Ganglioside GT1b prevents selective spinal synapse removal following peripheral nerve injury.

IF 6.5 1区生物学 Q1 BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

EMBO Reports Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-30 DOI:10.1038/s44319-025-00452-2

Jaesung Lee, Kyungchul Noh, Subeen Lee, Kwang Hwan Kim, Seohyun Chung, Hyoungsub Lim, Minkyu Hwang, Joon-Hyuk Lee, Won-Suk Chung, Sunghoe Chang, Sung Joong Lee

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Abstract

After peripheral nerve injury, the structure of the spinal cord is actively regulated by glial cells, contributing to the chronicity of neuropathic pain. However, the mechanism by which peripheral nerve injury leads to synaptic imbalance remains elusive. Here, we use a pH-reporter system and find that nerve injury triggers a reorganization of excitatory synapses that is influenced by the accumulation of the ganglioside GT1b at afferent terminals. GT1b acts as a protective signal against nerve injury-induced spinal synapse elimination. Inhibition of GT1b-synthesis increases glial phagocytosis of excitatory pre-synapses and reduces excitatory synapses post-injury. In vitro analyses reveal a positive correlation between GT1b accumulation and the frequency of pre-synaptic calcium activity, with GT1b-mediated suppression of glial phagocytosis occurring through SYK dephosphorylation. Our study highlights GT1b's pivotal role in preventing synapse elimination after nerve injury and offers new insight into the molecular underpinning of activity-dependent synaptic stability and glial phagocytosis.

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神经节苷脂GT1b防止周围神经损伤后选择性脊髓突触移除。

周围神经损伤后，脊髓结构受到神经胶质细胞的积极调控，导致神经性疼痛的慢性发生。然而，周围神经损伤导致突触失衡的机制尚不清楚。在这里，我们使用ph报告系统，发现神经损伤触发兴奋性突触的重组，这受传入末端神经节苷脂GT1b积累的影响。GT1b作为一种保护信号，防止神经损伤引起的脊髓突触消除。抑制gt1b合成可增加兴奋性突触前的胶质吞噬，并减少损伤后的兴奋性突触。体外分析显示，GT1b的积累与突触前钙活性频率呈正相关，GT1b介导的胶质吞噬抑制是通过SYK去磷酸化发生的。我们的研究强调了GT1b在防止神经损伤后突触消除中的关键作用，并为活动依赖性突触稳定性和胶质吞噬的分子基础提供了新的见解。

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EMBO Reports 生物-生化与分子生物学

CiteScore

11.20

自引率

1.30%

发文量

267

审稿时长

1 months

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