Inhibition of Myelin Membrane Sheath Formation by Oligodendrocyte-derived Exosome-like Vesicles
2011 | journal article. A publication with affiliation to the University of Göttingen.
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Inhibition of Myelin Membrane Sheath Formation by Oligodendrocyte-derived Exosome-like Vesicles
Bakhti, M.; Winter, C. & Simons, M. (2011)
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 286(1) pp. 787-796. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M110.190009
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- Authors
- Bakhti, Mostafa; Winter, Christine; Simons, Mikael
- Abstract
- Myelin formation is a multistep process that is controlled by a number of different extracellular factors. During the development of the central nervous system (CNS), oligodendrocyte progenitor cells differentiate into mature oligodendrocytes that start to enwrap axons with myelin membrane sheaths after receiving the appropriate signal(s) from the axon or its microenvironment. The signals required to initiate this process are unknown. Here, we show that oligodendrocytes secrete small membrane vesicles, exosome-like vesicles, into the extracellular space that inhibit both the morphological differentiation of oligodendrocytes and myelin formation. The inhibitory effects of exosome-like vesicles were prevented by treatment with inhibitors of actomyosin contractility. Importantly, secretion of exosome-like vesicles from oligodendrocytes was dramatically reduced when cells were incubated by conditioned neuronal medium. In conclusion, our results provide new evidence for small and diffusible oligodendroglial-derived vesicular carriers within the extracellular space that have inhibitory properties on cellular growth. We propose that neurons control the secretion of autoinhibitory oligodendroglial-derived exosomes to coordinate myelin membrane biogenesis.
- Issue Date
- 2011
- Status
- published
- Publisher
- Amer Soc Biochemistry Molecular Biology Inc
- Journal
- Journal of Biological Chemistry
- ISSN
- 0021-9258