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We have used the sensory system of the <jats:italic>Drosophila<\/jats:italic> embryo to shed light on the mechanism by which the L1-type cell adhesion molecule Neuroglian regulates axon growth.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>We have found a highly penetrant sensory axon stalling phenotype in <jats:italic>neuroglian<\/jats:italic> mutant embryos. Axons stalled at a variety of positions along their normal trajectory, but most commonly in the periphery some distance along the peripheral nerve. All lateral and dorsal cluster sensory neurons examined, except for the dorsal cluster neuron dbd, showed stalling. Sensory axons were never seen to project along inappropriate pathways in <jats:italic>neuroglian<\/jats:italic> mutants and stalled axons showed normal patterns of fasciculation within nerves. The growth cones of stalled axons possessed a simple morphology, similar to their appearance in wild-type embryos when advancing along nerves. Driving expression of the wild-type form of Neuroglian in sensory neurons alone rescued the <jats:italic>neuroglian<\/jats:italic> mutant phenotype of both pioneering and follower neurons. A partial rescue was achieved by expressing the Neuroglian extracellular domain. Over\/mis-expression of Neuroglian in all neurons, oenocytes or trachea had no apparent effect on sensory axon growth.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>We conclude that Neuroglian is necessary to maintain axon advance along axonal substrates, but is not required for initiation of axon outgrowth, axon fasciculation or recognition of correct growth substrates. Expression of Neuroglian in sensory neurons alone is sufficient to promote axon advance and the intracellular region of the molecule is largely dispensable for this function. It is unlikely, therefore, that Nrg acts as a molecular 'clutch' to couple adhesion of F-actin within the growth cone to the extracellular substrate. Rather, we suggest that Neuroglian mediates sensory axon advance by promoting adhesion of the surface of the growth cone to its substrate. Our finding that stalling of a pioneer sensory neuron is rescued by driving Neuroglian in sensory neurons alone may suggest that Neuroglian can act in a heterophilic fashion.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1749-8104-3-10","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2008,4,9]],"date-time":"2008-04-09T06:13:19Z","timestamp":1207721599000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["The L1-type cell adhesion molecule Neuroglian is necessary for maintenance of sensory axon advance in the Drosophila embryo"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"3","author":[{"given":"Veronica","family":"Martin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eli","family":"Mrkusich","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Martin C","family":"Steinel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jason","family":"Rice","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"David J","family":"Merritt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Paul M","family":"Whitington","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2008,4,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"42_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"425","DOI":"10.1146\/annurev.cellbio.13.1.425","volume":"13","author":"FS Walsh","year":"1997","unstructured":"Walsh FS, Doherty P: Neural cell adhesion molecules of the immunoglobulin superfamily: role in axon growth and guidance. 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