Review Article

A Subtle Network Mediating Axon Guidance: Intrinsic Dynamic Structure of Growth Cone, Attractive and Repulsive Molecular Cues, and the Intermediate Role of Signaling Pathways

Table 1

Suggested signaling pathways of guidance cues.

TargetSuggested mechanisms

Semaphorins Sema 3ARac1 amino acids 17-13 [134], LIMK/cofilin [227], CRMP family [228], GSK-3β [229], RhoA/ROCK [230], ERM family [135], Rab family [136]
 Sema 3FPI3K/Akt, MEK/ERK [231]
 Sema 4DGSK-3β [232]

SlitDock, Pak, the Rac1/Rac2/Mtl small GTPases [233], Fyn, Cdk5 [234], FAK/Cdc42 [235]

EphrinsEphrin-B2Nck/Pak signaling complex [236]
Ephrin-ARhoA activation, Cdc42 and Rac1 inhibition [237], Rho/ROCK [163], Ret [91], Tsc2-Rheb [238], RacGAP α2-chimaerin [161]

NetrinNetrin-1Trio, Rac1 [239], cAMP [100], JNK-1 [126], TRPC channel [240]

Neurotrophic factorsNGFTrkA receptor [65], cAMP [241], ROCK [242], PI3K, PLC-γ [243]
BDNFTRPC channel [82], ADF/cofilin (AC) [67], PI3K, PLC-γ [243], FAK/Cdc42 [235]
GDNFRet [91]

Nonconventional guidance cuesWntWnt/Frizzled [194], PCP [204], Ryk/Derailed [192, 193]
ShhSFKs [212]
BMPLIMK, ADF/cofilins [218]

Abbreviations: LIMK: LIM kinase, PI3K: phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase, PLC-γ: phospholipase C-γ, MEK: mitogen-activated protein kinase, ERK: extracellular signal-regulated kinase, ROCK: RhoA kinase, TRPC: transient receptor potential canonical, ERM: ezrin/radixin/moesin, FAK: focal adhesion kinase, PCP: planar cell polarity, SFKs: Src family kinases.