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Bral1, a brain-specific link protein, colocalizing with the versican V2 isoform at the nodes of Ranvier in developing and adult, mouse central nervous systems

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Author

  • T Oohashi
  • S Hirakawa
  • Y Bekku
  • Uwe Rauch
  • D R Zimmermann
  • W D Su
  • A Ohtsuka
  • T Murakami
  • Y Ninomiya

Summary, in English

Bral1, a brain-specific hyaluronan-binding protein, has been cloned recently. To gain insight into the role of Bral1, we generated a specific antibody against this protein. We have examined the detailed localization pattern of Bral1 protein and compared it with that of other members of the lectican proteoglycan family, such as brevican and versican, with which Bral1 is predicted to interact. The immunoreactivity of Bral1 antibody was predominantly observed in myelinated fiber tracts in the adult brain and could be detected at P20 in the white matter of the developing cerebellum, suggesting that expression starts when axonal myelination takes place. Furthermore, immunostaining demonstrated that Bral1 colocalized with the versican V2 isoform at the nodes of Ranvier. The present data suggest that Bral1 may play a pivotal role in the formation of the hyaluronan-associated matrix in the CNS that facilitates neuronal conduction by forming an ion diffusion barrier at the nodes.

Publishing year

2002

Language

English

Pages

43-57

Publication/Series

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Volume

19

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Basic Medicine

Status

Published

Research group

  • Vessel Wall Biology

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1044-7431