Sema3A Facilitates a Retrograde Death Signal via CRMP4-Dynein Complex Formation in ALS Motor Axons
PERLSON, E.; Maimon, R.; Ankol, L.; Weissova, R.; Tank, E.; Gradus, T.; Opatowsky, Y.; Barmada, S.; Balastik, M.
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease with selective dysfunction; it causes the death of motor neurons (MNs). In spite of some progress, currently no effective treatment is available for ALS. Before such treatment can be developed, a more thorough understanding of ALS pathogenesis is required. Recently, we demonstrated that ALS-mutated muscles contribute to ALS pathology via secretion of destabilizing factors such as Sema3A; these factors trigger axon degeneration and Neuromuscular Junction (NMJ) disruption. Here, we focus on the molecular mechanism by which muscle contribute to MNs loss in ALS. We identified CRMP4 as part of a retrograde death signal generated in response to muscle-secreted Sema3A, in ALS-diseased MNs. Exposing distal axons to Sema3A induces CRMP4-dynein complex formation and MN loss in both mouse (SOD1G93A) and human-derived (C9orf72) ALS models. Introducing peptides that interfere with CRMP4-dynein interaction in MN axons profoundly reduces Sema3A-dependent MN loss. Thus, we discovered a novel retrograde death signal mechanism underlying MN loss in ALS.\n\nSummaryMaimon et al. identify a novel retrograde death mechanism that contribute to MN loss in ALS, in which CRMP4-Dynein complex is form and retrogradely move along the axon.
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