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© The Rockefeller University Press, 0021-9525/2000//1443 $5.00
The Journal of Cell Biology, Volume 149, Number 7, , 2000 1443-1454

Original Article

Shared and Unique Roles of Cap23 and Gap43 in Actin Regulation, Neurite Outgrowth, and Anatomical Plasticity



Dunja Freya, Thorsten Lauxa, Lan Xua, Corinna Schneidera, and Pico Caronia

a Friedrich Miescher Institute, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland
Friedrich Miescher Institute, Maulbeerstrasse 66, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland.41-61-697-397641-61-697-3727

caroni{at}fmi.ch

CAP23 is a major cortical cytoskeleton–associated and calmodulin binding protein that is widely and abundantly expressed during development, maintained in selected brain structures in the adult, and reinduced during nerve regeneration. Overexpression of CAP23 in adult neurons of transgenic mice promotes nerve sprouting, but the role of this protein in process outgrowth was not clear. Here, we show that CAP23 is functionally related to GAP43, and plays a critical role to regulate nerve sprouting and the actin cytoskeleton. Knockout mice lacking CAP23 exhibited a pronounced and complex phenotype, including a defect to produce stimulus-induced nerve sprouting at the adult neuromuscular junction. This sprouting deficit was rescued by transgenic overexpression of either CAP23 or GAP43 in adult motoneurons. Knockin mice expressing GAP43 instead of CAP23 were essentially normal, indicating that, although these proteins do not share homologous sequences, GAP43 can functionally substitute for CAP23 in vivo. Cultured sensory neurons lacking CAP23 exhibited striking alterations in neurite outgrowth that were phenocopied by low doses of cytochalasin D. A detailed analysis of such cultures revealed common and unique functions of CAP23 and GAP43 on the actin cytoskeleton and neurite outgrowth. The results provide compelling experimental evidence for the notion that CAP23 and GAP43 are functionally related intrinsic determinants of anatomical plasticity, and suggest that these proteins function by locally promoting subplasmalemmal actin cytoskeleton accumulation.

Key Words: neurite outgrowth • neuromuscular junction • synaptic plasticity • actin dynamics • nerve sprouting

© 2000 The Rockefeller University Press

Abbreviations used in this paper: BotA, botulinum toxin A; DRG, dorsal root ganglion; ED, effector domain; nmj, neuromuscular junction; PKC, protein kinase C; tSC, terminal Schwann cell.


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