中国神经再生研究(英文版) ›› 2020, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (3): 382-389.doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.266044

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  • 出版日期:2020-03-15 发布日期:2020-05-25

Molecular complexity of visual mapping: a challenge for regenerating therapy

Mara Medori1, 2, Gonzalo Spelzini1, 2, Gabriel Scicolone1, 2   

  1. 1 CONICET – Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencias “Prof. E. De Robertis” (IBCN), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
    2 Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Biología Celular, Histología, Embriología y Genética, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Online:2020-03-15 Published:2020-05-25
  • Contact: Gabriel Scicolone, PhD, MD,gscicolo@retina.ar.
  • Supported by:
    This work was supported by Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (PIP 00441); Universidad de Buenos Aires (M 00526BA, 00769BA, both to GS).

摘要: orcid: 0000-0002-3391-957X (Gabriel Scicolone)

Abstract: Investigating the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the development of topographically ordered connections in the central nervous system constitutes an important issue in neurobiology because these connections are the base of the central nervous system normal function. The dominant model to study the development of topographic maps is the projection from the retinal ganglion cells to the optic tectum/colliculus. The expression pattern of Eph/ephrin system in opposing gradients both in the retina and the tectum, labels the local addresses on the target and gives specific sensitivities to growth cones according to their topographic origin in the retina. The rigid precision of normal retinotopic mapping has prompted the chemoaffinity hypothesis, positing axonal targeting to be based on fixed biochemical affinities between fibers and targets. However, several lines of evidence have shown that the mapping can adjust to experimentally modified targets with flexibility, demonstrating the robustness of the guidance process. Here we discuss the complex ways the Ephs and ephrins interact allowing to understand how the retinotectal mapping is a precise but also a flexible process.

Key words: axon growth, axon guidance, development, Eph and ephrin, mapping, regeneration, retinal ganglion cells, retino-tectal system