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ReviewCurrent opinion in neurobiology2025

Expanding ligand-receptor interaction networks for axon guidance: Structural insights into signal crosstalk and specificity.

Shaotong Zhu, Alexander Jaworski, Rob Meijers

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Review in Current opinion in neurobiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Shaotong ZhuInstitute for Protein Innovation, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Alexander JaworskiDepartment of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA; Robert J. and Nancy D. Carney Institute for Brain Science, Providence, RI 02912, USA. Electronic address: alexander_jaworski@brown.edu.
Rob MeijersInstitute for Protein Innovation, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: rob.meijers@proteininnovation.org.

Funding

Axon guidance through the bifunctional cue WFIKKN2 and its receptorsR01NS123290 · NINDS · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI Alexander Jaworski · 2022 to 2026
$2.2M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS123290
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Guidance of nascent axons to their targets is mediated by attractive and repulsive cues that activate receptors on the axonal growth cone. The number of ligand-receptor interactions implicated in axon pathfinding is still expanding, and large-scale cell-surface and extracellular protein interactome studies have revealed extensive crosstalk between signaling axes once thought to act independently. This raises the question how the apparent promiscuity of molecular interactions is compatible with specific signaling outcomes and effects on growth cone steering. Structural studies have provided insights into the modularity of binding interactions and shown the capacity of receptors to engage multiple ligands. Here, we review recent findings about the complexity of ligand-receptor interaction networks for axon guidance, and how structures of ligand-receptor complexes reveal mechanisms that may specify signaling output.

Indexed as

Axon GuidanceAxonsReceptors, Cell SurfaceSignal TransductionAnimalsHumansLigandsLigandsReceptors, Cell Surface

Identifiers

PMID40117944
PMCPMC12162196

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