Morphogenic Versus Mitogenic Roles Of Shh Are Segregated On Distinct Exosomes Regulated By Cellular Rab7 Levels
Walvekar, A.; Pandey, S.; Kamat, S.; Damodar, S.; Ladher, R. K.; Vyas, N.
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The secreted signaling molecule, Sonic hedgehog (Shh) is involved in patterning and growth of various embryonic tissues across species. This lipid-anchored protein is secreted on extracellular vesicles to activate signaling. Shh has two functions during spinal cord development, acting as a morphogen to pattern the ventral neural tube and a mitogen to maintain neural progenitors. Here, we find that these activities are segregated on to two distinct pools of exosomes. Shh secreted on a classical exosomal pool (Shh-P150) is able to activate ventral threshold targets in the neural tube. In contrast, the mitogenic activity, is elicited by a lighter exosomal pool (Shh-P450). We further show that cellular environment plays a major role in regulating the biogenesis of P150 versus P450 by modulating Rab7 levels. We find that active Rab7 is necessary for ventral neural tube patterning through the regulation of Shh-P150 secretion. The cellular mechanisms involved in packaging and secretion of Shh with different partners on P150 or P450 pools may be more general, enabling the separation of functional activities of signaling molecules during development and disease.
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