Regulation of axonal and dendritic growth by the extracellular calcium-sensing receptor

Vizard, Thomas Neill, O'Keeffe, Gerard W., Gutierrez, Humberto ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5021-8636, Kos, Claudine H., Riccardi, Daniela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7322-3163 and Davies, Alun M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5841-8176 2008. Regulation of axonal and dendritic growth by the extracellular calcium-sensing receptor. Nature Neuroscience 11 (3) , pp. 285-291. 10.1038/nn2044

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Abstract

The extracellular calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) monitors the systemic, extracellular, free ionized-calcium level ([Ca2+]o) in organs involved in systemic [Ca2+]o homeostasis. However, CaSR is also expressed in the nervous system, where its role is unknown. We found large amounts of CaSR in perinatal mouse sympathetic neurons when their axons were innervating and branching extensively in their targets. Manipulating CaSR function in these neurons by varying [Ca2+]o, using CaSR agonists and antagonists, or expressing a dominant-negative CaSR markedly affected neurite growth in vitro. Sympathetic neurons lacking CaSR had smaller neurite arbors in vitro, and sympathetic innervation density was reduced in CaSR-deficient mice in vivo. Hippocampal pyramidal neurons, which also express CaSR, had smaller dendrites when transfected with dominant-negative CaSR in postnatal organotypic cultures. Our findings reveal a crucial role for CaSR in regulating the growth of neural processes in the peripheral and central nervous systems.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Biosciences
Subjects:	R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Publisher:	Nature Publishing Group
ISSN:	1097-6256
Last Modified:	18 Oct 2022 12:16
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/9194

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