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- Title
CRMP-2 regulates polarized Numb-mediated endocytosis for axon growth.
- Authors
Takashi Nishimura; Yuko Fukata; Katsuhiro Kato; Tomoya Yamaguchi; Yoshiharu Matsuura; Hiroyuki Kamiguchi; Kozo Kaibuchi
- Abstract
Axon growth during neural development is highly dependent on both cytoskeletal re-organization and polarized membrane trafficking. Previously, we demonstrated that collapsin response mediator protein-2 (CRMP-2) is critical for specifying axon/dendrite fate and axon growth in cultured hippocampal neurons, possibly by interacting with tubulin heterodimers and promoting microtubule assembly. Here, we identify Numb as a CRMP-2-interacting protein. Numb has been shown to interact with a-adaptin and to be involved in endocytosis. We found that Numb was associated with L1, a neuronal cell adhesion molecule that is endocytosed and recycled at the growth cone, where CRMP-2 and Numb were colocalized. Furthermore, expression of dominant-negative CRMP-2 mutants or knockdown of CRMP-2 message with small-interfering (si) RNA inhibited endocytosis of L1 at axonal growth cones and suppressed axon growth. These results suggest that in addition to regulating microtubule assembly, CRMP-2 is involved in polarized Numb-mediated endocytosis of proteins such as L1.
- Subjects
ENDOCYTOSIS; CYTOSKELETAL proteins; NEURONS
- Publication
Nature Cell Biology, 2003, Vol 5, Issue 9, p819
- ISSN
1465-7392
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/ncb1039