RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Extracellular Pgk1 enhances neurite outgrowth of motoneurons through Nogo66-independent targeting of NogoA JF bioRxiv FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory SP 550921 DO 10.1101/550921 A1 Cheng Yung Lin A1 Chia Lun Wu A1 Kok Zhi Lee A1 You Jei Chen A1 Po Hsiang Zhang A1 Chia Yu Chang A1 Horng Jyh Han A1 Shinn Zong Lin A1 Huai Jen Tsai YR 2019 UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2019/02/15/550921.abstract AB NogoA inhibits neurite outgrowth of motoneurons (NOM) through interaction with its receptors, Nogo66/NgR. Inhibition of Nogo receptors rescues NOM, but not to the extent exhibited by NogoA-knockout mice, suggesting the presence of other pathways. We found that NogoA-overexpressing muscle cells reduced phosphoglycerate kinase 1 (Pgk1) secretion, resulting in inhibiting NOM. Apart from its glycolytic role and independent of the Nogo66 pathway, extracellular Pgk1 stimulated NOM by triggering a reduction of p-Cofilin-S3, a growth cone collapse marker, through decreasing a novel Rac1-GTP/p-Pak1-T423/p-P38-T180/p-MK2-T334/p-Limk1-S323/p-Cofilin-S3 molecular pathway. Not only did supplementary Pgk1 enhance NOM in defective cells, but injection of Pgk1 rescued denervation in muscle-specific NogoA-overexpression of zebrafish and an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis mouse model, SOD1-G93A. Thus, Pgk1 secreted from muscle is detrimental to motoneuron synapse growth and maintenance.