Title |
A hierarchy of ankyrin-spectrin complexes clusters sodium channels at nodes of Ranvier
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Published in |
Nature Neuroscience, November 2014
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DOI | 10.1038/nn.3859 |
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Authors |
Tammy Szu-Yu Ho, Daniel R Zollinger, Kae-Jiun Chang, Mingxuan Xu, Edward C Cooper, Michael C Stankewich, Vann Bennett, Matthew N Rasband |
Abstract |
The scaffolding protein ankyrin-G is required for Na(+) channel clustering at axon initial segments. It is also considered essential for Na(+) channel clustering at nodes of Ranvier to facilitate fast and efficient action potential propagation. However, notwithstanding these widely accepted roles, we show here that ankyrin-G is dispensable for nodal Na(+) channel clustering in vivo. Unexpectedly, in the absence of ankyrin-G, erythrocyte ankyrin (ankyrin-R) and its binding partner βI spectrin substitute for and rescue nodal Na(+) channel clustering. In addition, channel clustering is also rescued after loss of nodal βIV spectrin by βI spectrin and ankyrin-R. In mice lacking both ankyrin-G and ankyrin-R, Na(+) channels fail to cluster at nodes. Thus, ankyrin R-βI spectrin protein complexes function as secondary reserve Na(+) channel clustering machinery, and two independent ankyrin-spectrin protein complexes exist in myelinated axons to cluster Na(+) channels at nodes of Ranvier. |
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