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Published 26 November 2001. doi:10.1083/jcb.200109026
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© The Rockefeller University Press, 0021-9525/2001/11/739 $5.00
The Journal of Cell Biology, Volume 155, Number 5, November 26, 2001 739-746


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Ankyrin-G coordinates assembly of the spectrin-based membrane skeleton, voltage-gated sodium channels, and L1 CAMs at Purkinje neuron initial segments



Scott M. Jenkins and Vann Bennett

Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Biochemistry and Department Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710

Address correspondence to Scott Jenkins, Box 3892, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710. Tel.: (919) 684-3105. Fax: (919) 684-3590. E-mail: s.jenkins{at}cellbio.duke.edu

The axon initial segment is an excitable membrane highly enriched in voltage-gated sodium channels that integrates neuronal inputs and initiates action potentials. This study identifies Nav1.6 as the voltage-gated sodium channel isoform at mature Purkinje neuron initial segments and reports an essential role for ankyrin-G in coordinating the physiological assembly of Nav1.6, ßIV spectrin, and the L1 cell adhesion molecules (L1 CAMs) neurofascin and NrCAM at initial segments of cerebellar Purkinje neurons. Ankyrin-G and ßIV spectrin appear at axon initial segments by postnatal day 2, whereas L1 CAMs and Nav1.6 are not fully assembled at continuous high density along axon initial segments until postnatal day 9. L1 CAMs and Nav1.6 therefore do not initiate protein assembly at initial segments. ßIV spectrin, Nav1.6, and L1 CAMs are not clustered in adult Purkinje neuron initial segments of mice lacking cerebellar ankyrin-G. These results support the conclusion that ankyrin-G coordinates the physiological assembly of a protein complex containing transmembrane adhesion molecules, voltage-gated sodium channels, and the spectrin membrane skeleton at axon initial segments.

Key Words: ßIV spectrin; sodium channel Nav1.6; neurofascin; NrCAM; axon hillock


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