RGD Reference Report - The PTN-PTPRZ signal activates the AFAP1L2-dependent PI3K-AKT pathway for oligodendrocyte differentiation: Targeted inactivation of PTPRZ activity in mice. - Rat Genome Database

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The PTN-PTPRZ signal activates the AFAP1L2-dependent PI3K-AKT pathway for oligodendrocyte differentiation: Targeted inactivation of PTPRZ activity in mice.

Authors: Tanga, Naomi  Kuboyama, Kazuya  Kishimoto, Ayako  Kiyonari, Hiroshi  Shiraishi, Aki  Suzuki, Ryoko  Watanabe, Toshio  Fujikawa, Akihiro  Noda, Masaharu 
Citation: Tanga N, etal., Glia. 2019 May;67(5):967-984. doi: 10.1002/glia.23583. Epub 2019 Jan 22.
RGD ID: 14397553
Pubmed: PMID:30667096   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1002/glia.23583   (Journal Full-text)

Protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor type Z (PTPRZ) maintains oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) in an undifferentiated state. The inhibition of PTPase by its ligand pleiotrophin (PTN) promotes OPC differentiation; however, the substrate molecules of PTPRZ involved in the differentiation have not yet been elucidated in detail. We herein demonstrated that the tyrosine phosphorylation of AFAP1L2, paxillin, ERBB4, GIT1, p190RhoGAP, and NYAP2 was enhanced in OPC-like OL1 cells by a treatment with PTN. AFAP1L2, an adaptor protein involved in the PI3K-AKT pathway, exhibited the strongest response to PTN. PTPRZ dephosphorylated AFAP1L2 at tyrosine residues in vitro and in HEK293T cells. In OL1 cells, the knockdown of AFAP1L2 or application of a PI3K inhibitor suppressed cell differentiation as well as the PTN-induced phosphorylation of AKT and mTOR. We generated a knock-in mouse harboring a catalytically inactive Cys to Ser (CS) mutation in the PTPase domain. The phosphorylation levels of AFAP1L2, AKT, and mTOR were higher, and the expression of oligodendrocyte markers, including myelin basic protein (MBP) and myelin regulatory factor (MYRF), was stronger in CS knock-in brains than in wild-type brains on postnatal day 10; however, these differences mostly disappeared in the adult stage. Adult CS knock-in mice exhibited earlier remyelination after cuprizone-induced demyelination through the accelerated differentiation of OPCs. These phenotypes in CS knock-in mice were similar to those in Ptprz-deficient mice. Therefore, we conclude that the PTN-PTPRZ signal stimulates OPC differentiation partly by enhancing the tyrosine phosphorylation of AFAP1L2 in order to activate the PI3K-AKT pathway.

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Biological Process
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
positive regulation of oligodendrocyte differentiation involved_inIMP 14397553PMID:30667096UniProt 

Molecular Function
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
phosphatase activity enablesIMP 14397553PMID:30667096UniProt 
protein binding enablesIPIUniProtKB:Q5DTU014397553PMID:30667096UniProt 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Ptprz1  (protein tyrosine phosphatase, receptor type Z1)


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