Journal article
Structure and expression of proteolipid protein in the peripheral nervous system
Journal of neuroscience research, Vol.31(2), pp.231-244
1992
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.490310204
PMID: 1374129
Abstract
Proteolipid protein (PLP), the major myelin protein in the central nervous system (CNS), is also made by Schwann cells (SC) in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) but is not incorporated into the SC myelin sheath. We analyzed several PLP cDNA clones isolated from a rat sciatic nerve cDNA library and found that their coding sequences were identical to PLP cDNAs previously isolated from the CNS. In addition, we have discovered an unusual form of PLP message, present in both brain and sciatic nerve RNA, that is likely formed by alternative splicing within the 3' untranslated region of the primary PLP transcript. The absence of PLP from the SC myelin sheath thus cannot be explained by an alteration in its amino acid sequence. Steady-state levels of PLP mRNA in SC cultures treated with the cAMP analogue dibutyryl cAMP (dBcAMP) were not increased, whereas dBcAMP increased steady-state levels of mRNA encoding the major myelin protein, P0. We have also shown that expression of PLP, unlike that of P0, is regulated in SC in vitro at a posttranscriptional level. Finally, the steady-state levels of P0 mRNA are much more dramatically reduced than those of PLP mRNA during Wallerian degeneration of the peripheral nerve. Thus PLP expression in the PNS is probably controlled by different molecular mechanisms from P0, and may not be part of the coordinate program of myelin gene expression. In contrast to its expression in the PNS, transcription of PLP in the CNS is coordinately regulated along with the other myelin protein genes, suggesting there may be differences in the cis-acting elements and transacting factors involved in the regulation of PLP transcription in SC and oligodendrocytes (OC). Consistent with this notion, we have found that most PLP transcripts are initiated at the more proximal of two start sites in the PNS, while in the CNS proportionally more PLP transcripts are initiated from the distal start site. We propose that the proximal site, utilized predominantly in SC, is responsible for maintenance expression of PLP and is not inducible, while the distal site is responsible for the rapid, inducible increase of PLP message during brain development.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Structure and expression of proteolipid protein in the peripheral nervous system
- Creators
- J KAMHOLZ - Univ. Pennsylvania, dep. neurology, Philadelphia PA, United StatesM SESSA - Univ. Pennsylvania, dep. neurology, Philadelphia PA, United StatesS SCHERER - Univ. Pennsylvania, dep. neurology, Philadelphia PA, United StatesH VOGELBACKER - Univ. Pennsylvania, dep. neurology, Philadelphia PA, United StatesK MOKUNO - Univ. Pennsylvania, dep. neurology, Philadelphia PA, United StatesP BARON - Univ. Pennsylvania, dep. neurology, Philadelphia PA, United StatesL WRABETZ - Univ. Pennsylvania, dep. neurology, Philadelphia PA, United StatesM SHY - Univ. Pennsylvania, dep. neurology, Philadelphia PA, United StatesD PLEASURE - Univ. Pennsylvania, dep. neurology, Philadelphia PA, United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of neuroscience research, Vol.31(2), pp.231-244
- Publisher
- Wiley-Liss; New York, NY
- DOI
- 10.1002/jnr.490310204
- PMID
- 1374129
- ISSN
- 0360-4012
- eISSN
- 1097-4547
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1992
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Psychiatry; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984013114002771
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