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A neuronal PI(3,4,5)P 3 -dependent program of oligodendrocyte precursor recruitment and myelination

  • Sandra Goebbels
  • , Georg L. Wieser
  • , Alexander Pieper
  • , Sonia Spitzer
  • , Bettina Weege
  • , Kuo Yan
  • , Julia M. Edgar
  • , Oleksandr Yagensky
  • , Sven P. Wichert
  • , Amit Agarwal
  • , Khalad Karram
  • , Nicolas Renier
  • , Marc Tessier-Lavigne
  • , Moritz J. Rossner
  • , Ragnhildur Thóra Káradóttir
  • , Klaus Armin Nave

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Abstract

The molecular trigger of CNS myelination is unknown. By targeting Pten in cerebellar granule cells and activating the AKT1-mTOR pathway, we increased the caliber of normally unmyelinated axons and the expression of numerous genes encoding regulatory proteins. This led to the expansion of genetically wild-type oligodendrocyte progenitor cells, oligodendrocyte differentiation and de novo myelination of parallel fibers. Thus, a neuronal program dependent on the phosphoinositide PI(3,4,5)P 3 is sufficient to trigger all steps of myelination.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)10-15
Number of pages6
JournalNature Neuroscience
Volume20
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2017

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