TY - JOUR
T1 - Linx mediates interaxonal interactions and formation of the internal capsule
AU - Mandai, Kenji
AU - Reimert, Dorothy V.
AU - Ginty, David D.
PY - 2014/7/2
Y1 - 2014/7/2
N2 - During the development of forebrain connectivity, ascending thalamocortical and descending corticofugal axons first intermingle at the pallial-subpallial boundary to form the internal capsule (IC). However, the identity of molecular cues that guide these axons remains largely unknown. Here, we show that the transmembrane protein Linx is robustly expressed in the prethalamus and lateral ganglionic eminence-derived corridor and on corticofugal axons, but not on thalamocortical axons, and that mice with a null mutation of Linx exhibit a complete absence of the IC. Moreover, regional inactivation of Linx either in the prethalamus and LGE or in the neocortex leads to a failure of IC formation. Furthermore, Linx binds to thalamocortical projections, and it promotes outgrowth of thalamic axons. Thus, Linx guides the extension of thalamocortical axons in the ventral forebrain, and subsequently, it mediates reciprocal interactions between thalamocortical and corticofugal axons to form the IC.
AB - During the development of forebrain connectivity, ascending thalamocortical and descending corticofugal axons first intermingle at the pallial-subpallial boundary to form the internal capsule (IC). However, the identity of molecular cues that guide these axons remains largely unknown. Here, we show that the transmembrane protein Linx is robustly expressed in the prethalamus and lateral ganglionic eminence-derived corridor and on corticofugal axons, but not on thalamocortical axons, and that mice with a null mutation of Linx exhibit a complete absence of the IC. Moreover, regional inactivation of Linx either in the prethalamus and LGE or in the neocortex leads to a failure of IC formation. Furthermore, Linx binds to thalamocortical projections, and it promotes outgrowth of thalamic axons. Thus, Linx guides the extension of thalamocortical axons in the ventral forebrain, and subsequently, it mediates reciprocal interactions between thalamocortical and corticofugal axons to form the IC.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.05.020
DO - 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.05.020
M3 - Article
C2 - 24930700
AN - SCOPUS:84903722574
VL - 83
SP - 93
EP - 103
JO - Neuron
JF - Neuron
SN - 0896-6273
IS - 1
ER -