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Promoting Axon Regeneration in the Adult CNS by Modulation of the PTEN/mTOR Pathway
Kevin Kyungsuk Park,*
Kai Liu,*
Yang Hu,*
Patrice D. Smith,*
Chen Wang,
Bin Cai,
Bengang Xu,
Lauren Connolly,
Ioannis Kramvis,
Mustafa Sahin,
Zhigang He
Abstract:
The failure of axons to regenerate is a major obstacle for functionalrecovery after central nervous system (CNS) injury. Removingextracellular inhibitory molecules results in limited axon regenerationin vivo. To test for the role of intrinsic impediments to axonregrowth, we analyzed cell growth control genes using a virus-assistedin vivo conditional knockout approach. Deletion of PTEN (phosphataseand tensin homolog), a negative regulator of the mammalian targetof rapamycin (mTOR) pathway, in adult retinal ganglion cells(RGCs) promotes robust axon regeneration after optic nerve injury.In wild-type adult mice, the mTOR activity was suppressed andnew protein synthesis was impaired in axotomized RGCs, whichmay contribute to the regeneration failure. Reactivating thispathway by conditional knockout of tuberous sclerosis complex1, another negative regulator of the mTOR pathway, also leadsto axon regeneration. Thus, our results suggest the manipulationof intrinsic growth control pathways as a therapeutic approachto promote axon regeneration after CNS injury.
F. M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Children's Hospital, and Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
* These authors contributed equally to this work.
To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: zhigang.he{at}childrens.harvard.edu
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