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Netrin requires focal adhesion kinase and Src family kinases for axon outgrowth and attraction

2004; Nature Portfolio; Volume: 7; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1038/nn1331

1546-1726

Guofa Liu, Hilary E. Beggs, Claudia Jürgensen, Hwan-Tae Park, Hao Tang, Jessica A. Gorski, Kevin R. Jones, Louis F. Reichardt, Jane Y. Wu, Yi Rao,

Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer

Although netrins are an important family of neuronal guidance proteins, intracellular mechanisms that mediate netrin function are not well understood. Here we show that netrin-1 induces tyrosine phosphorylation of proteins including focal adhesion kinase (FAK) and the Src family kinase Fyn. Blockers of Src family kinases inhibited FAK phosphorylation and axon outgrowth and attraction by netrin. Dominant-negative FAK and Fyn mutants inhibited the attractive turning response to netrin. Axon outgrowth and attraction induced by netrin-1 were significantly reduced in neurons lacking the FAK gene. Our results show the biochemical and functional links between netrin, a prototypical neuronal guidance cue, and FAK, a central player in intracellular signaling that is crucial for cell migration.