PMID- 33444672 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210429 LR - 20210429 IS - 1872-7972 (Electronic) IS - 0304-3940 (Linking) VI - 746 DP - 2021 Feb 16 TI - Vitronectin regulates the axon specification of mouse cerebellar granule cell precursors via alphavbeta5 integrin in the differentiation stage. PG - 135648 LID - S0304-3940(21)00026-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.neulet.2021.135648 [doi] AB - Vitronectin, an extracellular matrix protein, controls the differentiation of cerebellar granule cell precursors (CGCPs) via alphavbeta5 integrin, particularly in the initial stage of differentiation to granule cells. In this study, we determined whether vitronectin regulates axon specification in this initial differentiation stage of CGCPs. First, we analyzed whether vitronectin deficiency, beta5 integrin knockdown (KD), and beta5 integrin overexpression affect axon specification of primary cultured CGCPs. Vitronectin deficiency and beta5 integrin KD inhibited axon formation, while vitronectin administrated- and beta5 integrin overexpressed-neurons formed multiple axons. Moreover, KD of beta5 integrin suppressed vitronectin-induced multiple axon formation. These findings indicate that vitronectin contributes to regulating axon specification via alphavbeta5 integrin in CGCPs. Next, we determined the signaling pathway involved in regulating vitronectin-induced axon specification. Wortmannin, an inhibitor of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), inhibited vitronectin-induced multiple axon specification, and lithium chloride, an inhibitor of glyocogen synthase kinase 3 beta (GSK3beta), attenuated the inhibitory effect of vitronectin-KO and beta5 integrin KD on the specification of CGCPs. In addition, vitronectin induced the phosphorylation of protein kinase B (Akt) and GSK3beta in neuroblastoma Neuro2a cells. Taken together, our results indicate that vitronectin plays an important factor in axon formation process in CGCPs via a beta5 integrin/PI3K/GSK3beta pathway. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Oishi, Yuko AU - Oishi Y AD - Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Institute for Human Life Innovation, Ochanomizu University, Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Hashimoto, Kei AU - Hashimoto K AD - Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Institute for Human Life Innovation, Ochanomizu University, Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Abe, Ayaka AU - Abe A AD - Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Institute for Human Life Innovation, Ochanomizu University, Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Kuroda, Maho AU - Kuroda M AD - Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Institute for Human Life Innovation, Ochanomizu University, Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Fujii, Ai AU - Fujii A AD - Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Institute for Human Life Innovation, Ochanomizu University, Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Miyamoto, Yasunori AU - Miyamoto Y AD - Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Institute for Human Life Innovation, Ochanomizu University, Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: miyamoto.yasunori@ocha.ac.jp. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210111 PL - Ireland TA - Neurosci Lett JT - Neuroscience letters JID - 7600130 RN - 0 (Receptors, Vitronectin) RN - 0 (Vitronectin) RN - 0 (integrin alphaVbeta5) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Axons/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Cell Differentiation/drug effects/*physiology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cerebellum/cytology/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Neural Stem Cells/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Pregnancy MH - Receptors, Vitronectin/*metabolism MH - Vitronectin/*metabolism/pharmacology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Axon specification OT - Cerebellar granule cell OT - GSK3 OT - Integrin OT - PI3K OT - Vitronectin EDAT- 2021/01/15 06:00 MHDA- 2021/04/30 06:00 CRDT- 2021/01/14 20:11 PHST- 2020/02/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/12/12 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/01/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/01/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/04/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/01/14 20:11 [entrez] AID - S0304-3940(21)00026-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neulet.2021.135648 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurosci Lett. 2021 Feb 16;746:135648. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2021.135648. Epub 2021 Jan 11.