A Molecular Mechanism Regulating the Timing of Corticogeniculate Innervation

dc.contributor.authorBrooks, Justin M.en
dc.contributor.authorSu, Jianminen
dc.contributor.authorLevy, Carlen
dc.contributor.authorWang, Jessica S.en
dc.contributor.authorSeabrook, Tania A.en
dc.contributor.authorGuido, Williamen
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-19T18:32:02Zen
dc.date.available2018-11-19T18:32:02Zen
dc.date.issued2013-11-14en
dc.description.abstractNeural circuit formation demands precise timing of innervation by different classes of axons. However, the mechanisms underlying such activity remain largely unknown. In the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN), axons from the retina and visual cortex innervate thalamic relay neurons in a highly coordinated manner, with those from the cortex arriving well after those from retina. The differential timing of retino- and corticogeniculate innervation is not a coincidence but is orchestrated by retinal inputs. Here, we identified a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (CSPG) that regulates the timing of corticogeniculate innervation. Aggrecan, a repulsive CSPG, is enriched in neonatal dLGN and inhibits cortical axons from prematurely entering the dLGN. Postnatal loss of aggrecan from dLGN coincides with upregulation of aggrecanase expression in the dLGN and corticogeniculate innervation and, it is important to note, is regulated by retinal inputs. Taken together, these studies reveal a molecular mechanism through which one class of axons coordinates the temporal targeting of another class of axons.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Institutes of Healthen
dc.description.sponsorshipNIH: EY012716en
dc.description.sponsorshipNIH: EY021222en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2013.09.041en
dc.identifier.issue3en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/85884en
dc.identifier.volume5en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.titleA Molecular Mechanism Regulating the Timing of Corticogeniculate Innervationen
dc.title.serialCell Reportsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypetexten

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