Acceleration of Conduction Velocity Linked to Clustering of Nodal
Acceleration of conduction velocity linked to clustering PNAS PLUS of nodal components precedes myelination Sean A. Freemana,b,c,1, Anne Desmazièresa,b,c,1, Jean Simonneta,b,c, Marie Gattaa,b,c, Friederike Pfeiffera,b,c, Marie Stéphane Aigrota,b,c, Quentin Rappeneaua,b,c, Serge Guerreiroa,b,c, Patrick Pierre Michela,b,c, Yuchio Yanagawad,e, Gilles Barbina,b,c, Peter J. Brophyf, Desdemona Frickera,b,c, Catherine Lubetzkia,b,c,g,1,2, and Nathalie Sol-Foulona,b,c,1,2 aSorbonne Universités Université Pierre et Marie Curie University of Paris 06, UMR_S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle–Groupe Hospitalo-Universitaire Pitié-Salpêtrière, F-75013, Paris, France; bINSERM U1127, F-75013, Paris, France; cCNRS UMR7225, F-75013, Paris, France; dDepartment of Genetic and Behavioral Neuroscience, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi 371-8511, Japan; eJapan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo 102-8666, Japan; fCentre for Neuroregeneration, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 ASB, United Kingdom; and gAssistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 75013, Paris, France Edited by William A. Catterall, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, and approved December 16, 2014 (received for review October 6, 2014) High-density accumulation of voltage-gated sodium (Nav) chan- Here, we have investigated the cellular and molecular mech- nels at nodes of Ranvier ensures rapid saltatory conduction along anisms underlying nodal protein assembly in hippocampal neu- myelinated axons. To gain insight into mechanisms of node assem- ron cultures. We first showed that evenly spaced clusters of Nav bly in the CNS, we focused on early steps of nodal protein cluster- channels, colocalizing with Nfasc186 and AnkG, are detected ing.
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