability. J Cell Biol 111:495-509.
8. Baas PW, Buster DW (2004) Slow axonal transport and the genesis of neuronal morphology. J Neurobiol 58:3-17.
9. Bearer EL, Reese TS (1999) Association of actin filaments with axonal microtubule tracts. J Neurocytol 28:85-98.
10. Carvalho P, Tirnauer JS, Pellman D (2003) Surfing on microtubule ends. Trends Cell Biol 13:229-237.
11. Dent EW, Kalil K (2001) Axon branching requires interactions between dynamic microtubules and actin filaments. J Neurosci 21:9757-9769.
12. Dent EW, Callaway JL, Szebenyi G, Baas PW, Kalil K (1999) Reorganization and movement of microtubules in axonal growth cones and developing interstitial branches. J Neurosci 19:8894-8908.
13. Dillman III JF, Dabney LP, Karki S, Paschal BM, Holzbaur EL, Pfister KK (1996) Functional analysis of dynactin and cytoplasmic dynein in slow axonal transport. J Neurosci 16:6742-6752.
14. Gallo G, Letourneau PC (1999) Different contributions of microtubule dynamics and transport to the growth of axons and collateral sprouts. J Neurosci 19:3860-3873.
15. Gordon-Weeks PR (2004) Microtubules and growth cone function. J Neurobiol 58:70-83.
16. Haque SA, Hasaka TP, Brooks AD, Lobanov PV, Baas PW (2004) Monastrol, a prototype anti-cancer drug that inhibits a mitotic kinesin, induces rapid bursts of axonal outgrowth from cultured postmitotic neurons. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton 58:10-16.
17. He Y, Baas PW (2003) Growing and working with peripheral neurons. Methods Cell Biol 71:17-35.
18. He Y, Yu W, Baas PW (2002) Microtubule reconfiguration during axonal retraction induced by nitric oxide. J Neurosci 22:5982-5991.
19. Karabay A, Yu W, Solowska JM, Baird DH, Baas PW (2004) Axonal growth is sensitive to the levels of Katanin, a protein that severs microtubules. J Neurosci 24:5778-5788.
20. Keating TJ, Peloquin JG, Rodionov VI, Momcilovic D, Borisy GG (1997) Microtubule release from the centrosome. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 94:5078-5083.
21. Krylyshkina O, Anderson KI, Kaverina I, Upmann I, Manstein DJ, Small JV, Toomre DK (2003) Nanometer targeting of microtubules to focal adhesions. J Cell Biol 161:853-859.
22. Lasek RJ (1986) Polymer sliding in axons. J Cell Sci Suppl 5:161-179.
23. Lee H, Van Vactor D (2003) Neurons take shape. Curr Biol 13:R152-R161.
24. Lee S, Kolodziej PA (2002) Short Stop provides an essential link between f-actin and microtubules during axon extension. Development 129:1195-1204.
25. Lim SS, Sammak PJ, Borisy GG (1989) Progressive and spatially differentiated stability of microtubules in developing neuronal cells. J Cell Biol 109:253-263.
26. Ma Y, Shakiryanova D, Vardya I, Popov SV (2004) Quantitative analysis of microtubule transport in growing nerve processes. Curr Biol 14:725-730.
27. Nakagawa H, Koyama K, Murata Y, Morito M, Akiyama T, Nakamura Y (2000) EB3, a novel member of the EB1 family preferentially expressed in the central nervous system, binds to a CNS-specific APC homologue. Oncogene 19:210-221.
28. Ozer RS, Halpain S (2000) Phosphorylation-dependent localization of microtubule-associated protein MAP2c to the actin cytoskeleton. Mol Biol Cell 11:3573-3587.
29. Pfister KK (1999) Cytoplasmic dynein and microtubule transport in the axon: the actin connection. Mol Neurobiol 20:81-91.
30. Rochlin MW, Dailey ME, Bridgman PC (1999) Polymerizing microtubules activate site-directed F-actin assembly in nerve growth cones. Mol Biol Cell 10:2309-2327.
31. Sammak PJ, Borisy GG (1988) Direct observation of microtubule dynamics in living cells. Nature 332:724-726.
32. Schaefer AW, Kabir N, Forscher P (2002) Filopodia and actin arcs guide the assembly and transport of two populations of microtubules with unique dynamic parameters in neuronal growth cones. J Cell Biol 158:139-152.
33. Sharp DJ, Kuriyama R, Essner R, Baas PW (1997) Expression of a minus-end-directed motor protein induces Sf9 cells to form axon-like processes with uniform microtubule polarity orientation. J Cell Sci 110:2373-2380.
34. Slaughter T, Wang J, Black MM (1997) Microtubule transport from the cell body into the axons of growing neurons. J Neurosci 17:5807-5819.
35. Stepanova T, Slemmer J, Hoogenraad CC, Lansbergen G, Dortland B, De Zeeuw CI, Grosveld F, van Cappellen G, Akhmanova A, Galjart N (2003) Visualization of microtubule growth in cultured neurons via the use of EB3-GFP (End-Binding Protein 3-Green Fluorescent Protein). J Neurosci 23:2655-2664.
36. Tang D, Goldberg DJ (2000) Bundling of microtubules in the growth cone induced by laminin. Mol Cell Neurosci 15:303-313.
37. Vallee RB, Bloom GS (1991) Mechanisms of fast and slow axonal transport. Annu Rev Neurosci 14:59-92.
38. Vallee RB, Williams JC, Varma D, Barnhart LE (2004) Dynein: an ancient motor protein involved in multiple modes of transport. J Neurobiol 58:189-200.
39. Wang L, Brown A (2002) Rapid movement of microtubules in axons. Curr Biol 12:1496-1501.
40. Yu W, Baas PW (1994) Changes in microtubule number and length during axon differentiation. J Neurosci 14:2818-2829.
41. Yu W, Ling C, Baas PW (2001) Microtubule reconfiguration during axogenesis. J Neurocytol 30:861-875.
42. Zhou F, Waterman-Storer CM, Cohan CS (2002) Focal loss of actin bundles causes microtubule redistribution and growth cone turning. J Cell Biol 157:839-849.
43. Zmuda JF, Rivas RJ (2000) Actin disruption alters the localization of tau in the growth cones of cerebellar granule neurons. J Cell Sci 113:2797-2809.