RGD Reference Report - Dual specificity phosphatase 15 regulates Erk activation in Schwann cells. - Rat Genome Database

RGD Reference Report - Dual specificity phosphatase 15 regulates Erk activation in Schwann cells. - Rat Genome Database

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Dual specificity phosphatase 15 regulates Erk activation in Schwann cells.
Authors:	Rodríguez-Molina, José F Lopez-Anido, Camila Ma, Ki H Zhang, Chongyu Olson, Tyler Muth, Katharina N Weider, Matthias Svaren, John
Citation:	Rodríguez-Molina JF, etal., J Neurochem. 2017 Feb;140(3):368-382. doi: 10.1111/jnc.13911. Epub 2017 Jan 9.
RGD ID:	12903239
Pubmed:	PMID:27891578 (View Abstract at PubMed)
PMCID:	PMC5250571 (View Article at PubMed Central)
DOI:	DOI:10.1111/jnc.13911 (Journal Full-text)
Schwann cells and oligodendrocytes are the myelinating cells of the peripheral and central nervous system, respectively. Despite having different myelin components and different transcription factors driving their terminal differentiation there are shared molecular mechanisms between the two. Sox10 is one common transcription factor required for several steps in development of myelinating glia. However, other factors are divergent as Schwann cells need the transcription factor early growth response 2/Krox20 and oligodendrocytes require Myrf. Likewise, some signaling pathways, like the Erk1/2 kinases, are necessary in both cell types for proper myelination. Nonetheless, the molecular mechanisms that control this shared signaling pathway in myelinating cells remain only partially characterized. The hypothesis of this study is that signaling pathways that are similarly regulated in both Schwann cells and oligodendrocytes play central roles in coordinating the differentiation of myelinating glia. To address this hypothesis, we have used genome-wide binding data to identify a relatively small set of genes that are similarly regulated by Sox10 in myelinating glia. We chose one such gene encoding Dual specificity phosphatase 15 (Dusp15) for further analysis in Schwann cell signaling. RNA interference and gene deletion by genome editing in cultured RT4 and primary Schwann cells showed Dusp15 is necessary for full activation of Erk1/2 phosphorylation. In addition, we show that Dusp15 represses expression of several myelin genes, including myelin basic protein. The data shown here support a mechanism by which early growth response 2 activates myelin genes, but also induces a negative feedback loop through Dusp15 to limit over-expression of myelin genes.

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Term	Qualifier	Evidence	With	Reference	Notes	Source	Original Reference(s)
negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II	involved_in	IMP		12903239	PMID:27891578	UniProt
positive regulation of ERK1 and ERK2 cascade	involved_in	IMP		12903239	PMID:27891578	UniProt

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Genes (Rattus norvegicus)

Dusp15 (dual specificity phosphatase 15)

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