Dual spatio-temporal regulation of axon growth and microtubule dynamics by RhoA signaling pathways.

Wojnacki, José; Quassollo, Gonzalo; Bordenave, Martín D; Unsain, Nicolás; Martínez, Gaby F; Szalai, Alan M; Pertz, Olivier; Gundersen, Gregg G; Bartolini, Francesca; Stefani, Fernando D; Cáceres, Alfredo; Bisbal, Mariano (2024). Dual spatio-temporal regulation of axon growth and microtubule dynamics by RhoA signaling pathways. Journal of cell science, 137(14) Company of Biologists 10.1242/jcs.261970

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RhoA plays a crucial role in neuronal polarization, where its action restraining axon outgrowth has been thoroughly studied. We now report that RhoA has not only inhibitory but also a stimulatory effect on axon development depending on when and where exerts its action and the downstream effectors involved. In cultured hippocampal neurons, FRET imaging revealed that RhoA activity selectively localizes in growth cones of undifferentiated neurites, while in developing axons it displays a biphasic pattern, being low in nascent axons and high in elongating ones. RhoA-Rho kinase (ROCK) signaling prevents axon initiation but has no effect on elongation, while formin inhibition reduces axon extension without significantly altering initial outgrowth. Besides, RhoA-mDia promotes axon elongation by stimulating growth cone microtubule stability and assembly, as opposed to RhoA-ROCK that restrains growth cone microtubule assembly and protrusion.

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