Neural cell adhesion molecules of the immunoglobulin superfamily mediate cellular interactions via homophilic binding to identical molecules and heterophilic binding to other family members or structurally unrelated cell-surface glycoproteins. Here we report on an interaction between axonin-1 and Nr-CAM/Bravo. In search for novel ligands of axonin-1, fluorescent polystyrene microspheres conjugated with axonin-1 were found to bind to peripheral glial cells from dorsal root ganglia. By antibody blockage experiments an axonin-1 receptor on the glial cells was identified as Nr-CAM. The specificity of the interaction was confirmed with binding studies using purified axonin-1 and Nr-CAM. In cultures of dissociated dorsal root ganglia antibodies against axonin-1 and Nr-CAM perturbed the formation of contacts between neurites and peripheral glial cells. Together, these results implicate a binding between axonin-1 of the neuritic and Nr-CAM of the glial cell membrane in the early phase of axon ensheathment in the peripheral nervous system.
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November 15 1995
Binding between the neural cell adhesion molecules axonin-1 and Nr-CAM/Bravo is involved in neuron-glia interaction.
D M Suter,
D M Suter
Institute of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
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G E Pollerberg,
G E Pollerberg
Institute of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
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A Buchstaller,
A Buchstaller
Institute of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
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R J Giger,
R J Giger
Institute of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
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W J Dreyer,
W J Dreyer
Institute of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
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P Sonderegger
P Sonderegger
Institute of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
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D M Suter
Institute of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
G E Pollerberg
Institute of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
A Buchstaller
Institute of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
R J Giger
Institute of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
W J Dreyer
Institute of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
P Sonderegger
Institute of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Online ISSN: 1540-8140
Print ISSN: 0021-9525
J Cell Biol (1995) 131 (4): 1067–1081.
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D M Suter, G E Pollerberg, A Buchstaller, R J Giger, W J Dreyer, P Sonderegger; Binding between the neural cell adhesion molecules axonin-1 and Nr-CAM/Bravo is involved in neuron-glia interaction.. J Cell Biol 15 November 1995; 131 (4): 1067–1081. doi: https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.131.4.1067
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