Developmental shift in expression of netrin receptors in the rat spinal cord: predominance of UNC-5 homologues in adulthood

Journal of Neuroscience Research
C ManittTimothy E Kennedy

Abstract

Netrins are a family of secreted proteins required for normal neural development. Netrin-1 is expressed at similar levels in the adult rat spinal cord and the embryonic CNS, suggesting that it contributes to adult CNS function. Here we show that the netrin receptors dcc, neogenin, unc5h1, unc5h2, and unc5h3 are also expressed in the adult rat spinal cord. Lower levels of DCC and neogenin were detected in the adult relative to the embryonic CNS. Conversely, the adult spinal cord contains increased levels of UNC-5 homologues in comparison with the embryo. Multiple mRNA transcripts detected by Northern blot analysis suggested that netrin receptors might be encoded by alternatively spliced mRNAs. We have identified a novel alternatively spliced mRNA encoding UNC5H1, UNC5H1(Delta)TSP1, which lacks the first of the two extracellular thrombospondin domains. This novel splice variant is the major transcript detected in the early embryonic CNS, although both splice variants are expressed in the adult. Previously identified alternatively spliced mRNAs encoding DCC and neogenin were also detected. Dcc, neogenin, unc5h1, unc5h2, and unc5h3 are expressed by subsets of neurons. Robust expression of unc5h2 was found in glia. These findings su...Continue Reading

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