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  • Title: The EphA4 receptor tyrosine kinase is necessary for the guidance of nasal retinal ganglion cell axons in vitro.
    Author: Walkenhorst J, Dütting D, Handwerker C, Huai J, Tanaka H, Drescher U.
    Journal: Mol Cell Neurosci; 2000 Oct; 16(4):365-75. PubMed ID: 11085874.
    Abstract:
    The retinotectal projection serves as a model system for the study of topographic projections. It has been shown in the past few years that members of the Eph family are strongly involved in establishing this projection. The analysis so far has focused on a characterization of Ephrin ligands which are expressed in a gradient in both the tectum and the retina. Here we investigate the role of one of the multiple EphA receptors expressed on retinal ganglion cell axons, EphA4, which is uniformly expressed on nasal and temporal axons. We have adopted both a dominant negative approach and a method using neutralizing monoclonal antibodies in order to inactivate this receptor. The results of these in vitro experiments suggest that EphA4 is crucially involved in the repulsive guidance of nasal but not of temporal axons.
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