The POU gene Brn-5 is induced by neuregulin and is restricted to myelinating Schwann cells

Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences
R WuD E Weinstein

Abstract

The POU family of transcription factors plays a vital role in controlling cell-fate determination and the timing of cellular events in a number of tissues, including the nervous system. One such POU protein, SCIP, is expressed by Schwann cells in a tightly delimited developmental window termed promyelination. In the PNS, promyelination is functionally defined as the period following Schwann cell exit from the cell-cycle, but prior to the onset of myelination. Previous transgenic and gene ablation studies have shown that SCIP is a myelin-competence factor in the Schwann cell, where it is required for entry into, and the subsequent maintenance of promyelination. To further understand the molecular biology of the promyelination-to-myelination transition in the Schwann cell, we have undertaken a series of DDRTPCR studies to identify genes that are expressed during this phenotypic flux. Through these studies we have identified another POU gene, Brn-5, the expression of which has not previously been appreciated in the Schwann cell. Here we show that the developmental expression patterns of Brn-5 and SCIP are inverse, with Brn-5 stably expressed in the adult myelinating Schwann cell, but virtually absent during promyelination. Further...Continue Reading

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