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Extrinsic signals that regulate oligodendrocyte maturation and subsequent myelination are essential for central nervous system development and regeneration. Deficiency in the extracellular factor laminin-2 (Lm2, comprising the α2β1γ1 chains), as occurs in congenital muscular dystrophy, can lead to impaired oligodendroglial development and aberrant myelination, but many aspects of Lm2-regulated oligodendroglial signaling and differentiation remain undefined. We show that receptor-like protein tyrosine phosphatase α (PTPα, also known as PTPRA) is essential for myelin basic protein expression and cell spreading during Lm2-induced oligodendrocyte differentiation. PTPα complexes with the Lm2 receptors α6β1 integrin and dystroglycan to transduce Fyn activation upon Lm2 engagement. In this way, PTPα mediates a subset of Lm2-induced signals required for differentiation, includeing mTOR-dependent Akt activation but not Erk1/2 activation. We identify N-myc downstream regulated gene-1 (NDRG1) as a PTPα-regulated molecule during oligodendrocyte differentiation, and distinguish Lm2 receptor-specific modes of Fyn-Akt-dependent and -independent NDRG1 phosphorylation. Altogether, this reveals an Lm2-regulated PTPα-Fyn-Akt signaling axis that is critical for key aspects of the gene expression and morphological changes that mark oligodendrocyte maturation.

PTPα is required for laminin-2-induced Fyn-Akt signaling to drive oligodendrocyte differentiation