ナカムラ　フミオ   Fumio Nakamura   中村　史雄    所属   医学部 医学科    職種   教授・基幹分野長
論文種別	原著
言語種別	英語
査読の有無	査読あり
表題	Structural basis for CRMP2-induced axonal microtubule formation.
掲載誌名	正式名：Scientific Reports 略　 称：Sci Rep ISSNコード：20452322
掲載区分	国外
出版社	Nature Publishing Group
巻・号・頁	6(7),pp.10681
著者・共著者	Niwa S†, Nakamura F, Tomabechi Y, Aoki M, Shigematsu H, Matsumoto T, Yamagata A, Fukai S, Hirokawa N, Goshima Y, Shirouzu M, Nitta R*.
担当区分	2nd著者
発行年月	2017/09
概要	Microtubule associated protein Collapsin response mediator protein 2 (CRMP2) regulates neuronal polarity in developing neurons through interactions with tubulins or microtubules. However, how CRMP2 promotes axonal formation by affecting microtubule behavior remains unknown. This study aimed to obtain the structural basis for CRMP2-tubulin/microtubule interaction in the course of axonogenesis. The X-ray structural studies indicated that the main interface to the soluble tubulin-dimer is the last helix H19 of CRMP2 that is distinct from the known C-terminal tail-mediated interaction with assembled microtubules. In vitro structural and functional studies also suggested that the H19-mediated interaction promoted the rapid formation of GTP-state microtubules directly, which is an important feature of the axon. Consistently, the H19 mutants disturbed axon elongation in chick neurons, and failed to authorize the structural features for axonal microtubules in Caenorhabditis elegans. Thus, CRMP2 induces effective axonal microtubule formation through H19-mediated interactions with a soluble tubulin-dimer allowing axonogenesis to proceed.
DOI	10.1038/s41598-017-11031-4.