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Article Dans Une Revue Development (Cambridge, England) Année : 2016

Syk kinases are required for spinal commissural axon repulsion at the midline via the ephrin/Eph pathway

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In the hematopoietic system, Syk family tyrosine kinases are essential components of immunoreceptor ITAM-based signaling. While there is increasing data indicating the involvement of immunoreceptors in neural functions, the contribution of Syk kinases remains obscure. Previously, we identified phosphorylated forms of Syk kinases in specialized populations of migrating neurons or projecting axons. Moreover, we identified ephrin/Eph as guidance molecules utilizing the ITAM-bearing CD3zeta (Cd247) and associated Syk kinases for the growth cone collapse response induced in vitro. Here, we show that in the developing spinal cord, Syk is phosphorylated in navigating commissural axons. By analyzing axon trajectories in open-book preparations of Syk[−/−] ; Zap70[−/−] mouse embryos, we show that Syk kinases are dispensable for attraction towards the midline but confer growth cone responsiveness to repulsive signals that expel commissural axons from the midline. Known to serve a repulsive function at the midline, ephrin B3/EphB2 are obvious candidates for driving the Syk-dependent repulsive response. Indeed, Syk kinases were found to be required for ephrin B3-induced growth cone collapse in cultured commissural neurons. In fragments of commissural neuron-enriched tissues, Syk is in a constitutively phosphorylated state and ephrin B3 decreased its level of phosphorylation. Direct pharmacological inhibition of Syk kinase activity was sufficient to induce growth cone collapse. In conclusion, Syk kinases act as a molecular switch of growth cone adhesive and repulsive responses.
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inserm-02162062 , version 1 (21-06-2019)

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Nelly Noraz, Iness Jaaoini, Camille Charoy, Chantal Watrin, Naura Chounlamountri, et al.. Syk kinases are required for spinal commissural axon repulsion at the midline via the ephrin/Eph pathway. Development (Cambridge, England), 2016, 143 (12), pp.2183-2193. ⟨10.1242/dev.128629⟩. ⟨inserm-02162062⟩
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