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    Nogo-A inhibits neurite outgrowth and cell spreading with three discrete regions.
        
        J. Neurosci. 23, 5393-5406 (2003)
    
    
    
	    Nogo-A is a potent neurite growth inhibitor in vitro and plays a role both in the restriction of axonal regeneration after injury and in structural plasticity in the CNS of higher vertebrates. The regions that mediate inhibition and the topology of the molecule in the plasma membrane have to be defined. Here we demonstrate the presence of three different active sites: (1) an N-terminal region involved in the inhibition of fibroblast spreading, (2) a stretch encoded by the Nogo-A-specific exon that restricts neurite outgrowth and cell spreading and induces growth cone collapse, and (3) a C-terminal region (Nogo-66) with growth cone collapsing function. We show that Nogo-A-specific active fragments bind to the cell surface of responsive cells and to rat brain cortical membranes, suggesting the existence of specific binding partners or receptors. Several antibodies against different epitopes on the Nogo-A-specific part of the protein as well as antisera against the 66 aa loop in the C-terminus stain the cell surface of living cultured oligodendrocytes. Nogo-A is also labeled by nonmembrane-permeable biotin derivatives applied to living oligodendrocyte cultures. Immunofluorescent staining of intracellular, endoplasmic reticulum-associated Nogo-A in cells after selective permeabilization of the plasma membrane reveals that the epitopes of Nogo-A, shown to be accessible at the cell surface, are exposed to the cytoplasm. This suggests that Nogo-A could have a second membrane topology. The two proposed topological variants may have different intracellular as well as extracellular functions.
	
	
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        Publication type
        Article: Journal article
    
 
    
        Document type
        Scientific Article
    
 
     
    
     
     
    
    
        Language
        english
    
 
    
        Publication Year
        2003
    
 
     
    
        HGF-reported in Year
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        ISSN (print) / ISBN
        0270-6474
    
 
    
        e-ISSN
        1529-2401
    
 
    
     
     
	     
	 
	 
    
        Journal
        Journal of Neuroscience
    
 
	
    
        Quellenangaben
        
	    Volume: 23,  
	    Issue: 13,  
	    Pages: 5393-5406 
	    
	    
	
    
 
    
         
        
            Publisher
            Society for Neuroscience
        
 
         
	
         
         
         
         
         
	
         
         
         
    
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
    
        Reviewing status
        Peer reviewed
    
 
    
        Institute(s)
        Institute of Developmental Genetics (IDG)
    
 
     
     
     
     
     	
    
        PubMed ID
        12843238
    
    
        Erfassungsdatum
        2003-12-31