Nesca, a novel adapter, translocates to the nuclear envelope and regulates neurotrophin-induced neurite outgrowth
Open Access
- 15 March 2004
- journal article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of cell biology
- Vol. 164 (6) , 851-862
- https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.200309081
Abstract
We provide the first characterization of a novel signaling adapter, Nesca, in neurotrophic signal transduction. Nesca contains a RUN domain, a WW domain, a leucine zipper, a carboxyl-terminal SH3 domain, and several proline-rich regions. Nesca is highly expressed in the brain, is serine phosphorylated, and mobilizes from the cytoplasm to the nuclear membrane in response to neurotrophin, but not epidermal growth factor, stimulation in a MEK-dependent process. Overexpression studies in PC12 cells indicate that Nesca facilitates neurotrophin-dependent neurite outgrowth at nonsaturating doses of nerve growth factor (NGF). Similarly, short interfering RNA studies significantly reduce NGF-dependent neuritogenesis in PC12 cells. Mutational analyses demonstrate that the RUN domain is an important structural determinant for the nuclear translocation of Nesca and that the nuclear redistribution of Nesca is essential to its neurite outgrowth-promoting properties. Collectively, these works provide the first functional characterization of Nesca in the context of neurotrophin signaling and suggest that Nesca serves a novel, nuclear-dependent role in neurotrophin-dependent neurite outgrowth.Keywords
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