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STRUCTURALLY EXCLUSIVE TENEURIN COMPLEXES ORCHESTRATE DIVERGENT PROGRAMS IN EARLY CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT
Miguel Berbeira Santanaand 16 co-authors
University of Oxford
FENS Forum 2026 (2026)
Barcelona, Spain
Board PS03-08AM-426
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Cortical migration is a complex process in which neurons migrate along radial glial cells (RGC) to form functional layers. Teneurins (Ten1-4) play a role by interacting with Latrophilins (Lphn/ADGRL1-3). Teneurins are also known as cell adhesion molecules, but how homophilic and heterophilic Teneurin interactions are integrated is unknown. Here, single-particle-cryo-EM data of Ten2 shows that canonical Latrophilin-binding is sterically incompatible with Ten2-dimerisation, making these interactions exclusive. We engineered surface mutations that specifically disrupt Ten2-Ten2 or Ten2-Latrophilin interactions. These are transferrable to Ten4, suggesting conserved binding mechanisms. Proteomics, in-vivo-gene-editing and super-resolution-microscopy show that Ten4 is expressed along RGC fibres and that migrating neurons switch from low-to-high Ten4-expression. Ten4 expression is highest in the cortical plate where Ten4-Ten4 interactions reduce RGC-attachment. In the intermediate zone, Ten4-Latrophilin interactions are required to promote neuron-RGC association. The results show how Ten4 orchestrates different stages of cortical migration by using a structural/functional switch between high-affinity Lphn interactions and low-affinity homophilic interactions, underpinning the integration of distinct migration programmes.
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