SUMMARY:
Demyelinating CMT might be caused by defective endosomal trafficking of internalized cell surface receptors.
TITLE:
Disruption of endosomal sorting in Schwann cells leads to defective myelination and endosomal abnormalities observed in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
DESCRIPTION:
Endosomal sorting plays a fundamental role in directing neural development. By altering the temporal and spatial distribution of membrane receptors, endosomes regulate signaling pathways that control the differentiation and function of neural cells. Several genes linked to inherited demyelinating peripheral neuropathies, known as Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), encode proteins that directly interact with components of the endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT). Our previous…
CONTENT:
J Neurosci. 2022 May 18:JN-RM-2481-21. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2481-21.2022. Online ahead of print.
ABSTRACT
Endosomal sorting plays a fundamental role in directing neural development. By altering the temporal and spatial distribution of membrane receptors, endosomes regulate signaling pathways that control the differentiation and function of neural cells. Several genes linked to inherited demyelinating peripheral neuropathies, known as Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), encode proteins that directly interact with components of the endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT). Our previous studies demonstrated that a point mutation in the ESCRT component hepatocyte growth factor-regulated tyrosine kinase substrate (HGS), an endosomal scaffolding protein that identifies internalized cargo to be sorted by the endosome, causes a peripheral neuropathy in the neurodevelopmentally-impaired teetering mice. Here, we constructed a Schwann cell-specific deletion of Hgs to determine the role of endosomal sorting during myelination. Inactivation of HGS in Schwann cells resulted in motor and sensory deficits, slowed nerve conduction velocities, delayed myelination and hypomyelinated axons, all of which occur in demyelinating forms of CMT. Consistent with a delay in Schwann cell maturation, HGS-deficient sciatic nerves displayed increased mRNA levels for several promyelinating genes and decreased mRNA levels for genes that serve as markers of myelinating Schwann cells. Loss of HGS also altered the abundance and activation of the ERBB2/3 receptors which are essential for Schwann cell development. We therefore hypothesize that HGS plays a critical role in endosomal sorting of the ERBB2/3 receptors during Schwann cell maturation, which further implicates endosomal dysfunction in inherited peripheral neuropathies.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Schwann cells myelinate peripheral axons, and defects in Schwann cell function cause inherited demyelinating peripheral neuropathies known as CMT. Although many CMT-linked mutations are in genes that encode putative endosomal proteins, little is known about the requirements of endosomal sorting during myelination. In this study, we demonstrate that loss of HGS disrupts the endosomal sorting pathway in Schwann cells, resulting in hypomyelination, aberrant myelin sheaths, and impairment of the ERBB2/3 receptor pathway. These findings suggest that defective endosomal trafficking of internalized cell surface receptors may be a common mechanism contributing to demyelinating CMT.
PMID:35589390 | DOI:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2481-21.2022
SOURCE:
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience
TAGS:
Demyelinating CMT
CATEGORY:
Research
SUBCATEGORY:
n/a
DATE – PUBLISHED:
2022-05-23T16:23:15Z
DATE – DOI: 2022-05-23T16:23:15Z
DATE – PUBMED: 2022 May 18
DATE OUTPUT MATCHED: True
DATE – ADDED:
Thu, 19 May 2022 06:00:00 -0400
DATE – RETRIEVED:
06/15/22 02:48AM
2022-06-15T02:48:52-04:00
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IDENTIFIER:
pmid:35589390,doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2481-21.2022
PUBMED ID:
pubmed:35589390
DOI:
10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2481-21.2022
LINK – PUBMED:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35589390/
LINK – DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2481-21.2022
LINK – PUBLISHER:
https://www.jneurosci.org/lookup/doi/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2481-21.2022
REFERENCES:
CMT Treatment Report, Urgent Research, 2022-06-15T02:48:52-04:00, https://www.cmttreatmentreport.com.
